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Himantopus mexicanus knudseni
Wading birds 12-15 inches tall with black top and white underside, long, slender reddish-pink legs, black eyes and long slender black beak.
Insular tropical wetlands.
Spotted on a mowed and manicured football pitch at the Waipio Peninsula Soccer Complex. There were about a half dozen individuals present, but not clustered together. The Hawaiian stilt is an endangered subspecies of the Black-necked stilt.
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