ʻO ka manu wading nui, ke kikonia keʻokeʻo, no ka ʻohana Ciconiidae. Hoʻokaʻawale nā Ornithologists ma waena o nā ʻāpana ʻelua: ʻApelika, noho ma ke komohana ʻākau a me ka hema o ʻApelika, a me ʻEulopa, ma ʻEulopa.
ʻO nā kikaka keʻokeʻo mai ka waena a me ka hikina o ʻEulopa e hoʻolilo i ka hoʻoilo ma ʻApelika. Ma kahi o ka hapahā o ko ʻEulopa stork keʻokeʻo e noho nei ma Polani.
ʻano kino
ʻO ke kino i ulana ʻia i kahi kikoke keʻokeʻo 100-115 knm mai ka piko o ka nuku a i ka hopena o ka huelo, ke kaupaona 2.5 - 4.4 kg, ʻāpana ʻēheu 195 - 215 cm. ʻO ka manu nui e ʻaʻa ana he kino keʻokeʻo kona, nā hulu lele ʻeleʻele ma nā ʻeheu. Hāʻawi ka melanin pigment a me nā carotenoids i ka papaʻai o nā stiger i kahi kala ʻeleʻele.
He lōʻihi, he nuku ʻulaʻula ko nā ʻanā keʻokeʻo makua, nā wāwae ʻulaʻula lōʻihi me nā manamana wāwae o ka pūnaewele, a me ka ʻāʻī lōʻihi a wīwī. He ʻeleʻele ko lākou ʻili a puni ko lākou mau maka, a kūpalu a like ke kui ko lākou mau māiʻuʻu. ʻIke like nā kāne a me nā wahine, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kāne. Lōʻihi nā hulu ma ka umauma a hana i kahi ʻano lining a nā manu e hoʻohana ai i ka wā e hoʻokipa ai.
Me nā ʻēheu lōʻihi a ākea hoʻi, lana wale ka stork keʻokeʻo i ka ea. Pālehi mālie nā manu i ko lākou ʻeheu. E like me ka hapanui o nā manu e leʻaleʻa ana i ka lewa, nānā nā kūpaka keʻokeʻo i nā ʻāʻī lōʻihi: hoʻolōʻihi ʻia nā ʻāʻī lōʻihi i mua, a hoʻolōʻihi ʻia nā wāwae lōʻihi ma ʻō aku o ka lihi o kahi huelo pōkole. ʻAʻole lākou i paʻi i ko lākou mau ʻeheu nui ākea, mālama lākou i ka ikehu.
Ma ka honua, hele ka stork keʻokeʻo ma kahi lohi, a hiki i ka wikiwiki, e kīkoʻo ana i kona poʻo i luna. I ka hoʻomaha, kūlou ʻo ia i kona poʻo i kona poʻohiwi. ʻO ka hulu lele mua e hoʻoheheʻe i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ulu nā plumage hou i ka wā hānau.
He aha nā wahi e makemake ai nā ʻūhā keʻokeʻo no ka hale
Koho ka ʻaʻa keʻokeʻo i nā wahi noho:
- kapa muliwai;
- ʻōhū;
- nā kahawai;
- nāhelehele.
Hōʻalo nā ʻūhū keʻokeʻo i nā wahi i ulu nui ʻia me nā lāʻau kiʻekiʻe a me nā nāhelehele.
ʻUkeo keʻokeʻo i ka lele ʻana
ʻAiʻai stork
Ke hana nei ka ʻūhā keʻokeʻo i ka lā, makemake e hānai i nā ʻāina pāpaʻu a me nā ʻāina mahiʻai, i nā mauʻu mauʻu. He ʻaihue ke kikeko keʻokeʻo a ʻai ʻo ia:
- poʻe amphibians;
- nā moʻo;
- nahesa;
- rana;
- nā mea kolo;
- iʻa;
- manu liʻiliʻi;
- nā māmele hānai.
Ke hīmeni nei i nā ʻūhā keʻokeʻo
Hū ke kani o nā kikā keʻokeʻo me ka wehe koke a pani ʻana i ko lākou nuku, hoʻonui ka ʻāʻī o ka ʻāʻī i nā hōʻailona
Kahi e kūkulu ai nā kikū i nā pūnana
ʻO ke kikonia keʻokeʻo no ka hoʻomoe ʻana i nā hua manu e kūkulu i nā pūnana i loko o nā mauʻu mauʻu ākea, pulu a i ʻole ka wā pinepine i kahe ʻia, emi pinepine i nā wahi me nā mea kanu kiʻekiʻe, e like me nā ululāʻau a me nā kumu lāʻau.
