Hawaiian stilt
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The Hawaiian stilt is an endangered Hawaiian subspecies of the black-necked stilt species. It is a long-legged, slender shorebird with a long, thin beak. Other common names include the Hawaiian black-
Black necked Stilt
A Hawaiian stilt chick.
(a) a nest with eggs. (b) a pair of female Hawaiian stilts looking over a nest. (c) a male and female pair of Hawaiian stilts guarding a second female who is incubating the nest.
On Kauaʻi
Niʻihau
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Niʻihau, sometimes written Niihau, is the seventh largest island in Hawaii and the westernmost of the main islands. It is 17.5 miles southwest of Kauaʻi across the Kaulakahi Channel. Its area is 69.5
Hawaiian stilt
…on Maui, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi where it is fairly common. It is uncommon on Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi, and scarce on Hawaiʻi. Many of Kauaʻi's birds migrate to Niʻihau during wet winters. The stilts are most often seen in wetlands near the ocean on the main islands. They may occur in large groups on ponds, marshes and…
Aerial view of Niʻihau looking southwestward
View of the rugged cliffs of windward Niʻihau (the northeastern shore)
A group of villagers at Puʻuwai Beach settlement, Niʻihau in 1885. Photograph taken by Francis Sinclair, son of Elizabeth McHutchison Sinclair.
Navy contractors from PMRF arrive at Paniau Ridge on Niʻihau in an Agusta A109 helicopter. The seabird sanctuary island of Lehua can be seen in the background.