Hawaiian Coots recorded per party hr on the Lihue
Christmas Count (see Count
Page) in 1972-1992. Fluctuations in
numbers reflect favorable and unfavorable conditions for
breeding, as related primarily to rainfall totals (see also 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