Egrettaeulophotes - herona-melona i hoʻoili ʻia. ʻO kēia lunamakaʻāinana o ka ʻohana herona ka mea liʻiliʻi loa a manaʻo ʻia ua aneane make. ʻAʻole hiki ke pepehi ʻia kēia ʻano manu, aia ia i loko o ka puke ʻulaʻula o nā ʻāina he nui, a ua helu pū ʻia nō hoʻi i loko o ka Convention on the Rules for the Protection of Animals. ʻO kahi wale nō kahi e ʻoluʻolu ai ka herona i hoʻoulu ʻia i ka melemele a noho i kahi mele mālie ʻo ka Far Reserve State Marine Reserve.
Wehewehe
ʻAneʻane ʻokoʻa nā ʻano herona e ke alo o kahi "huelo" liʻiliʻi ma ke kua o ke poʻo. Loaʻa iā ia ka ʻano melemele i hoʻoili ʻia, he liʻiliʻi wale nō ka nui. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka laha ma mua o ka ʻaeto liʻiliʻi. ʻO 23.5 knm ka lōʻihi o ka ʻēheu, hiki i ka huelo ke hōʻea i 10 cm, ka lōʻihi like ma ka tarsus.
ʻO ke kala laulā o ka plumage keʻokeʻo, me nā hulu elongated ma ke kua o ke poʻo a me nā poʻohiwi. Nani ka hoihoi o ka nuku melemele me kahi tarsus ʻōmaʻomaʻo me ka uliuli a i ʻole ka melemele melemele a me nā wāwae ʻāhinahina-melemele.
I ka hoʻoilo, ʻaʻohe o ka plongage elongated, a loaʻa ka nuku i kahi ʻano ʻeleʻele. Ua ʻōmaʻomaʻo ka ʻili o ka helehelena.
Kahi noho
ʻO ka panalāʻau nui kahi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai nā pūnana lū melemele ka ʻāina ʻo Asia Hikina. Noho nā kolone nui loa ma ka mokupuni ma ka ʻĀina Yellow, ma kahakai o Kōlea Hema a me ka ʻaoʻao hema hikina o ka Repubalika o Kina. ʻIʻike ʻia ka manu he manu hele ma nā wahi he nui i Iapana, Borneo a me Taiwan. No ka pūnana ʻana, koho ka herona i ka mauʻu haʻahaʻa me nā kahawai a i nā lepo pōhaku.
Ma waena o nā ʻāina CIS, ʻike pinepine ʻia ka heron i hoʻoiho melemele ʻia i ka Russian Federation, ʻo ia hoʻi ma Furugelma Island ma ke kai o Iapana. ʻO ka manawa mua i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai kahi manu ma nā panalāʻau o ka ʻāina i 1915.
ʻO ka papaʻai
E ʻimi ka herona i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i ka wai melemele i nā kino wai pāpaʻu: ma aneʻi e hopu ʻo ia i nā iʻa liʻiliʻi a me nā mollusks. ʻO nā ʻōpala, nā crayfish liʻiliʻi a me nā kolo e noho ana i nā kino wai kūpono loa no ka manu. Hoʻohui ʻia, kūpono nā molluscs spineless a me nā arthropods i meaʻai.
ʻIkepili Hoihoi
He manu ʻokoʻa ka herona e pili ana i nā mea ʻike ʻole ʻia he nui, e laʻa me:
- Hiki i ka manu ke ola i 25 mau makahiki.
- Lele ʻo Herona i kahi kiʻekiʻe ma mua o 1.5 km; piʻi nā helikopa i kahi kiʻekiʻe.
- Hoʻokumu ka manu i ke aka a puni ʻo ia e ʻumeʻume i nā iʻa hou aku.
- Hoʻomaʻemaʻe mau ka ʻona i ko lākou hulu.
