Rare Birds in Hawaii
Our list for Hawaii has 27 rare birds recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 7 winter visitors, 8 passage migrants and 7 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Hawaii in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 27, most common first
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Western Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Bonaparte's Gull 28–38 cm
- Franklin's Gull 32–36 cm
- Arctic Tern 33–39 cm
- Garganey 37–41 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Arctic Jaeger 41–46 cm
- Hooded Merganser 40–49 cm
- Peregrine Falcon 34–58 cm
- Pomarine Jaeger 46–51 cm
- Gadwall 46–56 cm
- Long-tailed Jaeger 48–58 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Helmeted Guineafowl 53–63 cm
- Brent Goose 55–66 cm
- Greylag Goose 75–90 cm
- Swan Goose 81–94 cm
- Canada Goose 76–110 cm
- Golden Pheasant 90–105 cm
- Black Swan 110–142 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