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Kauai
This checklist includes all bird species found in Kauai , 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 2025. 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 Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Kauai [map]
Other names: Kauai County
Number of species: 213
Number of endemics: 11
Number of globally threatened species: 24
Number of extinct species: 6
Number of introduced species: 42
Date last reviewed: 2017-12-17
Last modified: 2025-10-12
Number of endemics: 11
Number of globally threatened species: 24
Number of extinct species: 6
Number of introduced species: 42
Date last reviewed: 2017-12-17
Last modified: 2025-10-12
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| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Emperor Goose | Anser canagicus | Rare/Accidental |
| 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) Near-threatened |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | Rare/Accidental |
| Baikal Teal | Sibirionetta formosa | Rare/Accidental |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | Rare/Accidental |
| Cinnamon Teal | Spatula cyanoptera | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | Rare/Accidental |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | |
| Hawaiian Duck | Anas wyvilliana | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Introduced species |
| 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 | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | |
| Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | Rare/Accidental |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | Rare/Accidental |
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | Rare/Accidental |
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| California Quail | Callipepla californica | Introduced species |
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| Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | Introduced species |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Introduced species |
| Green Pheasant | Phasianus versicolor | Introduced species |
| Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | Introduced species |
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Introduced species |
| Gray Francolin | Ortygornis pondicerianus | Introduced species |
| Black Francolin | Francolinus francolinus | Introduced species |
| Japanese Quail | Coturnix japonica | Introduced species Near-threatened |
| Chukar | Alectoris chukar | Introduced species |
| Erckel's Spurfowl | Pternistis erckelii | Introduced species |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | Introduced species |
| Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | Introduced species |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | Introduced species |
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| Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
| Hawaiian Coot | Fulica alai | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| American Coot | Fulica americana | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Hudsonian Whimbrel | Numenius hudsonicus | 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 Vulnerable |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | Rare/Accidental |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | Rare/Accidental |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Rare/Accidental |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Vulnerable |
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Rare/Accidental |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Rare/Accidental |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | Rare/Accidental |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | Rare/Accidental |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Gull | Larus canus | |
| Short-billed Gull | Larus brachyrhynchus | Rare/Accidental |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Gull | Larus occidentalis | Rare/Accidental |
| American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | Rare/Accidental |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | Rare/Accidental |
| Glaucous-winged Gull | Larus glaucescens | Rare/Accidental |
| Slaty-backed Gull | Larus schistisagus | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-billed White-Tern | Gygis candida | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| Blue-gray Noddy | Anous ceruleus | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray-backed Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | Rare/Accidental |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Rare/Accidental |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Rare/Accidental |
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| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | Rare/Accidental |
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | Rare/Accidental |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | Rare/Accidental |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
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| Laysan Albatross | Phoebastria immutabilis | Near-threatened |
| Black-footed Albatross | Phoebastria nigripes | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Short-tailed Albatross | Phoebastria albatrus | Vulnerable |
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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
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| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Band-rumped Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates castro | |
| Tristram's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates tristrami | |
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| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | |
| Kermadec Petrel | Pterodroma neglecta | Rare/Accidental |
| Murphy's Petrel | Pterodroma ultima | |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Juan Fernandez Petrel | Pterodroma externa | Vulnerable |
| Hawaiian Petrel | Pterodroma sandwichensis | Endangered |
| White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | Rare/Accidental |
| Cook's Petrel | Pterodroma cookii | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | Rare/Accidental |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Near-threatened |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Buller's Shearwater | Ardenna bulleri | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | Rare/Accidental |
| Newell's Shearwater | Puffinus newelli | Endemic Critically endangered |
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| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
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| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Cocos Booby | Sula brewsteri | Rare/Accidental |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-footed Booby | Sula nebouxii | |
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| White-faced Ibis | Plegadis chihi | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | Rare/Accidental |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | Introduced species |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | Rare/Accidental |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Harrier | Circus hudsonius | Rare/Accidental |
| White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | Rare/Accidental |
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| American Barn Owl | Tyto furcata | Introduced species |
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| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
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| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | Rare/Accidental |
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| Merlin | Falco columbarius | Rare/Accidental |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Introduced species |
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| Kauai Elepaio | Chasiempis sclateri | Endemic Near-threatened |
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| Varied Tit | Sittiparus varius | Extirpated |
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| Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis | Introduced species |
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| Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | Introduced species |
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| Japanese Bush Warbler | Horornis diphone | Introduced species |
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| Warbling White-eye | Zosterops japonicus | Introduced species |
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| Red-billed Leiothrix | Leiothrix lutea | Introduced species |
| Chinese Hwamei | Garrulax canorus | Introduced species |
| Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush | Pterorhinus pectoralis | Introduced species |
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| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
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| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | Introduced species |
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| Kamao | Myadestes myadestinus | Endemic Extinct |
| Puaiohi | Myadestes palmeri | Endemic Critically endangered |
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| White-rumped Shama | Copsychus malabaricus | Introduced species |
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| Kauai Oo | Moho braccatus | Endemic Extinct |
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| African Silverbill | Euodice cantans | Introduced species |
| Java Sparrow | Padda oryzivora | Introduced species Endangered |
| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | Introduced species |
| Chestnut Munia | Lonchura atricapilla | Introduced species |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Introduced species |
| Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | Introduced species |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
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| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | Rare/Accidental |
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| Akikiki | Oreomystis bairdi | Endemic Critically endangered |
| Apapane | Himatione sanguinea | Endemic (country/region) |
| Iiwi | Drepanis coccinea | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
| Ou | Psittirostra psittacea | Endemic (country/region) Extinct |
| Kauai Nukupuu | Hemignathus hanapepe | Endemic Extinct |
| Oahu Nukupuu | Hemignathus lucidus | Endemic (country/region) Extinct |
| Kauai Akialoa | Akialoa stejnegeri | Endemic Extinct |
| Anianiau | Magumma parva | Endemic Endangered |
| Kauai Amakihi | Chlorodrepanis stejnegeri | Endemic Endangered |
| Akekee | Loxops caeruleirostris | Endemic Critically endangered |
| Hawaii Akepa | Loxops coccineus | Endemic (country/region) Endangered |
| House Finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | Introduced species |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | Introduced species |
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| Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | Introduced species |
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| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | Introduced species |
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| Red-crested Cardinal | Paroaria coronata | Introduced species |
| Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola | Introduced species |
References (partial list)
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