Hosmer Grove (Haleakalā National Park)
Named after Hawai‘i’s first Superintendent of Forester, Ralph Hosmer, this grove of eucalyptus (planted by Ralph in 1909) and the adjacent nature trail though sub-alpine shrubland provides an excellent venue to sign Hawai‘i’s colorful native forest birds.
Hosmer Grove (Haleakalā National Park)
Dry forest
Managed by: National Park Service
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Birds
| American Birding Association Common Name | Hawaiian Name | Scientific Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian goose | nēnē | Branta sandvicensis | |
| chukar | Alectoris chukar | ||
| gray francolin | Ortygornis pondicerianus | ||
| black francolin | Francolinus francolinus | ||
| red junglefowl (domestic) | moa | Gallus gallus | |
| ring-necked pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | ||
| Indian peafowl | Pavo cristatus | ||
| Hawaiian petrel | ʻuaʻu | Pterodroma sandwichensis | |
| cattle egret | Bubulcus ibis | ||
| Pacific golden-plover | kōlea | Pluvialis fulva | |
| rock pigeon | Columba livia | ||
| spotted dove | Spilopelia chinensis | ||
| zebra dove | Geopelia striata | ||
| barn owl | Tyto alba | ||
| Hawaiian short-eared owl | pueo | Asio flammeus sandwichensis | |
| Eurasian skylark | Alauda arvensis | ||
| Japanese bush-warbler | Horornis diphone | ||
| warbling white-eye | Zosterops japonicus | ||
| Chinese hwamei | Garrulax canorus | ||
| red-billed leiothrix | Leiothrix lutea | ||
| northern mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | ||
| common myna | Acridotheres tristis | ||
| red-crested cardinal | Paroaria coronata | ||
| northern cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | ||
| apapane | ʻapapane | Himatione sanguinea | |
| iiwi | ʻiʻiwi | Drepanis coccinea | |
| Hawaiʻi ʻamakihi | ʻamakihi | Chlorodrepanis virens | |
| house finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | ||
| house sparrow | Passer domesticus | ||
| Java sparrow | Lonchura oryzivora | ||
| scaly-breasted munia | Lonchura punctulata | ||
| chestnut munia | Lonchura atricapilla |