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Adorable Ducklings of the endangered "Koloa Maoli (Hawaiian Duck)"

569 views · Published 2 September 2018 · 6:14 · Indexed 22 October 2026

Channel: Sbanger58 · 2018 · Pets & Animals

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This is the endangered "Koloa Maoli" Duck a non-migratory duck species endemic only to the Islands of Hawaii. Taxonomically close in relation to and originally believed to be a sub-species of the well known common Mallard, experts now agree that this duck is a distinct species of its own. Unforutnately, hybridization with the common Mallard has become its downfall and now endangers the purebred strain of this Hawaiian duck of which only a few purebred populations remain.

This smart Koloa Maoli mama duck laid and brooded her eggs in the shrubbery surrounding the Chinatown Gateway Plaza Fountain Pond located in the Heart of Honolulu town away from most of their natural predators who will eat her ducklings (eg cats, dogs, mongoose, cattle egrets etc). I've seen quite a few broods of this endagered duck species raised at this fountain pond and beleive that ducklings brooded here are now returning to raise broods of their own away from natural predation.

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