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Birds in Hawaii

Winter Birds in Hawaii

The most likely birds in Hawaii in winter are Common Myna (59%), Zebra Dove (55%), and Warbling White-eye (46%). 83 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 (58,173 checklists). It shows how likely you are to list the bird, not how many there are. Methods.

Common this season

Share of checklists
  1. 1Common Myna59%
  2. 2Zebra Dove55%
  3. 3Warbling White-eye46%
  4. 4Pacific Golden-Plover43%
  5. 5Spotted Dove42%
  6. 6Western Cattle-Egret35%
  7. 7House Sparrow31%
  8. 8Northern Cardinal28%
  9. 9House Finch28%
  10. 10Red-crested Cardinal25%
  11. 11Common Waxbill19%
  12. 12Red Junglefowl18%
  13. 13Saffron Finch18%
  14. 14Black-crowned Night Heron17%
  15. 15Black-necked Stilt16%
  16. 16Wandering Tattler15%
  17. 17Red-vented Bulbul14%
  18. 18Java Sparrow14%
  19. 19Hawaiian Coot14%
  20. 20Apapane13%
  21. 21Rock Pigeon13%
  22. 22Ruddy Turnstone13%
  23. 23Yellow-billed Cardinal13%
  24. 24Yellow-fronted Canary13%
  25. 25Hawaiian Goose13%
  26. 26White-rumped Shama11%
  27. 27Hawaii Amakihi11%
  28. 28Gray Francolin11%
  29. 29Scaly-breasted Munia10%

Arriving

New in winter
  • Wedge-tailed Shearwaterfirst arrivals late February, peaks mid September
  • Red-tailed Tropicbirdfirst arrivals the second week of January, peaks late May
  • Black Noddyfirst arrivals mid February, peaks mid September
  • Sooty Ternfirst arrivals the second week of December, peaks the second week of April

Leaving

Gone by the end of winter
  • Red Avadavatmost gone by early February

Less common

Share of checklists
  1. 30Common Gallinule7.7%
  2. 31Iiwi6.5%
  3. 32Rose-ringed Parakeet6.4%
  4. 33African Silverbill6.4%
  5. 34Red-billed Leiothrix6.3%
  6. 35Chestnut Munia6.2%
  7. 36Sanderling6.2%
  8. 37Red-whiskered Bulbul5.3%
  9. 38White-tailed Tropicbird5.3%
  10. 39Northern Mockingbird5.2%
  11. 40Red-footed Booby5.0%
  12. 41Brown Booby5.0%
  13. 42Laysan Albatross4.9%
  14. 43Japanese Bush Warbler4.7%
  15. 44Eurasian Skylark4.6%
  16. 45Mallard4.3%
  17. 46Omao4.2%
  18. 47Erckel's Spurfowl4.2%
  19. 48Great Frigatebird4.2%
  20. 49Northern Pintail3.9%
  21. 50Northern Shoveler3.8%
  22. 51Blue-billed White-Tern3.7%
  23. 52Hawaii Elepaio3.7%
  24. 53Kalij Pheasant3.3%
  25. 54Hawaiian Duck3.2%

Rare but possible

Under 3% of checklists
  1. 55Chinese Hwamei2.8%
  2. 56Lesser Scaup2.7%
  3. 57Hawaiian Hawk2.3%
  4. 58Western Meadowlark2.3%
  5. 59Black Francolin2.2%
  6. 60Ring-necked Pheasant2.1%