ʻĀ Masked Booby Sula dactylatra SPECIES STATUS: SPECIES STATUS: State recognized as Indigenous Nature Serve Heritage Ranking G5 – Secure North American Waterbird Conservation Plan – Moderate concern Regional Seabird Conservation Plan – USFWS 2005 The masked booby is the largest booby and, like its Hawaiian congeners, has aRead More →
Manu ʻĀ Brown Booby Sula leucogaster SPECIES STATUS: State recognized as Indigenous Nature Serve Heritage Rank G5 – Secure North American Waterbird Conservation Plan – Moderate concern Regional Seabird Conservation Plan – USFWS 2005 There are four brown booby subspecies and have a pantropical distribution. It is a large,Read More →
Tristram’s Storm Petril Oceanodroma tristrami SPECIES STATUS: State recognized as Indigenous NatureServe Heritage Rank G3 – Vulnerable North American Waterbird Conservation Plan – High Concern IUCN Red List Ranking – Near threatened Regional Seabird Conservation Plan – USFWS 2005 SPECIES INFORMATION: Tristram’s storm-petrel is a large storm-petrel (Family:Read More →
Christmas ShearwaterPuffinus nativitatis Species Information The Christmas shearwater is a medium-sized, dark-brown shearwater (Family: Procellaridae), with a short, wedge-shaped tail and a shiny, black bill. Adult males and females are entirely dark brown, although underparts are lighter than upperparts. Flight is characterized by fast, stiff wing beats, followed by longRead More →
ʻEwaʻewa or Sooty TernSterna fuscata SPECIES STATUS: State recognized as Indigenous NatureServe Heritage Rank G5 – Secure North American Waterbird Conservation Plan – Moderate Concern Regional Seabird Conservation Plan – USFWS 2005 Species Information The ‘ewa‘ewa or sooty tern is an abundant and gregarious tern (Family: Laridae) with a pantropicalRead More →