List of Bird Species Introduced To The Hawaiian Islands

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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