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