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Hawaii: Rainbow of Birds

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with Narca Moore-Craig as Leader

  • Column B: 1 = we should see (greater than 90% chance)
  • Column C: 2 = may see (50%-90% chance)
  • Column D: 3 = possible, but unlikely (20%-50% chance)
NC B C D
Cackling Goose 3 Branta hutchinsii
Canada Goose 3 Branta canadensis
Hawaiian Goose (Nene) 1 Branta sandvicensis
American Wigeon 3 Anas americana
Mallard 3 Anas platyrhynchos
Hawaiian Duck 2 Anas wyvilliana
Northern Shoveler 2 Anas clypeata
Northern Pintail 2 Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 3 Anas crecca
Ring-necked Duck 3 Aythya collaris
Lesser Scaup 2 Aythya affinis
Chukar 3 Alectoris chukar
Gray Francolin 3 Francolinus pondicerianus
Black Francolin 3 Francolinus francolinus
Erckel's Francolin 2 Francolinus erckelii
Japanese Quail 3 Coturnix japonica
Red Junglefowl 1 Gallus gallus
Kalij Pheasant 1 Lophura leucomelanos
Ring-necked Pheasant 3 Phasianus colchicus
Common Peafowl 3 Pavo cristatus
Wild Turkey 2 Meleagris gallopavo
California Quail 3 Callipepla californica
Gambel's Quail 3 Callipepla gambelii
Laysan Albatross 1 Phoebastria immutabilis
Black-footed Albatross 3 Phoebastria nigripes
Hawaiian Petrel 3 Pterodroma sandwichensis
Bulwer's Petrel 3 Bulweria bulwerii
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 2 Puffinus pacificus chlororhynchus
Sooty Shearwater 3 Puffinus griseus
Christmas Shearwater 3 Puffinus nativitatis
Townsend's (Newell's) Shearwater 3 Puffinus auricularis newelli
White-tailed Tropicbird 1 Phaethon lepturus
Red-tailed Tropicbird 2 Phaethon rubricauda
Brown Booby 2 Sula leucogaster
Red-footed Booby 1 Sula sula
Great Frigatebird 1 Fregata minor palmerstoni
Cattle Egret 2 Bubulcus ibis
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3 Nycticorax nycticorax
Hawaiian Hawk 2 Buteo solitarius
Peregrine Falcon 3 Falco peregrinus
Common (Hawaiian) Moorhen 2 Gallinula chloropus sandvicensis
Hawaiian Coot 2 Fulica alai
Black-bellied Plover 3 Pluvialis squatarola
Pacific Golden-Plover 1 Pluvialis fulva
Black-necked (Hawaiian) Stilt 2 Himantopus mexicanus knudseni
Wandering Tattler 2 Tringa incana
Lesser Yellowlegs 3 Tringa flavipes
Bristle-thighed Curlew 3 Numenius tahitiensis
Bar-tailed Godwit 3 Limosa lapponica
Ruddy Turnstone 1 Arenaria interpres
Sanderling 2 Calidris alba
Pectoral Sandpiper 3 Calidris melanotos
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 3 Calidris acuminata
Dunlin 3 Calidris alpina
Long-billed Dowitcher 3 Limnodromus scolopaceus
Wilson's Snipe 3 Gallinago delicata
Laughing Gull 3 Leucophaeus atricilla
Ring-billed Gull 3 Larus delawarensis
Brown Noddy 2 Anous stolidus pileatus
Black (Hawaiian) Noddy 1 Anous minutus melanogenys
Blue-gray Noddy 3 Procelsterna cerulea
White Tern 2 Gygis alba rothchildi
Sooty Tern 1 Onychoprion fuscatus oahuensis
Gray-backed Tern 1 Onychoprion lunatus
Pomarine Jaeger 3 Stercorarius pomarinus
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse 3 Pterocles exustus
Rock Pigeon 1 Columba livia
Spotted Dove 1 Streptopelia chinensis
Zebra Dove 1 Geopelia striata
Mourning Dove 3 Zenaida macroura
Rose-ringed Parakeet 3 Psittacula krameri
Barn Owl 3 Tyto alba
Short-eared Owl (Pueo) 3 Asio flammeus sandwichensis
Mariana (Guam) Swiftlet 3 Aerodramus bartschi
Elepaio 2 Chasiempis sandwichensis
Sky Lark 2 Alauda arvensis
Red-vented Bulbul 2 Pycnonotus cafer
Red-whiskered Bulbul 3 Pycnonotus jocosus
Japanese Bush-Warbler 3 Cettia diphone
White-rumped Shama 2 Copsychus malabaricus
Oma'o 2 Myadestes obscurus
Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush 3 Garrulax pectoralis
Hwamei 2 Garrulax canorus
Red-billed Leiothrix 2 Leiothrix lutea
Japanese White-eye 1 Zosterops japonicus
Northern Mockingbird 3 Mimus polyglottos
European Starling 3 Sturnus vulgaris
Common Myna 1 Acridotheres tristis
Yellow-faced Grassquit 3 Tiaris olivaceus
Saffron Finch 3 Sicalis flaveola
Red-crested Cardinal 2 Paroaria coronata
Yellow-billed Cardinal 3 Paroaria capitata
Northern Cardinal 2 Cardinalis cardinalis
Western Meadowlark 3 Sturnella neglecta
House Finch 2 Carpodacus mexicanus
Yellow-fronted Canary 2 Serinus mozambicus
Palila 3 Loxioides balleui
Hawaii 'Amakihi 1 Hemignathus virens
O'ahu 'Amakihi 3 Hemignathus flavus
Kaua'i 'Amakihi 2 Hemignathus kauaiensis
Akiapola'au 3 Hemignathus munroi
Anianiau 3 Magumma parva
Akikiki 3 Oreomystis bairdi
Hawai'i Creeper 3 Oeomystis mana
Akeke'e 3 Loxops caeruleirostris
Akepa 2 Loxops coccineus
I'iwi 2 Vestiaria coccinea
Apapane 1 Himatione sanguinea
House Sparrow 1 Passer domesticus
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu 3 Uraeginthus bengalus
Lavender Waxbill 3 Estrilda caerulescens
Orange-cheeked Waxbill 3 Estrilda melpoda
Black-rumped Waxbill 3 Estrilda troglodytes
Common Waxbill 2 Estrilda astrild
Red Avadavat 3 Amandava amandava
African Silverbill 3 Lonchura cantans
Indian (Warbling) Silverbill 3 Lonchura malabarica
Tricolored Munia (Chestnut Mannikin) 3 Lonchura malacca
Java Sparrow 2 Padda oryzivora

Non-Established Exotics

Nutmeg Mannikin 2 Lonchura punctulata

Butterflies

Xuthus Swallowtail 3 Papilio xuthus
Blackburn's Blue (Endemic) 3 Udara blackburni
Kamehameha Lady (Endemic) 3 Vanessa tameamea

Mammals

Spinner Dolphin 1 Stenella longirostris
Hawaiian Monk Seal 2 Monachus schauinslandi
Hawaiian Hoary Bat 3 Lasiurus cinereus semotus