text:  Eva are featured prominently in Hawaiian culture, and their glossy black feathers were used in the kahili of royalty and in feathered capes. One well-known olelo no eau proclaims, Lele ka iva, malie kaiko'o, meaning, when the Eva bird flies out to sea, the rough sea will be calm. For Hawaii Public Radio, this is Patrick Hart from the UH Hilo Department of Biology.