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Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park

Honaunau, Kona, Hawaii

Status

I - Indigenous: occurred naturally prior to humans (also called native).
E - Endemic: found naturally only in Hawai'i and nowhere else in the world. A special subset of native.
A - Alien introduction by humans (also called non-native, introduced, or exotic).
* - Endangered.

Abundance

C - Common: certain to be seen in proper habitat or season.
U - Uncommon: not easily seen even though present.
O - Occasional: seen a few times a year at Pu'uhonua.
R - Rare: seen every two to five years at Pu'uhonua.
X - Accidental: seen only once or twice at Pu'uhonua.

Occurrence

YR - Year-round resident.
M - Migrant or vagrant: generally present from September to May.

Breeding

BR - Breeding: is known to have or is likely to have nested at Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park within the past decade.
PH - Pelagic Hawaiian seabird seen nearshore: breeds on offshore islets or Northwestern Hawaii Islands.
BE - Breeds elsewhere outside of Hawaiian Archipelago.
UB - Unknown if breeding has occurred at or near Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park within the past decade.

FAMILY SULIDAE                         STATUS     ABUNDANCE     OCCURRENCE     BREEDING
                    _
___ Brown Booby or 'A                    I            O             YR            PH
(Sula leucogaster plotus)

FAMILY ARDEIDAE                        STATUS     ABUNDANCE     OCCURRENCE     BREEDING

___ Black-crowned Night-Heron
    or 'Auku'u                           I            R             YR            UB
(Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli)

FAMILY ACCIPITRIDAE                    STATUS     ABUNDANCE     OCCURRENCE     BREEDING

___ Hawaiian Hawk or 'Io                 E*           O             YR            UB
(Buteo solitarius)

FAMILY PHASIANIDAE                     STATUS     ABUNDANCE     OCCURRENCE     BREEDING

___ Erckel's Francolin                   A            X             YR            UB
(Francolinus erckelii)

___ Ring-necked Pheasant                 A            R             YR            UB
(Phasianus colchicus)

FAMILY CHARADRIIDAE                    STATUS     ABUNDANCE     OCCURRENCE     BREEDING
                              _
___ Pacific Golden-Plover or Kolea       I            C             M             BE
(Pluvialis fulva)

FAMILY RECURVIROSTRIDAE                STATUS     ABUNDANCE     OCCURRENCE     BREEDING
                      _
___ Hawaiian Stilt or Ae'o               E*           X             YR            UB
(Himantopus mexicanus knudseni)

FAMILY SCOLOPACIDAE                    STATUS     ABUNDANCE     OCCURRENCE     BREEDING
                          _                          
___ Wandering Tattler or 'Ulili          I            C             M             BE
(Heteroscelus incanus)
___ Bristle-thighed Curlew or Kioea      I            X             M             BE
(Numenius tahitiensis)
___ Ruddy Turnstone or 'Akekeke          I            C             M             BE
(Arenaria interpres)

FAMILY COLUMBIDAE                      STATUS     ABUNDANCE     OCCURRENCE     BREEDING

___ Spotted Dove                         A            C             YR            BR
(Streptopelia chinensis)
___ Zebra Dove                           A            C             YR            BR
(Geopelia striata)

FAMILY PSITTACIDAE                     STATUS     ABUNDANCE     OCCURRENCE     BREEDING

___ Patagonian Conure(Escape?)           A            O             YR            UB
(Cyanoliseus patagonus)

FAMILY TYTONIDAE                       STATUS     ABUNDANCE     OCCURRENCE     BREEDING

___ Common Barn-Owl                      A            U             YR            BR
(Tyto alba)

FAMILY STRIGIDAE                       STATUS     ABUNDANCE     OCCURRENCE     BREEDING

___ Short-eared Owl or Pueo              E            O             YR            UB
(Asio flammeus sandwichensis)

FAMILY STURNIDAE                       STATUS     ABUNDANCE     OCCURRENCE     BREEDING

___ Common Myna                          A            C             YR            UB
(Acridotheres tristis)

FAMILY ZOSTEROPIDAE                    STATUS     ABUNDANCE     OCCURRENCE     BREEDING

___ Japanese White-eye                   A            C             YR            BR
(Zosterops japonicus)

FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE                     STATUS     ABUNDANCE     OCCURRENCE     BREEDING

___ Northern Cardinal                    A            C             YR            BR
(Cardinalis cardinalis)
___ Yellow-billed Cardinal               A            C             YR            BR
(Paroaria capitata)
___ Saffron Finch                        A            U             YR            BR
(Sicalis flaveola)

FAMILY FRINGILLIDAE                    STATUS     ABUNDANCE     OCCURRENCE     BREEDING

___ House Finch                          A            C             YR            BR
(Carpodacus mexicanus)
___ Yellow-fronted Canary                A            U             YR            UB
(Serinus mozambicus)

FAMILY PASSERIDAE                      STATUS     ABUNDANCE     OCCURRENCE     BREEDING

___ House Sparrow                        A            U             YR            BR
(Passer domesticus)

FAMILY ESTRILDIDAE                     STATUS     ABUNDANCE     OCCURRENCE     BREEDING

___ Lavender Waxbill                     A            U             YR            BR
(Estrilda caerulescens)
___ Warbling Silverbill                  A            U             YR            UB
(Lonchura malabarica)
___ Nutmeg Mannikin                      A            U             YR            UB
(Lonchura punctulata)

         National Park Service
         Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park
         P.O. Box 129
         Honaunau, Kona, Hawaii 96726

National Park Service.  No date.  Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical 
     Park bird checklist.  National Park Service.  5 pages.

National Park Service.  No date.  Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical 
     Park bird checklist.  National Park Service.  5 pages.  Jamestown, 
     ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.
     http://www.npwrc.usgs.govhonaunau.htm 
     (Version 26MAY98).