Birds in Hawaii
Birds in Hawaii in May
The most likely birds in Hawaii in May are Common Myna (64%), Zebra Dove (50%), and Warbling White-eye (47%). 76 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 (12,399 checklists). It shows how likely you are to list the bird, not how many there are. Methods.
Common now
Share of checklists- 1
Common Myna64% - 2Zebra Dove50%
- 3Warbling White-eye47%
- 4Spotted Dove41%
- 5
House Finch38% - 6
Northern Cardinal35% - 7
House Sparrow34% - 8Western Cattle-Egret30%
- 9Red-crested Cardinal30%
- 10Red-vented Bulbul20%
- 11Common Waxbill19%
- 12Saffron Finch19%
- 13Red Junglefowl17%
- 14Apapane14%
- 15
Black-crowned Night Heron14% - 16
Rock Pigeon14% - 17White-rumped Shama13%
- 18
Black-necked Stilt12% - 19Yellow-fronted Canary12%
- 20Java Sparrow12%
- 21Red-billed Leiothrix11%
- 22Hawaii Amakihi11%
- 23Yellow-billed Cardinal11%
Arriving
New in MayLeaving
Gone by the end of MayLess common
Share of checklists- 24Gray Francolin9.6%
- 25Hawaiian Goose9.5%
- 26Hawaiian Coot9.4%
- 27Scaly-breasted Munia9.0%
- 28Wedge-tailed Shearwater7.9%
- 29
Red-whiskered Bulbul7.5% - 30Chestnut Munia7.5%
- 31Japanese Bush Warbler7.0%
- 32Iiwi7.0%
- 33
Wandering Tattler7.0% - 34
Rose-ringed Parakeet6.9% - 35
Red-footed Booby6.7% - 36Blue-billed White-Tern6.5%
- 37Great Frigatebird6.4%
- 38White-tailed Tropicbird5.9%
- 39
Common Gallinule5.7% - 40African Silverbill5.6%
- 41
Brown Booby5.2% - 42Red-tailed Tropicbird5.0%
- 43Omao4.9%
- 44Chinese Hwamei4.8%
- 45Black Francolin4.7%
- 46Erckel's Spurfowl4.7%
- 47Eurasian Skylark4.6%
- 48
Pacific Golden-Plover4.5% - 49
Ruddy Turnstone4.5% - 50Hawaii Elepaio4.3%
- 51Kalij Pheasant4.1%
- 52
Laysan Albatross3.8% - 53
Northern Mockingbird3.7% - 54
Ring-necked Pheasant3.1%
Rare but possible
Under 3% of checklists- 55
Mallard2.6% - 56
Black Noddy2.6% - 57Hawaii Creeper2.4%
- 58
Short-eared Owl2.3% - 59Hawaiian Duck2.3%
- 60
Sooty Tern2.1%