Kauaʻi record · kba_bird_hawaiian_common_gallinule
Hawaiian Common Gallinule
Gallinula galeata sandvicensis
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About Hawaiian Common Gallinule
Hawaiian Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata sandvicensis) is recorded as a native resident on Kauaʻi in the Bishop Museum's 2017 island checklist. This is a documented island occurrence, not a claim of an individual sighting in 2026.
Kauaʻi evidence
Bishop Museum island checklist (version 2, 2017) lists Kauaʻi status R: native resident. See original island table. The record includes Kauaʻi-specific or clearly defined regional evidence appropriate to its stated occurrence status.
Occurrence evidence
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Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Gallinula galeata sandvicensis
- Common names
- Hawaiian Common Gallinule
- Family
- Rallidae
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Kauaʻi documented: native resident (2017 island checklist)
- Origin
- Indigenous
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- Island occurrence supported by the 2017 checklist; abundance and current year presence are not established here
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Wetlands · Marshes · Taro fields · Streams · Agricultural areas
- Food and resource needs
- Wetland omnivore
- Reproduction
- Suitable nesting or roosting sites, seasonal food, and protection from disturbance and predators.
- Shelter
- Shelter and structure within wetlands, marshes, taro fields.
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Wetland loss, predators, altered hydrology, invasive wetland plants, botulism and other avian disease risk, contaminants, and sea-level rise
- Conservation actions
- Maintain dense emergent vegetation/open-water mosaics, manage water levels, protect Hanalei/Wailua/Mana habitats, control predators and invasive wetland plants, and continue biannual waterbird surveys
- Monitoring
- Track occurrence, abundance, habitat condition, breeding or seasonal use, and significant threats.
- Data gaps
- Update island status with dated contemporary records · Specific Kauaʻi habitat and abundance need local evidence
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Endangered Resident Lowland Wetland
- Seasonal description
- Hawaiian Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata sandvicensis) is recorded as a native resident on Kauaʻi in the Bishop Museum's 2017 island checklist. This is a documented island occurrence, not a claim of an individual sighting in 2026.