ʻO wau meleagris
Hoʻopuka pinepineʻia a hoʻokomoʻia i loko o nā hōʻiliʻili o nā manu exotic,ʻo ka manu mahiole i ka helmeted he manu maʻalahiʻikeʻia a me ka manu puni manu nui loa ma'Afelika. Ma nā wahi'ē aʻe o ka honua, hiki keʻike pinepineʻia ka nui o ka lehulehu a me nā mea kanu o kēia mau manu, a he mea pono ke hoʻomaopopoʻia e nā manu manu kēia manuʻano kūʻokoʻa.
Ka inoa maʻamau : Helmed Guineafowl, Grey-Breasted Guineafowl,ʻOihana Hoʻopiliʻia
Nīnau Pūmana : helu meleagris
ʻO ke KaukaʻIkepili : Numididae
ʻAno:
- Bill : Nui, pale, kahiʻoihana maniahi kiʻekiʻe, kumuʻulaʻula, pale nui
- Nui : 20-25'niha ka lōʻihi me kaʻupena he 38-inch, ka poepoe ākea nui, ka'ā'ī lōʻihi, ka huele liʻiliʻi, ke poʻo liʻiliʻi
- Nā Lā : Blue,ʻulaʻula,ʻalani, keʻokeʻo, keʻokeʻo, keʻokeʻo, hina, keki
- Nā Marking : He like nā manu me nā manu me ka'ōleʻeleʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele aʻeleʻele paha me kahi pupule,ʻo keʻano o nā wahi keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo. Ma luna o nā'ēheu, ua hoʻolōlāʻia nā kiko'ī i nā pole kūkole. Heʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele ka'ā'ī a hiki iā ia ke hōʻike aku i kahi'ōpē liʻiliʻi. Ua wehe ka maka i kaʻulaʻulaʻulaʻula me nāʻulaʻulaʻulaʻula i lalo o ka pila. Ua hoʻokomoʻia ka lei aliʻi me kahi'ōmelo o ka horny a iʻole kaʻalani-ʻeleʻele-ʻeleʻele. ʻO nā wāwae me ka wāwaeʻeleʻele.
Heʻano likeʻole nā hōʻailona me nā poʻe'ōmaʻomaʻu akā ua emiʻole ka uluʻana o nāʻeleʻele a me ka pepeiaohao a me nāʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele aʻeleʻele keʻokeʻo me nā wahi keʻokeʻo.
Nui nā hapalua o nā huapalapala pilahi a hōʻikeʻia kēlā me kēia mea i nāʻano likeʻole o ka nui, a me ka mahiole a me nāʻokoʻa wattle. He nui nāʻanoʻokoʻa o nā manu'ē aʻe, e like me nā holo , keʻokeʻo a hina hina.
Nā meaʻai: Nā meakanu, nā'ōpala, nā aʻa, nā'opiho, nā mea kolo, ka palaoa, nā hua, nā pua ( See: Omnivorous )
Ka Nohoʻana a me ka Holoʻana:
ʻO kēia mau manu nui e makemake ana i ka hāmama, kahi maloʻo maloʻo a me kahi nohona punahele me nā lāʻau i hoʻoʻauheʻeʻia aiʻole ka uhiʻana o ka uhi, a ua loaʻa pinepine lākou ma nā wahi mahiʻai me nā pā kula ulu a me nā māla. ʻO keʻano o keʻano o ka hanaʻana i nā mea kanu e like me nā ululāʻauʻeleʻele a me nāʻeleʻele paha, a ua hala pū lākou mai nā wao akua.
ʻO ko lākou kūlana'ōpili e pili ana i nā kūlana kūpono a pau loa i loko o ka haipule Saharanāʻau, akā ua hoʻokomo ponoʻia lākou ma nā wahi he nui o ka honua holoʻokoʻa, a me Yemen, ka hema o France,'Awelika a me Pasila. ʻO nā manu i pakele mai nā pua holoholona a puaʻa paha, hiki keʻikeʻia ma kahi o nā wahi a pau a hiki paha ke hoʻokumu i nā poʻe liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi.
Nā Mahi:
He kīpī koʻikoʻi kēia mau manu, e kāhea ke kek-kek-kek i kahi leo maloʻo. Kuhi houʻia kēia pelekane i kahi manawa kūpono, akā hiki ke hoʻonuiʻia ke kūpiko i ka hōʻikeʻana i ka wikiwiki a iʻole ka hōʻailona. He kani ka leo a hiki ke hali i kahi mamao.
Nā hana:
ʻO keʻano o keʻano o nā manu, nā manu manuʻoli , i nā makahiki hoʻoilo i ka wā e'ākoakoa ai nā pua haneli no ka hoʻoikaika a me ka hoʻoulu . I ka wā o ke kōʻana, heʻuʻuku nā'āpana, a he mau mea like wale nō nā manu, me nā keiki i hope o ka paleʻana. Kūleʻa kēia mau manu i nā lāʻau, akā i ka lā e makemake e hele e lele,ʻoiai e holo lākou inā e hoʻoweliweli. Hiki i nā koina huila nui ke lawe pinepine i ka lepo lepo e mālama i kā lākou plumage ma kahi kūlana kiʻekiʻe loa.
Hāʻawi pinepineʻia kēia mau manu a mālamaʻia e like me nā hoa i nāʻohana hānai'ē aʻe. Ma muli o kā lākouʻaiʻana i nā poʻomaʻi nui he nui, ua pono lākou i ka mālamaʻana i nā kānaka'ōlohelohe, i nā kiko'ī paha.
Hiki nō hoʻi iā lākou ke aʻo aku i nā moa'ē aʻe e pili ana i nā hawks kokoke a iʻole nā mea hoʻoweliweli'ē aʻe me ko lākou leo nui a kāhea.
Hōʻano houʻia:
ʻO kēia mau manu he monogamous wale nō ia, aʻo kā lākou hana hoʻolimalimaʻana e pili ana i nā kāne e hakakā ana,ʻo ia hoʻi nā hakakā make a me nā hahai e hōʻeha i nā wāhine. ʻO ka pūnana he pale pāpaʻu ma ka honua,ʻo ia hoʻi i loko o ka mauʻu mauʻu a iʻole nā mea kanu, a hiki paha keʻokiʻia me nā momona maikaʻi. Hiki ke kahakahaʻia nā hua manu oval i ka hopena pōkole, keʻano mai ke keʻokeʻo a hiki i keʻano keʻokeʻo a ke kīkohu ikiʻia me nā'āpana kala. Aia nā huaʻai 6-15 ma ke kula , a hoʻomohu ka wahine i nā hua no nā manawa he 25-30.
Ma hope o ka uhiʻana, hiki i nā moa puaʻa - i kapaʻia he kepe - hiki iā lākou ke haʻalele i ka pūnana a me ka hoʻouluʻana no lākou iho. Mālama ka makua kāne i ka hapanui o ka mālamaʻana i ka moa no nā lā he 10-14 i ka wā i hoʻi mai ai ka wahine mai ka manawa hoʻopunipuni.
Noho nā manu'ōpiopio me ko lākou huiʻohana no 50-75 mau lā ma mua o ka hoʻonuiʻana i ke kūʻokoʻa, akā hiki ke noho kokoke i ka hui a hiki i ka manawa o ka hānauʻana.
Ke hāpai nei i nā huapalapala kōkua:
E hele aku kēia mau manu i nā kuapapa i nā wahi kūpono inā loaʻa nā wahi hānaiʻai, ma kahi inā e hāʻawiʻia ka kānana a me ka millet a inā he kokoke ka pale lūlū no ka palekana. I ka māla, pinepine lākou i ka hoʻoholo ma nā alanui i kahi e hoʻopauʻia ai ka palaoa. He mau manu kaulana hoʻi lākou i nā hanana a me nā hale kūʻai o ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
Hoʻomalu:
ʻAʻole i hoʻoweliweli a hōʻehaʻia paha ka hopena o nā mea kanu, aʻo kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ke piʻi nei ka nui a me ka heluna kanaka e ulu ana i nāʻoihana mahiʻai a hāʻawi i kahi noho kūpono. He mea maʻalahiʻole kēia mau manu no kaʻaiʻana i nā meaʻai a hōʻehaʻia paha e nā'īlio a me nā pōpī, akā, ua hoʻomāinoino pinepineʻia lākou e nā mahiʻai eʻike ana iā lākou he mea hōʻino i nā meaʻai.
Nā Manu like:
- Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera pucherani )
- ʻO ka Vulturine Guineafowl ( Acryllium vulturinum )
- Malaki ( Meleagris gallopavo )
- Kekahi Cassowary ( Casuarius casuarius )