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Keaoi
Keaoi
nehe flower
Photo: H. Eijzenga

2 acre islet located of the Kau Coast along Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. The islet subsided 10 feet after the 1975 earthquake and is currently washed over by waves.
The islet is part of the State Seabird Sanctuary: access is by permit only to protect the islet's flora and fauna.

Species checklists:
SEABIRD
  Family: Procellaridae
    Bulweria bulweri ou (Bulwer's Petrel) Fed:none State:noneIndigenous
    9-Aug-45 Complete survey 200 individuals Baldwin 1945
Literature Citations:

Altonn, H. 1977. Seabird refuge established. Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1977 (October 22, 1977): A101.

Baldwin, P.H. 1946. Bulwer Petrel breeding on eastern Hawaiian Islands. The Condor 48: 2.

Ball, F. 1975. A survey of the marine organisms at Halape, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Cooperative National Parks Resources Studies Unit, Department of Botany, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Oahu. 51 p.

Department of Land and Natural Resources, D.o.F.a.W. 1981. Seabird sanctuaries. Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Honolulu. 3 p.

Fisher, H.I. 1948. Locality records of Pacific Island reptiles and amphibians. Copeia 1948(1): 69.

Megysi, J.L. & O'Daniel, D.L. 1997. Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii), p. 33. In: Gill, A.P.a.F. (ed.), The Birds of North America. Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA281.

Morin, M. 1982. State Seabird Sanctuary brief legislative history, p. 6. In: Department of Land and Natural Resources, D.o.F.a.W. (ed.), State of Hawaii6.

Tomich, P.Q. 1986. Mammals in Hawai'i. 2. Bishop Musuem Press, Honolulu, HI. 375 p.

Walker, R. 1978. Named islands, islets, rocks, sandspits in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Department of Land and Natural Resources: Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Honolulu. 16 p.

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