Fall Birds in Hawaii

Percent of complete checklists in Hawaii that reported the bird during these weeks, 2016–2025 (40,929 checklists). It shows how likely you are to list the bird, not how many there are. Methods.

1. 1Common Myna57%
2. 2Zebra Dove56%
3. 3Warbling White-eye44%
4. 4Pacific Golden-Plover43%
5. 5Spotted Dove41%
6. 6Western Cattle-Egret32%
7. 7House Sparrow29%
8. 8Red-crested Cardinal25%
9. 9House Finch22%
10. 10Northern Cardinal21%
11. 11Common Waxbill20%
12. 12Saffron Finch18%
13. 13Black-necked Stilt18%
14. 14Red Junglefowl17%
15. 15Black-crowned Night Heron16%
16. 16Wandering Tattler16%
17. 17Java Sparrow16%
18. 18Red-vented Bulbul16%
19. 19Ruddy Turnstone16%
20. 20Hawaiian Coot15%
21. 21Yellow-fronted Canary15%
22. 22Yellow-billed Cardinal14%
23. 23Apapane13%
24. 24Rock Pigeon13%
25. 25Hawaiian Goose12%
26. 26White-rumped Shama11%
27. 27Gray Francolin11%
28. 28Hawaii Amakihi11%

• Japanese Bush Warblerfirst arrivals early October, peaks early June
• Northern Shovelerfirst arrivals late September, peaks early November
• Northern Pintailfirst arrivals late September, peaks the second week of November
• Laysan Albatrossfirst arrivals early November, peaks early March
• Black Francolinfirst arrivals early October, peaks the second week of May
• Pectoral Sandpiperfirst arrivals mid September, peaks early October
• Lesser Scaupfirst arrivals late October, peaks the second week of November

• Wedge-tailed Shearwatermost gone by mid November
• Great Frigatebirdmost gone by mid October
• Red-tailed Tropicbirdmost gone by the second week of September
• Black Noddymost gone by mid November
• Pectoral Sandpipermost gone by early November
• Sooty Ternmost gone by the second week of November

29. 29Scaly-breasted Munia9.6%
30. 30Red-billed Leiothrix8.5%
31. 31Common Gallinule8.3%
32. 32Iiwi7.2%
33. 33Sanderling6.8%
34. 34Wedge-tailed Shearwater6.7%
35. 35White-tailed Tropicbird6.5%
36. 36Great Frigatebird6.4%
37. 37African Silverbill6.4%
38. 38Chestnut Munia6.3%
39. 39Rose-ringed Parakeet5.8%
40. 40Red-whiskered Bulbul5.4%
41. 41Northern Mockingbird4.9%
42. 42Omao4.6%
43. 43Red-footed Booby4.6%
44. 44Blue-billed White-Tern4.3%
45. 45Hawaii Elepaio4.2%
46. 46Mallard4.1%
47. 47Brown Booby3.9%
48. 48Northern Shoveler3.9%
49. 49Northern Pintail3.6%
50. 50Black Noddy3.6%
51. 51Eurasian Skylark3.6%
52. 52Erckel's Spurfowl3.3%
53. 53Kalij Pheasant3.2%

54. 54Hawaiian Duck3.0%
55. 55Chinese Hwamei2.9%
56. 56Hawaiian Hawk2.8%
57. 57Red Avadavat2.6%
58. 58Hawaii Creeper2.4%
59. 59White-faced Ibis2.3%
60. 60Muscovy Duck2.1%