Fishes of Nationa Park of American Samoa

Hawaiian Fish Names - Click fish name for more information

Hawaiian NameCommon Name
Scientific Name
'ABrown BoobySula leucogaster plotus
Ae'oHawaiian StiltHimantopus mexicanus knudseni
'AkekekeRuddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
'Alae ke'oke'o Hawaiian CootFulica alai
'A'oNewell's Townsend's ShearwaterPuffinus auricularis
'Auku'uBlack-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax hoactli
'Ewa'ewaBlack TernChlidonias niger
HunakaiSanderlingCalidris alba
'IwaGreat FrigatebirdFregata minor palmerstoni
'IoHawaiian HawkButeo solitarius
KioeaBristle-thighed CurlewNumenius tahitiensis
KoleaPacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulva
Koloa maoliHawaiian DuckAnas wyvilliana
Koloa mapu Northern PintailAnas acuta
Koloa moha Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
noio
Hawaiian noddy, Black NoddyAnous minutus melanogenys
noio koha
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
'OuBulwer's PetrelBulweria bulwerii
PueoHawaiian Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus sandwichensis
'Ua'uHawaiian Dark-rumped PetrelPterodroma phaeopygia sandwichensis
'Ua'u kaniWedge-tailed ShearwaterPuffinus pacificus
UliliWandering TattlerHeteroscelus incanus

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