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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.

160,483
recent observations
30
species listed
13
birds
8
plants
3
reptiles & amphibians

Naturalists have logged 160,483 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species in Hawaii. The most frequently seen is the Gold Dust Day Gecko, with 11,129 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
11,129 observations · iNaturalist
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
10,986 observations
ʻŌhiʻa Lehua
Metrosideros polymorpha
9,545 observations · iNaturalist
Zebra Dove
Geopelia striata
9,027 observations · iNaturalist
Red-crested Cardinal
Paroaria coronata
8,992 observations · iNaturalist
Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
7,995 observations
Brown Anole
Anolis sagrei
7,622 observations
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
7,331 observations
Western Cattle-Egret
Ardea ibis
6,394 observations · iNaturalist
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallus
5,993 observations
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
4,989 observations
beach naupaka
Scaevola taccada
4,795 observations · iNaturalist
Saffron Finch
Sicalis flaveola
4,738 observations
Thin-shelled Rock Crab
Grapsus tenuicrustatus
4,353 observations · iNaturalist
African Giant Snail
Lissachatina fulica
4,224 observations · iNaturalist
White leadtree
Leucaena leucocephala
4,196 observations · iNaturalist
Pūkiawe
Leptecophylla tameiameiae
4,136 observations · iNaturalist
Hawaiian Garden Spider
Argiope appensa
4,034 observations · iNaturalist
Hawaiian Goose
Branta sandvicensis
3,948 observations · iNaturalist
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
3,946 observations
false staghorn fern
Dicranopteris linearis
3,895 observations · iNaturalist
Spotted Dove
Spilopelia chinensis
3,542 observations · iNaturalist
Hawaiian Convict Surgeonfish
Acanthurus sandvicensis
3,395 observations
Noni
Morinda citrifolia
3,230 observations · iNaturalist
Hawaiian Monk Seal
Neomonachus schauinslandi
3,136 observations · iNaturalist
Java Sparrow
Padda oryzivora
3,123 observations · iNaturalist
Warbling White-eye
Zosterops japonicus
3,059 observations · iNaturalist
Small Indian Mongoose
Urva auropunctata
2,941 observations
Koster's curse
Miconia crenata
2,905 observations · iNaturalist
thatch screwpine
Pandanus tectorius
2,884 observations · iNaturalist

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