Kauai List

I came off Kauai thinking I hadn’t seen that many birds, certainly only three of the native forest birds. However when I eventually got round to checking off the species I had seen versus the official list, I actually saw a very high percentage of what there is. Some obvious misses, but for 48 rather chilled-out hours on the island I am amazed at what I did see. This is also the first place I can remember going where I did not see a single Gull!

Bulwer’s Petrel

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Red-footed Booby

Brown Booby

Red-tailed Tropicbird

White-tailed Tropicbird

Great Frigatebird

Cattle Egret

Black-crowned Night Heron

Hawaiian Stilt

Pacific Golden Plover

Wandering Tattler

Black Francolin

Erckel’s Francolin

Spotted Dove

Zebra Dove

Red Junglefowl

Moorhen

Hawaiian Coot

Hawaiian Duck

Nene Goose

Apapane

Kauai Elapaio

Anianiau

Pueo

Japanese Leaf Warbler

Japanese White-eye

Saffron Finch

African Silverbill

Chestnut Munia
Nutmeg Munia

Red Avadavat

House Finch

Red-crested Cardinal

Northern Cardinal

White-rumped Shama

Common Myna

Pueo, the endemic race of Short-eared Owl

Red-crested Cardinal