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Wildlife near Honolulu, HI

Illustrated wildlife of Honolulu

Honolulu is unlike anywhere else in the country, an island city where the wildlife is largely its own. Green sea turtles rest on the beaches, spinner dolphins and humpback whales (in winter) move offshore, and the reefs teem with fish found nowhere on the mainland. On land many birds are introduced, from red-crested cardinals to zebra doves, but the native white terns nest right in the downtown shade trees, and seabirds ring the coast.

Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near Honolulu. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.

60,630
recent observations
30
species listed
17
birds
8
plants
3
reptiles & amphibians

Naturalists have logged 60,630 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near Honolulu. The most frequently seen is the Red-crested Cardinal, with 4,800 recorded sightings.

Birds account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (17 of the species listed here), followed by plants (8).

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

Green Sea Turtle
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Most-observed species near Honolulu

Red-crested Cardinal
Paroaria coronata
4,800 observations · iNaturalist
Zebra Dove
Geopelia striata
4,117 observations · iNaturalist
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
3,229 observations
Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
3,104 observations
Western Cattle-Egret
Ardea ibis
2,890 observations · iNaturalist
Gold Dust Day Gecko
Phelsuma laticauda
2,603 observations · iNaturalist
Brown Anole
Anolis sagrei
2,465 observations
Red-vented Bulbul
Pycnonotus cafer
2,401 observations · iNaturalist
White leadtree
Leucaena leucocephala
2,138 observations · iNaturalist
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallus
2,137 observations
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
2,095 observations
Common Waxbill
Estrilda astrild
2,042 observations · iNaturalist
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
1,926 observations
ʻŌhiʻa Lehua
Metrosideros polymorpha
1,825 observations · iNaturalist
Spotted Dove
Spilopelia chinensis
1,822 observations · iNaturalist
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
1,780 observations
Blue-billed White-Tern
Gygis candida
1,708 observations · iNaturalist
White-rumped Shama
Copsychus malabaricus
1,617 observations · iNaturalist
Java Sparrow
Padda oryzivora
1,525 observations · iNaturalist
Koster's curse
Miconia crenata
1,497 observations · iNaturalist
African Giant Snail
Lissachatina fulica
1,392 observations · iNaturalist
beach naupaka
Scaevola taccada
1,360 observations · iNaturalist
Chinese violet
Asystasia gangetica
1,330 observations · iNaturalist
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
1,322 observations
Australian Umbrella Tree
Heptapleurum actinophyllum
1,295 observations · iNaturalist
Mallard × Hawaiian Duck
Anas platyrhynchos × wyvilliana
1,282 observations · iNaturalist
Guinea Grass
Megathyrsus maximus
1,274 observations · iNaturalist
yellow ʻilima
Sida fallax
1,271 observations · iNaturalist
Thin-shelled Rock Crab
Grapsus tenuicrustatus
1,231 observations · iNaturalist
Saffron Finch
Sicalis flaveola
1,152 observations

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