Akepa (Loxops coccineus) a i ʻulaʻula lāʻau Hawaiʻi. ʻO ka inoa genus mai ka huaʻō HeleneLoxia, ʻo ia hoʻi "ke nānā aku me he crossbill", ma muli o ke ʻano asymmetrical ʻokoʻa o ka nuku. ʻO ka inoa akepa i ka dialect kūloko ʻo ia hoʻi "lively" a i ʻole "agile" a hōʻike i ka ʻano hoʻomaha ʻole.
Hoʻolaha o akepa.
Loaʻa ʻo Akepa ma Hawaii. I kēia manawa, aia nā wahi noho manu nui ma ka lihi hikina o Mauna Kea, nā ʻaoʻao hikina a me nā hema o Mauna Loa a me ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o Hualalai. Noho kekahi o nā subspecies o nā arborealis Hawaii ma ka mokupuni ʻo Oahu.
Nā ʻano noho o akep.
Noho ʻia ʻo Akepa e nā ululāʻau nunui, i hoʻopili ʻia ʻo metroideros a me coaya acacia. Loaʻa nā heluna Akepa ma luna o 1500 - 2100 mau mika a aia ma nā wahi mauna.
Nā hōʻailona kūwaho o ka akep.
Loaʻa ka lōʻihi o ke kino o Akepas ma 10 a 13 centimita. Ua piʻi ka ʻēheu i ka 59 a i ka 69 millimeter, ke kaumaha o ke kino ma kahi o 12 gram. Hoʻohanohano ʻia nā kāne e nā ʻēheu ʻulaʻula-ʻalani a me ka huelo me kahi aniani ʻeleʻele. He ʻōmaʻomaʻo a hina hina paha nā wahine me ka melemele ma lalo. ʻIke ʻia nā māka melemele no kā lākou asymmetry aoao. ʻO kēia kala ʻokoʻa ka mea hoʻoliʻiliʻi e maʻalahi ai ka loaʻa ʻana o ka meaʻai ma nā kumu pua, ʻoiai he manu ka pua.
ʻO ka hana hou ʻana o akepa.
Hoʻokumu ʻo Akepas i nā hui monogamous i loko o Iulai a ʻAukake, maʻamau no kekahi mau makahiki.
I ka wā o ka male ʻana, hoʻonui ka hana kolohe a nā kāne. Hana nā kāne hoʻokūkū i nā hōʻike lewa a piʻi i 100 mau mika i ka lewa ma mua o ka pīpī ʻana i nā ʻaoʻao ʻokoʻa.
Hoʻonohonoho nā kāne i kekahi manawa i nā hakakā ʻīlio, kahi e alualu ai nā kāne ʻelua a ʻoi paha, a ma hope o ka hopu ʻana, hakakā lākou a lele nā hulu. Hoʻohui ʻia, hoʻolaha nā kāne i kahi mele "agrive", hoʻoweliweli i kahi mea hoʻokūkū me ko lākou alo. ʻO ka pinepine, ʻelua a i ʻole kekahi mau manu e hīmeni ikaika i ka manawa like ma kahi kokoke i kekahi i kekahi. Hana ʻia kēlā ʻano moena male e nā kāne i mea e ʻumeʻume ai i ka wahine a māka i nā palena o ka ʻāina i kāohi ʻia.
Hana ʻia nā hale pūnana mai ka mua o Malaki a i ka hopena o Mei. Koho ka wahine i kahi puha kūpono, a moe ʻo ia mai hoʻokahi a i ʻekolu mau hua. Hoʻopau ka hoʻoulu ʻana i 14 a 16 mau lā. I ka wā o ka incubation, hānai ke kāne i ka wahine, a i ka puka ʻana mai o nā pua, hānai pū ʻo ia i nā keiki, ʻoiai ʻaʻole e haʻalele nā keiki i ka pūnana no ka manawa lōʻihi. Ua holo aku ʻo Young akepa mai ke kakahiaka o ʻApelila a i ka hopena o Iune.
Noho ʻo Chicks me ko lākou mau mākua a hiki i Kepakemapa a ʻOkakopa paha, a ma hope e hānai lākou i nā holoholona. ʻO ke kala o ka hulu o ke akepa ʻōpio e like loa me ke kala o ka plumage o nā wahine makua: ʻōmaʻomaʻo a hina. Loaʻa i nā kāne ʻōpio ke kala o nā mākua i ka makahiki ʻehā.
Ka hana a Akep.
ʻAe ʻae ʻo Akepa i ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi ʻano manu ʻē aʻe i ko lākou wahi noho. Kū ka hana ʻoi loa i ka wā hānau ma muli o ka hoʻokūkū ma waena o nā kāne. Ma hope o ka hatching, hānai nā moa akepa i nā pua o nā lālā o ka ʻohana a me nā manu i komo ʻole i ka hānau. ʻAʻole ʻo Akepa nā manu kūloko a hiki ke loaʻa i nā ʻohana hipa interspecific. ʻIke ʻia nā wahine wahine e ʻaihue i nā mea maikaʻi loa no ke kūkulu ʻana i nā pūnana mai nā ʻano manu ʻē aʻe.
Mea ʻai a Acep.
ʻO ke ʻano ʻē a Acep, asymmetrical e kōkua iā lākou e pahu i nā unahi o nā ʻone a me nā pua pua i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka meaʻai. ʻAi nā manu i nā mea kolo a me nā spider, ʻoiai ʻo kā lākou papaʻai nui nā ʻenuhe. ʻAi ʻo Akepa i ka nectar. Hiki iā lākou ke hōʻiliʻili i ka nectar i ka wā e ʻimi nei i nā mea pio na nā kolo, ʻo ka wēlau o ke alelo e ʻōwili ʻia i loko o kahi ʻōmole a hoʻopau i nā wai momona. ʻO kēia hiʻohiʻona kahi mea hanai hānai nectar koʻikoʻi.
ʻO ke kuleana kaiaolaola o ka akep.
Pollepa ʻo Akepa i ka pua ke ʻai lākou i ka nectar. Hiki i nā manu ke hoʻohuli i ka nui o nā lāhui kolo a lākou e alualu ai.
He manaʻo no ke kanaka.
ʻO Akepa kahi ʻāpana nui o ka avifauna kū hoʻokahi a ʻumeʻume i ka poʻe makemake i ka ecotourism.
Kūlana mālama o akep.
Ua helu ʻia ʻo Akepa i ka IUCN Red List, i loko o ka papa inoa o nā lāhui ʻaneʻane pau i ka United States a me ka mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaii.
Hoʻoweliweli i ka helu o ka akepa.
ʻO ka hoʻoweliweli nui loa i ke akep ka luku ʻia ʻana o nā wahi noho ma muli o ka nāhelehele a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā ululāʻau no ka hānai ʻana. ʻO nā kumu ʻē aʻe no ka emi ʻana o ka helu o ka akepa e pili pū ana me ka predation o nā mea ulu i hoʻolauna ʻia a me ka emi ʻana o ka helu o nā lāʻau kiʻekiʻe a kahiko i kūkulu ʻia ai e ko lākou pūnana nā hopena maikaʻi loa i nā lāʻau arboreal. ʻOiai ke ulu hou ʻana o ka nahele, e hala ana i mau makahiki e hoʻopiha ai i kahi i waiho ʻia e ka nāhelehele. Ma muli o ka makemake o nā manu e pūnana i kekahi ʻano laha o nā kumulāʻau, pili nui kēia i ka hana hou ʻana o kēlā me kēia kanaka. ʻAʻole hiki ke loaʻa koke ke kaha o Acep i mea e uku ai no ka emi nui o ka heluna kanaka.
ʻO kahi hoʻoweliweli ʻē aʻe i ka wahi noho o ka lāʻau ʻulaʻula ʻo ka lawe ʻia mai o nā mea ʻaihue ʻole ʻōiwi i Hawaii a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana o nā pathogens i lawe ʻia e ka namu. Hoʻokomo ka malaria Avian a me ka maʻi palū i nā pōpilikia nui i nā manu kakaʻī.
Palekana o akep.
Noho ʻo Akepa i kekahi mau wahi kūlohelohe i pale ʻia. No ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka pūnana a me ka hana hou ʻana o nā lāʻau arboreal Hawaiʻi, hoʻohana ʻia nā pahu pūnana i hana ʻia i hoʻokomo ʻia i nā wahi noho o nā manu. ʻO ia mau pūnana i hana ʻia e ke kanaka e ʻumeʻume i nā hui manu a kōkua i ka hoʻolaha hou aku o nā manu laha ʻole, a i ka wā e hiki mai ana kēia ala e hōʻoia i ke ola hou ʻana o ka akep. Lana ka manaʻo e kōkua nā ana i ka mālama ʻana i ka akepa i ka nāhelehele. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka papahana o kēia manawa no ka hoʻoulu manu ʻana i ʻole e nalo mau loa kēia ʻano kamahaʻo.
