Birds in Hawaii
Birds in Hawaii in September
The most likely birds in Hawaii in September are Common Myna (56%), Zebra Dove (55%), and Warbling White-eye (43%). 78 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 (11,991 checklists). It shows how likely you are to list the bird, not how many there are. Methods.
Common now
Share of checklists- 1
Common Myna56% - 2Zebra Dove55%
- 3Warbling White-eye43%
- 4
Pacific Golden-Plover41% - 5Spotted Dove41%
- 6Western Cattle-Egret29%
- 7
House Sparrow28% - 8Red-crested Cardinal23%
- 9
House Finch21% - 10Common Waxbill21%
- 11
Northern Cardinal20% - 12Saffron Finch19%
- 13Red Junglefowl16%
- 14
Black-necked Stilt16% - 15Yellow-fronted Canary16%
- 16Yellow-billed Cardinal16%
- 17
Ruddy Turnstone16% - 18
Black-crowned Night Heron15% - 19
Wandering Tattler15% - 20Red-vented Bulbul15%
- 21Java Sparrow14%
- 22Hawaiian Coot14%
- 23Apapane12%
- 24
Rock Pigeon12% - 25Hawaiian Goose11%
- 26Gray Francolin11%
- 27Hawaii Amakihi11%
- 28Scaly-breasted Munia10%
Arriving
New in SeptemberLeaving
Gone by the end of SeptemberLess common
Share of checklists- 29White-rumped Shama9.1%
- 30Wedge-tailed Shearwater9.1%
- 31Red-billed Leiothrix8.6%
- 32
Common Gallinule7.5% - 33White-tailed Tropicbird7.4%
- 34Great Frigatebird7.3%
- 35Iiwi7.0%
- 36Chestnut Munia6.6%
- 37African Silverbill6.1%
- 38
Sanderling5.8% - 39Omao4.9%
- 40
Black Noddy4.8% - 41
Red-footed Booby4.8% - 42
Rose-ringed Parakeet4.8% - 43Blue-billed White-Tern4.7%
- 44
Red-whiskered Bulbul4.7% - 45Hawaii Elepaio4.5%
- 46
Brown Booby4.0% - 47
Northern Mockingbird3.9% - 48Kalij Pheasant3.3%
- 49
Mallard3.2% - 50Erckel's Spurfowl3.1%
Rare but possible
Under 3% of checklists- 51Hawaiian Hawk2.9%
- 52Red-masked Parakeet2.8%
- 53Eurasian Skylark2.7%
- 54Hawaiian Duck2.6%
- 55Hawaii Creeper2.5%
- 56Red Avadavat2.5%
- 57Chinese Hwamei2.5%
- 58Red-tailed Tropicbird2.3%
- 59
Muscovy Duck2.1% - 60
Least Tern2.1%