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Pu‘u Wa‘awa‘a ʻŌhiʻa Trail
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The Puʻu Waʻawaʻa Forest Reserve is home to a diverse dry ʻōhiʻa forest mixed with many endangered and rare plants. The ʻŌhiʻa Trail takes you through some of these forested areas where a wide variety of native and exotic birds have found a home. Be sure to check in at the Hiker Check-in Station for trail information.
Dry forestPasture and grasslands
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Managed by: Division of Forestry and Wildlife
Hours & Site Information: Visit Website
Important Info:
Hunters frequent this area. Wear bright colored clothing and explore respectfully. This is an extremely dry area: do not park in tall grass; no smoking.
Birds
American Birding Association Common Name | Hawaiian Name | Scientific Name | |
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Hawaiian goose | nēnē | Branta sandvicensis | |
California quail | Callipepla californica | ||
gray francolin | Ortygornis pondicerianus | ||
black francolin | Francolinus francolinus | ||
Erckel’s spurfowl | Pternistis erckelii | ||
red junglefowl (domestic) | moa | Gallus gallus | |
kalij pheasant | Lophura leucomelanos | ||
ring-necked pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | ||
Indian peafowl | Pavo cristatus | ||
wild turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | ||
cattle egret | Bubulcus ibis | ||
Hawaiian hawk | ʻio | Buteo solitarius | |
Pacific golden-plover | kōlea | Pluvialis fulva | |
spotted dove | Spilopelia chinensis | ||
zebra dove | Geopelia striata | ||
mourning dove | Zenaida macroura | ||
barn owl | Tyto alba | ||
Hawaiian short-eared owl | pueo | Asio flammeus sandwichensis | |
red-masked parakeet | Psittacara erythrogenys | ||
Eurasian skylark | Alauda arvensis | ||
Japanese bush-warbler | Horornis diphone | ||
warbling white-eye | Zosterops japonicus | ||
red-billed leiothrix | Leiothrix lutea | ||
northern mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | ||
common myna | Acridotheres tristis | ||
saffron finch | Sicalis flaveola | ||
northern cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | ||
Hawaiʻi ʻamakihi | ʻamakihi | Chlorodrepanis virens | |
house finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | ||
yellow-fronted canary | Crithagra mozambica | ||
house sparrow | Passer domesticus | ||
lavender waxbill | Estrilda caerulescens | ||
common waxbill | Estrilda astrild | ||
red avadavat | Amandava amandava | ||
African silverbill | Euodice cantans | ||
Java sparrow | Lonchura oryzivora | ||
scaly-breasted munia | Lonchura punctulata |