This state's classification carries no date range for the species.
DLNR's annual game-bird season announcements (2025-26 vintage; 2026-27 not yet located) consistently list only introduced upland species -- pheasant, quail, francolin, dove, wild turkey, chukar, and peafowl (Oahu) -- with no rail category anywhere. This is inferred from the absence of a rail listing rather than a direct DLNR statement that rail is closed, so treat it as likely rather than certain. Consistent with Hawaii's few native/introduced rallids (e.g. Hawaiian moorhen, Hawaiian coot) being federally/state endangered and not legal game, and Virginia rail/sora not being an established huntable population there.
No formal population survey program exists for this species in this state.
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