Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge

Kealia Pond
Aerial photograph of Kealia Pond
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Location of Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge in Hawaii, USA.
Location of Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge in Hawaii, USA.
Kealia Pond
Location of Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge in Hawaii, USA.
Location of Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge in Hawaii, USA.
Kealia Pond
LocationMaui, Hawaiʻi
Coordinates20°47′50″N 156°28′42″W / 20.79722°N 156.47833°W / 20.79722; -156.47833 (Kealia Pond)
Typecoastal wetland, salt marsh
Catchment area56 sq mi (150 km2)[1]
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area200 acres (81 ha), 450 acres (180 ha) (winter) [2]
WebsiteKealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge
References[1][2][3]

Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge is a coastal salt marsh along the south-central coast of Maui, Hawaiʻi. The refuge is located between the towns of Kihei and Maalaea, on both sides of North Kihei Road, Route 31. The wetland is also a 691-acre (2.80 km2) bird sanctuary, home to 30 species of waterfowl, shorebirds, and migratory ducks, including the ʻaukuʻu (black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli) and the endangered āeʻo (Hawaiian stilt, Himantopus mexicanus knudseni) and ʻalae keʻokeʻo (Hawaiian coot, Fulica alai).[4][5][6] Kealia Pond was selected as a wildlife refuge in 1953, protecting an initial 300 acres (1.2 km2) of land.[5] The refuge joined the National Wildlife Refuge System in 1992.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge".
  2. ^ a b "Keālia Pond National Wildlife Refuge: Habitat".
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kealia Pond
  4. ^ a b James 2001, pp. 71-72
  5. ^ a b Clark 1989, pp. 50-51
  6. ^ "Threatened and Endangered Species - Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office". www.fws.gov. Retrieved 2019-10-16.