Birds in Hawaii
Birds in Hawaii in January
The most likely birds in Hawaii in January are Common Myna (60%), Zebra Dove (56%), and Warbling White-eye (45%). 84 species show up on at least 1 in 100 checklists.
Percent of complete checklists in Hawaii that reported the bird during these weeks, 2016–2025 (20,449 checklists). It shows how likely you are to list the bird, not how many there are. Methods.
Common now
Share of checklists- 1
Common Myna60% - 2Zebra Dove56%
- 3Warbling White-eye45%
- 4
Pacific Golden-Plover44% - 5Spotted Dove44%
- 6Western Cattle-Egret35%
- 7
House Sparrow31% - 8
Northern Cardinal29% - 9
House Finch27% - 10Red-crested Cardinal24%
- 11Common Waxbill20%
- 12Saffron Finch19%
- 13Red Junglefowl18%
- 14
Black-crowned Night Heron18% - 15
Black-necked Stilt17% - 16
Wandering Tattler16% - 17Red-vented Bulbul15%
- 18Java Sparrow15%
- 19Hawaiian Coot15%
- 20
Ruddy Turnstone14% - 21Yellow-billed Cardinal14%
- 22
Rock Pigeon14% - 23Yellow-fronted Canary13%
- 24Hawaiian Goose13%
- 25Apapane12%
- 26Gray Francolin12%
- 27White-rumped Shama11%
- 28Scaly-breasted Munia10%
Arriving
New in JanuaryLess common
Share of checklists- 29Hawaii Amakihi9.6%
- 30
Common Gallinule7.7% - 31African Silverbill6.4%
- 32
Rose-ringed Parakeet6.3% - 33
Sanderling6.2% - 34Chestnut Munia6.0%
- 35Iiwi5.9%
- 36Red-billed Leiothrix5.4%
- 37
Northern Mockingbird5.3% - 38
Red-whiskered Bulbul5.2% - 39
Mallard4.7% - 40White-tailed Tropicbird4.7%
- 41Japanese Bush Warbler4.6%
- 42Eurasian Skylark4.5%
- 43
Brown Booby4.5% - 44
Red-footed Booby4.5% - 45
Northern Shoveler4.4% - 46
Laysan Albatross4.4% - 47
Northern Pintail4.4% - 48Erckel's Spurfowl4.0%
- 49Great Frigatebird3.8%
- 50Blue-billed White-Tern3.7%
- 51Omao3.7%
- 52Kalij Pheasant3.3%
- 53Hawaii Elepaio3.1%
- 54
Lesser Scaup3.0%
Rare but possible
Under 3% of checklists- 55Hawaiian Duck2.9%
- 56
White-faced Ibis2.3% - 57Hawaiian Hawk2.3%
- 58
Muscovy Duck2.2% - 59Chinese Hwamei2.2%
- 60
Laughing Gull2.2%