No ka ʻohana duck ka Australian duck (Aythya australis), no ke kauoha ʻo Anseriformes.
E hoʻolohe i ka leo o ka poʻe kolohe o Australia.
ʻO nā hōʻailona kūwaho o ka puaʻa Australia.
Loaʻa ka nui o ka Duck Australia ma kahi o 49 knm, ʻo ka ʻēheu mai 65 a 70 cm. Ke kaupaona: 900 - 1100 g. ʻO ka nuku kāne he 38 - 43 mm ka lōʻihi, a ʻo ka wahine 36 - 41 mm ka lōʻihi.
ʻO kēia ʻāpō - kāhea ʻia kahi mea luʻu e kekahi kamaʻāina "he ʻūlū me nā maka keʻokeʻo". He mea nui kēia hiʻohiʻona no ka ʻike ʻano. ʻO ka plumage o ke kāne e like me ke kala o ka uhi hulu o nā ʻano pato ʻē aʻe, akā ʻo ka ʻāʻī i ka ʻūlū Australia mai ka nuku ʻoi aku ka maopopo. ʻOi aku ka brown o ka plumage ma mua o nā ʻano like.
ʻO ka hulu ma ke poʻo, ka ʻāʻī a me ke kino ʻeleʻele brownish brown. ʻUlaʻula ʻulaʻula nā ʻāpana, ʻeleʻele ke kua a me ka huelo, ʻokoʻa i ka huelo a me ka hulu waena-ʻōpū, keʻokeʻo. Ma lalo o nā ʻeheu keʻokeʻo me ka palena o ka lahilahi.
He hina ʻeleʻele ka pila me kahi ʻāpana polū hina hina hina. Pākuʻi-hina nā pā a me nā wāwae, ʻeleʻele nā kui. He ākea, pōkole, pālahalaha ʻia ka pila, ākea iki i ka piko a hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e ka marigold liʻiliʻi. Ma ke kalaunu o ke poʻo nā hulu elongated, i hāpai ʻia i ke ʻano o ka crest-braid. I kahi drake makua, 3cm ka lōʻihi o ka piko, i ka wahine makua pōkole ia. ʻAʻohe lei o nā manu ʻōpio. He ʻumikūmāhā hulu hulu.
ʻO ke kala o ka plumage i ka wahine e like me ke ʻano o ke kāne, akā ʻo ka momona o ka momona i momona loa me ka ʻāʻī pale. Iris o ka maka. ʻO ke aho ma ka nuku kokoke. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka wahine ma mua o kāna hoa. Aia paha he mau kau kū i ke kala plumage no kahi wā molt pōkole. ʻO nā ʻāpō ʻōpio e like me ka wahine, akā māmā, ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ʻeleʻele ka ʻōpū, ʻike ʻia.
Nā wahi noho o ka ʻāpala Australia.
ʻIke ʻia ka ʻōpala Australia ma nā loko hohonu me kahi ʻāpana nui, me ka wai anuanu. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā pepeke i nā bogs me nā mea kanu nui. Hele lākou mai kēlā manawa a kēia manawa i nā wahi pā a me nā ʻāina mahi ʻai e hānai iā lākou iho.
Ma waho o ka wā hānau, loaʻa lākou i loko o nā loko iʻa, nā mea kanu hoʻomaʻemaʻe wai wai, nā kahawai, nā loko wai, nā wahi kai o nā loko wai paʻa, nā ulu lāʻau ulu kai mangrove a me ka wai piha i uka. Hele pinepine lākou i nā loko mauna a hiki i 1,150 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai, e like me nā loko Timor Hikina.
ʻO ka hana a ka poʻe lehulehu o Australia.
He manu nohona ka Australian Duck e noho nui ana i nā hui liʻiliʻi, akā i kekahi manawa hana lākou i mau pua he nui he mau tausani i ka wā maloʻo.
Kūleʻa koke nā pālua, ke piʻi aʻe ka wai i nā ʻano maikaʻi no ka hānau ʻana.
Kūpono ʻole nā hōʻikeʻike i nā pēpē Australia, ma muli o ka loli nui o ka ua.
Hilahila loa nā pēpē o kēia ʻano a akahele loa hoʻi. ʻAʻole like me nā ʻano ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka genus, hiki i nā duck Australia ke hemo koke a hemo wikiwiki loa, kahi pōmaikaʻi nui ke loaʻa ka hoʻoweliweli o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana e nā mea ʻino: nā iole ʻeleʻele, nā gull, nā manu ʻai. I mea e ola ai, pono i nā pēpē i nā wai o ka wai me nā pae wai kūpono e hānai ai i ka luʻu ʻana i loko o ka wai. Ke ʻauʻau nā ʻāpō, noho lākou i ka hohonu i loko o ka wai, a i ka luʻu ʻana, haʻalele lākou i ka papa i ke kua o ko lākou kino me ka huelo e paʻa ana. I ke alo o nā kino kūmau o ka wai, noho mau nā ʻāpana ʻo Australia. Akā i ka wā o kahi maloʻo lōʻihi, koi ʻia lākou e huakaʻi i kahi mamao, e waiho ana i nā wahi noho mau. Mai loko mai o ka wā hānau, he manu noho nanea nā pākū Australia. I ka wā o ka moʻo ʻana, he kāne kāna kāne. ʻOkoʻa ka wahine mai kāna hoa i nā hōʻailona leo, hana ʻo ia i kahi ʻano wili a hāʻawi i kahi quack ikaika a paʻakikī i ka wā o ka lewa.
ʻO ka meaʻai a ka ʻāpala Australia.
ʻAi nui nā ʻōpala Australia i nā meaʻai mea kanu. ʻAi lākou i nā hua, nā pua a me nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o nā mea kanu, nā sedges a me ka mauʻu kokoke i ka wai. Pau pū nā ʻāpō i nā invertebrates, molluscs, crustacean, nā pepelu. Hopu lākou i nā iʻa liʻiliʻi. Ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Victoria ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina hema o ʻAukekulelia, hoʻolilo nā ʻālepa o Australia i 15% o ko lākou manawa e ʻai nei a ma kahi o 43% e hoʻomaha ana. Loaʻa ka hapa nui o ka waiwai pio, 95%, ma ka luʻu ʻana a 5% wale nō o nā meaʻai i hōʻiliʻili ʻia ma luna o ka wai.
ʻO ka hana hou ʻana a me ka pūnana ʻana o ka Duck Australia.
Hoʻopili ʻia ka wā hānau i ka wā ua. Hana ʻia ia ma ʻOkakopa-Kekemapa ma nā wahi hikina hikina, a Kepakemapa-Kekemapa ma New South Wales. Hana nā pepelu i mau paʻa paʻa. Eia nō naʻe, i kekahi manawa noho nā kāne a hoʻokahi kau wale nō a laila haki, a ʻike ʻia hoʻi ka wahine nui.
Hoʻomoʻa ʻia nā ʻanukā Nūhōlani i kahi kaʻawale i nā kahawai i ulu nui ʻia me nā ʻohe a me nā sedges.
Aia ka pūnana ma kahakai o kahi waihona wai a i ʻole kahi mokupuni i hūnā ʻia i nā mea kanu nui. Kūkulu ʻia ia mai nā mea kanu wai a i ʻole semi-aquatic. Ke nānā aku nei e like me kahi paepae uhi ʻia i hoʻonoho ʻia me lalo.
Loaʻa i ka Clutch he 9 - 13 mau hua manu keʻokeʻo. I kekahi mau hihia, loaʻa i ka pūnana he 18 mau hua, i ʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano he hopena o ka pūnana parasitism a hoʻomoe ʻia e nā ʻāpē ʻē aʻe. Nui nā hua, ma ka awelika 5 - 6 cm a kaupaona ma kahi o 50 gram. Hoʻokomo wale ka wahine i ka paʻa mai 25 a 27 mau lā. ʻIke ʻia nā chicks, uhi ʻia me ke kukui i luna o ke kala ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele a me kahi aniani melemele ma lalo, ʻano leo i mua o ke kino. Ke ulu wikiwiki nei lākou, e loaʻa ana ke kaumaha mai 21 a 40 gram. Hāpai mau nā peʻapeʻa makua. ʻAʻohe helu helu e pili ana i ka lōʻihi o nā pēpē makua.
ʻO ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka lapalapa Australia.
ʻO ka ʻōpala Australia kahi hopena i ka hema komohana (Murray-Darling Basin) o ka hikina o Australia a me Tasmania. Noho kekahi mau heluna lehulehu o nā ʻāpō i kahakai o Vanuatu. Malia paha he pūnana ma Timor Hikina.
ʻO ke kūlana mālama o nā puaʻa Australia.
ʻAʻole kū nā puaʻa Australia i kekahi mau hoʻoweliweli i kā lākou helu. ʻOiai ua emi ka nui o nā ʻāpō i ke kenekulia iwakālua, akā mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia hou, ua nalowale nā hoʻoweliweli nui loa, noho paʻa ka helu a mai 200,000 a i 700,000 mau kānaka. ʻO nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe loa o ka ʻāpō Austalia e loaʻa a puni nā loko i ke komohana a ma waenakonu o Queensland. Ma Australia, aia nā mea nui pākī nui e pili ana i nā loko i nā wā maloʻo. ʻO Mandora Swamp ma South Australia kahi kahi e ʻākoakoa ai nā ʻāpala ke ʻole ka ua. ʻO ka helu o nā manu ma Tasmania e paʻa pū kekahi. Ma waho o Australia ma Nūhōlani a me Nūkini, wāwahi loa ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o ka ʻāpala Australia. Aia kahi hoʻoweliweli o ka hoʻololi o ka nohona ma muli o ka kahe ʻana o nā marshes ma nā wahi hānau o ka Australia duck.
