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Description
Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge is a Hawaii birding hotspot not to be missed. It has one of the largest populations of nesting seabirds in Hawaii. The cliffs are packed with seabirds and Great Frigatebird wheel overhead. The massive Laysan Albatross nests here in the winter and spring, and it’s a refuge for the endangered Hawaiian Goose. You can also observe many migratory seabirds that flock here in the thousands. Among the other birds you can spot are Red-footed Booby, Red-tailed Tropicbird, White-tailed Tropicbird, Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Wandering Tattler and Hawaiian Duck.
Details
Access
Access via Kileauea Road. Click on the P in the map for directions or coordinates. The refuge is accessible to all visitors, with an easy walk up from the parking lot along a paved road to the lighthouse and viewing areas.
Terrain and Habitat
Canyon/cliffConditions
MountainousCircular trail
NoIs a telescope useful?
Can be usefulGood birding season
All year roundBest time to visit
Spring migration , Autumn migrationRoute
Paved roadDifficulty walking trail
EasyAccessible by
CarBirdwatching hide / platform
NoExtra info
Photo Kilauea Point Lighthouse by Chris Hunkeler, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
Photo Red footed Booby by Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 US <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons.
Photo Hawaiian Goose by John and Karen Hollingsworth / U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.