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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.

158,166
recent observations
30
species listed
13
birds
8
plants
3
reptiles & amphibians

Naturalists have logged 158,166 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species in Hawaii. The most frequently seen is the Gold Dust Day Gecko, with 10,952 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
10,952 observations · iNaturalist
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
10,875 observations
ʻŌhiʻa Lehua
Metrosideros polymorpha
9,383 observations · iNaturalist
Zebra Dove
Geopelia striata
8,902 observations · iNaturalist
Red-crested Cardinal
Paroaria coronata
8,873 observations · iNaturalist
Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
7,870 observations
Brown Anole
Anolis sagrei
7,511 observations
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
7,162 observations
Western Cattle-Egret
Ardea ibis
6,286 observations · iNaturalist
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallus
5,911 observations
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
4,915 observations
beach naupaka
Scaevola taccada
4,748 observations · iNaturalist
Saffron Finch
Sicalis flaveola
4,663 observations
Thin-shelled Rock Crab
Grapsus tenuicrustatus
4,291 observations · iNaturalist
African Giant Snail
Lissachatina fulica
4,158 observations · iNaturalist
White leadtree
Leucaena leucocephala
4,157 observations · iNaturalist
Pūkiawe
Leptecophylla tameiameiae
4,096 observations · iNaturalist
Hawaiian Garden Spider
Argiope appensa
3,994 observations · iNaturalist
Hawaiian Goose
Branta sandvicensis
3,883 observations · iNaturalist
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
3,871 observations
false staghorn fern
Dicranopteris linearis
3,840 observations · iNaturalist
Spotted Dove
Spilopelia chinensis
3,487 observations · iNaturalist
Hawaiian Convict Surgeonfish
Acanthurus sandvicensis
3,375 observations
Noni
Morinda citrifolia
3,192 observations · iNaturalist
Hawaiian Monk Seal
Neomonachus schauinslandi
3,096 observations · iNaturalist
Java Sparrow
Padda oryzivora
3,069 observations · iNaturalist
Warbling White-eye
Zosterops japonicus
3,021 observations · iNaturalist
Small Indian Mongoose
Urva auropunctata
2,886 observations
Koster's curse
Miconia crenata
2,878 observations · iNaturalist
thatch screwpine
Pandanus tectorius
2,821 observations · iNaturalist

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