Water Bird Quiz

This bird is known for having a red colored beak and is also called the moorhen.

• 'Alae ke'o ke'o

• Auku'u

• Hunakai

• 'Alae 'ula

What is the name for the Hawaiian duck.

• Mallard

• Kolea

• Koloa Maoli

• Ae'o

This bird has lobed toes to help it swim and has red eyes to see at night.

• 'Alae ula

• 'Alae Ke'o Ke'o

• Koloa Maoli

• Kioea

What is the Hawaiian name for the Ruddy Turnstone?

• Akekeke

• Ulili

• Ae'o

• Iwa

This bird was brought from Africa to eat bugs and it's also known as “The Flying Mongoose.”

• Mallard

• Mynah Bird

• Cattle Egret

• Hybrid

This sea bird is known to sleep while it flies.

• Iwa

• A

• Moli

• Kolea

This bird does a “broken wing act” to protect its chicks.

• Kolea

• Ae'o

• Moli

• Hunakai

When something can only be found in one place and no where else in the world, it is:

• indigenous

• native

• endemic

• extinct

The bird that “waits patiently for its food.” Also known as the Black Crowned Night Heron.

• Kioea

• Kolea

• Auku'u

• Ae'o

This bird runs away from the white foam of the waves.

• Ruddy Turnstone

• Hawaiian Duck

• Sanderling

• Golden Plover