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
• 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
• Red-crested Cardinal
• Yellow-billed Cardinal
• 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
• Pintailed Whydah*

Sources

• 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.