Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2009 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
Hawaiian Goose Branta sandvicensis |
NT |
resident (2002) |
83 birds |
A1, A2, A4i |
Hawaiian Petrel Pterodroma sandwichensis |
EN |
breeding (2001) |
present |
A1 |
Newell's Shearwater Puffinus newelli |
CR |
breeding (2007) |
present |
A1, A4ii |
Kauai Elepaio Chasiempis sclateri |
NT |
resident (2000) |
23,000 birds |
A1, A2 |
Puaiohi Myadestes palmeri |
CR |
resident (2007) |
400 birds |
A1, A2 |
Akikiki Oreomystis bairdi |
CR |
resident (2007) |
1,312 birds |
A1, A2 |
Ou Psittirostra psittacea |
EX |
resident (1989) |
present |
A1, A2 |
Kauai Nukupuu Hemignathus hanapepe |
EX |
resident (1987) |
present |
A1, A2 |
Anianiau Magumma parva |
EN |
resident (2000) |
35,000 birds |
A1, A2 |
Akekee Loxops caeruleirostris |
CR |
resident (2007) |
3,536 birds |
A1, A2 |
Kauai Amakihi Chlorodrepanis stejnegeri |
EN |
resident (2000) |
41,000 birds |
A1, A2 |
Iiwi Drepanis coccinea |
VU |
resident (2000) |
10,000 birds |
A1, A2 |
Apapane Himatione sanguinea |
LC |
resident (2000) |
129,563 birds |
A2 |
Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2009. The most recent assessment (2009) is shown below.
IBA conservation assessment |
Year of assessment |
State |
Pressure |
Response |
2009 |
not assessed |
high |
low |
Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
yes |
unset |
poor |
|
Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
- |
Ku‘ia
|
Natural Area Reserve (V) |
1 |
- |
Alaka'i Wilderness Preserve |
Preserve (-) |
-
|
1981 |
Alakai
|
Wilderness Preserve (V) |
6 |
1983 |
Hono O Na Pali
|
Natural Area Reserve (V) |
2 |
Land use |
% of IBA |
nature conservation and research |
89 |
hunting |
11 |
The majority of lands comprising the Kaua`i Forests and Uplands IBA are owned by the State of Hawai`i (62%), with the remainder being privately owned lands that are administered by the State of Hawai`i as forest reserves (38%), and less than 1% owned by The Nature Conservancy of Hawai`i. State lands include the Alaka`i Wilderness Preserve (6%), the Hono O Na Pali and Kuia Natural Area Reserves (2%), all or parts of the Halelea, Moloa`a, Na Pali-Kona, Kealia, Pu`u Ka Pele, and Lihue-Koloa State Forest Reserves (36%), Koke`e, Waimea Canyon, Haena, Na Pali Coast, and Polihale State Parks (7%), and the Wailua, Kekaha, and Mokihana State Game Management Areas (11%)
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kauai Forests and Uplands (USA). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kauai-forests-and-uplands-iba-usa on 23/12/2024.