Common Birds in Hawaii
Our list for Hawaii has 20 common birds recorded regularly there: 15 residents, 4 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Hawaii in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 20, most common first
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentCommon10–11 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentCommon34–43 cmRecorded all year
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Chestnut Munia 10–11 cm
- Scaly-breasted Munia 11–12 cm
- House Finch 13–15 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Eurasian Skylark 16–18 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Northern Cardinal 21–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Northern Mockingbird 21–26 cm
- Pacific Golden-Plover 23–26 cm
- Rock Dove 29–37 cm
- Short-eared Owl 34–43 cm
- Rose-ringed Parakeet 38–42 cm
- Sooty Shearwater 40–51 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Red Junglefowl 42–75 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- Northern Pintail 59–76 cm
- Common Pheasant 50–90 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made