Common (Hawaiian) Moorhens recorded per party hr on the Lihue Christmas Count

(see Count Page) in 1972-1991. This species has shown similar fluctuations in

populations on the Kapa'a and Waipi'o Christmas Counts, related to rainfall levels in

the state. Wetter periods (such as 1976-1984 and 1991-1996) are more favorable for

moorhens than drought periods (see also 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/