This List of bird species introduced to the Hawaiian Islands includes only those species known to have established self-sustaining breeding populations as a direct or indirect result of human intervention. A complete list of all non-native species ever imported to the islands, including those that never became established, would be much longer. In the following list, ^ indicates a species indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands but introduced to an area or areas outside its known native range, * indicates a formerly established population that is now extirpated, and parenthetical notes describe the specific islands where each species is known to be established.
- Cattle Egret (most of the larger islands)
- Mallard (throughout)
- Wild Turkey (Hawaii, Lanai, Maui, & Niihau)
- California Quail
- Gambel's Quail (Lanai & Kahoolawe; possibly Hawaii)
- Chukar (all main islands from Kauai eastward, except Oahu)
- Black Francolin (Hawaii, Kauai, Maui, & Molokai)
- Gray Francolin (Hawaii, Lanai, Maui, Molokai, & Oahu)
- Erckel's Francolin (all main islands from Kauai eastward, except Maui)
- Japanese Quail (all main islands from Kauai eastward, except Oahu)
- Red Junglefowl (Kauai & Oahu's Waimea Falls Park)
- Kalij Pheasant (Hawaii)
- Ring-necked Pheasant (all main islands from Kauai eastward)
- Green Pheasant (Lanai & Kauai; possibly Maui)
- Common Peafowl (Hawaii, Maui, & Oahu)
- Helmeted Guineafowl (Hawaii; possibly other main islands)
- Laysan Rail^ (Midway Islands*)
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Hawaii)
- Rock Pigeon (Hawaii, Maui)
- Spotted Dove (all main islands from Kauai eastward)
- Zebra Dove (all main islands from Kauai eastward)
- Mourning Dove (Hawaii)
- Rose-ringed Parakeet (Hawaii & Oahu; possibly Kauai)
- Barn Owl (all main islands from Kauai eastward)
- Mariana Swiftlet (Oahu)
- Varied Tit (Kauai* & Oahu*)
- Red-vented Bulbul
- Red-whiskered Bulbul
- Japanese Bush-Warbler
- White-rumped Shama
- Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush
- Hwamei
- Gray-sided Laughingthrush
- Japanese White-eye
- Northern Mockingbird
- Common Myna
- Yellow-faced Grassquit
- Saffron Finch (Hawai'i)
- Red-crested Cardinal (Oahu, Maui)
- Yellow-billed Cardinal (Hawaii)
- Northern Cardinal
- Western Meadowlark
- House Finch
- Common Canary
- Yellow-fronted Canary
- Laysan Finch^ (Pearl and Hermes Reef*)
- House Sparrow
- Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
- Lavender Waxbill
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill
- Black-rumped Waxbill
- Common Waxbill
- Red Avadavat
- African Silverbill
- Nutmeg Mannikin
- Tricolored Munia
- Chestnut Munia
- Java Sparrow (Maui)
- Pin-tailed Whydah*
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