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Big Island

This checklist includes all bird species found in Big Island , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .

The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2017. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Threatened Birds of the World (Birds to Watch 3).

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Country or region: Big Island [map]
Other names: Hawaii
Number of species: 225
Number of endemics: 15
Number of globally threatened species: 22
Number of extinct species: 11
Number of introduced species: 55
Date last reviewed: 2017-12-17
Last modified: 2018-01-27
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
Emperor Goose	Anser canagicus	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Snow Goose	Anser caerulescens	Rare/Accidental
Greater White-fronted Goose	Anser albifrons	Rare/Accidental
Brant	Branta bernicla	Rare/Accidental
Cackling Goose	Branta hutchinsii	Rare/Accidental
Canada Goose	Branta canadensis	Rare/Accidental
Hawaiian Goose	Branta sandvicensis	Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable
Tundra Swan	Cygnus columbianus	Rare/Accidental
Garganey	Spatula querquedula	Rare/Accidental
Blue-winged Teal	Spatula discors	Rare/Accidental
Cinnamon Teal	Spatula cyanoptera	Rare/Accidental
Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata
Gadwall	Mareca strepera	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Wigeon	Mareca penelope	Rare/Accidental
American Wigeon	Mareca americana
Hawaiian Duck	Anas wyvilliana	Endemic (country/region) Endangered
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	Rare/Accidental
Northern Pintail	Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca	Rare/Accidental
Canvasback	Aythya valisineria	Rare/Accidental
Redhead	Aythya americana	Rare/Accidental
Ring-necked Duck	Aythya collaris	Rare/Accidental
Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	Rare/Accidental
Greater Scaup	Aythya marila	Rare/Accidental
Lesser Scaup	Aythya affinis
Long-tailed Duck	Clangula hyemalis	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Bufflehead	Bucephala albeola	Rare/Accidental
Common Goldeneye	Bucephala clangula	Rare/Accidental
Hooded Merganser	Lophodytes cucullatus	Rare/Accidental
Red-breasted Merganser	Mergus serrator	Rare/Accidental
Ruddy Duck	Oxyura jamaicensis	Rare/Accidental
GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae
California Quail	Callipepla californica	Introduced species
Gambel's Quail	Callipepla gambelii	Introduced species
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
Indian Peafowl	Pavo cristatus	Introduced species
Japanese Quail	Coturnix japonica	Introduced species Near-threatened
Chukar	Alectoris chukar	Introduced species
Erckel's Francolin	Pternistis erckelii	Introduced species
Black Francolin	Francolinus francolinus	Introduced species
Gray Francolin	Francolinus pondicerianus	Introduced species
Red Junglefowl	Gallus gallus	Introduced species
Ring-necked Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	Introduced species
Kalij Pheasant	Lophura leucomelanos	Introduced species
Wild Turkey	Meleagris gallopavo	Introduced species
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae
Pied-billed Grebe	Podilymbus podiceps	Rare/Accidental
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae
Laysan Albatross	Phoebastria immutabilis	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Black-footed Albatross	Phoebastria nigripes	Near-threatened
Short-tailed Albatross	Phoebastria albatrus	Vulnerable
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae
Northern Fulmar	Fulmarus glacialis
Kermadec Petrel	Pterodroma neglecta	Rare/Accidental
Murphy's Petrel	Pterodroma ultima	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Mottled Petrel	Pterodroma inexpectata	Near-threatened
Juan Fernandez Petrel	Pterodroma externa	Vulnerable
Hawaiian Petrel	Pterodroma sandwichensis	Vulnerable
White-necked Petrel	Pterodroma cervicalis	Rare/Accidental
Bonin Petrel	Pterodroma hypoleuca	Rare/Accidental
Black-winged Petrel	Pterodroma nigripennis	Rare/Accidental
Cook's Petrel	Pterodroma cookii	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Stejneger's Petrel	Pterodroma longirostris	Vulnerable
Bulwer's Petrel	Bulweria bulwerii
Tahiti Petrel	Pseudobulweria rostrata	Near-threatened
Streaked Shearwater	Calonectris leucomelas	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Flesh-footed Shearwater	Ardenna carneipes	Near-threatened
Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna pacifica
Buller's Shearwater	Ardenna bulleri	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Short-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna tenuirostris	Rare/Accidental
Christmas Shearwater	Puffinus nativitatis
Newell's Shearwater	Puffinus newelli
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae
Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	Rare/Accidental
Leach's Storm-Petrel	Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel	Oceanodroma castro
PHAETHONTIFORMES: Phaethontidae
White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus
Red-billed Tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus	Rare/Accidental
Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda	Rare/Accidental
SULIFORMES: Fregatidae
Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	Rare/Accidental
SULIFORMES: Sulidae
Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra
Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	Rare/Accidental
Red-footed Booby	Sula sula
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae
Great Blue Heron	Ardea herodias	Rare/Accidental
Snowy Egret	Egretta thula	Rare/Accidental
Little Blue Heron	Egretta caerulea	Rare/Accidental
Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	Introduced species
Green Heron	Butorides virescens	Rare/Accidental
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae
White-faced Ibis	Plegadis chihi	Rare/Accidental
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	Rare/Accidental
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae
Northern Harrier	Circus hudsonius	Rare/Accidental
Hawaiian Hawk	Buteo solitarius	Endemic Near-threatened
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
Sora	Porzana carolina	Rare/Accidental
Hawaiian Rail	Zapornia sandwichensis	Endemic Extinct
Common Gallinule	Gallinula galeata	Extirpated
Hawaiian Coot	Fulica alai	Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae
Black-necked Stilt	Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet	Recurvirostra americana	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola
Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva
Semipalmated Plover	Charadrius semipalmatus	Rare/Accidental
Killdeer	Charadrius vociferus	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
Bristle-thighed Curlew	Numenius tahitiensis	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	Rare/Accidental
Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Marbled Godwit	Limosa fedoa	Rare/Accidental
Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres
Red Knot	Calidris canutus	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Ruff	Calidris pugnax	Rare/Accidental
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata
Stilt Sandpiper	Calidris himantopus
Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Sanderling	Calidris alba
Dunlin	Calidris alpina
Least Sandpiper	Calidris minutilla
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos
Western Sandpiper	Calidris mauri	Rare/Accidental
Long-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus
Wilson's Snipe	Gallinago delicata	Rare/Accidental
Wilson's Phalarope	Phalaropus tricolor	Rare/Accidental
Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	Rare/Accidental
Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius
Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	Rare/Accidental
Spotted Sandpiper	Actitis macularius	Rare/Accidental
Solitary Sandpiper	Tringa solitaria	Rare/Accidental
Gray-tailed Tattler	Tringa brevipes	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Wandering Tattler	Tringa incana
Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	Rare/Accidental
Greater Yellowlegs	Tringa melanoleuca	Rare/Accidental
Willet	Tringa semipalmata	Rare/Accidental
Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes
Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae
South Polar Skua	Stercorarius maccormicki	Rare/Accidental
Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus
Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	Rare/Accidental
Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae
Black-legged Kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla	Vulnerable
Bonaparte's Gull	Chroicocephalus philadelphia	Rare/Accidental
Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus atricilla
Franklin's Gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	Rare/Accidental
Ring-billed Gull	Larus delawarensis	Rare/Accidental
California Gull	Larus californicus	Rare/Accidental
Herring Gull	Larus argentatus	Rare/Accidental
Glaucous-winged Gull	Larus glaucescens	Rare/Accidental
Glaucous Gull	Larus hyperboreus	Rare/Accidental
Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus
Black Noddy	Anous minutus
Blue-gray Noddy	Anous ceruleus
White Tern	Gygis alba
Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus
Gray-backed Tern	Onychoprion lunatus
Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	Rare/Accidental
Least Tern	Sternula antillarum
Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	Rare/Accidental
Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	Rare/Accidental
Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	Rare/Accidental
Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	Rare/Accidental
Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	Rare/Accidental
Elegant Tern	Thalasseus elegans	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse	Pterocles exustus	Introduced species
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	Introduced species
Spotted Dove	Streptopelia chinensis	Introduced species
Zebra Dove	Geopelia striata	Introduced species
Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura	Introduced species
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae
Barn Owl	Tyto alba	Introduced species
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae
Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae
Belted Kingfisher	Megaceryle alcyon	Rare/Accidental
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
Merlin	Falco columbarius	Rare/Accidental
Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae
Rose-ringed Parakeet	Psittacula krameri	Introduced species
Rosy-faced Lovebird	Agapornis roseicollis	Introduced species
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae
Red-crowned Parrot	Amazona viridigenalis	Introduced species Endangered
Burrowing Parakeet	Cyanoliseus patagonus	Introduced species (non established)
Mitred Parakeet	Psittacara mitratus	Introduced species
Red-masked Parakeet	Psittacara erythrogenys	Introduced species Near-threatened
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae
Hawaii Elepaio	Chasiempis sandwichensis	Endemic Vulnerable
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae
Hawaiian Crow	Corvus hawaiiensis	Endemic Extinct in the wild
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae
Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis	Introduced species
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae
Red-vented Bulbul	Pycnonotus cafer	Introduced species
Red-whiskered Bulbul	Pycnonotus jocosus	Introduced species
PASSERIFORMES: Scotocercidae
Japanese Bush Warbler	Horornis diphone	Introduced species
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae
Japanese White-eye	Zosterops japonicus	Introduced species
PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae
Chinese Hwamei	Garrulax canorus	Introduced species
Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush	Ianthocincla pectoralis	Introduced species
Red-billed Leiothrix	Leiothrix lutea	Introduced species
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae
Omao	Myadestes obscurus	Endemic Vulnerable
PASSERIFORMES: Mimidae
Northern Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos	Introduced species
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae
Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	Introduced species
PASSERIFORMES: Mohoidae
Hawaii Oo	Moho nobilis	Endemic Extinct
Kioea	Chaetoptila angustipluma	Endemic Extinct
PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae
Red-crested Cardinal	Paroaria coronata	Introduced species
Yellow-billed Cardinal	Paroaria capitata	Introduced species
Saffron Finch	Sicalis flaveola	Introduced species
Yellow-faced Grassquit	Tiaris olivaceus	Introduced species
PASSERIFORMES: Cardinalidae
Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis	Introduced species
PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae
Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta	Introduced species
Eastern Meadowlark	Sturnella magna	Introduced species
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae
Palila	Loxioides bailleui	Endemic (country/region) Critically endangered
Kona Grosbeak	Chloridops kona	Endemic Extinct
Lesser Koa-Finch	Rhodacanthis flaviceps	Endemic Extinct
Greater Koa-Finch	Rhodacanthis palmeri	Endemic Extinct
Ula-ai-hawane	Ciridops anna	Endemic Extinct
Apapane	Himatione sanguinea	Endemic (country/region)
Iiwi	Drepanis coccinea	Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable
Hawaii Mamo	Drepanis pacifica	Endemic Extinct
Ou	Psittirostra psittacea	Endemic (country/region) Critically endangered
Akiapolaau	Hemignathus wilsoni	Endemic (country/region) Endangered
Lesser Akialoa	Akialoa obscura	Endemic (country/region) Extinct
Hawaii Amakihi	Chlorodrepanis virens	Endemic (country/region)
Greater Amakihi	Viridonia sagittirostris	Endemic Extinct
Hawaii Creeper	Loxops mana	Endemic Endangered
Hawaii Akepa	Loxops coccineus	Endemic Endangered
House Finch	Haemorhous mexicanus	Introduced species
Yellow-fronted Canary	Crithagra mozambica	Introduced species
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	Introduced species
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae
Lavender Waxbill	Estrilda caerulescens	Introduced species
Orange-cheeked Waxbill	Estrilda melpoda	Introduced species
Black-rumped Waxbill	Estrilda troglodytes	Introduced species
Common Waxbill	Estrilda astrild	Introduced species
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu	Uraeginthus bengalus	Introduced species
Red Avadavat	Amandava amandava	Introduced species
African Silverbill	Euodice cantans	Introduced species
Scaly-breasted Munia	Lonchura punctulata	Introduced species
Chestnut Munia	Lonchura atricapilla	Introduced species
Java Sparrow	Lonchura oryzivora	Introduced species Vulnerable

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