Big Year Bird Checklist for Hawaii
A free printable Hawaii bird checklist. Pick your goal, get the PDF.
Hawaii's checklist is a conservation story. The native honeycreepers are among the most endangered birds on earth, mostly confined to high-elevation forest. (Heads up: the planner's data is built for the continental US — Hawaii results are limited; this list reflects genuine native targets.)
The tool builds you a printable checklist of every bird realistically possible in Hawaii, grouped by family, with seasonal markers and a space to log the date you spot each one. It's drawn from public, license-clean records — not a generic national list, but the species that actually occur where you're birding.
Pick Hawaii (or any area inside it), choose your goal — Big Day, Big Month, Big Year, or a life list — and download the PDF. Free, no account, no email. Print it, fold it in a field guide, and start checking birds off.
What you'll find on a Hawaii checklist
A Hawaii checklist mixes widespread residents with the specialties that make the state worth a big year. A few you'll want to target:
- 'I'iwi — Scarlet honeycreeper with a sickle bill.
- 'Apapane — The most common native honeycreeper.
- Hawaii 'Amakihi — A small green honeycreeper.
- 'Akiapola'au — A rare Big Island specialist.
- Palila — Critically endangered mamane specialist.
- Nene — The native goose; the state bird.
- 'Elepaio — An endemic monarch flycatcher.
- 'Oma'o — A native Big Island thrush.
- Hawaiian Petrel — An endangered seabird.
- Hawaiian Stilt — An endemic wetland subspecies.
- Hawaiian Coot — Endemic freshwater bird.
- 'Io — The endemic Hawaiian Hawk.
Your generated PDF includes every realistic species for the exact area you pick, with seasonal markers and a space to log each sighting.
What kind of list do you need?
Birders use “Big” challenges to make birding count. Pick the timeframe you're working with — we'll tune the list for it.
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Chasing a Hawaii big year? You're going to like the apparel, prints, and stickers we've designed around these birds.
'I'iwi, 'Apapane, Hawaii 'Amakihi, 'Akiapola'au — all illustrated and designed by Jaymi at Better With Birds. Made-to-order, never mass-printed.
