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Waimea Valley
Waimea Valley features botanical gardens, important cultural sites, a waterfall, and more. Managed by non-profit organization, Hiʻipaka LLC, Waimea Valley is accessible to the public with the purchase of admission. The valley is home to around 15 of the endangered ʻalae ʻula.
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Managed by: Hi'ipaka LLC
Hours & Site Information: Visit Website
Important Info:
Admission ranges depending on age and Kamaʻāina or military status. Check Waimea Valley's website for the most up to date information.
Birds
American Birding Association Common Name | Hawaiian Name | Scientific Name | |
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green-winged teal | Anas crecca | ||
Laysan albatross | mōlī | Phoebastria immutabilis | |
white-tailed tropicbird | koaʻe kea | Phaethon lepturus | |
red-tailed tropicbird | koaʻe ʻula | Phaethon rubricauda | |
masked booby | ʻā | Sula dactylatra | |
cattle egret | Bubulcus ibis | ||
Hawaiian gallinule | ‘Alae ‘ula | Gallinula galeata sandvicensis | |
Hawaiian coot | ʻalae keʻokeʻo | Fulica alai | |
Pacific golden-plover | kōlea | Pluvialis fulva | |
ruddy turnstone | ʻakekeke | Arenaria interpres | |
rock pigeon | Columba livia | ||
spotted dove | Spilopelia chinensis | ||
zebra dove | Geopelia striata | ||
red-vented bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | ||
red-whiskered bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | ||
Japanese bush-warbler | Horornis diphone | ||
red-billed leiothrix | Leiothrix lutea | ||
white-rumped shama | Copsychus malabaricus | ||
common myna | Acridotheres tristis | ||
saffron finch | Sicalis flaveola | ||
northern cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | ||
house finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | ||
common waxbill | Estrilda astrild | ||
African silverbill | Euodice cantans | ||
Java sparrow | Lonchura oryzivora | ||
chestnut munia | Lonchura atricapilla |