There are 2 passerine birds on Midway and both are introduced. Passerine birds are perching birds such as sparrows and robins. The Canary was introduced during the early days of the cable company. Today's population came from a release of a handful of caged birds that were brought out to the island as pets. The Common Myna is well established but I don't know how it came to Midway. The top picture is a Common Myna and the bottom 2 are Canary. The Myna is more wary so I don't have much of a picture.
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