Birds of the National Parks in Hawaii

by William W. Dunmire

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

PUBLISHED IN COOPERATION WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK

copyright 1961

cover by Ronald L. Walker

(see [center plate] for identification)

BIRDS
of the
NATIONAL PARKS
in
HAWAII

by
William W. Dunmire
Park Naturalist, Hawaii National Park

Illustrated by Ronald L. Walker
District Biologist, State Division of Fish & Game

HAWAII NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION
1961

Trail Through Kipuka Puaulu (Bird Park)

Table of Contents

Page [Introduction] 2 [How the Birds Came] 3 [The Decline of Native Birds] 4 [Where to See the Birds] 5 [The National Parks] 8 [About This Booklet] 8 The Birds [Petrels: Family Procellariidae] 11 [Tropic-birds: Family Phaëthontidae] 11 [Geese: Family Anatidae] 13 [Hawks: Family Accipitridae] 15 [Quails, Partridges, Pheasants: Family Phasianidae] 15 [Plovers, Turnstones: Family Charadriidae] 19 [Sandpipers: Family Scolopacidae] 20 [Terns: Family Laridae] 20 [Doves: Family Columbidae] 21 [Owls: Family Strigidae] 22 [Larks: Family Alaudidae] 22 [Babbling Thrushes: Family Timeliidae] 23 [Mockingbirds: Family Mimidae] 24 [Thrushes: Family Turdidae] 25 [Old World Flycatchers: Family Sylviidae] 26 [Starlings: Family Sturnidae] 27 [White-eyes: Family Zosteropidae] 27 [Hawaiian Honeycreepers: Family Drepaniidae] 28 [Weaver Finches: Family Ploceidae] 32 [Finches, etc.: Family Fringillidae] 33 [Other Birds] 34 [Index] 35