ʻO Dendrocygna autumn
I ka manawa pinepine no ka noe kuihi, he pēpē keʻokeʻoʻeleʻele-ʻeleʻele aʻeleʻele aʻoiai he mea maʻalahi ia i nā wahi noho pāʻani, kahi e hoʻonui ai i kēia mau leke i ke kūkulu'ākau.
Ka inoa maʻamau : Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck,'Aleʻele-Bellied-Duck,'Alaʻula-'Alaʻau-Duck,'AkeʻAne, Whīkī Duck
Nä Hua'ölelo : Dendrocygna autumnalis
ʻO kaʻohana'enekema : Anatidae
ʻAno:
- Bill : Hoʻokipa i keʻano,ʻulaʻula aiʻulaʻula iki me kahiʻili ā hina
- Nui : 19-22ʻelima ka lōʻihi me ka 35-inch o ka'ēheu, nā wāwae lōʻihi, ka leʻa lōʻihi loa, nā'ēheu nui
- ʻO nāʻahu : Keʻokeʻo, keʻokeʻo,ʻeleʻele,ʻulaʻula, keʻokeʻa, ka'ailama, keki
- Nā Marking :'Alike nā mea like. He keʻokeʻo ke alo, ka'ilī a me ka puʻu, a he mau maka keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo nui. He palupalu ka pāpale aliʻi a me ka hānai, aʻo ka'ā'ī o ka'ā'ī, ka umauma a me ke kapa komo , he momona. ʻO ke kua iʻoi aku ka'ōmaʻomaʻo ma mua o ka balekole, a hiki i nā'ēheu ke paʻi i ke ahi a hōʻike i kahi'āpana keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo. Ma ka leleʻana, ua kūkala kaʻili keʻokeʻo i ka lōʻihi o ka'ēheu, akā heʻuʻuku ia i ka wā e'ōwiliʻia ai nā'ēheu. ʻO ka'ōpū, kahi huelo a me ka huelo heʻeleʻele, a heʻeleʻele ka uhiʻana i ka uhiʻeleʻele. ʻO nā wāwae a me nā wāwae i kuʻiʻia heʻeleʻeleʻulaʻula, aʻeleʻele ka maka.
ʻO nā kānaka Iulāne e nānā like i nā mākua akā,ʻoi aʻe kaʻeleʻele-ʻeleʻele, me kahi hueleʻeleʻele. ʻO ka pila he hina.
Nānā: Nā mea kanu o nā mea kanu, nāʻanoʻano, nā'ōpala, nā nūnū, nā minuʻu, nā mollusks ( See: Herbivorous )
Ka Nohoʻana a me ka Holoʻana:
Hoʻopiliʻia kēia mau kīleʻa a hiki ke loaʻa iā lākou ma nā ululāʻau no ka hanaʻana a me ka nesting, akā naʻe pinepine lākou i ka hoʻouluʻana i nā māla mahi laiki aiʻole nā wahi mahiʻai hoʻomaha. Loaʻa lākou i nā'auhuʻa, nā'āina momona, nā lagoons a me nā pā lepo, a me nā papa'ōleʻa kolepa paha a iʻole nā māla nunui ma nā kūlanakauhale.
Loaʻa nā'āpana pale-ʻeleʻele i nā makahiki a puni ma ka hikina a me ka hema o Texas a ma nā mokuʻo Mexico i Central Central America a meʻAmelika Hema.
ʻO ka hapa hema o kēia ākea o ka manu e hele ana ma waena o Brazil a hiki i ka'ākau o'Atinaina,ʻoiai lākou e hele mai ana mai ke Komohana Hema o'Amerika kahi e kūponoʻole nā wahi mauna. Aia kekahi poʻe liʻiliʻi i loaʻa i ka makahiki a puni ma Florida, a keʻikeʻia nei hoʻi nā peke i Cuba.
ʻOiai e holoʻole ana kēia mau manu, ua hoʻonuiʻia e ka poʻe kānaka o ka'ākau i ko lākou uluʻana o ke kauwela, e neʻe ana a hiki i ke'ākau o Oklahoma a me'Akedamia hema a me kaʻaoʻao hema o Georgia a me South Carolina a ma ke komohanaʻo Arizona.
Ke hōʻike pinepineʻia nā mea nānāʻino ma ka'ākau o ke ana i manaʻoʻia ai, e like me Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan a me Pennsylvania. ʻAʻole maopopo iāʻoe inā he mau nalu maʻamau kēia mau moʻolelo, a iʻole paha e pakele i nā kālepa mai nā hōʻiliʻili pono'ī, zoos aʻaʻa paha.
Nā Mahi:
ʻO kēia mau leʻaleʻaʻoluʻolu e loaʻa ana i ke kālai keleponaʻana me nā pihi 3-5 me ke kuhiʻole. ʻO ka hoʻokuʻuʻana a me nā mea hoʻokani leo kekahi kekahi o kā lākou hua'ōlelo, a ua loheʻia kahi leo kani kīpō i ka wā eʻikeʻia ai kēia mau manu. I nāʻohana nui, hiki ke lilo i nā mea hiki ke lilo i mea nui loa.
Nā hana:
ʻO kēia nā manu nui i loaʻa i nāʻohana liʻiliʻi a me nāʻohana nui, akā uaʻike nuiʻia he mau pua he 1,000 a keu paha.
Hoʻopiʻiʻia ka'ūlūʻana o ka wai i nā lāʻau, pinepine ma luna o ka wai, ae hoʻohāinu i ka pō, e kāhea ana a kāwīwī i ka holoʻana i nā wahi hoʻokipa maikaʻi. Hele mālie lākou i ka lepo, a i ka wā pāpaʻu, e pīpī i nā mea kanu a me nā mea kanu.
Hōʻano houʻia:
ʻO kēia mau kīleʻa he mea lokahi a he make no ke ola . Nānā ke koho wahine i ka mīnī nesting, akā he meaʻuʻuku nā mea liʻiliʻi a waiho pololeiʻia nā huaʻulu maʻemaʻe ma ka papahele o ka lua. Nānā nā nesting cavities 8-30 kapuaʻi ma luna o ka lepo ma nā lāʻau make a iʻole nā pahu nest, akā e hana kēia mau lelo i kekahi manawa ma ka honua ma lalo o kahi mau'ōpala mauʻu.
ʻOiaiʻo nā hua 12-16 he mauʻano no ke keiki hoʻokahi, nā pīpoki-keʻokeʻoʻeleʻele i hanaʻia e hana ana i ka miliʻana iʻa a hiki i ka 100 mau hua i loaʻa ma nā pūnana waena,ʻoiai he hapa wale nō o kēlā mau hua.
Hāʻawi nā mākua i nā kuleana hana no nā lā he 25-30, a hiki i nā peʻa momona ke haʻalele i ka pūnana i loko o 24 mau hola ma hope o ka paleʻana. Mālama nā mākua a mālama i kā lākou mau moa no 140 mau lā. Ma muli o ka lōʻihi o ka mālamaʻana, hoʻokahi keiki i kēlā me kēia makahiki ka mea maʻamau, akā ma loko o nā wahi pāhili, hiki i kēia mau leke ke hānai iʻelua keiki i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
Ke hāpai nei i ka Black-Bellied Whistling-Ducks:
ʻOiaiʻaʻole kahi maʻamau o kēia mau kīʻaha i nā kua, e hoʻohana lākou i nā pahu hāmama a me nā paʻi i mālamaʻia e like me nā pūnaewele puniwai kūpono i loko o ko lākou ala inā he hale noho kūpono kokoke. ʻO ka hāʻawiʻana i kahi meaʻaiʻai me ka palaoa kuʻi a me ka millet paha hiki ke hoʻokomo i kēia mau pahu.
Hoʻomalu:
ʻAʻole i manaʻoʻia kēia mau kīleʻa i mea hoʻoweliweli a iʻole makehewa paha, a ma kekahi mau wahi, aia nā kauʻai hoʻolālā maʻamau i loko o nāʻahaʻula. Hiki i nāʻohana nui o kēia mau kīleʻa ke hōʻino i nā mahinaʻai mahiʻai a pili i ka hoʻouluʻana i ka hua, a i kekahi manawa e hoʻomāinoinoʻia nā manu no kēlā meaʻino. Hiki i kēia mau manu ke hoʻopuka i ka lāʻau make mai nā lawaiʻa lawaiʻa i hoʻokuʻuʻia, a me nā lawaiʻa lawaiʻa i mea weliweli loa i nā wahi'āpana a me nā wahi hoʻokipa.
Nā Manu like :
- 'Ōlaʻoʻo Walawī-Duck ( Dendrocygna bicolor )
- ʻO West Indian Whistling-Duck ( Dendrocygna arborea )
- ʻO ka Goose oʻAigupita ( Alopochen a me koʻAigupita )
Kiʻi - Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck © USFWS