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Wildlife in Hawaii

Here’s what naturalists are spotting in Hawaii right now - pulled live from recent research-grade observations. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.

156,792
recent observations
30
species listed
13
birds
8
plants
3
reptiles & amphibians

Naturalists have logged 156,792 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species in Hawaii. The most frequently seen is the Gold Dust Day Gecko, with 10,838 recorded sightings.

Birds account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (13 of the species listed here), followed by plants (8).

Rarer finds confirmed in Hawaii include Green Sea Turtle - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.

Green Sea Turtle
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Most-observed species in Hawaii

Gold Dust Day Gecko
Phelsuma laticauda
10,838 observations · iNaturalist
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
10,789 observations
ʻŌhiʻa Lehua
Metrosideros polymorpha
9,313 observations · iNaturalist
Zebra Dove
Geopelia striata
8,833 observations · iNaturalist
Red-crested Cardinal
Paroaria coronata
8,786 observations · iNaturalist
Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
7,799 observations · iNaturalist
Brown Anole
Anolis sagrei
7,429 observations
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
7,091 observations
Western Cattle-Egret
Ardea ibis
6,241 observations · iNaturalist
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallus
5,849 observations · iNaturalist
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
4,872 observations
beach naupaka
Scaevola taccada
4,711 observations · iNaturalist
Saffron Finch
Sicalis flaveola
4,605 observations · iNaturalist
Thin-shelled Rock Crab
Grapsus tenuicrustatus
4,261 observations · iNaturalist
White leadtree
Leucaena leucocephala
4,130 observations · iNaturalist
African Giant Snail
Lissachatina fulica
4,118 observations · iNaturalist
Pūkiawe
Leptecophylla tameiameiae
4,071 observations · iNaturalist
Hawaiian Garden Spider
Argiope appensa
3,966 observations · iNaturalist
Hawaiian Goose
Branta sandvicensis
3,852 observations · iNaturalist
false staghorn fern
Dicranopteris linearis
3,826 observations · iNaturalist
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
3,780 observations
Spotted Dove
Spilopelia chinensis
3,460 observations · iNaturalist
Hawaiian Convict Surgeonfish
Acanthurus sandvicensis
3,351 observations
Noni
Morinda citrifolia
3,178 observations · iNaturalist
Hawaiian Monk Seal
Neomonachus schauinslandi
3,060 observations · iNaturalist
Java Sparrow
Padda oryzivora
3,053 observations · iNaturalist
Warbling White-eye
Zosterops japonicus
2,997 observations · iNaturalist
Koster's curse
Miconia crenata
2,870 observations · iNaturalist
Small Indian Mongoose
Urva auropunctata
2,857 observations · iNaturalist
thatch screwpine
Pandanus tectorius
2,806 observations · iNaturalist

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