Yes. No email, no account, no ads.

How does the "this month" prediction work?

It uses public bird-occurrence records, aggregated by ZIP code and month, so migrants and year-round residents both show up at the right time of year.

Where does the bird data come from?

GBIF and iNaturalist public observation records, filtered to license-clean sources.

How is this different from Merlin or eBird?

Merlin identifies a bird after you've seen or heard it. eBird tracks the checklists birders submit. This tool tells you what's likely at your house this month — before you've spotted anything.

Backyard Birds in Hawaii

Enter your Hawaii ZIP. See exactly which birds you're likely to spot in your yard this month.

Hawaii's backyard birds are a story in themselves. Most yard birds across the islands are introduced species — doves, mynas, finches, and cardinals — because Hawaii's spectacular native honeycreepers are forest birds that rarely visit lowland gardens.

Most 'backyard birds' lists are national and generic. This one is neither. It maps public, license-clean bird-occurrence records to your exact ZIP code and weights them by month, so you see what's realistically at your feeder in Hawaii right now — not a list of birds that might turn up somewhere in the country someday.

Enter your Hawaii ZIP code in the tool below. You'll get a ranked list of the birds most likely in your yard this month, common ones first. Free, no email, no account. The list shifts as the seasons turn.

Common backyard birds in Hawaii

Across most Hawaiian yards, these are the birds you're most likely to see — nearly all introduced. The tool will show what's recorded near your ZIP; for native forest birds, a wildlife refuge or upland forest is the place to look.

Zebra Dove — Tiny, finely barred. The default yard dove across the islands.
Spotted Dove — Larger, with a spotted neck collar. Common in towns and gardens.
Common Myna — Brown with a yellow face patch. Brash, loud, everywhere.
Java Sparrow — Gray with a pink bill and white cheek. Flocks at feeders.
House Finch — Streaky; introduced and widespread in Hawaiian yards.
Red-crested Cardinal — Gray-and-white with a bright red head. A South American introduction.
Northern Cardinal — Introduced to Hawaii; the familiar all-red bird in lowland gardens.
Saffron Finch — Bright yellow; introduced, common on lawns and feeders.
Japanese White-eye — Tiny olive bird with a white eye-ring. Abundant in gardens.
Red-vented Bulbul — Dark with a red vent patch. Noisy garden bird, mostly on Oahu.
Common Waxbill — Tiny with a red bill and eye-stripe. Grass-seed flocks.
Rock Pigeon — The familiar city pigeon; common in Hawaiian towns.

Hawaii's native birds (the honeycreepers, 'elepaio, and others) are mostly high-elevation forest species. This list reflects what actually shows up in lowland gardens.

This is a regional overview. For your exact yard:

Enter your Hawaii ZIP code. The tool ranks the birds actually likely at your feeder this month, where you live, not a generic national list.