Kapiʻolani Park
This urban park provides an easily accessible opportunity to view Honolulu’s many indigenous and introduced birds. This is a popular spot to see Manu-o-Kū (white tern) and rose-ringed parakeets.
Kapiʻolani Park
Pasture and grasslands
Managed by: City and County of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation
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Birds
| American Birding Association Common Name | Hawaiian Name | Scientific Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| northern shoveler | koloa moha | Spatula clypeata | |
| red junglefowl (domestic) | moa | Gallus gallus | |
| wedge-tailed shearwater | ʻuaʻu kani | Ardenna pacifica | |
| white-tailed tropicbird | koaʻe kea | Phaethon lepturus | |
| cattle egret | Bubulcus ibis | ||
| Pacific golden-plover | kōlea | Pluvialis fulva | |
| white tern | manu-o-Kū | Gygis alba | |
| rock pigeon | Columba livia | ||
| zebra dove | Geopelia striata | ||
| rose-ringed parakeet | Psittacula krameri | ||
| red-vented bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | ||
| red-whiskered bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | ||
| Japanese bush-warbler | Horornis diphone | ||
| warbling white-eye | Zosterops japonicus | ||
| common myna | Acridotheres tristis | ||
| red-crested cardinal | Paroaria coronata | ||
| house finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | ||
| yellow-fronted canary | Crithagra mozambica | ||
| house sparrow | Passer domesticus | ||
| common waxbill | Estrilda astrild | ||
| red avadavat | Amandava amandava | ||
| African silverbill | Euodice cantans | ||
| Java sparrow | Lonchura oryzivora | ||
| chestnut munia | Lonchura atricapilla |