ʻO ka condor kāne kekahi o nā manu lele nui loa ma ka honua. ʻO nā Condors nā aeto nui loa he 8 a 15 kg. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ke kino o ka manu mai 100 a 130 cm, nui ka ʻēheu - mai 2.5 a 3.2 m. ʻO ka inoa ʻepekema o ka condor ʻo Vultur gryphus. ʻO Vultur ke ʻano "haehae" a pili pū ʻia me ka ʻai ʻana o ka ʻiʻo, a ʻo "gryphus" e pili ana i ka griffin mitological.
Wehewehe hiʻohiʻona
Uhi ʻia nā condor me nā hulu ʻeleʻele - ke kala nui, eia nō hoʻi ke kāhiko ʻia o ke kino me nā hulu keʻokeʻo. ʻO kā lākou lauoho lauoho ʻole, ʻiʻo kikokiko ka mea kūpono loa no ka pāʻina ʻaka: ʻo ka nele o ka hulu e ʻae i nā condors e hou i ko lākou poʻo i nā kino o nā holoholona me ka hoʻohaumia ʻole i ko lākou mau poʻo. ʻO nā pale kuʻu o ka ʻulaʻula-ʻeleʻele e kau i lalo ma luna o ke poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī. He dimorphic moekolohe nā condors: he ʻulaʻula kā nā kāne, i kapa ʻia he caruncle, ma luna o ko lākou nuku.
Ma hea e noho ai nā condors
ʻO ka laulā o ka mahele o ka condor i ākea ma mua, mai ka manawa ʻo Venezuela a Tierra del Fuego ma ke kihi o ʻAmelika Hema. Noho nā ʻohana pili o nā condor Andes i Kaleponi. ʻOiai ʻo ka loaʻa mau o lākou i ka hapa nui o nā moku o ʻAmelika, ua hōʻole nui ko lākou helu i kēlā me kēia wahi, aia ka heluna kanaka kaulana loa ma ke komohana ʻākau o Patagonia.
Kalepona condor
Noho nā Condors i nā wahi hānai ākea a me nā wahi mauna mauna, e iho i lalo e hānai i nā ululāʻau hema o Patagonia a me nā wao akua o Peru a me Chile.
ʻAi manu
Hoʻohana nā Condors i ko lākou maka maka a ʻike e ʻike i nā pio. ʻImi lākou i nā pali o nā kuahiwi, e ʻimi ana i kā lākou meaʻai makemake - carrion - ma nā wahi ākea. E like me nā mea ʻaihue ʻē aʻe, hoʻoholo ʻia ke kauoha hānai o nā condors Andes e ka hierarchy social, me ka hānau mua ʻana o nā kāne kāne a ʻo ka wahine muli loa hoʻi. Hele kēia mau ʻohina i kahi mamao loa a 320 km i kēlā me kēia lā, a me nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe a lākou e lele ai e paʻakikī loa i ka nānā ʻana i nā helu a i ʻole nā ala neʻe.
Hiki i kēia mau manu ke ʻike i ke kupapaʻu no mau kilomita. Hōʻiliʻili nā condors i ke koena o ka hapa nui o nā mea mammal, e like me:
- ʻAlapa;
- guanaco;
- pipi;
- pā nui;
- dia
I kekahi manawa ʻaihue nā condor i nā hua mai nā pūnana manu liʻiliʻi a lawe aku i nā keiki hānau hou o nā holoholona ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka manawa pinepine, alualu nā condors i nā mea ʻokiʻoki liʻiliʻi nā mea mua e ʻike i kahi kupapaʻu. He mea maikaʻi kēia pilina i nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua, ʻoiai nā condors e wāwahi i ka ʻili paʻakikī o ke kino me ko lākou mau māiʻuʻu a me ka nuku, e hāʻawi maʻalahi i ke kiʻi no nā mea ʻānai liʻiliʻi.
Hoʻoholo maluhia o nā paio
Ke hakakā nei me nā lālā o kāna ʻano ponoʻī a me nā manu manu ʻē aʻe, hilinaʻi ka condor i nā hana kuʻuna e hōʻike i ka mana. Hoʻoholo wikiwiki ʻia nā hakakā inā ʻike ʻia kahi manu kiʻekiʻe. He kakaikahi nā hui kino ʻana, a ʻaʻole pale ka hulu lahilahi i ke kino o ka condor.
Nā hiʻohiʻona o ka physiology a me ka lawena o condors
Piʻi nā manu i kahi kiʻekiʻe o 5.5 km. Hoʻohana lākou i nā ea ea wela e lele a puni kahi ākea. Hoʻohaʻahaʻa nā Condors i ko lākou kino mahana i ka pō e mālama i ka ikehu a hāpai i ko lākou mau ʻēheu i nā manawa he nui i ke ao e mahana ai. Ma ka hohola ʻana i ko lākou mau ʻeheu, hoʻokiʻekiʻe lākou i ka hulu i kūlou i ka wā lele. ʻO nā Condors he mau mea noho mālie, ʻaʻohe o lākou ʻike leo koʻikoʻi, akā kani nā manu i nā kaniʻuhū a me nā kani ʻū.
Pehea ka mālama ʻana o condors i kā lākou keiki?
Loaʻa nā condors i kahi kāne a me kāna kāne i ke ola, ola i 50 mau makahiki i ke kūlohelohe. He lōʻihi ke ola o ka condor. ʻAʻole hiki i ka manu i ka wā hānau e like me nā ʻano ʻē aʻe, akā oʻo no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana ke hiki i 6 a 8 mau makahiki.
Noho pinepine kēia mau manu i nā kahakaha pōhaku a me nā pali pōhaku i nā wahi mauna. He mau lālā wale nō nā pūnana, no ka mea, aia kekahi mau lāʻau a me nā mea kanu ma nā wahi kiʻekiʻe. Ma muli o ka hiki ʻole i nā pūnana i ka hapa nui o nā mea hoʻomake a kiaʻi paʻa ʻia e nā mākua ʻelua, kakaʻikahi ka predation o nā hua a me nā keiki, ʻoiai ʻo nā ʻalopeke a me nā manu ʻio manu lele i kekahi manawa e kokoke e luku i nā keiki condor.
Hoʻokau ka wahine i hoʻokahi hua keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo, i hoʻokomo ʻia e nā mākua ʻelua ma kahi o 59 mau lā. Ma muli o ka lilo ʻana o ka ʻōpio i ka manawa a me ka hoʻoikaika nui e hānai, hoʻomoe ka condors i kā lākou hua hou aʻe ma hope o hoʻokahi makahiki. ʻAʻole lele nā manu ʻōpio a hiki i ko lākou piha ʻana i 6 mau makahiki, a kaukaʻi lākou i ko lākou mau mākua no ʻelua mau makahiki ʻē aʻe.
Ka mālama ʻana o nā laha
Nui ka pilikia o ka heluna condor i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i helu inoa ʻia nā manu e like me ka ʻaneʻane pau. I kēia lā, ʻimi ʻia nā condors no ka haʻuki a pepehi pinepine ʻia e nā mahiʻai e hoʻāʻo nei e pale aku i kā lākou holoholona. Make nā condors mai nā pesticides e hōʻiliʻili i kā lākou mea pio, e hoʻopili ana i nā mea ʻaihue ma ka piko o ke kaulahao meaʻai.
