Black-necked (Hawaiian) Stilts recorded per party hr on the Kapa'a Christmas

Count, 1971-2007 (see Count Page), indicating a significantly increasing trend,

opposite to that of the Honolulu Christmas Count. Fluctuations in numbers apart

from the trends reflect favorable and unfavorable conditions for breeding, as related

primarily to rainfall totals (see also Common Moorhen and Hawaiian Coot).

 

Species account

 

Graphs of Christmas Count data developed as part of The Birds of the Hawaiian

Islands: Occurrence, History, Distribution, and Status by Robert L. Pyle and Peter Pyle http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/birds/rlp-monograph/2009/