ʻO ka Hoatzin kekahi o nā manu ʻē a kamahaʻo loa o ka Honua. ʻO kēia no ka hoʻopuka ʻana o nā holoholona i kahi ʻala maikaʻi ʻole, a ulu nā māiʻuʻu ma nā ʻeheu o nā moa. ʻAʻole hoihoi iki kēia ʻano manu lele i nā poʻe ʻimi holoholona, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻono iki ka ʻiʻo kao kao. Noho ka ʻāina ʻokoʻa i ʻAmelika Hema, ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ka Amazon, a ʻo Brazil a me Peru hoʻi. ʻO nā ululāʻau hōʻikeʻike ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 500 m ma luna o kaʻilikai i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia nā wahi punahele a nā kao.
Wehewehe
ʻO ka manu ʻala ʻaʻala he ʻōlinolino a me nā waihoʻoluʻu kala. E ulu ana nā hulu liʻiliʻi, kiki a lōʻihi hoʻi ma ka ʻāʻī. Poepoe ka huelo o ka holoholona. ʻUlaʻula nā maka o nā kao, hina ka nuku ʻeleʻele a ʻeleʻele hoʻi. ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona o nā holoholona kahi elelo muscular maikaʻi i hoʻomohala ʻia, kahi mea maʻalahi e hoʻoneʻe i ka meaʻai manu i ka nuku.
Ulu ʻo Hoatsins a i 60 cm ka lōʻihi, ʻokoʻa lākou āpau mai 700 a 900 g. Ma ke kua o ke poʻo aia kahi kiko kiko me nā kihi melemele. He poʻo polū ko nā manu a ʻeleʻele a i ʻole ʻulaʻula ka umauma. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻaʻole hiki i kahi makua ke lele ma mua o 400 mau mika.
ʻO ka hana holoholona a me ka papaʻai
He manu aloha ʻo Hoatsins. Makemake lākou e ʻākoakoa i nā hui o 10 a 100 mau kānaka. ʻAneʻane i ka manawa āpau e ala nā holoholona, noho lākou i nā kumulāʻau a i ʻole ke kau ʻana iā lākou. I ke ao, kū ka hoatins i ka neʻe holoʻokoʻa ʻana; Makemake nā manu e hoʻomoe i ka lā me ko lākou mau ʻeheu e palahalaha.
ʻAʻole ʻo Hoatsins nā pailaka ʻoi loa, eia nō naʻe, ʻauʻau maikaʻi nā manu a luʻu pū kekahi. ʻOiai e hele wāwae ana, kōkua nā kānaka iā lākou iho me nā ʻeheu, ke hilinaʻi nei iā lākou. Ke mālama ikaika nei ka hanauna ʻōpio i nā pēpē.
ʻO ka papaʻai o nā kao ka mea i hana ʻia i nā lau. Hiki i nā manu ke hānai i nā hua a me nā ʻōpuʻu. Hiki i nā holoholona Tropical ke ʻoliʻoli i kekahi ʻano o nā mea kanu ʻawahia. Lawe nā Goatins he 24 a he 48 mau hola e hoʻowali i ka meaʻai.
Hoʻopiʻi hou
I ka makahiki hoʻokahi, hiki i nā kao ka wā ʻōpio. I ka wā ua, hoʻomaka nā manu e hui. I ka wā o ka moena, mahele pālua nā mākua āpau a kūkulu i nā pūnana i nā kumulāʻau, nona nā lālā e kau ana ma luna o ka wai. Hiki i ka wahine ke hoʻomoe i nā hua he 2 a 3 o kahi malu mālamalama, kahi e ʻike ʻia ai nā kiko ʻalani a ʻeleʻele paha. I loko o ka mahina, huli nā mākua ʻelua i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā moa. ʻŌlohelohe ʻole nā pēpē. Ke ulu nei ka plumage, hoʻomohala nā moa i nā māiʻuʻu, i nalowale e 70-100 mau lā o ke ola. Inā hoʻoweliweli ka weliweli, a laila lele nā keiki i loko o ka wai.
