Gray Francolin

Gray Francolin walking around the leaf litter on the floor of the botanical garden.
Gray Francolin, Koko Crater Botanical Garden, Honolulu, HI, January 29, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-4000; f/10; 1/500 sec.

This page is for the Gray Francolin (Ortygornis pondicerianus). During our hike through the Koko Crater Botanical Garden, we saw this species twice. It was well camouflaged and only easily visible when it was walking around the forest floor. Originally I thought it was some sort of quail.