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Kauaʻi species, habitats and conservation records

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  Klebsormidium sp.

  Klebsormidium sp.

  Klebsormidium sp. is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Alakaʻi Swamp, specimen BiSH 754201. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Komarekiella atlantica

  Komarekiella atlantica

  Komarekiella atlantica is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Primary 2017 study includes one strain from Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Kovacikia muscicola

  Kovacikia muscicola

  Kovacikia muscicola is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. One of twelve species named in the Kauaʻi cave flora. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Kumanoa alakaiensis

  Kumanoa alakaiensis

  Kumanoa alakaiensis is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Described from Kōkeʻe State Park, Kauaʻi in Sherwood et al. (2014). The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Laurencia nidifica

  Laurencia nidifica

  Laurencia nidifica is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. UH lists Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Micrasterias truncata

  Micrasterias truncata

  Micrasterias truncata is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Alakaʻi Swamp, specimen BiSH 754203. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Microspora pachyderma

  Microspora pachyderma

  Microspora pachyderma is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Stream exiting Alakaʻi Swamp, Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Microspora sp.

  Microspora sp.

  Microspora sp. is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Alakaʻi Swamp; specimen group includes Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Microthamnion kuetzingianum

  Microthamnion kuetzingianum

  Microthamnion kuetzingianum is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Alakaʻi Swamp, specimen BiSH 754205. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Mougeotia sp.

  Mougeotia sp.

  Mougeotia sp. is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Stream exiting Alakaʻi Swamp, Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Navicymbula symmetrica

  Navicymbula symmetrica

  Navicymbula symmetrica is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Named in the 2016 Kauaʻi cave diatom treatment. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Nostoc cavernicola

  Nostoc cavernicola

  Nostoc cavernicola is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Described in 2016 Kauaʻi cave flora. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  limu kā kanaka

  Nostoc commune

  The name limu kā kanaka is linked in a Kauaʻi cultural source to Nostoc commune and Manuʻakepa. This is cultural attribution, not a voucher-confirmed identification or a claim of present-day abundance.

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  Nupela incerta

  Nupela incerta

  Nupela incerta is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Named in the 2016 Kauaʻi cave diatom treatment. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Oculatella kauaiensis

  Oculatella kauaiensis

  Oculatella kauaiensis is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. One of twelve species named in the Kauaʻi cave flora. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Pelatocladus maniniholoensis

  Pelatocladus maniniholoensis

  Pelatocladus maniniholoensis is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. One of twelve species named in the Kauaʻi cave flora. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Phormidium ambiguum

  Phormidium ambiguum

  Phormidium ambiguum is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Lower Huleʻia Stream; Sherwood 313 (BISH). The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Phormidium retzii

  Phormidium retzii

  Phormidium retzii is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Stream exiting Alakaʻi Swamp, Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Phormidium tinctorium

  Phormidium tinctorium

  Phormidium tinctorium is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Lower Huleʻia Stream; Sherwood 281 (BISH). The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  limu kala

  Sargassum polyphyllum

  Sargassum polyphyllum is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. UH lists Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Scytonema chiastum

  Scytonema chiastum

  Scytonema chiastum is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Stream exiting Alakaʻi Swamp, Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Scytonema coactile

  Scytonema coactile

  Scytonema coactile is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Stream exiting Alakaʻi Swamp, Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Scytonema tolypothricoides

  Scytonema tolypothricoides

  Scytonema tolypothricoides is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Stream exiting Alakaʻi Swamp, Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Sellaphora makauwahiensis

  Sellaphora makauwahiensis

  Sellaphora makauwahiensis is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Named in the 2016 Kauaʻi cave diatom treatment. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Stenomitos rutilans

  Stenomitos rutilans

  Stenomitos rutilans is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. One of twelve species named in the Kauaʻi cave flora. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Stigeoclonium pachydermum

  Stigeoclonium pachydermum

  Stigeoclonium pachydermum is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Makaleha Stream; Sherwood 344 (BISH). The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Stigeoclonium subsecundum

  Stigeoclonium subsecundum

  Stigeoclonium subsecundum is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Stream exiting Alakaʻi Swamp, Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Tabellaria flocculosa

  Tabellaria flocculosa

  Tabellaria flocculosa is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Stream exiting Alakaʻi Swamp, Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Terpsinoë constricta

  Terpsinoë constricta

  Terpsinoë constricta is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Named in the 2016 Kauaʻi cave diatom treatment. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Tetraspora sp.

  Tetraspora sp.

  Tetraspora sp. is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Alakaʻi Swamp, specimen BiSH 754215. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Tolypothrix carrinoi

  Tolypothrix carrinoi

  Tolypothrix carrinoi is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. One of twelve species named in the Kauaʻi cave flora. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  Ulva flexuosa

  Ulva flexuosa

  Ulva flexuosa is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. UH lists Kauaʻi as Enteromorpha flexuosa. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.

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  African Silverbill

  Euodice cantans

  The African Silverbill (Euodice cantans) is a small estrildid finch, about 10–11 centimeters (4–4.5 inches) long. Adults are sandy-brown above and paler below, with fine dark patterning, a black rump and pointed black tail, and the thick bl

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  Akekee

  Loxops caeruleirostris

  ʻAkekeʻe is a small Hawaiian honeycreeper found nowhere in the world except Kauaʻi. Adults are greenish above and yellow below, with a yellow crown and dark facial mask; females are generally somewhat duller than males. Its compact, cone-sh

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  Akiapolaau

  Hemignathus wilsoni

  ʻAkiapōlāʻau is a highly specialized Hawaiian honeycreeper endemic to Hawaiʻi Island rather than Kauaʻi. Its remarkable bill functions almost like two different tools combined in one: the short, stout lower mandible is used to tap and chise

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  Akikiki

  Oreomystis bairdi

  ʻAkikiki, also called the Kauaʻi creeper, is a small Hawaiian honeycreeper found naturally only on Kauaʻi. Adults are subdued gray to olive-brown above and paler below, with a short, slightly curved bill adapted to picking tiny prey from ba

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  Akohekohe

  Palmeria dolei

  ʻĀkohekohe, or crested honeycreeper, is a large and unmistakable Hawaiian honeycreeper endemic to Maui. Its mostly black plumage is patterned with orange, yellow, white, gray, and silvery feather tips, and a curled white crest projects forw

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  Amaui

  Myadestes woahensis

  ʻĀmaui, also known as the Oʻahu thrush, was a Hawaiian solitaire endemic to Oʻahu. It is one of the least-known birds in the Atlas: the species is represented historically by an adult and a juvenile collected by naturalist Andrew Bloxam in

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  American Avocet

  Recurvirostra americana

  The American Avocet is a tall, elegant shorebird with very long blue-gray legs, bold black-and-white wings, and a slender bill that curves distinctly upward. During the breeding season the head and neck become warm cinnamon; outside that se

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  American Bittern

  Botaurus lentiginosus

  The American Bittern is a stocky, medium-sized heron whose streaked brown, buff, and white plumage blends almost perfectly with reeds. When alarmed it stretches its neck, points its bill upward, and may sway with the surrounding vegetation,

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  American Pipit

  Anthus rubescens

  The American Pipit is a slender, ground-dwelling songbird with a brown back, pale streaked underparts, a fine bill, and a habit of repeatedly bobbing its tail while walking. Breeding adults can show a pinkish-buff wash below, while nonbreed

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  American Wigeon

  Mareca americana

  The American Wigeon is a medium-sized dabbling duck with a compact body, short bluish-gray bill, and pointed tail. Breeding males have a broad white crown, a green patch sweeping behind each eye, and a gray body with contrasting black rear;

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  Ancient Murrelet

  Synthliboramphus antiquus

  Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus) appears in the wider Hawaiian bird catalog, but the Bishop Museum's 2017 island checklist has no Kauaʻi occurrence code for it. An island-specific record is needed before claiming local presence.

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  Anianiau

  Magumma parva

  Anianiau (Magumma parva) 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.

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  Apapane

  Himatione sanguinea

  Apapane (Himatione sanguinea) 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.

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  Arctic Tern

  Sterna paradisaea

  Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) is recorded as a migrant or nonbreeding visitor 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.

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  Baikal Teal

  Sibirionetta formosa

  Baikal Teal (Sibirionetta formosa) is recorded as a vagrant 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.

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  Baird’s Sandpiper

  Calidris bairdii

  Baird’s Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) is recorded as a vagrant 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.

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  Band-rumped Storm-Petrel

  Oceanodroma castro

  Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma castro) is recorded as a breeding visitor 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.

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  Bar-tailed Godwit

  Limosa lapponica

  Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) is recorded as a migrant or nonbreeding visitor 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.

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  Barn Owl

  Tyto alba

  Barn Owl (Tyto alba) is recorded as a naturalized resident or reintroduced population 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.

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  Barn Swallow

  Hirundo rustica

  Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) appears in the wider Hawaiian bird catalog, but the Bishop Museum's 2017 island checklist has no Kauaʻi occurrence code for it. An island-specific record is needed before claiming local presence.

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  Belted Kingfisher

  Megaceryle alcyon

  Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) is recorded as a vagrant 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.

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  Bishop’s Oo

  Moho bishopi

  Bishop’s Oo (Moho bishopi) appears in the wider Hawaiian bird catalog, but the Bishop Museum's 2017 island checklist has no Kauaʻi occurrence code for it. An island-specific record is needed before claiming local presence.

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  Black-bellied Plover

  Pluvialis squatarola

  Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) is recorded as a winter visitor 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.

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  Black-crowned Night-Heron

  Nycticorax nycticorax

  Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 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.

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  Black-footed Albatross

  Phoebastria nigripes

  Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) is recorded as a migrant or nonbreeding visitor 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.

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  Black Francolin

  Francolinus francolinus

  Black Francolin (Francolinus francolinus) is recorded as a naturalized resident or reintroduced population on Kauaʻi in the Bishop Museum's 2017 island checklist. This is a documented island occurrence, not a claim of an individual sighting

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  Black-headed Gull

  Chroicocephalus ridibundus

  Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) appears in the wider Hawaiian bird catalog, but the Bishop Museum's 2017 island checklist has no Kauaʻi occurrence code for it. An island-specific record is needed before claiming local presenc

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  Black Kite

  Milvus migrans

  Black Kite (Milvus migrans) appears in the wider Hawaiian bird catalog, but the Bishop Museum's 2017 island checklist has no Kauaʻi occurrence code for it. An island-specific record is needed before claiming local presence.