Kauaʻi record · kba_bird_hawaiian_black_necked_stilt
Hawaiian Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus knudseni
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About Hawaiian Black-necked Stilt
Hawaiian Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni) 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.
Kauaʻi evidence
Bishop Museum island checklist (version 2, 2017) lists Kauaʻi status R: native resident. See original island table. The record includes Kauaʻi-specific or clearly defined regional evidence appropriate to its stated occurrence status.
Occurrence evidence
bishop_island_checklist_2017
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Himantopus mexicanus knudseni
- Common names
- Hawaiian Black-necked Stilt
- Family
- Recurvirostridae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Kauaʻi documented: native resident (2017 island checklist)
- Origin
- Indigenous
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- Island occurrence supported by the 2017 checklist; abundance and current year presence are not established here
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Wetlands · Taro fields · Ponds · Estuaries · Mudflats
- Food and resource needs
- Opportunistic shallow-water/mudflat predator of polychaete worms, small crabs, insects, and small fish.
- Reproduction
- Suitable nesting or roosting sites, seasonal food, and protection from disturbance and predators.
- Shelter
- Shelter and structure within wetlands, taro fields, ponds.
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Habitat loss/modification, predators, altered hydrology, invasive wetland plants, botulism and other avian disease risk, contaminants, and sea-level rise
- Conservation actions
- Maintain shallow water and exposed mudflats, predator/vegetation/water-level control, protect river-valley and Mana habitats, and preserve management that supports stable population trends
- Monitoring
- Track occurrence, abundance, habitat condition, breeding or seasonal use, and significant threats.
- Data gaps
- Update island status with dated contemporary records · Specific Kauaʻi habitat and abundance need local evidence
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Resident Recovering Status Update 2026
- Seasonal description
- Hawaiian Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni) 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.