Kauaʻi record · kba_bird_red_phalarope
Red Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius
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About Red Phalarope
Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) is recorded as a winter 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 W: winter visitor. See original island table. A Hawaiʻi-level record is available, but the species needs a documented Kauaʻi observation before local ecological conclusions are drawn.
Occurrence evidence
bishop_island_checklist_2017
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Phalaropus fulicarius
- Common names
- Red Phalarope
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Kauaʻi documented: winter visitor (2017 island checklist)
- Origin
- Indigenous visitor
- 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 · Estuaries · Mudflats · Shorelines
- Food and resource needs
- Areas and shallow-substrate invertebrates, small crustaceans, worms, insects, and other prey resolved by species and habitat.
- Reproduction
- Breeding on Kauaʻi is not established; seasonal resting and foraging habitat may be relevant.
- Shelter
- Shelter and structure within wetlands, taro fields, estuaries.
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Roost disturbance, shoreline change, wetland loss, predation at roosts, dogs/cats, contaminants, and migration-route stressors
- Conservation actions
- Roost protection, disturbance reduction, shoreline/wetland habitat maintenance, seasonal monitoring, and migration-window survey design
- Monitoring
- Document date, place, observer, habitat, behavior, and supporting media for any Kauaʻi observation.
- Data gaps
- Update island status with dated contemporary records · Specific Kauaʻi habitat and abundance need local evidence
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) is recorded as a winter 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.