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ʻalae ʻula

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., Hawaiian gallinule or mudhen (Gallinula chloropus sandvicensis 🌐), distinguished from ʻalae kea reddish bill and frontal plate; endangered.

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ʻalae ʻula

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Hawaiian gallinule or mudhen (Gallinula chlorops sandvicensis). Distinguished from the ʻalae kea by its red frontal plate and bill. This is one of the birds said to have stolen fire from heaven, thereby burning its white forehead red. Extant.

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