Kanahā Pond State Wildlife Sanctuary
The Kanahā Ponds were designated a State Wildlife Sanctuary in 1951 and provides a safe habitat for many native and vagrant waterbirds. Located near the Kahului Airport and the main towns of Kahului and Wailuku, this site is an easy escape to view nature.
Kanahā Pond State Wildlife Sanctuary
Wetland
Managed by: Division of Forestry and Wildlife
Hours & Site Information: Visit Website
Birds
| American Birding Association Common Name | Hawaiian Name | Scientific Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| snow goose | Anser caerulescens | ||
| cackling goose | Branta hutchinsii | ||
| Canada goose | Branta canadensis | ||
| Hawaiian goose | nēnē | Branta sandvicensis | |
| American wigeon | Mareca americana | ||
| mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | ||
| Hawaiian duck | koloa | Anas wyvilliana | |
| blue-winged teal | Spatula discors | ||
| northern shoveler | koloa moha | Spatula clypeata | |
| northern pintail | koloa māpu | Anas acuta | |
| green-winged teal | Anas crecca | ||
| ring-necked duck | Aythya collaris | ||
| greater scaup | Aythya marila | ||
| lesser scaup | Aythya affinis | ||
| bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | ||
| chukar | Alectoris chukar | ||
| gray francolin | Ortygornis pondicerianus | ||
| black francolin | Francolinus francolinus | ||
| red junglefowl (domestic) | moa | Gallus gallus | |
| wedge-tailed shearwater | ʻuaʻu kani | Ardenna pacifica | |
| white-tailed tropicbird | koaʻe kea | Phaethon lepturus | |
| great frigatebird | ʻiwa | Fregata minor | |
| cattle egret | Bubulcus ibis | ||
| black-crowned night-heron | ʻaukuʻu | Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli | |
| white-faced ibis | Plegadis chihi | ||
| Hawaiian coot | ʻalae keʻokeʻo | Fulica alai | |
| Hawaiian black-necked stilt | aeʻo | Himantopus mexicanus knudseni | |
| Pacific golden-plover | kōlea | Pluvialis fulva | |
| semipalmated plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | ||
| wandering tattler | ʻūlili | Tringa incana | |
| bristle-thighed curlew | kioea | Numenius tahitiensis | |
| ruddy turnstone | ʻakekeke | Arenaria interpres | |
| sharp-tailed sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | ||
| sanderling | hunakai | Calidris alba | |
| least sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | ||
| pectoral sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | ||
| long-billed dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | ||
| laughing gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | ||
| black noddy | noio | Anous minutus | |
| rock pigeon | Columba livia | ||
| spotted dove | Spilopelia chinensis | ||
| zebra dove | Geopelia striata | ||
| mourning dove | Zenaida macroura | ||
| barn owl | Tyto alba | ||
| Japanese bush-warbler | Horornis diphone | ||
| warbling white-eye | Zosterops japonicus | ||
| red-billed leiothrix | Leiothrix lutea | ||
| northern mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | ||
| common myna | Acridotheres tristis | ||
| red-crested cardinal | Paroaria coronata | ||
| northern cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | ||
| house finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | ||
| house sparrow | Passer domesticus | ||
| common waxbill | Estrilda astrild | ||
| African silverbill | Euodice cantans | ||
| Java sparrow | Lonchura oryzivora | ||
| scaly-breasted munia | Lonchura punctulata | ||
| chestnut munia | Lonchura atricapilla |