Northern Pintails recorded per party hr on the Honolulu
Christmas Count, O'ahu,
1944-2007 (see Count
Page). The drop in numbers since1960 reflects,
among other
things, the loss of wetland
habitat in se. O'ahu, in particular, the draining
of
Kaelepulu Pond in 1954. See also Northern Shoveler.
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/