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List of birds of Hawaii
Flag. The Flag of Hawaii. [ 1 ] Seal. The Great Seal of the State of Hawaii. [ 2 ] Motto. " Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono " ("The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness") —.
List of U.S. state birds
Procellariidae. Hawaiian petrel or ʻuaʻu, Pterodroma sandwichensis VU. Newell's shearwater or ʻaʻo, Puffinus newelli CR. Bryan's shearwater, Puffinus bryani CR (P. assimilis: LC) Bonin petrel, Pterodroma hypoleuca LC 99% of the total population breeds on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Sclater, PL, 1878. The Hawaiian duck (Anas wyvilliana) or koloa is a species of bird in the family Anatidae that is endemic to the large islands of Hawaiʻi. Taxonomically, the koloa is closely allied with the mallard (A. platyrhynchos). [3] It differs in that it is monochromatic (with similarly marked males and females) and non-migratory. [4]
Drepanidinae. Beak and tongue shapes of Hawaiian honeycreepers and the Mohoidae. Hawaiian honeycreepers are a group of small birds endemic to Hawaiʻi. They are members of the finch family Fringillidae, closely related to the rosefinches (Carpodacus), but many species have evolved features unlike those present in any other finch.
The Hawaiian stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni) is an endangered Hawaiian subspecies of the black-necked stilt (H. mexicanus) species. [4][7] It is a long-legged, slender shorebird with a long, thin beak. [1] Other common names include the Hawaiian black-necked stilt, the aeʻo (from a Hawaiian name for the bird and word for stilts), [8] the ...