Similar looking to the ʻakeʻake, Leach’s storm-petrel is a migrant visitor to Hawaiʻi. It is most commonly seen in Hawaiian waters from October to April. They can be distinguished with a keen eye from ʻakeʻake by a more forked tail, often a black central line down the middle of it’s white rump, and more erratic ...
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The sooty shearwater breeds in New Zealand, South East Australi,a and the southern tip of South America, but each year migrates north to take advantage of food in the Bering Sea. It is most commonly seen in Hawaiian waters moving north in March and April, and then again in September and October heading south. It ...
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The ʻuaʻu kani, or wedge-tailed shearwater, is the most abundant seabird across the state. This large shearwater is indigenous throughout the Pacific ocean and in Hawaiʻi this coastal burrowing seabird arrives in March to breed through September. Remarkably few breed on the Big Island compared to other Hawaiian Islands likely due to human impacts (like ...
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The ʻou is a small sooty brown petrel 11 inches long with a 23-inch wing span. Bill and legs are dark. They are usually seen near land during their breeding season (April – October).
A little over a foot in size, the pied-billed grebe is normally a visitor to the Hawaiian Islands but they temporarily established a small breeding colony on Hawaiʻi island from 1985 to 1993. They are mostly brown chunky birds with a large blocky head, slender neck, and thick bills. They can be found on small ...
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