Trip Report: Hawaii, Kauai (2005-03-23 - 2005-03-29)

Kalalau Lookout, Kokee State Park

Na Pali Coast from the Kalalau Trail

Hanakapiai Falls

Barbara crossing the Hanakapiai Stream

Lihue Beach

Kalalau Lookout, Kokee State Park

Red-crested Cardinal, Kokee State Park

Red Jungle Fowl, Kauai

Barbara and I flew last minute to Kauai from SFO via Honolulu. We rented a car in Lihue, and we traveled to both ends of the main road.

Country: United States of America (6 sites)

Kingdom: Animals (40 records)

Phylum: Arthropods (2 records)

Class: Insects (2 records)

Order: Butterflies and Moths (1 record)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Kamehameha Butterfly (Vanessa tameamea)

Order: Dragonflies and Damselflies (1 record)
- Family: Coenagrionidae
- Hawaiian Damselfly (Megalagrion calliphyas)

Phylum: Chordates (38 records)

Class: Amphibians (1 record)

Order: Toads and Frogs (1 record)
- Family: True Toads
- Giant Cane Toad (Rhinella marina)

Class: Birds (30 records)

Order: Anseriformes (2 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Hawaiian Goose (Branta sandvicensis)
- Hawaiian Duck (Anas wyvilliana)

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

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
- Zebra Dove (Geopelia striata)

Order: Parrots (1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)

Order: Pelicans (7 records)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor)
- Family: Herons
- Western Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Family: Tropicbirds
- Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)
- White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)

Order: Perching Birds (10 records)
- Family: Amakihi
- Kauai Amakihi (Chlorodrepanis stejnegeri)
- Anianiau (Magumma parva)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Akekee (Loxops caeruleirostris)
- Apapane (Himatione sanguinea)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Chestnut Munia (Lonchura atricapilla)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- Kauai Elepaio (Chasiempis sclateri)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Red-crested Cardinal (Paroaria coronata)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus)
- Family: White-eyes
- Warbling White-eye (Zosterops japonicus)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)
- Family: Plovers
- Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva)

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

Order: Turkey-like birds (2 records)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Erckel's Francolin (Pternistis erckelii)
- Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus)

Class: Mammals (3 records)

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

Order: Cetacea (1 record)
- Family: Balaenopteridae
- Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Class: Reptiles (4 records)

Order: Lizards and Snakes (3 records)
- Family: Anoles
- Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)
- Family: Skinks
- Metallic Skink (Lampropholis delicata)
- Snake-eyed Skink (Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus)

Order: Turtles (1 record)
- Family: Sea Turtles
- Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)