SECOND RECORD OF BRYAN'S SHEARWATER PUFFINUS BRYANI FROM MIDWAY ATOLL, WITH NOTES ON HABITAT SELECTION, VOCALIZATIONS AND AT-SEA DISTRIBUTION

A new species of Procellariiforme, Bryan’s Shearwater Puffinus bryani, was described by Pyle et al. (2011) based on a specimen collected by one of us (ABA) on 18 February 1963 on Midway Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. At the time it was described, its breeding location was unknown, but subsequent documentation of specimens from the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands, Japan, indicates that breeding likely occurs during winter in these islands (Kawakami et al. 2012). Given the infrequency of records, it is undoubtedly a rare bird (Pyle et al. 2011), and additional information on its natural history and breeding requirements is needed to promote its conservation (Kawakami et al. 2012).