Hawaiʻi Bird Species
Hawai‘i’s birds represent one of the greatest examples of variety and adaptation anywhere in the world. In addition to the unique native species, many introduced birds also call Hawai‘i home. In only a few hours, an intrepid birder could spot endangered native species, African game birds, European songbirds, and North American waterbirds.
The search tool below is a great way to see what birds, native or non-native, you might find on a trail. To find more comprehensive species profiles and learn about the ecology and protection of Hawaiʻi’s native birds, visit our Forestry & Wildlife website.
| American Birding Association Common Name | Hawaiian Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|---|
| snow goose | Anser caerulescens | |
| Brant | Branta bernicla | |
| cackling goose | Branta hutchinsii | |
| Canada goose | Branta canadensis | |
| Hawaiian goose | nēnē | Branta sandvicensis |
| muscovy duck | Cairina moschata | |
| gadwall | Anas strepera | |
| Eurasian wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| American wigeon | Mareca americana | |
| mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| Hawaiian duck | koloa | Anas wyvilliana |
| blue-winged teal | Spatula discors | |
| northern shoveler | koloa moha | Spatula clypeata |
| northern pintail | koloa māpu | Anas acuta |
| green-winged teal | Anas crecca | |
| canvasback | Aythya valisineria | |
| ring-necked duck | Aythya collaris | |
| greater scaup | Aythya marila | |
| lesser scaup | Aythya affinis | |
| bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | |
| helmeted guineafowl (domestic type) | Numida meleagris | |
| California quail | Callipepla californica | |
| chukar | Alectoris chukar | |
| gray francolin | Ortygornis pondicerianus | |
| black francolin | Francolinus francolinus | |
| Erckel’s spurfowl | Pternistis erckelii | |
| red junglefowl (domestic) | moa | Gallus gallus |
| kalij pheasant | Lophura leucomelanos | |
| ring-necked pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | |
| Indian peafowl | Pavo cristatus | |
| wild turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | |
| pied-billed grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | |
| Laysan albatross | mōlī | Phoebastria immutabilis |
| black-footed albatross | ka‘upu | Phoebastria nigripes |
| Hawaiian petrel | ʻuaʻu | Pterodroma sandwichensis |
| Bulwer’s petrel | ʻou | Bulweria bulwerii |
| wedge-tailed shearwater | ʻuaʻu kani | Ardenna pacifica |
| sooty shearwater | Ardenna grisea | |
| Newell’s shearwater | ʻaʻo | Puffinus newelli |
| Leach’s storm-petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | |
| band-rumped storm-petrel | ʻakeʻake | Oceanodroma castro |
| white-tailed tropicbird | koaʻe kea | Phaethon lepturus |
| red-tailed tropicbird | koaʻe ʻula | Phaethon rubricauda |
| great frigatebird | ʻiwa | Fregata minor |
| masked booby | ʻā | Sula dactylatra |
| brown booby | ʻā | Sula leucogaster |
| red-footed booby | ʻā | Sula sula |
| cattle egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| black-crowned night-heron | ʻaukuʻu | Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli |
| white-faced ibis | Plegadis chihi | |
| Hawaiian hawk | ʻio | Buteo solitarius |
| Hawaiian gallinule | ‘Alae ‘ula | Gallinula galeata sandvicensis |
| Hawaiian coot | ʻalae keʻokeʻo | Fulica alai |
| Hawaiian black-necked stilt | aeʻo | Himantopus mexicanus knudseni |
| Pacific golden-plover | kōlea | Pluvialis fulva |
| semipalmated plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
| spotted sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
| wandering tattler | ʻūlili | Tringa incana |
| bristle-thighed curlew | kioea | Numenius tahitiensis |
| bar-tailed godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| ruddy turnstone | ʻakekeke | Arenaria interpres |
| sharp-tailed sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
| sanderling | hunakai | Calidris alba |
| least sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | |
| pectoral sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| long-billed dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | |
| Wilson’s snipe | Gallinago delicata | |
| laughing gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | |
| ring-billed gull | Larus delawarensis | |
| brown noddy | noio kōhā | Anous stolidus |
| black noddy | noio | Anous minutus |
| white tern | manu-o-Kū | Gygis alba |
| sooty tern | ʻewaʻewa | Onychoprion fuscatus |
| gray-backed tern | pākalakala | Onychoprion lunatus |
| least tern | Sternula antillarum | |
| Caspian tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| chestnut-bellied sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | |
| rock pigeon | Columba livia | |
| spotted dove | Spilopelia chinensis | |
| zebra dove | Geopelia striata | |
| mourning dove | Zenaida macroura | |
| barn owl | Tyto alba | |
| Hawaiian short-eared owl | pueo | Asio flammeus sandwichensis |
| Mariana swiftlet | Aerodramus bartschi | |
| mitred parakeet | Psittacara mitratus | |
| red-masked parakeet | Psittacara erythrogenys | |
| red-crowned parrot | Amazona viridigenalis | |
| rose-ringed parakeet | Psittacula krameri | |
| rosy-faced lovebird | Agapornis roseicollis | |
| Kauaʻi ʻelepaio | ʻelepaio | Chasiempis sclateri |
| Oʻahu ʻElepaio | ʻelepaio | Chasiempis ibidis |
| Hawaii elepaio | ʻelepaio | Chasiempis sandwichensis |
| Eurasian skylark | Alauda arvensis | |
| red-vented bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | |
| red-whiskered bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | |
| Japanese bush-warbler | Horornis diphone | |
| warbling white-eye | Zosterops japonicus | |
| greater necklaced laughingthrush | Pterorhinus pectoralis | |
| Chinese hwamei | Garrulax canorus | |
| red-billed leiothrix | Leiothrix lutea | |
| white-rumped shama | Copsychus malabaricus | |
| ʻōmaʻo | ʻōmaʻo | Myadestes obscurus |
| northern mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | |
| common myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
| red-crested cardinal | Paroaria coronata | |
| yellow-billed cardinal | Paroaria capitata | |
| saffron finch | Sicalis flaveola | |
| northern cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | |
| western meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | |
| Maui alauahio | ʻAlauahio | Paroreomyza montana |
| palila | palila | Loxioides bailleui |
| ʻākohekohe | ʻākohekohe | Palmeria dolei |
| apapane | ʻapapane | Himatione sanguinea |
| iiwi | ʻiʻiwi | Drepanis coccinea |
| Maui parrotbill | kiwikiu | Pseudonestor xanthophrys |
| ʻakiapōlāʻau | ʻakiapōlāʻau | Hemignathus wilsoni |
| ʻanianiau | ʻanianiau | Magumma parva |
| Hawaiʻi ʻamakihi | ʻamakihi | Chlorodrepanis virens |
| O’ahu ‘Amakihi | ʻamakihi | Chlorodrepanis flavus |
| Kauaʻi ʻamakihi | ʻamakihi | Chlorodrepanis stejnegeri |
| Hawaii creeper | ʻalawī | Loxops mana |
| Hawaiʻi ʻākepa | ʻākepa | Loxops coccineus |
| house finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | |
| yellow-fronted canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
| house sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| lavender waxbill | Estrilda caerulescens | |
| orange-cheeked waxbill | Estrilda melpoda | |
| common waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| red avadavat | Amandava amandava | |
| African silverbill | Euodice cantans | |
| Java sparrow | Lonchura oryzivora | |
| scaly-breasted munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
| chestnut munia | Lonchura atricapilla |