Aia ka nui o ka pelekikena keʻokeʻo hoʻokeʻapaʻu e pili ana i ka 43 cm a me nā eheu o 100 a 107 cm. ʻO kona paona ua loaʻa i ka 300-360 pā.
Smoky Kite keokeo (Elanus leucurus)
ʻO kēia ʻelee hina - nā manu huluhulu keʻokeʻo e like me kahi falcon no ka mea keaka liʻiliʻi, ke poʻo nani, nā ʻēheu lōʻihi a me ka ʻūhā, a me nā wāwae pōkole. ʻO ka wahine a me ke kāne ke like me ka plumage a me ke kino o ke kino, ʻoi aku ka poni o ka wahine a ʻoi aku ka paona. ʻO ka hina o nā manu o ka pākeke ma ke kino, he hina ia, koe wale nō nā poʻohiwi. Ke keʻokeʻo loa ka ʻoko. Hiki ke ʻike i nā wahi ʻeleʻele liʻiliʻi ma kahi o nā maka. ʻOi aku ka pāpale a me ka ʻāʻī i ke kua. Ke keʻokeʻo nei ka ihu a me ke alo. ʻAno hina ka lāʻu. E keʻokeʻo nā hulu ʻili, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia inā e hoʻomoʻi ʻia. ʻAnoʻulaʻula ka iris.
ʻO nā manu ʻōpio me nā kala plumage i like me ko lākou mau mākua, akā ua kālai ʻia i kahi pale brownish o ka pena like ʻole.
Aia nā lāleka brown, kahi pāpale a me ka lei keʻokeʻo. Pēlā a me nā poʻohiwi me ka mālamalama keʻokeʻo. ʻOi aku ka hina o nā hulu āpau o ka ʻēheu me nā hopena keʻokeʻo. Aia kahi ʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele ma ka huelo. Ke keʻokeʻo ka maka a me lalo o ke kino me ka māka a me nā ʻulaʻula a me ka ʻulaʻula i ka umauma, i ʻike ʻia i ka wā o ka lele. ʻOkoʻa ka uhi ʻana i ka hulu manu i nā ʻāpana o ka plumage o nā pākeke i ka molt mua, e kū ana ma waena o nā makahiki 4 a 6 mau mahina.
ʻO ka iris he kukui ʻulaʻula me ka tinge melemele.
ʻO nā manu ʻōpio me ke kala plumage e hoʻomanaʻo i kā lākou mau mākua
Hākena Kite Pahu Hoʻolālā Uila ʻia
Kuhi ʻia nā kime keʻokeʻo ʻē aʻe i loaʻa i nā lālā i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā lālani lāʻau e lilo ana i mau ʻōleʻa. Aia pū kekahi pū ʻia i nā nahele, nā kapaki, ma waho o nā mea e ulu ai nā lāʻau. Noho lākou i nā savannah sparse me kahi lālau liʻiliʻi, ma waena o nā puʻu maloʻo nui me nā lālani lāʻau e noho ana ma kapa o nā muliwai.
Hiki ke mālama ʻia kēia ʻano manu manu i nā ʻōpala, i nā wahi o ka nāhelehele ʻole i mamao loa mai ka wao nahele, nā māka a me nā wahi o nā kūlanakauhale a me nā kūlanakauhale, ʻoiai i loko o nā kūlanakauhale nui e like me Rio de Janeiro. Hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka pīkī keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo mai ka palena o ke kai i ka palena o 1,500 mika, akā ʻoi aku ke kiʻekiʻe o ka 1,000 mika. Eia nō naʻe, kekahi mau manu i kū i ke kai a hiki i 2000 m, akā aia kekahi mau mea i ʻike ʻia i ke kiʻekiʻe o 4200 mau mika ma Peru.
ʻO nā moʻi hoʻokeo ʻia i ulaula ʻia mai ka ʻAmelika ʻAmelika.
Kahu ʻia e ka ʻeke a Kēlei Nui
ʻO nā moʻi hoʻokeo ʻia i ulaula ʻia mai ka ʻAmelika ʻAmelika. ʻO kā lākou maʻamau ma ke komohana a me ka hema o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ma ke kahakai o Kaleponi a hiki i Oregon a me ke kahakai o ke awāwa o Mexico ma Louisiana, Texas a me Mississippi. Ke hoʻomau nei ka noho ʻana ma ʻAmelika Hema a me ʻAmelika Hema.
Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, noho ʻia ka honu ʻulaʻula keʻokeʻo e noho ana ma Mexico a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe, e pili pū ana me Panama. Ma ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika Hema, e noho ana kēia hale ma hope nei: Colombia, Venezuela, Guiana, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, ʻĀpana ʻAmelika a hiki i Patagonia hema. Ma nā ʻāina Andean (Ecuador, Peru, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ma ke komohana o Bolivia a me Chile loa). Elua mau subspecies e mahaloia:
- E. l. Noho ʻo Leucurus ma ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika Hema ma ka ʻākau, a hiki i Panama.
- E. l. ua pālahalaha aku ʻo majusculus i USA a me Mekiko, a i kahi hema hou loa i Costa Rica.
ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona o ka hiʻohiʻona o ka lāli keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo
Noho ʻaihue mau keokeo i huluhulu ʻia a i ʻole e hui pū, akā ʻo nā hui nui e hōʻuluʻulu i waho o ka manawa hana. Kūkulu lākou i nā ʻōpū he nui a i ʻole he haneli paha o nā kānaka. He mea ia kēlā manu manu ʻoi i ka palu liʻiliʻi e pili ana i kekahi mau pālua, aʻo nā nests aia ma kahi mamao he haneli mau mika mai kēlā me kēia.
I ka wā hānai, ka ʻili nā poki manu keʻokeʻo i hana lele i nā mokulele hoka a i ʻole he mau pailua, e hele ana i ka ʻai i ka hoa paʻi i ka lewa. I ka hoʻomakaʻana o ka wā hoʻoulu, hoʻopau ka kāne i ka hapa nui o kā lākou manawa ma ka lāʻau.
He ʻoluʻolu nā manu o kēia ʻai, akā i kekahi manawa ke ʻimi nei lākou i ka ʻimi ʻana o nā lehulehu rodents.
Kahi Uila keʻokeʻo ʻia
ʻO ka hana hou ʻana o kahi lāli hoʻokeo keʻokeʻo
Nā hūnū keʻokeʻo ʻē aʻe i hoʻopaʻa ʻia mai ka lā Malaki a ʻAukake i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Hoʻomaka ka manawa hana ma ka mahina ma Ianuali ma Kaleponi, a kū lōʻihi mai Nowemapa a hiki i Nuevo Leon ma ke kūkulu ʻĀina Meksiko. Kuhi lākou iā Dekemaba-Iune i Panama, Pepeluali-Iulai ma ke komohana Hema ʻAmelika Hema, mai ʻAkakopa a Iulai i Suriname, mai ka ʻ latelelo o ʻAukake a hiki i Dekemaba ma ke kūkulu hema ʻo Brazil, mai Kepakemapa a hiki i ʻAukake a ʻo Kepakemapa a Chile.
Kūkulu nā manu ʻoi i nā nī liʻiliʻi i loko o ke ʻano o kahi pā nui nui o nā lālā e 30 a 50 cm ka lōʻihi a 10 a hohonu ka 20 cm.
I loko o laila he lining o ka mauʻu a me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe. Aia ka nīkini ma ka lāʻau mai ka ʻaoʻao ākea. Mai ka wā mai, ua noho nā palahalula ʻulaʻula keʻokeʻo e noho ana i nā ʻili kahiko i hoʻolei ʻia e nā manu ʻē, e hoʻihoʻi hou iā lākou a hoʻoponopono hou iā lākou. A hoʻopili 3 - 5 hua. Hoʻopili ʻia ka wahine no 30 a 32 lā. Haʻalele ʻo Chicks i ka nūhou ma hope o 35, i kekahi manawa ma hope o 40 lā. ʻElua mau ʻōpio i ʻelua manawa no ke kiki.
Whiteoky Tailed-Kihi ʻia manu - Bird of Prey
Pākuʻi Kīwī Pīwīwīwī ʻia
ʻAi ʻia ka ʻiʻo pīpī keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo i nā kiʻi, a i ka manawa ke ʻimi nei lākou i nā mea ʻē aʻe: a me nā moʻo. Ma nā kūkulu ʻākau, hoʻopau lākou i nā huahana liʻiliʻi, nā shrews a me nā voles. Holo lākou i nā manu liʻiliʻi, nā mea reptile, nā amphibians, nā pepeke nui. ʻO ka poʻe wīlona puaʻa e lūlū aku i ka mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka nui o 10 a 30 mau mika mai ka papa o ka honua. I ka manawa mua e lele mālie lākou ma luna o ko lākou ʻāina, a laila e wikiwiki i ko lākou lele ma mua o ka hāʻule ʻana i ka lepo me nā wāwae hakihaki. I kekahi manawa hāʻule nā koholā puhaka keʻokeʻo i luna o kā lākou nuʻo mai ke kiʻekiʻe, akā ʻaʻole hana pinepine ʻia kēia ʻano o ka hopu manu. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mea pōpilikia i hopu ʻia mai ka lepo, aia wale nō nā manu liʻiliʻi e hopu ʻia e ka poʻe predator i ka wā o ka lele. Kahu ʻia nā pīpī keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo a nui i ka wanaʻao a i ka lae.
Pākuʻi Choky keʻa keʻokeʻo me Prey
Ke kūlana ʻoni ʻo ke keʻokeʻo a ʻāpihihi ʻo Smoky Kite
ʻO ka kite a ka pua keʻokeʻo ka i hala ma hope o ka noho ʻana i kahi māhele nui e pili ana iā 9,4 miliona mauʻanuʻu square. Ma kēia wahi ākea, kahi liʻiliʻi ka nui o nā helu helu. Ua aneane pau loa kēia ʻano o kēia manu manu ma ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, akā ʻo ke ʻano o ka ʻāina i nēia i kēia ʻano ua ulu i kēia ala. Ma ʻAmelika Huipū, ua māhuahua ka nui o nā manu. Ma ʻAmelika Hema, kahi koloka ʻoi smoky keʻokeʻo i ʻūhā i nā wahi hou me ka ulu lāʻau. ʻO ka huina huina he mau haneli kaukani manu. ʻO ka hoʻoweliweli nui a nā poʻe wīwī hulu manu i nā lāʻau pesticides ka mea e hoʻohana ai i nā mea kanu.
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Kelehe ʻeleʻele keʻokeʻo
ʻOiai paha, ʻo ka hui nani a nani loa, a me ke kapa ʻulaʻula a me ka ʻeleʻele me nā poli-hina hina. Pēlā ke pena ʻia ai ka lālani keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo a ʻAmelika, ʻo ka hopena o ka mea i ulu nui ai.
Me ke poʻo keʻokeʻo, ma nā aniani "uliuli" me kahi poha ʻona ʻāwī, a me ke kao, i ka “kapa” pali ʻeleʻele ma luna o kona mau poʻohiwi a me ke kua hina-hina a me ka hulu hulu, he nani kona helehelena.
ʻO ka nui o nā kaʻe keʻokeʻo ke keʻokeʻo a ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o kā mākou pigeon-cisar. Hōʻalo maikaʻi ka lālani keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo i nā kūlanakauhale a i nā kūlanakauhale. Aloha ʻo ia i ka nahele, nā wahi wai, nā wahi pā wai me nā lāʻau liʻiliʻi a me nā kumulāʻau. Aia kekahi ʻōpala a me nā nests. ʻO nā wahi ʻona hopu kā lākou e mākaukau ai. Eia ua loaʻa iā ia iho ke kākau ʻana. Hoʻokomo ʻo ka lele i nā pepeke nui i ka lewa, ʻaʻole kaʻi iā lākou me kāna puʻupaʻu, e like me nā manu ʻē aʻe, akā me kāna mau wāwae.
I ka makahiki i hala, ua loaʻa pinepine ma ʻAmelika Hema, ma Mexico. ʻO kekahi manawa lele ka lele a hiki i Guatemala. Ma ka noʻonoʻo ʻana iā ia he manu hihiu, a no laila, ʻo ka "pōʻino" manu, hoʻomau mau ʻia ke kiʻi. Eia nō naʻe, he mea maʻalahi ke pālahalaha iā ia: hilinaʻi nui ʻo ia a lele lele a lele, hoʻolālā maikaʻi ʻia. ʻO kēlā me kēia mea i loaʻa i ka pū ma hope ona, ʻaʻole i nele i ka manawa e hoʻopiʻi ai i kahi hihia i huli ʻia. A ʻo ka hapanui o nā ornithologists aia i kēia mea lohi, ʻaʻole ia he pōpilikia, akā he manu pono ia, no ka mea, e hānai ana ʻo ia i nā kiʻi like me nā kiʻi a me nā mea hihiu nui, ua pau loa ka kiʻi.
Ma nā thirties o ko mākou kenekulia, ua pau ka manu i ʻike ʻia. A ʻoiai ua paʻi hope ʻia ka lālani keʻokeʻo ke keʻokeʻo ma ka papa inoa o nā holoholona "hoʻopau wale", na kēia lawe mai i kēia manawa ua pāpā ʻia. Pono ma ka hihia. Ka mea, ʻaʻole i loko ʻole!
I ka pakaua mua, ua ʻike ʻia nā lono he mau kites i ʻike ʻia ma ka wao nahele o Kaleponi. I kēia manawa ma Kaleponi, aia he mau haneli ʻulaʻula keʻokeʻo. Akā ma Florida, ua nalowale loa lākou. He mau wahi liʻiliʻi wale nō kēia mau manu nani i Texas.
Eia nō naʻe, e like me ka mea e ʻike ai ka poʻe ornithologists ʻAmelika, i nā mea i kālai ʻia ke keʻokeʻo a i kā lākou hewa mua. Ua lilo lākou i mau haʻalulu a pau, ʻaʻole loa e ʻae i kahi kanaka e hoʻokokoke iā lākou, e like me ka hana a nā kūpuna. Ua wehewehe nā ʻepekema ʻenehana i ka hoʻololi i ka "ʻano" o nā manu ma ka ʻoaka i nā manu ākea āpau. ʻO nā mea weliweli loa i ola ai, ke noho nei ma nā kihi ākea o ka ʻāina, ma waho o nā wahi kaona kahi i ʻike pinepine ʻole ʻia ai nā kānaka. He nui iki kekahi o lākou, akā ua ʻike lākou i nā poʻe hou o ka "ʻūlū" ʻili keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo.