Birds of Lisianski Island 
Species _ Present Status 
Maximum 
Recent 
Estimate 
Maximum Recent 
Estimate of 
Breeding 
Population 
1. 
Black-footed Albatross 
Breeds 
5,500^ 
4 ,000^ 
2. 
Laysan Albatross 
Breeds 
[67,000]5 ^ 
8,000 ' 
3 . 
Bonin Petrel 
Breeds 
Q 
1 ,000,000° 
800,000^ 
4 . 
Bulwer^s Petrel 
Breeding un¬ 
confirmed, former¬ 
ly bred. 
55 
m 
5 . 
Jouanin^s Petrel 
Vagrant 
(Sept. 1967) 
1 
m 
6. 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Breeds 
[500,000]^ 
[250, 000]]^’^ 
60,000 ^ 
7 . 
Christmas Shearwater 
Breeds 
2,000 
1, 000 
8. 
Red-tailed Tropicbird 
Breeds 
4,500^ 
1,000^ 
3 ,OOo 3 >^ 
600^ 
9 . 
Blue-faced Booby 
Breeds 
1,200 
450 
10. 
Brown Booby 
Breeds 
20 o 3 
100 
40 
H • 
Red-footed Booby 
Breeds 
3,000 
1,032 
12. 
Great Frigatebird 
Breeds 
3, 000 
2,750^ 
946 
13 . 
d 
Buck sp. 
Extinct, prob. 
once bred. 
0 
( 40 ) 
m 
14 . 
Osprey^ 
Hypothetical 
(June 1950) 
0 
(1) 
m 
15 . 
Peregrine Falcon 
Vagrant 
(March, 1965 ) 
1 
m 
16. 
Laysan Rail 
Introduced, subse- 0 
m 
quently extinct. 
(May have bred) 
17. 
Black-bellied Plover 
Rare visitor 
(2 recent records) 
2 
KA, 
18. 
Golden Plover 
Regular migrant 
2,000, 
600^ 
M 
19. 
Semipalmated Plover 
Vagrant 
(Sept. 1967) 
1 
m 
20 . 
Mongolian Plover 
Vagrant 
(Sept.‘ 1967) 
1 
m 
21. 
Bristle-thighed Curlew 
Regular migrant 
200 
m 
22 . 
Bar-tailed Godwit 
Vagrant 
(Mar. 1964) 
1 
m 
Prepared by R.B.Clapp 
Feb. 1973 
Comments 
Based on count 
Based on count, 
low ? 
Survived at least 
3 years. Earlier 
Rothschild inter¬ 
pretation con¬ 
sidered incorrect. 
2 nd figure,more 
typical. 
