- 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 nowextirpate d, 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 (Hawaii)
*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 *ee also
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Endemic birds of Hawaii
*List of introduced bird species ources
*American Ornithologists’ Union. 1998. "Check-list of North American birds". 7th edition. American Ornithologists’ Union, Washington, D.C. 829 pp.
*Berger, Andrew J. 1981. "Hawaiian birdlife". 2nd edition. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 260 pp.
*Long, John L. 1971. "Introduced birds of the world: the worldwide history, distribution, and influence of birds introduced to new environments". Universe Books, New York. 528 pp.
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