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kolea|kəʊˈlɛə|
[Hawaiian.]
A local name for the Pacific golden plover, Pluvialis dominica fulva, which is native to the northern parts of North America and eastern Siberia, but winters in Hawaii and other parts of the Pacific.
1887Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. X. 80 Charadrius dominicus fulvus (Gmel.) Pacific Golden Plover, Kolea. 1933E. H. Bryan Hawaiian Nature Notes 256 The golden plover, called kolea by the Hawaiians, is a little larger than the mynah bird but longer in the leg. 1944G. C. Munro Birds Hawaii 56 The kolea is a valuable bird to Hawaii as a destroyer of insects... Yet it has so long been considered a game bird and table delicacy that efforts to obtain the protection it deserves have not been very successful. |