New and Noteworthy Bird Records for Micronesia, 1986–2003

• Main Authors: Gary J. Wiles, Nathan C. Johnson, Justine B. De Cruz, Guy Dutson, Vicente A. Camacho, Angela Kay Kepler, Daniel S. Vice, Kimball L. Garrett, Curt C. Kessler, H. Douglas Pratt
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.695.2998; http://uogedu.siteprotect.net/up/micronesica/dynamicdata/assetmanager/images/vol37/69-96+wiles+et+al+37%281%29.pdf

This paper documents noteworthy records of 73 bird species for Micronesia from 1986–2003. We describe six new records for the region, three each for the Mariana and Marshall Islands, two for the Carolines, and 25 new island records. Additional reports are included for species that are either rare or poorly docu-mented for particular islands. Of the 61 species that are not resident in Micronesia, 52 are probably Palearctic in their origin, three are from elsewhere in Oceania, two each are Oriental and Nearctic, and one each is Australasian and Antarctic.