Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō Trail
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- Puu Oo Trail
This historic trail was once a cattle driving trail linking Puʻu ʻŌʻō Ranch on Mauna Kea and Keauhou Ranch near Kīlauea. An easy, though lengthy 7.4-mile round-trip hike across smooth pāhoehoe and rough ʻaʻā lava flows, the trail meanders in and out of kīpuka (older, forested pockets spared from lava flows) filled with ancient trees and flocks of native honeycreepers. These kīpuka are good places to spend some time looking for the endangered Hawaiian birds like ʻakiapōlāʻau, ʻakepa, and ʻalawī.
Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō Trail
Wet forest
Managed by: Na Ala Hele Trails and Access Program
Hours & Site Information: Visit Website
Important Info:
Hunters frequent this area. Wear bright colored clothing and explore respectfully.
Birds
| American Birding Association Common Name | Hawaiian Name | Scientific Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| California quail | Callipepla californica | ||
| Erckel’s spurfowl | Pternistis erckelii | ||
| kalij pheasant | Lophura leucomelanos | ||
| wild turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | ||
| Hawaiian hawk | ʻio | Buteo solitarius | |
| Pacific golden-plover | kōlea | Pluvialis fulva | |
| spotted dove | Spilopelia chinensis | ||
| zebra dove | Geopelia striata | ||
| barn owl | Tyto alba | ||
| Hawaii elepaio | ʻelepaio | Chasiempis sandwichensis | |
| Eurasian skylark | Alauda arvensis | ||
| Japanese bush-warbler | Horornis diphone | ||
| warbling white-eye | Zosterops japonicus | ||
| Chinese hwamei | Garrulax canorus | ||
| red-billed leiothrix | Leiothrix lutea | ||
| ʻōmaʻo | ʻōmaʻo | Myadestes obscurus | |
| common myna | Acridotheres tristis | ||
| yellow-billed cardinal | Paroaria capitata | ||
| saffron finch | Sicalis flaveola | ||
| northern cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | ||
| apapane | ʻapapane | Himatione sanguinea | |
| iiwi | ʻiʻiwi | Drepanis coccinea | |
| ʻakiapōlāʻau | ʻakiapōlāʻau | Hemignathus wilsoni | |
| Hawaiʻi ʻamakihi | ʻamakihi | Chlorodrepanis virens | |
| Hawaii creeper | ʻalawī | Loxops mana | |
| Hawaiʻi ʻākepa | ʻākepa | Loxops coccineus | |
| house finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | ||
| yellow-fronted canary | Crithagra mozambica | ||
| house sparrow | Passer domesticus | ||
| scaly-breasted munia | Lonchura punctulata |