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Learn the birds of Hawaiʻi

72 birds in 13 short units, from your backyard to native rain forests, volcano slopes, wetlands and seabird coasts. By sight, sound and story, with real photos and recordings.

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The course

Each unit is a small group of birds, easiest first, with look-alikes kept apart. Meet them, learn them by sight, sound and story, then finish with a Field test. The units get harder as you go.

Hawaiʻi Essentials

  1. Unit 1: Gentle startCommon Myna, Western Cattle-Egret, Zebra Dove, Saffron Finch, House Sparrow and Hawaiian Goose
  2. Unit 2: Gentle startHawaiian Coot, Black-crowned Night Heron, White-rumped Shama, Spotted Dove and Red-crested Cardinal
  3. Unit 3: Gentle startHawaiian Duck, Java Sparrow, Pacific Golden-Plover, Laysan Albatross and Warbling White-eye
  4. Unit 4: Building upCommon Waxbill, Red-footed Booby, Wandering Tattler, Red-vented Bulbul and ʻIʻiwi
  5. Unit 5: Building upBlue-billed White-Tern, Yellow-billed Cardinal, Northern Cardinal, Grey Francolin, Hawaiʻi ʻElepaio and ʻApapane
  6. Unit 6: Building upKalij Pheasant, ʻOmaʻo, Hawaiian Hawk, Great Frigatebird and Hawaiʻi ʻAmakihi
  7. Unit 7: SteadyRuddy Turnstone, Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Black-necked Stilt and House Finch

Beyond the Basics

  1. Unit 8: SteadyRed-billed Leiothrix, Red-whiskered Bulbul, Yellow-fronted Canary, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Chestnut Munia and Red Junglefowl
  2. Unit 9: SteadyScaly-breasted Munia, Chukar, Bristle-thighed Curlew, White-tailed Tropicbird, Brown Booby and Sooty Tern
  3. Unit 10: SteadyIndian Peafowl, Sanderling, African Silverbill, Rosy-faced Lovebird, Black Noddy, Red-tailed Tropicbird, Northern Mockingbird and Oʻahu ʻAmakihi
  4. Unit 11: HardestErckel’s Spurfowl, Chinese Hwamei, Masked Booby, ʻAkiapolaʻau and Snow Goose
  5. Unit 12: HardestKauaʻi ʻElepaio, Eurasian Skylark, Japanese Bush Warbler, Wild Turkey, Hawaiʻi Creeper and Mallard
  6. Unit 13: HardestOʻahu ʻElepaio, Red-masked Parakeet, Hawaiʻi ʻAkepa, Ring-necked Pheasant and Northern Pintail
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