Birds to See in Hawaii in October
48 bird species on our list for Hawaii are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Pacific Golden-Plover, Cattle Egret, House Sparrow, House Finch and Northern Cardinal. New this month: Northern Pintail, Eurasian Teal, Eurasian Wigeon and Leach's Storm-petrel and 4 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
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 48 birds in October
48 birds
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 4.68% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Oct
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Oct
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Oct
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Oct
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Oct
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentCommon10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Oct
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.57% in Oct
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.41% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentCommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.35% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.32% in Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.20% in Oct
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.17% in Oct
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiResidentUncommon53–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Oct
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda coerulescensResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.09% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.06% in Oct
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensResidentUncommon69–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Oct
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.02% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorRare54–58 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorRare34–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Oct
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentRare40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
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