This webpage, "Checklists of the Biota of Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park ," is simply an alphabetical list of the scientific names of species recorded from the park. Each name is linked (click on the scientific name) to its individual taxonomic Family. Within the Family, if a species is illustrated click on the thumbnail image to link to the large photograph page..

There are also indexes to both Hawaiian and English common names where there are such names. Names in these indexes are linked to the Family pages (click on the name). Macrons are not included over the Hawaiianan names since their transmission with less robust web alphabets becomes garbled with different internet browsers.

To simply browse the illustrations, click on one of the plate lists below:
Learn more about the NPSpecies Inventorying and Monitoring Program.
Fish Base is an outstanding website for detailed information about fishes worldwide.
Send corrections and new data to National Park Service contacts: <bryan_harry@partner.nps.gov> or <sallie_beavers@nps.gov>
This site last updated 12 May, 2005
Plants Database is an excellent website for plant taxonomy and distribution for plants in the United States.
ITIS Database website is an continually updated authority on current U.S., Canada, and Mexico species taxonomy.
Marine portions of the park have sparkling clear waters, and are a popular diving location. Now the waters are in early stages of protection as a Marine Protected Area as well as a National Historical Park. The park waters are closed to taking marine life and specimens for the aquarium trade.

Plate 1 Birds - Grebes to Egrets
Plate 2 Birds - Ducks and Geese to Grouse
Plate 3 Birds - Coots to Shorebirds
Plate 4 Birds - Gulls and Terns to Finches
Plate 5 Fishes - Eagle Rays to Squirrelfish
Plate 6 Fishes - Trumpetfish to Jacks
Plate 7 Fishes - Snappers to Rudderfishes
Plate 8 Fishes - Butterflyfish
Plate 9 Fishes - Damselfish
Plate 10 Fishes - Wrasse
Plate 11 Fishes - Parrotfish
Plate 12 Fishes - Tangs
Plate 13 Fishes - Barracuda to Pufferfish
Plate 14 Mammals and Reptiles
Plate 15 Marine Invertebrates, corals
Plate 16 Marine Invertebrates
Plate 17 Plants, Poppies to Pickleweed
Plate 18 Plants, Legumes to Ivy Gourds
Plate 19 Plants, Jacquemontia to Bulrush
Plate 20 Plants, Grasses to Agave
List of Picture Plates
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At first glance, driving along Highway 19 near Honokohau Harbor, the Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park looks little more than a flat lava flow with alien grasses and shrubs. But check it out. It has some of the nicest shoreline along the Kona Coast, and has a sample of the finest old Hawaiian fishponds to be found anywhere. The middle pond, Aimakapa, is also a very accessible birding hot spot in Hawaii. Aimakapa is an important wetland and an important migrant trap where many unusual and unexpected birds have turned up. The ocean and reef here are an important new Marine Area Reserve. Green sea turtles regualrly haul in to bask here.

This web page was developed from the National Park Service new Inventory and Monitoring website--a regularly updated intranet site as yet not generally available to the public. The data presented are from these NPSpecies reports on various biota dated April 2004.

Natural Resources in Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park Species Lists:

 

This biota site is a work in progress. More illustrations will be added. Eventually it will be replaced by the National Park Service's Inventory and Monitoring website with live links to bibliographic sources for the records, and in some cases species distribution maps.

The NPS Inventorying and Monitoring site is a work in progress at this time. It is expected to be on line to the public in a couple more years.
Checklists of Biota in Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park