Keālia Pond National Wildlife Refuge
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- Mosaic Mural of Kealia Pond NWR, photo by USFWS
Keālia Pond National Wildlife Refuge is nestled between Kīhei and Ma‘alaea towns and features a coastal salt marsh habitat. Start your trip at the Visitors Center to learn all about the area and its feathery inhabitants. Nearby, the Kanuimanu Ponds offer an up-close view of waterbirds. A must-see is the Coastal Boardwalk that offers a chance to see many native and wintering vagrant species of shore and waterbirds.
Keālia Pond National Wildlife Refuge
Wetland
Managed by: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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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 | ||
| Gray Francolin | Ortygornis pondicerianus | ||
| Black Francolin | Francolinus francolinus | ||
| Red Junglefowl (domestic) | moa | Gallus gallus | |
| 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 | ||
| Mitred Parakeet | Psittacara mitratus | ||
| Rosy-faced Lovebird | Agapornis roseicollis | ||
| Japanese Bush-warbler | Horornis diphone | ||
| Warbling White-eye | Zosterops japonicus | ||
| 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 | ||
| Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda | ||
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | ||
| African Silverbill | Euodice cantans | ||
| Java Sparrow | Lonchura oryzivora | ||
| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | ||
| Chestnut Munia | Lonchura atricapilla |