Meleagris gallopavo
ʻO kekahi o nā manu manu nui loa , aia wale nō ka pipi'āhiu maʻAmelika Hema wale nō, akā, ua kama'āina kona mau hoahānau i ka honua a puni. He mea kaulana loa no kaʻimiʻana i kahi kokoke i ka lukuʻiaʻana, ua ulu ka mālamaʻana i ka uluʻana o nā manu i nā lā i kēia manawa a ua hoʻonui i kaʻoihana o ka manu ma mua o kona palena'āina .
Kahi Common: Wild Turkey, Turkey, Gobbler
Nä Hua'ölelo : Meleagris gallopavo
ʻO nāʻohana Hawaiʻi: Phasianidae
Kaʻike a me kaʻike
ʻO ka nalu'āhiu he manuʻike aʻike maopopo loaʻia, a hikiʻole i nā manu leleʻole ke hoʻomaopopo maʻalahi i kēia manu. ʻO kaʻikeʻana i nā hōʻailona kīʻaha no ka'ōpili, akā, hiki ke kōkua i nā manu manu e aʻo hou e pili ana i nā pēle hihiu a pehea e hoʻomaopopo pono ai iā lākou.
- ʻO Bill : Ka liʻiliʻi a me ka lahilahi, pale me kahi'ōmaʻomaʻoʻulaʻula ( ka leo ) ma luna
- Nui : 35-50 iniha ka lōʻihi me ka 55-inch o nā'ēheu, ka'ōpū holoʻokoʻa, nā wāwae lōʻihi, ka leʻa lōʻihi
- ʻO nāʻala : Pink,ʻulaʻula,ʻulaʻula, keʻokeʻo, keʻokeʻo, ke kuʻi, ke hina,ʻeleʻele, ke keʻekeʻe
- Nā Markings : He poʻo poʻoʻole ko nā kāne a ua uhiʻia ka'ā'ī i nāʻeleʻele uila lahilahi. ʻO ke kino, heʻeleʻeleʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele nui me kahi'ālohilohi maʻamau i ke kukui maikaʻi, me ke kāhiko keʻokeʻo ma nā hulu mua . Heʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele a heʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele hoʻi ka hulu o ka huelo nui me nā pūpili kāpili ma kahi huelo o ka huelo, a he mau lōʻihi o nā hulu umaumaʻeleʻele. ʻO nā wāhine he mau mea liʻiliʻi me kaʻili liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, kahi huelo liʻiliʻi a me nā'ūmā liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi. ʻO nā wāhine kekahi,ʻaʻole lākou eʻalo i nā hulu umaumaʻumiʻumi, akā he mauʻumiʻumi liʻiliʻi ma kahi o nā hens kahiko. No ka mea, uaʻeleʻele nā'āpana, nā wāwae a me nā wāwae a ua pouli nā maka. Ma muli o ka manaʻo a me nā manaʻo o ka manu , hiki ke poʻo ke hoʻololi i kaʻula mai ke keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo aiʻole ka'ōmaʻomaʻo i kaʻulaʻula hāmaʻomaʻo aiʻole ka polū polū. He like nā manu'ōpiopio me ka poʻe mākua akā, me nā hōʻiliʻili liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi a me ka liʻiliʻi nui.
ʻO ka meaʻai, kaʻai a me ke ola
ʻAi nā'āhi puaʻa i nāʻano meaʻai likeʻole , e like me nā'okena, nā rana, nā leʻaleʻa, nā hua, nā huapalapala, nā hua kanu a me nā nīpala. Hiki i kēlā mau manu kelepaʻi ke'ōhinu ma ka lepo e wehe i kaʻai me ka huki ponoʻana o nā meaʻai mai nā mea kanu likeʻole.
Ka Nohoʻana a me ka Holoʻana
He mea maʻalahi nā'īlio puaʻa ma waena o ka'āinaʻoʻAmelika Hui Pūʻia a me waena o Mekikoka, akā, heʻole lākou ma nā Kuahiwi Pōhaku kiʻekiʻe a me nā wahi wao nahele, a ma kahi mamao loa o Minnesota, North Dakota a me Montana.
Ma keʻano maʻamau, nui nā manu i nāʻaoʻao hikina o kā lākou āpau. Hiki i nā'ōuli ke hoʻokipa i nā wahi ulu lāʻau a me nā wahi noho kai me nā lāʻau momona a me nā kumu lāʻau. ʻAʻole hiki i nā puako'āhiu ke neʻe , akā he mea maʻamau, i ka hoʻoilo, ma muli o ka loaʻa o ka meaʻai.
ʻO nāʻoihana
ʻO ka leo koʻikoʻi o ka pipi puaʻa,ʻo ia ka māmā "gobble-gobble-gobble" i hoʻohanaʻia e nā kāne i ka wā hānau hānau. ʻO nā mea'ē aʻe e kāheaʻia e nā kāne a me nā wāhine e komo pū me nā "cluck" a me nā "yelp" e kuhikuhi i ka neʻeʻana a iʻole nā'ōlelo aʻo.
Nā hana
He manu'āhiu nā manu lele a ola i nā hipa nui me kahi kāne nui "tom" a hiki i ka 20 aʻoi aku paha o nā wāhine "hen." He lohe nui a heʻike nā manu a he mau mea ikaika. Ua luhi mau lākou i ka honua akā ua ulu lākou i nā lāʻau i ka pō. I loko o ka wā hānau, nā kāne e hakakā a hōʻike i ko lākou hulu loloa huelo no nā hana pilina a hoʻohana i ka hana like i loko o ka makahiki e hōʻike ai i ke kūlana a iʻole ka hakakā,ʻoiai ke nui nā kāne i kahi kokoke.
Ka hana hou
He polygam male āpau a hoʻokuʻi i nā hen ma ia makahiki hoʻokahi. Hiki i nā lālā kekahi hua o 8-18 mau hua ma ka makahiki ma kahi pūnana āpau ma ka lau nahele aiʻole ma ka hūnāʻana i nā kumu lāʻau a me nā lāʻau lāʻau no 27 mau lā.
ʻO nā hua hua he keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo a keʻokeʻo paha, a hiki ke hoʻopiliʻia me nā'āpanaʻeleʻele aiʻole nāʻulaʻula ma kekahiʻaoʻao. Ma hope o kaʻaeʻana, alakaʻi nā wāhine i nā manu manuahi i ka meaʻai, a aʻo koke nā manu'ōpiopio i ka hoʻoinu no lākou iho. I waena o nā manu'ōpiopio, kapaʻia nā wāhine he jennies aʻo nā kāne ke kapaʻia he jakes .
Eʻimi ana i nā puhi manu
He manu nui nā manu'āhiu me nā mea liʻiliʻi e hopohopoʻole ai i nā mea pīhoihoi. E hoʻokipaʻia lākou i nā'āina'ānā me nā lāʻauʻoka a me ka palapalapala lepo e hiki ke hāʻawi i kahi uhi'āina. Hiki i nā Birders ke hāʻawi i ka palaoa kānua a me nā hua'ē aʻe e like me ka meaʻai nui a hiki ke hiki iā lākou ke hoʻokomo i nā kāhili ulu kokoke e pili ana i nā pihi turkey. No ka mea, e hoʻomaopopo i nā mea manuʻahi o Backyard, he hiki ke hoʻonāukiuki a loaʻa i nā leona nui, aʻaʻole lākou e launa pinepineʻia i nā wahi ulu. Aia kekahi mau kānāwai i nā kānāwai e kū'ē ana i ka hānaiʻana i nā piko o ka nahele no ka meaʻo ia mau hana e hiki ke hoʻopili i nā kau.
Ka mālama
ʻAʻole i manaʻoʻia nā kaukū'āpana i ka hoʻoweliweli a iʻole i ka pōʻino, a ua mālamaʻia nā kauʻana i nā manawa kau i ka noho paʻaʻana o nā heluna ma nā wahi he nui. Ma kekahi mau kaiaulu, ua manaʻoʻia nā pipi hihiu he meaʻino no ka hiki i nā hipa nui ke ulu aʻe a hiki i nā manu ke hoʻomāinoino i ka waiwai e like me ka luʻu. Ma kēia mau kūlana, hiki i nā aupuni keʻimi e hoʻoneʻe i nā manu a pono. Ma ko lākou mau wahi ulu lāʻau, mālama pono i nā kumu meaʻai kūpono a me nā wahi kikowaena i mea nui e kōkua ai i nā ulu'āhiu ulu.
Nā Manu like
- Ocellated Turkey ( Meleagris ocellata )
- ʻO ka Prairie- 'ālī nui loa ( Tympanuchus cupido )
- ʻO Blue Grouse ( Dendragapus pōpō )
- Hoʻokumuʻia ka Pana ( Phasianus colchicus )
- 'Āpana Peafowl ( Pavo cristatus )