Birds to See in Hawaii in January
56 bird species on our list for Hawaii are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Pacific Golden-Plover, Cattle Egret, House Sparrow, Northern Cardinal and House Finch. New this month: Leach's Storm-petrel, Pomarine Jaeger, Garganey and Greylag Goose and 1 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Hawaii’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 56 birds in January
56 birds
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 4.88% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 4.15% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Jan
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Jan
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Jan
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jan
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentCommon10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.62% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.49% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.42% in Jan
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentCommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiResidentUncommon53–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensResidentUncommon69–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Jan
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Jan
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda coerulescensResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorRare55–66 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorRare76–110 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Jan
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorRare34–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Jan
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.01% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorRare54–58 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentRare40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
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