Kauaʻi record · kba_bird_newell_s_shearwater
Newell’s Shearwater
Puffinus newelli
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About Newell’s Shearwater
Newell’s Shearwater (Puffinus newelli) is recorded as a breeding visitor 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 B: breeding visitor. 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
- Puffinus newelli
- Common names
- Newell’s Shearwater
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Kauaʻi documented: breeding visitor (2017 island checklist)
- Origin
- Endemic
- 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
- Marine Seabird
- Food and resource needs
- Feeds only at sea on schooling fish and squid, foraging day and night and diving to depths over 150 feet.
- Reproduction
- Suitable nesting or roosting sites, seasonal food, and protection from disturbance and predators.
- Shelter
- Shelter and structure within marine seabird.
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Cat/rat predation, light attraction/fallout, powerline collision, invasive plants, breeding-habitat loss/modification, and potential at-sea pressures
- Conservation actions
- Protect montane colonies, continue radar/burrow monitoring, predator control, shield and reduce lights during fledging season, powerline mitigation, fallout rescue, and social attraction at safe sites
- 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
- Endangered Kauai Core Population April November Breeder
- Seasonal description
- Newell’s Shearwater (Puffinus newelli) is recorded as a breeding visitor 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.