TAXONOMIC LIST

BIRDS OF HAWAII TAXONOMIC LIST

The taxonomic list below was prepared in 2018. Changes are regularly made to taxonomic lists of species to better reflect new scientific findings, especially from DNA research. This list includes the 172 bird species of Hawaii that have a full profile on this website. THE LINKS GIVE YOU ACCESS TO THE PROFILE PAGES.

DUCKS, GEESE AND WATERFOWL
TUNDRA SWAN (Cygnus columbianus) - Vagrant
SNOW GOOSE (Anser caerulescens)  - Vagrant
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (Anser albifrons -Vagrant
BRANT (Branta bernicla) - Vagrant
NENE (Branta sandvicensis) - Endemic
CANADA GOOSE (Branta canadensis) - Vagrant
CACKLING GOOSE (Branta hutchinsii) - Visitor
CANVASBACK (Aythya valisineria) - Vagrant
GREATER SCAUP (Aythya marila) - Visitor
LESSER SCAUP (Aythya affinis) - Visitor
REDHEAD (Aythya americana) - Vagrant
RING-NECKED DUCK (Aythya collaris) - Visitor
TUFTED DUCK (Aythya fuligula) - Vagrant
GADWALL (Anas strepera) - Vagrant
GREEN-WINGED TEAL (Anas carolinensis) - Visitor
HAWAIIAN DUCK (Anas wyvilliana) - Endemic
MALLARD (Anas platyrhynchos) - Introduced
NORTHERN PINTAIL (Anas acuta) - Visitor
GARGANEY (Spatula querquedula) - Vagrant
BLUE-WINGED TEAL (Spatula discors) - Visitor
NORTHERN SHOVELER (Spatula clypeata) - Visitor
EURASIAN WIGEON (Mareca penelope) - Visitor
AMERICAN WIGEON (Mareca americana) - Visitor
BLACK SCOTER (Melanitta americana) - Vagrant
SURF SCOTER (Melanitta perspicillata) - Vagrant
LONG-TAILED DUCK (Clangula hyemalis) - Vagrant
BUFFLEHEAD (Bucephala albeola) - Visitor
COMMON GOLDENEYE (Bucephala clangula)  - Vagrant
HARLEQUIN DUCK (Histrionicus histrionicus) - Vagrant
HOODED MERGANSER (Lophodytes cucullatus) - Vagrant
COMMON MERGANSER (Mergus merganser) - Vagrant
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER (Mergus serrator) - Vagrant
RUDDY DUCK (Oxyura jamaicensis) - Vagrant
MUSCOVY DUCK (Cairina moschata) - Introduced

NEW WORLD QUAIL
CALIFORNIA QUAIL (Callipepla californica) - Introduced

PHEASANTS, GROUSE AND ALLIES
WILD TURKEY (Meleagris gallopavo) - Introduced
BLACK FRANCOLIN (Francolinus francolinus) - Introduced
GREY FRANCOLIN (Francolinus pondicerianus) - Introduced
ERCKEL'S FRANCOLIN (Pternistis erckelii) - Introduced
RED JUNGLEFOWL (Gallus gallus) - Introduced
KALIJ PHEASANT (Lophura leucomelanos) - Introduced
RING-NECKED PHEASANT (Phasianus colchicus) - Introduced
INDIAN PEAFOWL (Pavo cristatus) - Introduced

NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES
COMMON NIGHTHAWK (Chordeiles minor) - Vagrant

CUCKOOS
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO (Coccyzus americanus) - Vagrant

PIGEONS AND DOVES
MOURNING DOVE (Zenaida macroura) - Introduced
ROCK PIGEON (Columba livia) - Introduced
SPOTTED DOVE (Spilopelia chinensis) - Introduced
ZEBRA DOVE (Geopelia striata) - Introduced

CRANES
SANDHILL CRANE (Antigone canadensis) - Vagrant

RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS
SORA (Porzana carolina) - Vagrant
HAWAIIAN GALLINULE (Gallinula galeata sandicensis) - Endemic
HAWAIIAN COOT (Fulica alai) - Endemic

GREBES
PIED-BILLED GREBE (podilymbus podiceps) - Indigenous
RED-NECKED GREBE (Podiceps grisegena) - Vagrant
HORNED GREBE (Podiceps auritus) - Vagrant

SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES
WHIMBREL  (Numenius phaeopus) - Visitor
BRISTLE-THIGHED CURLEW (Numenius tahitiensis) - Visitor
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (Limosa limosa) - Vagrant
HUDSONIAN GODWIT (Limosa haemastica) - Vagrant
MARBLED GODWIT (Limosa fedoa) - Vagrant
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER (Limnodromus griseus) - Vagrant
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER (Limnodromus scolopaceus) - Visitor
WILSON'S SNIPE (Gallinago delicata) - Visitor
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (Phalaropus lobatus) - Vagrant
RED PHALAROPE (Phalaropus fulicarius) - Visitor
WILSON'S PHALAROPE (Phalaropus tricolor) - Vagrant
COMMON SANDPIPER (Actitis hypoleucos) - Vagrant
SPOTTED SANDPIPER (Actitis macularius) - Vagrant
SOLITARY SANDPIPER (Tringa solitaria) - Vagrant
WANDERING TATTLER (Tringa incana) - Visitor
GREATER YELLOWLEGS (Tringa melanoleuca) - Vagrant
WILLET (Tringa semipalmata) - Vagrant
LESSER YELLOWLEGS (Tringa flavipes) - Visitor
RED KNOT (Calidris canutus) - Vagrant
SANDERLING (Calidris alba) - Visitor
WESTERN SANDPIPER (Calidris mauri) - Visitor
LITTLE STINT (Calidris minuta) - Vagrant
LEAST SANDPIPER (Calidris minutilla) - Visitor
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER (Calidris fuscicollis) - Vagrant
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER (Calidris bairdii) - Vagrant
PECTORAL SANDPIPER (Calidris melatonos) - Visitor
SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER (Calidris acuminata) - Visitor
CURLEW SANDPIPER (Calidris ferruginea) -Vagrant
DUNLIN (Calidris alpina) - Visitor
STILT SANDPIPER (Calidris himantopus) - Vagrant
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER (Calidris subruficollis) - Vagrant
RUFF (Calidris pugnax) - Visitor
RUDDY TURNSTONE (Arenaria interpres)  - Visitor

NODDIES
WHITE TERN (Gygis alba) - Indigenous

GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE (Rissa tridactyla) - Vagrant
BLACK-HEADED GULL (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) - Vagrant
BONAPARTE'S GULL (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) - Vagrant
LAUGHING GULL (Leucophaeus atricilla) - Visitor
MEW GULL (Larus canus) - Vagrant
RING-BILLED GULL (Larus delawarensis) - Visitor
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (Larus marinus) - Vagrant
GLAUCOUS GULL (Larus hyperboreus) - Vagrant
WESTERN GULL (Larus occidentalis) - Vagrant
HERRING GULL (Larus smithsonianus) - Visitor
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Larus fuscus) - Vagrant
CASPIAN TERN (Hydroprogne caspia) - Vagrant
BLACK TERN (Chlidonias niger) - Vagrant
ELEGANT TERN (Thalasseus elegans) - Vagrant

SKUAS AND JAEGERS
LONG-TAILED JAEGER (Stercorarius longicaudus) - Vagrant
PARASITIC JAEGER (Stercorarius parasiticus) - Vagrant
POMARINE JAEGER (Stercorarius pomarinus) - Visitor

STILTS AND AVOCETS
AMERICAN AVOCET (Recurvirostra americana) - Vagrant
BLACK-WINGED STILT (Himantopus mexicanus) - Vagrant
HAWAIIAN STILT (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni) - Endemic

LAPWINGS AND PLOVERS
PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER (Pluvialis fulva) - Visitor
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER (Pluvialis squatarola) - Visitor
COMMON RINGED PLOVER (Charadrius hiaticula) - Vagrant
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER (Charadrius semipalmatus) - Visitor
KILLDEER (Charadrius vociferus) - Vagrant

TROPICBIRDS
RED-TAILED TROPICBIRD (Phaeton rubricauda) - Indigenous
WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD (Phaethon lepturus) - Indigenous

SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS
NORTHERN FULMAR (Fulmarus glacialis) - Visitor
WEDGE-TAILED SHEARWATER (Ardenna pacificus) - Indigenous
SOOTY SHEARWATER (Ardenna griseus) - Visitor

ALBATROSSES
LAYSAN ALBATROSS (Phoebastria immutabilis) - Indigenous
SALVIN'S ALBATROSS (Thalassarche salvini) - Vagrant

NORTHERN STORM-PETRELS
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) - Visitor

BOOBIES AND GANNETS
BROWN BOOBY (Sula leucogaster) - Indigenous
RED-FOOTED BOOBY (Sula sula) - Indigenous

FRIGATEBIRDS
GREAT FRIGATEBIRD (Fregata minor) - Indigenous

BITTERNS, HERONS, AND EGRETS
AMERICAN BITTERN (Botaurus lentiginosus) - Vagrant
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON(Nycticorax nycticorax) - Indigenous
GREEN HERON (Butorides virescens) - Vagrant
CATTLE EGRET (Bubulcus ibis) - Indigenous
GREAT BLUE HERON (Ardea herodias) - Vagrant
GREY HERON (Ardea cinerea) - Vagrant
GREAT EGRET (Ardea alba) - Vagrant
SNOWY EGRET (Egretta thula) - Vagrant
LITTLE BLUE HERON (Egretta caerulea) - Vagrant

OSPREY
OSPREY (Pandion haliaetus) - Visitor

HAWKS, KITES, AND EAGLES
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK  (Buteo lagopus) - Vagrant
GOLDEN EAGLE (Aquila chrysaetos) - Vagrant
NORTHERN HARRIER (Circus hudsonius) - Vagrant

BARN-OWLS
BARN OWL (Tyto alba) - Introduced

TYPICAL OWLS 
SNOWY OWL (Bubo scandiacus) - Vagrant
HAWAIIAN OWL (Asio flammeus sandvicencis) - Endemic

KINGFISHERS
BELTED KINGFISHER (Megaceryle alcyon) - Vagrant

FALCONS
MERLIN (Falco columbarius) - Vagrant
PEREGRINE FALCON (Falco peregrinus) - Visitor

JAYS, CROWS, MAGPIES, AND RAVENS
COMMON RAVEN (Corvus corax) - Vagrant

SWALLOWS AND MARTINS
BARN SWALLOW (Hirundo rustica) - Vagrant
CLIFF SWALLOW (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) - Vagrant

BULBULS
RED-WHISKERED BULBUL (Pycnonotus jocosus) - Introduced
RED-VENTED BULBUL (Pycnonotus cafer) - Introduced

WHITE-EYES
JAPANESE WHITE-EYE  (Zosterops japonicus) - Introduced

LAUGHINGTHRUSHES AND ALLIES
MELODIUS LAUGHINGTHRUSH (Garrulax canorus) - Introduced
RED-BILLED LEIOTHRIX (Leiothrix lutea) - Introduced

OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS
WHITE-RUMPED SHAMA (Copsychus malabaricus) - Introduced

STARLINGS AND MYNAS
COMMON MYNAH (Acidotheres tristis) - Introduced

MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD (Mimus polyglottos) - Introduced

WAXBILLS, MUNIAS, AND ALLIES
COMMON WAXBILL  (Estrilda astrild) - Introduced
NUTMEG MANNIKIN (Lonchura punctulata) - Introduced
JAVA SPARROW (Lonchura oryzivora) -Introduced

OLD WORLD SPARROWS
HOUSE SPARROW (Passer domesticus) - Introduced

PIPITS, WAGTAILS, AND ALLIES
AMERICAN PIPIT (Anthus rubescens) - Vagrant

FINCHES
HOUSE FINCH (Haemorhous mexicanus) - Introduced
COMMON REDPOLL (Acanthis flammea) - Vagrant
YELLOW-FRONTED CANARY (Serinus mozambicus) - Introduced

LONGSPURS AND SNOW BUNTINGS
SNOW BUNTING (Plectrophenax nivalis) - Vagrant

NEW WORLD SPARROWS
SAVANNAH SPARROW (Passerculus sandwichensis) - Vagrant

CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS, AND TANAGERS
SAFFRON FINCH (Sicalis flaveola) - Introduced
NORTHERN CARDINAL (Cardinalis cardinalis) - Introduced
RED-CRESTED CARDINAL (Paroaria coronata) - Introduced
YELLOW-BILLED CARDINAL (Paroaria capitata) - Introduced