Mallard ʻo ia ka nui o nā ʻāpā muliwai, kahi e pili ana i ke kauoha o Anseriformes (a i ʻole lamellar-pila ʻia). Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia nā kūpuna o nā ʻano laha like ʻole o nā ʻālū pipi, a i kēia lā ʻo ia ka lāhui maʻamau i waena o nā lālā ʻē aʻe o ka ʻohana i hiki ke loaʻa ma waena o nā holoholona kūloko.
Mallard drake
Ua hōʻike ka ʻeli ʻana o ka wā kahiko i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka hānau ʻana ʻumeke mallard pili mau ka poʻe mai ʻAigupita Kahiko, no laila, waiwai nui a hanana hanana ka mōʻaukala o kēia mau manu.
Nā hiʻohiʻona a me nā wahi noho
Pāpā ʻo Mallard Loaʻa iā ia nā ana paʻa, a hiki i ka lōʻihi o ko lākou kino i 65 kenimika. Loaʻa nā ʻēheu mai 80 cm a i hoʻokahi mika, a ʻo ke kaumaha mai 650 gram a i hoʻokahi a me ka hapalua kilokika.
Mallard drake manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka mea nona kekahi o nā waihoʻoluʻu nani loa ma waena o nā ʻelele ʻē aʻe o ka ʻohana nui o ka ʻāpō, a he poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī o ka uliuli uliuli me ka "metallic" sheen. ʻUlaʻula ʻulaʻula ka umauma, keʻokeʻo ke kola. ʻO nā manu o nā kāne ʻelua he ʻano "aniani" kekahi, aia ia ma ka ʻēheu a pili pono i ka laina keʻokeʻo ma lalo.
Nānā wale kiʻi o kahi mallard, e kiʻi i ka manaʻo o ka helehelena o nā wahine a me nā kāne. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, i loko o ka makahiki he helehelena nani lākou a "kūpono hoʻi", e lilo wale ana ia i ka wā molt o ke kau.
Kālepa kāne kāne
ʻAlani nā paws o nā manu, me nā membrane ʻulaʻula. ʻO ka waihoʻoluʻu nui i ka hulu wahine he brown. Ma ka laulaha, ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa o ko lākou helehelena a me ka nui ma mua o nā drakes.
Mallard ʻaʻole wale ia ka nui o nā ʻohana duck, akā ʻo ka mea maʻamau hoʻi. Nui loa kona wahi noho, a hiki ke ʻike ʻia ma nā ʻāina āpau koe ʻo Antarctica.
Manuahi manuNoho ia ma ka Hikina Waena, ʻAkau ʻApelika, nā mokupuni ʻo Iapana, Afghanistan, ʻIrana, nā pali hema o nā kuahiwi Himalayan, nā panalāʻau Kina he nui, Greenland, Iceland, New Zealand, North and South America, Hawaii, ʻEnelani a Sekotia.
Ma ʻEulopa a ma nā panalāʻau nui o Rūsia, hiki ke loaʻa ka mallard kokoke i nā wahi āpau. Noho ʻo ia ma luna o nā waihona kūlohelohe a me nā waihona (i waena o nā loko, nā pākeke, nā loko wai a me nā kahawai), a uhi ʻia ko lākou kahakai me nā nāhelehele ʻohe, me ka ʻole e hiki i kēia mau ʻelele o ka ʻohana duck ke noʻonoʻo i kahi ola ʻoluʻolu.
I ka hanana nā kahakai o ka wai i nā pōhaku ʻōlohelohe a i ʻole nā puka pōhaku, ʻaʻole e kū ka mallard ma kāna panalāʻau. I nā wahi wai kū ʻole a me nā wahi pāka, hiki ke ʻike ʻia kēia mau manu i loko o ka makahiki, kahi e hānai pinepine ʻia ai e ka poʻe hele maʻamau a me nā malihini kipa maʻamau.
ʻO ke ʻano a me ka nohona
ʻO ka pākeke mallard, mai ka wā hānau, noho i ka panalāʻau o ka waihona wai, kahi i hānau ʻia ai. Me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hāʻule, hana pinepine lākou i nā lele ahiahi i nā māla (lūlū ʻia me ka palaoa, ka palaoa, ka ʻoka, ka pī a me nā cereal ʻē aʻe) i mea e ʻahaʻaina ai i nā hua.
Hiki i kēia mau 'elele o nā manu ke hana i nā "forays" i loko o nā kino wai liʻiliʻi i mea e loaʻa ai kahi kumu meaʻai hou. Mālama mallard ʻāhiu mele ʻelua a hele hewa hoʻi i nā pālua a i ʻole nā hipa. ʻIke ʻia ka lele ʻana o nā manu e kona wikiwiki a me ke kani e nā ʻeheu.
ʻAʻole makemake kēia mau manu e luʻu, koi ʻia e hūnā ma lalo o ka wai wale nō inā maopopo leʻa ka weliweli a ʻeha paha. Ma ka ʻili o ka honua, makemake lākou e hele me ka wikiwiki ʻole a i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana, eia naʻe, inā makaʻu lākou iā ia a hoʻopā paha iā ia mai kahi pū hopu holoholona, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e holo wikiwiki, neʻe neʻe i kahakai.
Leo mallard nā pae mai ka "quack" kaulana (i nā wahine) a i kahi leo muffled muʻolani (i nā kāne). Hiki ke kūʻai ʻia aku i ka pālolo mallard e nā mea ʻona ʻelua o ka ʻāina mahiʻai, ʻoiai e ʻae pono kēia mau manu i ka hoʻoilo i nā hanana i hana ʻia i hana ʻole ʻia, a me nā poʻe ʻimi holoholona, nāna e kūʻai pinepine aku i nā hale kūʻai no ke kūʻai hou aku ʻana a ʻimi ʻana paha iā lākou.
Mea ʻai
ʻOihana maʻamau a hale kūʻai hina hānai nui i nā iʻa liʻiliʻi, kālua, nā mea kanu wai like ʻole, nā limu a me nā meaʻai like. I ke kauwela, ʻai lākou i nā larvae mosika, kahi e hāʻawi ai i kahi lawelawe i waiwai nui ʻia i ke kaulike eko, a, ʻo ka mea, i nā kānaka.
Luʻu ʻo Mallard duck ma lalo o ka wai e ʻimi i ka meaʻai
Hana pinepine kēia mau manu i "forays" i nā mahinaʻai e pili ana, e hānai ana i ka palaoa, ka palaoa, nā ʻoka, nā hua bale a me nā cereal ʻē aʻe. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻeli pololei mai ka honua i nā ʻano tubers o nā mea kanu e ulu ana a puni nā kino wai a ma nā wahi kokoke.
ʻO ka hana hou a me ke ola o ke ola
Hana pono ka manu i nā pūnana i waena o nā lau nahele lushide, e hana ana i kona mau hale ponoʻī mai kahi e hiki ai i nā kānaka a me nā mea ʻino. I ka piha ʻana o hoʻokahi makahiki, ua mākaukau nā mallard no ka pā ʻana a me ka hānau ʻana. Hoʻokumu pololei ʻia nā pālua i ke kauwela, a noho maʻamau lākou i ka hoʻoilo. Pili ka wā hānau i ka nohona, a hoʻomaka mau ka waena mai ka waenakonu o ka puna a hiki i ka hopena o ke kauwela.
Hana ka drake a me ka wahine pū i ka hana ʻana o ka pūnana, a kokoke paha ia i ka wai, a he wahi kaumaha iki ia, uhi ʻia ka lalo me nā koena o nā mea kanu maloʻo. I loko o ke kau moe holoʻokoʻa, nānā ka drake i ka palekana o ka wahine a me ka pūnana, akā i ka manawa hea hua hua mallard, haʻalele ʻo ia i ka hale e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia.
Māmā mallard me nā moa
No hoʻokahi paʻa, hiki i ka wahine ke lawe mai i ʻewalu a i ʻumikūmālua mau hua, a ma hope o ka liʻiliʻi iki o ka mahina, hoʻomaka e ʻike. ʻalalā mallard... ʻOiaʻiʻo 10 mau hola ma hope o ka hānau ʻana, lawe ka makuahine i nā keiki ʻōpio me ia i ka wai, a i loko o ʻelua mau mahina e hoʻomaka nā keiki i ko lākou ola kūʻokoʻa. I ka nahelehele, ʻo ka lōʻihi o ke ola o ka mallard he 15 a 20 mau makahiki. I ke pio ʻana, hiki i nā manu ke ola i 25 mau makahiki a ʻoi paha.
