(delhibirdpix) Red-billed Leiothrix closeup

The location is exotic but the bird is the same. This was shot in
Oahu, Hawaii last week.
Hawaii is a textbook case of human-caused mass scale extinction of
local flora and fauna.
Most of Hawaii's native forest birds are gone or on their way out,
which is really sad since Hawaii Honeycreepers
are perhaps an even more striking example of adaptive radiation from a
single (finch-like) ancestor than even the Galapagos Finches.
In the forests of Oahu, the most common bird now is the Japanese
White-eye and the Red-billed Leiothrix. Over the rest of the island
the most common birds are Common Myna, Red-vented Bulbul and Spotted
Dove! Red-whiskered Bulbul is also around.
In any case, this is the closest shot of a Leiothrix I have ever
managed. Oahu, Hawaii, July 2011.

Vivek Tiwari

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