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Millions of seabirds and thousands of endemic land birds make the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands their homes. |  |
SEABIRDS:
- Laysan albatross moli Diomedea immutabilis
- Black-footed albatross Diomedea nigripes
- Dark-rumped petrel `ua`u Pterdroma phaeopygia sandwichensis
- Bonin Petrel Pterdroma hypoleuca
- Band-rumped storm-petrel `ake`ake Oceanodroma castro
- Wedge-tailed shearwater `ua`u kani Puffinus pacificus
- Christmas shearwater Puffinus nativitatis
- Bulwer's petrel `ou Bulweria berwerii
- Red-tailed tropicbird koa`e `ula Phaethon rubricausa rothschildi
- White-tailed tropicbird koa`e kea Pheaton lepturus dorotheae
- Masked booby `a Sula dactylatra personata
- Red-footed booby `a Sula sula rubripes
- Brown booby `a Sula leucongaster plotus
- Great frigate bird 'iwa Fregata minor palmerstoni
- Sooty tern `ewa`ewa Sterna fuscata oahuensis
- Gray-backed tern pakalakala Sterna lunata
- Brown noddy noio koha Anous stolidus pileatus
- Black noddy noio Anous minutus melanogenys
- Blue-gray noddy Procelsterna cerula saxatilis
- White tern manu-o-Ku Gygis alba rothschildi
LAND BIRDS:
- Laysan duck Anas laysanensis
- Nihoa millerbird Acrocephalus familiaris kingi
- Nihoa finch Telespiza ultima
- Laysan finch Telespiza cantans
Photos by Robert Shallenberger
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