Waikamoi Preserve (The Nature Conservancy-PRIVATE)
The Nature Conservancy’s Waikamoi Preserve is an exclusive birding destination. On reservation-only guided hikes, you can see some of the rarest birds in world here. The ‘ākohekohe, with its feather crested head, is only found in this area.
Waikamoi Preserve (The Nature Conservancy-PRIVATE)
Wet forest
Managed by: The Nature Conservancy
Hours & Site Information: Visit Website
Important Info:
Reservations are REQUIRED far in advance.
Birds
| American Birding Association Common Name | Hawaiian Name | Scientific Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian goose | nēnē | Branta sandvicensis | |
| chukar | Alectoris chukar | ||
| ring-necked pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | ||
| Hawaiian petrel | ʻuaʻu | Pterodroma sandwichensis | |
| Pacific golden-plover | kolea | Pluvialis fulva | |
| spotted dove | Spilopelia chinensis | ||
| zebra dove | Geopelia striata | ||
| barn owl | Tyto alba | ||
| Eurasian skylark | Alauda arvensis | ||
| Japanese bush-warbler | Horornis diphone | ||
| warbling white-eye | Zosterops japonicus | ||
| Chinese hwamei | Garrulax canorus | ||
| red-billed leiothrix | Leiothrix lutea | ||
| common myna | Acridotheres tristis | ||
| northern cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | ||
| Maui alauahio | ʻAlauahio | Paroreomyza montana | |
| akohekohe | ʻākohekohe | Palmeria dolei | |
| apapane | ʻapapane | Himatione sanguinea | |
| iiwi | ʻiʻiwi | Drepanis coccinea | |
| Maui parrotbill | kiwikiu | Pseudonestor xanthophrys | |
| Hawaii amakihi | ʻamakihi | Chlorodrepanis virens | |
| house finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | ||
| house sparrow | Passer domesticus | ||
| African silverbill | Euodice cantans | ||
| scaly-breasted munia | Lonchura punctulata |