Erolia ferruginea (Pontoppidan)
Curlew Sandpiper
Tringa ferrugineus Pontoppidan, Danske Atlas, 1, 1763, p. 624. (No type locality = Denmark.)
Calidris ferruginea Baker, Smithson. Misc. Coll., vol. 107, no. 15, 1948, p. 55 (Peleliu).
Geographic range.—Breeds in northern Asia. Winters from Africa east to Australia. In Micronesia: Palau Islands—Peleliu.
Specimens examined.—One female from Palau Islands, USNM—Peleliu (Sept. 6).
Remarks.—The NAMRU2 party obtained one female on September 6 at a tidal flat on Peleliu. The Curlew Sandpiper is seemingly a rare visitor to the Palau Islands from Asia. In using this specific name, I am following Mayr (in Delacour and Mayr, 1945:107).