Birds of Laysan Island^ p. 2 . 
Maximum Recent 
Max imum Est imat e of 
Recent Breeding 
Species 
Present Status Estimate 
Populat ion 
Comment 
26 
Semipalmated Plover 
Vagrant 
(Sept. 1967) 
m 
27 
Golden Plover 
Regular migrant 
1,200 
m 
Probably usually 
(& winter resi- 
ca. I5 000 in mid 
dent) 
winter 
28 
Black-bellied Plover 
Vagrant (one rec. 
0 
m 
Very likely 
Dec.1912-Jan.1913 ) 
(2) 
occurs more 
frequently than 
single record 
indicates. 
29 
Ruddy Turnstone 
Regular migrant 
5,000 
m 
Winter populations 
(& “winter resident) 
to ca. 5?000 
30 
Whimbrel 
Hypothetical 
1 
m 
Based on unsub- 
(Sept. 1961) 
stantiated sight 
record. 
31 
Bristle-thighed Curle-w 
Regular migrant 
200 
M 
Counts suggest 
(& winter resident) 
winter populations 
similar to migrant 
32 
Wandering Tattler 
Regular migrant 
500 
350J 
253 
M 
Estimate may be 
(& winter resident) 
high. Migrant 
#'s higher than 
resident numbers? 
33 
Greater Yellovlegs 
Vagrant 
(Sept. 1967) 
2 
m 
3 ^^ 
Lesser Yello-wlegs 
Rare visitor 
1 
m 
All recent, prob- 
(3 records)(All recent) 
ably occurs quite 
(Present 2 seasons in 
frequently. May 
a row. Mar.^665 
be regular in 
Sept. 67 (dead^ coll )^ 
Mar. 68 . 
1 
very low numbers. 
35 
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 
Uncommon visitor 
30?- 
m 
Probably of regu- 
(3 records) 2 recent 
70? 
lar occurrence 
in numbers equal 
to Sanderling. 
36 
Pectoral Sandpiper 
Vagrant 
1 
m 
Sexy likely 
' 
(Sept. 1967) 
regular migrant, 
likely less com¬ 
mon than Sharp¬ 
tailed. 
37 
Baird*s Sandpiper 
Vagrant 
(Sept. 1967) 
2 
m 
38 
Dunlin 
Rare visitor 
1 
m 
Likely of more 
(3 records)! recent 
(1) 
common occurrence 
than record 
suggests. 
39 
Sandpiper sp. 
Vagrant 
1 
M- At least 
one observation is 
of a peep that is presemaibly none 
of the above. Thought to be Least 
Sandpiper but quality of record 
is insufficient to put on hypo¬ 
thetical list. ”Peep” as a group 
probably occur^ at least as 
migrantSj regularly in numbers 
equal to or greater than for 
Sanderling. Would count this 
taxa ’'Sandpiper sp.” as a distinct 
species from Laysan based on above 
observations. 
