Site Report: Kauai - Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge

A rocky point on the north shore of Kauai, this is a good spot to see sea birds and possibly the Hawaiian Monk Seal.

Visits

2005-03-23: We stopped here in the rental car for about an hour.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (8 records)

Phylum: Chordates (8 records)

Class: Birds (7 records)

Order: Anseriformes (1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Hawaiian Goose (Branta sandvicensis)

Order: Boobies (1 record)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Red-footed Booby (Sula sula)

Order: Pelicans (3 records)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor)
- Family: Tropicbirds
- Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)
- White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)

Order: Tubenoses (2 records)
- Family: Albatrosses
- Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna pacifica)

Class: Mammals (1 record)

Order: Carnivorans (1 record)
- Family: Phocidae
- Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi)

Lifelists

Trips

Hawaii, Kauai