This state's classification carries no date range for the species.
Legal game bird under HAR §13-122-6 (Francolinus francolinus), bag combined with Chukar and Gray Francolin. Present at least on Oahu (Kuaokala GMA, Makua Kea'au PHA). 2026-27 dates not yet published as of 2026-08-29; 2025-26 reference: Nov 1, 2025 - Jan 25, 2026. DOFAW's last 5 years of announcements all came out in October, so this isn't overdue yet.
Black Francolin, per the Bishop Museum's Pyle & Pyle "Birds of the Hawaiian Islands" reference monograph, was introduced by DOFAW's predecessor agency in 1959-1962 to Kaua'i, Moloka'i, Maui, and Hawai'i Island, and became established on all of them plus Lana'i (via natural dispersal, since no historic release records exist there). O'ahu's population is different in kind from the other francolins found there: it dates only to a 1994 reintroduction, decades after the original 1959-62 program, rather than tracing to it. Moloka'i holds the strongest, most abundant population; Hawai'i Island's west-coast range is the largest by area. Ni'ihau is reported as probably established, based on a single 2002 sighting, but is not written as a region here since it carries no public access.
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