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Posted 24 April 2012 - 06:40 PM
My husband was trying to get a picture of a Mejiro bathing in a puddle by our car but it flitted away. There were also mynas and pigeons there but he managed to get an accidental shot of this bird instead. I never saw it as it was on his side of the car but only saw the picture once we got home. Looks a lot like an Eastern towhee but that would make no sense at all! Any ideas??
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Posted 24 April 2012 - 08:36 PM
Its a Towhee alright.
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Posted 24 April 2012 - 08:47 PM
It's not a towhee, but a White-rumped Shama, an introduced species on Hawaii.
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I thought the tail looked awful long for a towhee. Something else about it was just "off", too.
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Posted 24 April 2012 - 08:50 PM
White-rumped Shama is my impression too.
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Posted 24 April 2012 - 09:23 PM
It does look very similar to a towhee, but it looks more like a shama.
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Posted 24 April 2012 - 11:14 PM
Awesome! Thank you Liam and Doug 
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