White-rumped shama - Copsychus malabaricus

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© NF Photo 130820

About White-rumped Shama on wiki

This bird we did not see in the town area, it was on a hike in the rainforest. And it is a male. Female can be seen on wiki. This species seem to be enjoyed as cage birds. So, "my" bird might be an escapee. Video from youtube.

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Gräsand - Anas platyrhynchos - Mallard , Hawaiian Duck, Anas wyvilliana

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The male seem to be moulting.

 

Hawaiian Duck, Anas wyvilliana
Gräsand - Anas platyrhynchos - Mallard

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The Mallard are also to be found in Honolulu. But I can actually see they seem to be a bit different from other mallards I´ve seen. One thing is the bill. On the female it seems to be blue. And the butt is kept higer then usual. Very obvious on the chicks. They usually keep the tail feathers down.

This one seems to be Hawaiian Duck - Anas wyvilliana, a close relative to the Mallard.
Snippet: JustificationThis species qualifies as Endangered because it is inferred to have a very small and fragmented range on a few islands, where wetlands are being lost and degraded, and where hybridisation is slowly reducing the number of pure individuals.
See also http://birds.audubon.org/species/hawduc
Many thanks to Christain W for the hint. :)
 

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Pacific Golden Plover, kolea- Pluvialis fulva - Sibirisk tundrapipare

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 Pacific Golden Plover, kolea- Pluvialis fulva - Sibirisk tundrapipare

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About Pacific Golden Plover on wiki called kolea on the Hawaii islands.snippet:
The breeding habitat of Pacific Golden Plover is Arctic tundra from northernmost Asia into western Alaska. It nests on the ground in a dry open area.
This wader is migratory and winters in south Asia and Australasia. A few winter in California and Hawaii, USA. In Hawaii, the bird is known as the kolea. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe.
This bird forages for food on tundra, fields, beaches and tidal flats, usually by sight. It eats insects and crustaceans and some berries.

A very common bird in Oahu when I was there in august. This bird has summer plumage of course as it breeds in the arctics. 

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Java Sparrow - Padda oryzivora

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Java Sparrow - Padda oryzivora  

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A sturdy sparrow I think if I judge from it´s apperance. And with nice, graphic, coloring.
This sparrow is also introcuced to Hawaii. Comes from Indonesia.

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