List of species of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
This is a list of the species that inhabit the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Except for researchers and volunteers living on Midway Atoll, Kure Atoll, and Tern Island, the leeward islands are uninhabited by people but home to at least 7000 species ranging from marine mammals, fish, sea turtles, birds and invertebrates. Many of these species are rare or endangered and at least 25% are endemic to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. This list identifies which islands the species lives on, and whether the species is endemic to the NWHI.
Animals
Birds
Nihoa | Necker | French Frigate Shoals | Gardner Pinnacles | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | Endemic? | ||
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Laysan albatross | Nihoa | Necker | French Frigate Shoals | Gardner Pinnacles | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | ||
Nihoa finch | Nihoa | Endemic | |||||||||
Blue noddy | Nihoa | Necker | French Frigate Shoals | Gardner Pinnacles | |||||||
Nihoa millerbird | Nihoa | Endemic | |||||||||
Red-footed booby | Nihoa | Necker | French Frigate Shoals | Gardner Pinnacles | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | ||
Laysan finch | Laysan | Pearl and Hermes | Endemic | ||||||||
Brown noddy | Nihoa | Necker | French Frigate Shoals | Gardner Pinnacles | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | ||
Laysan duck | Laysan | Endemic | |||||||||
Bristle-thighed curlew | Nihoa | Necker | French Frigate Shoals | Gardner Pinnacles | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | ||
Pacific golden plover | Nihoa | Necker | French Frigate Shoals | Gardner Pinnacles | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | ||
Grey-backed tern | Nihoa | Necker | French Frigate Shoals | Gardner Pinnacles | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | ||
Ruddy turnstone | Nihoa | Necker | French Frigate Shoals | Gardner Pinnacles | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | ||
Black-footed albatross | Nihoa | Necker | French Frigate Shoals | Gardner Pinnacles | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | ||
Great frigatebird | Nihoa | Necker | French Frigate Shoals | Gardner Pinnacles | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | ||
White tern | Nihoa | Necker | French Frigate Shoals | Gardner Pinnacles | Laysan | Lisianski | Midway | Kure | |||
Short-tailed albatross | Nihoa | Necker | French Frigate Shoals | Gardner Pinnacles | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | ||
Black noddy | Nihoa | Necker | French Frigate Shoals | Gardner Pinnacles | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | ||
Wedge-tailed shearwater | Nihoa | Necker | French Frigate Shoals | Gardner Pinnacles | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | ||
Brown booby | Nihoa | Necker | French Frigate Shoals | Gardner Pinnacles | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | ||
Christmas shearwater | Nihoa | French Frigate Shoals | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | ||||
Masked booby | Nihoa | Necker | French Frigate Shoals | Gardner Pinnacles | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | ||
Sooty tern | Nihoa | Necker | French Frigate Shoals | Gardner Pinnacles | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | ||
Bonin petrel | Nihoa | Necker | French Frigate Shoals | Gardner Pinnacles | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | ||
Plants
Nihoa | Necker | French Frigate Shoals | Gardner Pinnacles | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | Endemic? | ||
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Pritchardia remota | Nihoa | Endemic | |||||||||
Nihoa carnation | Nihoa | Endemic | |||||||||
Amaranthus brownii | Nihoa | Endemic | |||||||||
Morning glory | Nihoa | Laysan | Midway | Kure | |||||||
Boerhavia repens | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | ||||||
Portulaca lutea | Nihoa | Necker | French Frigate Shoals | Gardner Pinnacles | Laysan | Lisianski | Midway | ||||
Ohai | Nihoa | Necker | |||||||||
Native Hawaiian sedge | Nihoa | Laysan | Midway | Kure | |||||||
ʻEna ʻena | Midway | Kure | |||||||||
Sea purslane | Necker | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | |||||||
Goosefoot | Nihoa | Necker | French Frigate Shoals | Laysan | Lisianski | ||||||
Puaokama | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Kure | |||||||
Dwarf eragrostis | French Frigate Shoals | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | |||||||
Laysan sedge | Laysan | Endemic | |||||||||
Button sedge | French Frigate Shoals | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | |||||||
Eragrostis variabilis | Nihoa | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | |||||
Nelson's horsenettle | Nihoa | Laysan | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | ||||||
Beach morning glory | Nihoa | French Frigate Shoals | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | ||||
Tribulus cistoides | Nihoa | French Frigate Shoals | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | ||||
References
- Rauzon, Mark J. (2001). Isles of Refuge: Wildlife and History of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-2209-9.
- Amerson, Jr., A. Binion (Early Spring, 1975). "Species Richness on the Nondisturbed Northwestern Hawaiian Islands". Ecology. Ecological Society of America. 56 (2): 435–444. doi:10.2307/1934974. JSTOR 1934974. Check date values in:
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External links
- "Encyclopedia of the Sanctuary Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument". Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument website. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Retrieved 2008-05-01.
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