This coastal gull is known for its distinctive laughing call. Laughing gulls have recognizable sharply defined black hoods and red beaks during summer months which is lost to greyish plumage and black beaks in the winter, when they are seen in Hawai’i visiting.
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Green-winged Teals are small ducks and visitors to Hawai’i. Males and females in non breeding plumage have brown mottled bodies. Males have chestnut brown heads with green iridescent eye masks and acquire elaborate grey, black, and white bodies during the breeding season.
This visitor from the continents of the Norther Hemisphere is a medium sized diving duck with yellow eyes. Males have rounded, dark heads with light blue bills and grey, white and black bodies. Females have dark heads with white near the beak and brown bodies.
Visiting buffleheads from North America are active divers. Males are black and white and have iridescent green and purple heads with large distinguished white patches behind the eye wrapping around the back of the head. Females are brown with small white patches behind the eyes. Both sexes are small, but have what could be described ...
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If you’re lucky, you may spot a Canada goose floating in a pond enjoying its winter vacation. These large geese can be two to three feet in size, characterized by their brown body and long black neck and head with white throat. A diverse species of goose, many forms have been spotted in Hawaiʻi.
At around 2 feet long, the visiting cackling goose is a smaller goose with black head, white chin strap, a long black neck, brown body feathers, and a white undertail. They are noisy birds with a loud honking call and a high-pitched, squeaking cackle. They are usually found in open ponds near the coast, especially ...
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