Warbling Silverbill
Lonchura malabarica

f6.7 @ 1/1000s, ISO:1250, Nikon D3S w 500mm and 1.7X teleconverter

The Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific by Douglas Pratt, Phillip Brunner, and Delwyn G. Berrett. The warbling silverbill is a tiny, sand-colored finch with black rump and tail and blue-gray bill. Native to Africa. Introduced to the Hawaiian Islands on Hawaii, whence it has spread to Kahoolawe, Lanai, Maui, Oahu, and Kauai.

Maui, Hawaii

07/31/2016