On 27 May 2024, Pohlen and Benter observed an adult female Oriental Honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus) at Eareckson Air Station, Shemya Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska—a first record for North America. The presence of six prominent primaries, cinnamon underside, and absence of dark carpal patches are diagnostic of this species and exclude the European Honey-buzzard (P. apivorus), a similar-looking congener unknown in North America.