Avifaunal inventory of Laysan Island, Hawaii, USA

Cameron Rutt

doi:10.15560/13.2.2066

Check List 13(2): e19668, doi: 10.15560/13.2.2066

Avifaunal inventory of Laysan Island, Hawaii, USA

Cameron L. Rutt^‡

‡ Louisiana State University, United States of America

Corresponding author: Cameron Rutt ( crutt1@lsu.edu )

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Citation: Rutt C (2017) Avifaunal inventory of Laysan Island, Hawaii, USA. Check List 13(2): 2066. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.2.2066

Abstract

Here I present a 6-month bird inventory of Laysan (25.776° N, 171.733° W), a coral island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Forty-four species belonging to 17 families were recorded, including six globally threatened species. Three species new to Laysan were found: Tringa brevipes, Tringa glareola, and Larus hyperboreus. This study expands upon previous ornithological coverage of the island, the majority of which has been partial, transitory, or historical.

Keywords

birds; Northwestern Hawaiian Islands