Black-necked (Hawaiian) Stilts recorded per party hr on the Honolulu Christmas

Count, 1944-2007 (see Count Page), indicating significantly decreasing trends,

resulting primarily from the drainage of wetlands, including Kaelepulu Pond in 1954

(see also Northern Pintail and 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/