Lānaʻi Lookout
Easily accessed just off Kalanianaʻole Highway (HI-72), this scenic lookout is a popular spot for viewing seabirds and for watching whales (whale watching season is from November through May). In addition to bird and wildlife, on a clear day, this vantage point can offer views of Lānaʻi, Molokaʻi, and Maui.
Lānaʻi Lookout
Coastal
Managed by: City and County of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation
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Important Info:
Scenic Point located within Koko Head District Park
Birds
| American Birding Association Common Name | Hawaiian Name | Scientific Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| red junglefowl (domestic) | moa | Gallus gallus | |
| wedge-tailed shearwater | ʻuaʻu kani | Ardenna pacifica | |
| white-tailed tropicbird | koaʻe kea | Phaethon lepturus | |
| masked booby | ʻā | Sula dactylatra | |
| brown booby | ʻā | Sula leucogaster | |
| red-footed booby | ʻā | Sula sula | |
| cattle egret | Bubulcus ibis | ||
| Pacific golden-plover | kōlea | Pluvialis fulva | |
| semipalmated plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | ||
| wandering tattler | ʻūlili | Tringa incana | |
| bristle-thighed curlew | kioea | Numenius tahitiensis | |
| brown noddy | noio kōhā | Anous stolidus | |
| sooty tern | ʻewaʻewa | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| red-vented bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | ||
| red-whiskered bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | ||
| warbling white-eye | Zosterops japonicus | ||
| white-rumped shama | Copsychus malabaricus | ||
| saffron finch | Sicalis flaveola | ||
| northern cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | ||
| house sparrow | Passer domesticus | ||
| common waxbill | Estrilda astrild |