Nēnē eating grass

A close up of a Hawaiian goose eating grass. It has a black face with a white ring around its black eye. It's long neck is curved bending down to eat the grass.

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Nēnē (Hawaiian goose) are endemic to Hawai‘i. They descended from ancestors of the modern Canadian goose that arrived in Hawai‘i approximately 500,000 years ago.

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Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge

Species

Branta sandvicensis

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