SIDE TRIP: Wai‘ānapanpa State Park
A side trip on the road to Hana is always an adventure! The Wai‘ānapanapa State Park is a perfect rest stop steeped in Hawaiian culture. The off-shore rocks and cliffs provide excellent sightings of shore and seabirds, viewable from ancient shoreline trails.
SIDE TRIP: Wai‘ānapanpa State Park
Coastal
Managed by: State Parks
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Birds
| American Birding Association Common Name | Hawaiian Name | Scientific Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gray Francolin | Ortygornis pondicerianus | ||
| Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | ||
| Hawaiian Petrel | ʻuaʻu | Pterodroma sandwichensis | |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | ʻuaʻu kani | Ardenna pacifica | |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | koaʻe kea | Phaethon lepturus | |
| Great Frigatebird | ʻiwa | Fregata minor | |
| Red-footed Booby | ʻā | Sula sula | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | ||
| Hawaiian Coot | ʻalae keʻokeʻo | Fulica alai | |
| Hawaiian Black-necked Stilt | aeʻo | Himantopus mexicanus knudseni | |
| Pacific Golden-plover | kōlea | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Wandering Tattler | ʻūlili | Tringa incana | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | ʻakekeke | Arenaria interpres | |
| Sanderling | hunakai | Calidris alba | |
| Brown Noddy | noio kōhā | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | noio | Anous minutus | |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | ||
| Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | ||
| Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | ||
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | ||
| Japanese Bush-warbler | Horornis diphone | ||
| Warbling White-eye | Zosterops japonicus | ||
| Chinese Hwamei | Garrulax canorus | ||
| Red-billed Leiothrix | Leiothrix lutea | ||
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | ||
| Red-crested Cardinal | Paroaria coronata | ||
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | ||
| House Finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | ||
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | ||
| African Silverbill | Euodice cantans | ||
| Java Sparrow | Lonchura oryzivora | ||
| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | ||
| Chestnut Munia | Lonchura atricapilla |