Hōʻikeʻike Mallard

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Hōʻikeʻike Mallard

ʻO nā Mallards ke kāloka kaulana loa aʻoi loa aku i ka honua, aʻo kaʻike i kaʻike ponoʻana i kēia mau kīleʻa,ʻo ia ke kī o ka hoʻomaopopoʻana i kaʻikeʻia o nā peke a pau, e like me ka laweʻana i nā hōʻailona mālama i nā kāpili'ōpiopio. Hiki i nā kānaka pāʻani ke hoʻomaopopo i ka nele - male, wahine, nā kāne eclipse a me nāʻauwai i ka lele - hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana i kēia akamai e hoʻomaopopo koke i nā manu he, aʻaʻole lākou, nā meaʻaiʻole ma ke kula, e hoʻomaopopo ana i kaʻike leka i nā mea likeʻole.

Hōʻike Male Mallard

Loaʻa a maʻalahi ka poʻe kāne male i ko lākou mau'iliʻolu momona a me nā hiʻohiʻona plumage. Ke ho'āʻo nei eʻike i nā mea i loko o ka māina, eʻimi i kēia mau hōʻailona:

1. Bill Bill :ʻO ka pila hōʻailona o ka male he laʻelaʻa momona ia me kahiʻili āleʻele liʻiliʻi ma ke kihi. ʻO keʻano likeʻole o ka nui o nā peke.
   
   
2. Nā Lulu Leʻa : He'ōmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo ka'ōmaʻomaʻo o Mallard. Hōʻike ka'ōmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo i ka nui o nā kukui, akā i loko o ke aka o ke poʻo, e pōʻeleʻele paha aiʻole ka pouli ma mua o ka hōʻikeʻana i ke kala'ōmaʻomaʻo.
   
   
3. ʻO kaʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele : He kohu keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo kahi o nā kānaka nona kahi kokoke i ka piko o ka'ā'ī. Hiki ke loli ka mānoanoa o ka kola ma muli o ka hoʻonuiʻiaʻana o ka'ā'ī o ka'ā'ī.
   
   
4. ʻO ka peʻe o Chestnut :ʻO ka'ā'ī a me ka umauma o ke kāne mallard, heʻano momona maikaʻiʻole ia e hiki ke'ālohilohi, e like me ke kau, i ka lā o ka lā. Hiki keʻikeʻia kekahi mau'āpana'ōmaʻomaʻo he nui i loko o ka umauma, akā,ʻaʻole nui.
   
   
5. Nā Pale Flanks a me nā Māhele :ʻO nā'ōpū a me nā māhele o nā male kāne he mau pale'ōmaʻomaʻo keʻokeʻo. Hiki i nāʻokoʻa ke hōʻike pono loa i ka paʻiʻana i nā palena, akāʻaʻoleʻike pinepineʻia kēia.
   
   
6. ʻO Hoʻolaula Blue :ʻO nā'ēheu o nā hoe huki heʻulaʻula keʻokeʻo a he blue-purple speculum i paeʻia e kaʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele, a laila ke uhi keʻokeʻo. Hōʻike mauʻia keʻano o nā hiʻohiʻona ma nāʻanoʻokoʻa ke hoʻomaha ka manu.
   
   
7. Ka Honua Malu :ʻO ka huelo loloa o ka kāne he maʻemaʻe keʻokeʻo me ka meaʻole.
   
   
8. Kālepa Tail : Ke kuleana o nā kāne he 1-2 mau hulu wulu liʻiliʻi nui ma kaʻaoʻao o ka huelo eʻike maopopoʻia aʻikeʻia i ka'āina. ʻO kēia hiʻohiʻona e hōʻike pinepine ana i nā mea i loko o nā mana o nā'ōpili, akāʻaʻole paha i hoʻohālikelikeʻia nā kī.
   
   
9. ʻO nā lau a me nā wāwae :ʻO nā wāwae a me nā wāwae he mauʻalani'ōniʻoniʻo. Hoʻopiliʻia nā wāwae.

Nā kiʻi - Male Mallard © LeonoraʻIke

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Hōʻikeʻike Male Mallard

Ua hoʻonui nuiʻia nā hena Mallard ma mua o kā lāua mau wāhine, akā, he mau kī maʻalahi hoʻi ia no kaʻike ponoʻana. ʻO kēia mau kīhā nuiʻeono no kaʻikeʻana i nā wāhine wahine:

1. ʻO ka Bill Dirty : nā pili kālā a nā wāhine he momona o kaʻalani, akā, e like me ka nui o ke kala hina i ka pila. Hoʻolike like lākou me nā palapala kālā a nā kāne.
   
   
2. Nānā Maka :ʻO nā wāhine wahine a pau, he'ōmaʻomaʻo keʻokeʻo e puka mai ana mai kahi kokoke i ka hope o ke poʻo. ʻO kēia'ōpili, heʻano like ia me ke kalaunu o ka manu, akā e like paha ka paʻakikī a me kaʻoi aku o ka'ōpala i waena o nā poʻe.
   
   
3. Mottled Upperparts : He mau puʻu heiau a Mallard i nā keʻokeʻo o kaʻulaʻula, ke kala a me kaʻeleʻele.
   
   
4. Nā'Āina Māmā :ʻO nā'āpana hela ma lalo o ka māmā, heʻano kīkole hoʻi i kaʻulaʻula, ke kī a me kaʻeleʻele, akā me nā hōʻailona maikaʻi loa ma mua o nā luna, e hāʻawi ana i lalo i nā hiʻohiʻona o keʻano paler.
   
   
5. Nā Mottled Undertail Coverts :ʻO nā uhi o lalo o kahi kahu wahine he'olima a palupalu paha e like me ke koena o lalo, aʻo ka mottling e hoʻonui i nā kihi o ka huelo.
   
   
6. ʻO nā lau momona a me nā kēpau: E like me nā loli, he mauʻalani a me nā wāwaeʻalani keʻokeʻo nā wahine.

Nā kiʻi - Mallard Hen © John B.

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Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Eclipse Mallard

Ma hope o ka manawa hānau, loaʻa nā mea pono'ī i kahi manawa o ka plumage eclipse ke kinai lākou i nā hulu kahiko. Ke hoʻohemoʻia ko lākou mau hulu mua , he hapaʻole lākou a he nui loa. ʻO kaʻikeʻana i kahi'aupili mālamalama e hiki ke lilo i mea kānalua loa, keʻano nā manu i loko o kahi pāpaʻi a me nā pahu. Ma waho aʻe o nā hōʻailona o kahi drake kahu'āina, e nānā ana i kēia mau māka'āina nui e hiki ke kōkua iāʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i nā mana o nā mea i hoʻoheheʻeʻia:

1. ʻO Scruffy Iridescent Head :ʻO Mallard ka mea e hoʻouka ai i ka pllip o ka'ōpiopio i ka poʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo, akā he nui loa ia i kaʻaila a hui pū me nā huluʻeleʻele aʻeleʻele paha. Hiki ke nānā aku e like me ka manu aʻeleʻele paha i ka manu, akā i ka kukui'ōmaʻomaʻo, e hōʻike ka'ōmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo ma ke poʻo.
   
   
2. Ka Moldled Breast :ʻOiai ka laulā holoʻokoʻa o ka'ōpū o ka'ōpouli e mau ana i keʻano o ka momona o ka'ōmaʻomaʻo, ma kēiaʻano o ka plumage e pili ana i kahiʻano i'āwiliʻia a i hoʻohālikeʻia paha e like me keʻano o ka plumage iʻoi aku o ka puʻupaʻa.
   
   
3. Kahi Kūlohelohe :ʻO ka nui, nā poʻe i loko o ka plumber eclipse ke nānā pinepineʻia a hoʻolālāʻia paha. Hiki ke nalowale kekahi o ko lākou hulu aʻo ka poʻe'ē aʻe ka nui o nāʻokoʻa e mālama ana iā lākou mai ke kaulike. E like me kaʻelemakule o ka manu, uaʻaʻahuʻia nā hulu o ka hulu manu me nā hulu hou, e māmā ka ulana.

ʻO Male Mallard ma Eclipse Plumage © John Picken

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E hōʻike i nā Mallards ma Flight

ʻO ka hoʻomaopopoʻana i nā manu e lele nei , he mea paʻakikī kēia, akā, hiki i kekahi meaʻike keʻike i nā mea lele. Ma waho aʻe o nāʻaʻahu plumage, e nānā i kēia mau hōʻailona ke holo nā manu lele i kahi kokoke eʻike ai inā he mau moku lākou:

1. Ka Lēkiʻi Straight a me ka Voice : Aia nā luna mālama i ko lākou mau poʻo a ke kī pololei. Hiki ke hākani leoʻole lākou, a ke loheʻia nā "quacks" ma keʻano pinepine i ka leleʻana o nā manu.
   
   
2. Ke kūmalima a me ka ulanaʻana :ʻO ka'ōlohelohe puru-purple iʻikeʻia ma nā'ēheu luna e lele ana, ma nā hulu o ke kula kiʻekiʻe. E nānā aku hoʻi i ka wikiwiki,ʻo nā'ēheu'ēheu paha eʻikeʻia ana e nā mea lele.
   
   
3. Ka Pīpī Pōhaku : I ka leleʻana o nā moku, hoʻopaʻa nā kapu a me nā wāwae i ko lākou mau kino haʻahaʻa, aʻaʻole e hala nā wāwae i ka hiʻu. Hiki keʻike makaʻia ka'ōniʻoniʻalani'ōmaʻomaʻo o nā wāwae a me nā wāwae ma kahi mamao aku o nā manu. Ke paeʻana, lele nā ​​manu i nā wāwae me nā wāwae e kuʻiʻia e hana i ke kūlana ma luna o ka wai.

I ka manawa e aʻo aiʻoe eʻike maʻalahi i nā mea waiwai, e maʻalahi ka maʻalahi i ke kahua eʻike ai i ka wāʻaʻole he mana o kahi ponana i hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻoikaika i kāu mau hana i kaʻike.

Kiʻi - Mallard ma Flight © Keith