IMPORTANT RECENT BIRD RECORDS FROM ATTU ISLAND, ALASKA

Abstract

During recent field work for the University of Alaska Museum on Attu Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, we obtained important specimens of three species: North America’s first of the Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus), first of the Solitary Snipe (Gallinago solitaria), and third of the Pin-tailed Snipe (G. stenura). These records expand our knowledge of the diverse Asian avifauna that passes through the western Aleutians in spring.