Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historic Park
Some of the best bird watching on the island can be found at ʻAimakapā Fishpond. This wetland area provides habitat for an amazing variety of birdlife, including some species that are not found anywhere else in the world. Other species can be found spending the winter months in the fishpond, having traveled to Hawaiʻi from other parts of the globe. Keep your eyes open when visiting along the coastline and you may also spot a variety of native shorebirds.
Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historic Park
Wetland
Managed by: National Park Service
Hours & Site Information: Visit Website
Important Info:
Bring water and wear sunscreen. The walks along the coast can be hot and sunny.
Birds
| American Birding Association Common Name | Hawaiian Name | Scientific Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| cackling goose | Branta hutchinsii | ||
| Hawaiian goose | nēnē | Branta sandvicensis | |
| mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | ||
| northern shoveler | koloa moha | Spatula clypeata | |
| northern pintail | koloa māpu | Anas acuta | |
| lesser scaup | Aythya affinis | ||
| gray francolin | Ortygornis pondicerianus | ||
| black francolin | Francolinus francolinus | ||
| Erckel’s spurfowl | Pternistis erckelii | ||
| red junglefowl (domestic) | moa | Gallus gallus | |
| kalij pheasant | Lophura leucomelanos | ||
| pied-billed grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | ||
| cattle egret | Bubulcus ibis | ||
| black-crowned night-heron | ʻaukuʻu | Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli | |
| Hawaiian hawk | ʻio | Buteo solitarius | |
| Hawaiian coot | ʻalae keʻokeʻo | Fulica alai | |
| Hawaiian black-necked stilt | aeʻo | Himantopus mexicanus knudseni | |
| Pacific golden-plover | kōlea | Pluvialis fulva | |
| wandering tattler | ʻūlili | Tringa incana | |
| ruddy turnstone | ʻakekeke | Arenaria interpres | |
| sanderling | hunakai | Calidris alba | |
| least tern | Sternula antillarum | ||
| rock pigeon | Columba livia | ||
| spotted dove | Spilopelia chinensis | ||
| zebra dove | Geopelia striata | ||
| barn owl | Tyto alba | ||
| red-masked parakeet | Psittacara erythrogenys | ||
| warbling white-eye | Zosterops japonicus | ||
| northern mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | ||
| common myna | Acridotheres tristis | ||
| yellow-billed cardinal | Paroaria capitata | ||
| saffron finch | Sicalis flaveola | ||
| northern cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | ||
| house finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | ||
| yellow-fronted canary | Crithagra mozambica | ||
| house sparrow | Passer domesticus | ||
| lavender waxbill | Estrilda caerulescens | ||
| common waxbill | Estrilda astrild | ||
| African silverbill | Euodice cantans | ||
| Java sparrow | Lonchura oryzivora | ||
| scaly-breasted munia | Lonchura punctulata |