ʻO ka bittern ka manu hūnā e noho i nā mea ulu mānoanoa i nā wai wai hou. ʻAʻole ʻike pinepine ʻia ʻo ia, a hōʻike wale ʻia kona alo e ke kani ʻana. E like me ka inoa o ka laha e hōʻike nei, ʻo ka ʻona iki he ʻano liʻiliʻi ia, 20 cm wale ke kiʻekiʻe.
Helehelena manu
Heʻuʻuku nā ʻona iki e pili ana i 20 cm ke kiʻekiʻe. Hoʻohanohano ʻia nā kāne kāne makua e kahi poʻo ʻeleʻele, hoʻi a me ka huelo, nā hua melemele-ʻeleʻele i ka ʻāʻī, a me nā kiko ma lalo o nā ʻeheu. He melemele-ʻeleʻele ka pila, ʻokoʻa ke kala o nā paws mai ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo a i ka melemele. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka wahine a ʻeleʻele hoʻi, ʻo ka ʻāʻī, kua a me nā ʻeheu ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula, ʻulaʻula nā ʻeheu, ʻemi ka hoʻomohala ʻeleʻele ma mua o nā kāne ʻO ka ʻaoʻao haʻahaʻa o ke kino e ʻōniʻoniʻo i ka palaunu. I nā kāne ʻelua, ʻāʻī keʻokeʻo o ka ʻāʻī. ʻO ka plumage o nā ʻōpio he brownnut brown me nā brown a me nā ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula ma nā ʻeheu.
Pehea ka hīmeni ʻana o ka ʻona
Kūpilikiʻi ka leo o ka manu; hoʻopuka ia i ke kani "ko" ke hopohopo; hohonu, repetitive "ko-ko" i ka wā hānau; "Queer" i ka wā o ka lele.
Kahi noho
Ua pālahalaha iki ka ʻona iki ma ʻEulopa Komohana, Ukraine, ma nā ʻāpana o Lūkia, ʻInia, ma nā wahi waena a me ka hema o ʻApelika, ma Madagascar, ma ka hema a me ka hikina o Australia a ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o Nūkini. Noho nā wahi ʻawaʻu liʻiliʻi i nā wahi o nā lau nahele like ʻole a me nā ʻāina wai, e pili ana i nā kūpā, nā loko, a me nā kaʻe o ka loko.
Hānau ka bittern i waena o nā mānoanoa. Nā lā mai Mei mai i kū i nā kū a kū ma nā kahawai, ma nā ʻohe, i nā nāhelehele. ʻAʻole noho kēia mau manu i nā kolone. Kūkulu ka pāpālua i ka pūnana mai nā lālā, kona anawaena ma kahi o 12-15 knm. Hoʻomoe ka wahine i 4-6 mau hua keʻokeʻo-ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a hoʻoipoipo nā keiki ʻelua i nā keiki 17-19 mau lā
Hana
He hūnā a ʻike ʻole ʻia nā ʻawaʻawa liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻole hūnā lākou i ka poʻe, ʻo ko lākou ʻano wale nō ia. Hele nā bitterns ma hope o ka wā hānau, ke holo nā moa i ka hopena o Iulai - I ka hoʻomaka o Kepakemapa. Lele lākou i ka hema i ʻAukake-Kepakemapa, haʻalele nā mākua i ka ʻāina pūnana, a koe wale kekahi (ʻo ka hapanui o nā holoholona ʻōpio) i ka hoʻoilo i ʻEulopa ma hope o ʻOkakopa. Lele hoʻokahi nā bitterns a i nā hui liʻiliʻi i ka pō. ʻO kahi laʻana, hele nā manu mai ʻEulopa i ke Kai Kaiwaenahonua, hōʻea no ka hoʻoilo ma ʻApelika, nā Azores a me Canary Islands, Madeira.
Hoʻi nā manu i ka home ma waena o ke kahawai Kai Nui mai ka waena o Malaki. Noho ʻo Bitterns i nā wahi hānau ma Central Europe a me ka hema o Lūkia i ʻApelila a me ka pule mua o Mei.
He aha nā mea ʻawaʻawa liʻiliʻi e ʻai ai
ʻAi ka manu i nā huna, nā kolo, nā iʻa liʻiliʻi a me nā invertebrates wai hou.
ʻO ka wili wili me ka mea pio
