Birds in Hawaii
Summer Birds in Hawaii
The most likely birds in Hawaii in summer are Common Myna (62%), Zebra Dove (52%), and Warbling White-eye (44%). 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 (34,209 checklists). It shows how likely you are to list the bird, not how many there are. Methods.
Common this season
Share of checklists- 1
Common Myna62% - 2Zebra Dove52%
- 3Warbling White-eye44%
- 4Spotted Dove40%
- 5
House Finch33% - 6
House Sparrow32% - 7Western Cattle-Egret30%
- 8
Northern Cardinal29% - 9Red-crested Cardinal28%
- 10Common Waxbill21%
- 11Red-vented Bulbul20%
- 12Saffron Finch19%
- 13Red Junglefowl17%
- 14Yellow-fronted Canary14%
- 15
Black-crowned Night Heron14% - 16
Rock Pigeon13% - 17
Pacific Golden-Plover13% - 18
Black-necked Stilt12% - 19Java Sparrow12%
- 20Red-billed Leiothrix12%
- 21Yellow-billed Cardinal12%
- 22Apapane11%
- 23White-rumped Shama11%
- 24Scaly-breasted Munia10%
- 25Hawaii Amakihi10%
Arriving
New in summerLeaving
Gone by the end of summer- Blue-billed White-Tern
- Japanese Bush Warbler
- Eurasian Skylark
- Laysan Albatross
- Black Francolin
- Ring-necked Pheasant
Less common
Share of checklists- 26Hawaiian Goose9.8%
- 27Hawaiian Coot9.6%
- 28Gray Francolin9.5%
- 29Great Frigatebird8.2%
- 30Wedge-tailed Shearwater8.0%
- 31White-tailed Tropicbird7.7%
- 32Chestnut Munia7.7%
- 33Blue-billed White-Tern6.8%
- 34
Ruddy Turnstone6.8% - 35
Red-whiskered Bulbul6.5% - 36
Wandering Tattler6.4% - 37
Common Gallinule6.2% - 38
Rose-ringed Parakeet6.1% - 39
Red-footed Booby6.0% - 40African Silverbill5.3%
- 41Iiwi5.1%
- 42Omao5.1%
- 43Red-tailed Tropicbird4.6%
- 44
Brown Booby4.5% - 45Japanese Bush Warbler4.5%
- 46Chinese Hwamei4.2%
- 47Hawaii Elepaio4.2%
- 48Erckel's Spurfowl3.7%
- 49
Northern Mockingbird3.5% - 50
Black Noddy3.3% - 51Kalij Pheasant3.2%
Rare but possible
Under 3% of checklists- 52Eurasian Skylark2.6%
- 53Black Francolin2.5%
- 54
Mallard2.4% - 55Red Avadavat2.3%
- 56Hawaiian Hawk2.2%
- 57Hawaiian Duck2.1%
- 58Hawaii Creeper2.0%
- 59
Laysan Albatross2.0% - 60Red-masked Parakeet1.8%