What is the bird on the Hawaiian Pro Designs Logo ?

[flo_dhbomb]

I've searched all over to find out what the bird is that Donald Takayama used on his surfboard logo but all I see is Takayama logo bird. Does anyone know what it is ?

[jaffa1949]

I'm guessing but it looks very much like a Frigate Bird which is seen all over the Pacific islands and tropic coasts.

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[oldmansurfer]

Yeah frigate bird or we would call it "Iwa" or possibly the tropic bird or some cross between the two

[flo_dhbomb]

Cool, thanks guys ! Is Iwa pronounced like "eewa" as it is spelled or like "eeva"?

[oldmansurfer]

eeva is the way it usually sounds. The shape resembles a frigate bird but the color pattern more closely to a tropicbird