Adult Red-footed Boobies counted primarily at Kilauea Point NWR, Kaua'i,

breeding colony, as recorded on the Kapa'a Christmas Count 1972-2014 (see

Count Page), indicating a significant increase during the period.

 

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/