Calidris alba | sanderling | hunakai
Regular Migrant
The hunakai, or sanderling, is a delicate white and grey-back shorebird. Their bill and legs are black. When returning to their breeding home in the arctic, from April through August, they show more reddish brown on their head, chest, and back. They are commonly found in small groups in mudflats and along the shore, wading in their namesake, hunakai (Hawaiian for seafoam) searching for small insets and shellfish.
Hotspots for sanderling
- Keālia Pond National Wildlife Refuge | Details for Keālia Pond National Wildlife Refuge
- Kanahā Pond State Wildlife Sanctuary | Details for Kanahā Pond State Wildlife Sanctuary
- SIDE TRIP: Wai‘ānapanpa State Park | Details for SIDE TRIP: Wai‘ānapanpa State Park
- Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historic Park | Details for Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historic Park
Keālia Pond National Wildlife Refuge
Coastal Wetland









Kanahā Pond State Wildlife Sanctuary
Coastal Wetland


SIDE TRIP: Wai‘ānapanpa State Park
Open Ocean








Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historic Park
Coastal Wetland







