ʻO ka swan ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele (Cygnus melancoryphus) no ke kauoha ʻo Anseriformes.
Ka hohola ʻana o ka swan ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele.
Hoʻolahalaha ʻia nā swans ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele ma ka kapakai hema o ʻAmelika Hema a ma nā loko loko o ka ʻāina Neotropical. Loaʻa lākou iā lākou ma Patagonia. Noho lākou ma Tierra del Fuego a me nā mokupuni ʻo Falkland. I ka hoʻoilo, neʻe nā manu i ka ʻākau i Paraguay a me ka hema o Brazil.
Ke ʻano noho o ka puaʻa ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele.
Makemake nā swans ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele i nā kahakai papau ma kahakai Pākīpika. Noho lākou i nā loko loko, nā estuaries, lagoons a me nā poho. Koho nui ʻia nā wahi waiwai i nā lau lana. Hoʻolahalaha ʻia nā swans ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele mai ka ʻilikai a i ka 1200 mika.
E hoʻolohe i ka leo o kahi puaʻa ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele.
Nā hōʻailona kūwaho o kahi swan ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele.
ʻO nā swans ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele he ʻelele liʻiliʻi o anseriformes. Loaʻa iā lākou kahi lōʻihi o ke kino - mai ka 102 cm a i ka 124 cm. ʻO ke kaumaha o nā kāne mai 4.5 kg a 6.7 kg, kaupaona ʻia nā wahine - mai 3.5 a 4.5 kg. ʻOkoʻa ka ʻēheu, ʻo ka ʻēheu o ke kāne he 43.5 a 45.0 cm, i nā wahine mai 40.0 a 41.5 knm. Keʻokeʻo ka hulu o ke kino. Kupanaha ka lōʻihi o ka ʻāʻī a me ka lokomaikaʻi i ka ʻeleʻele, ke poʻo ke ʻano like.
Hoʻomaopopo kēia mau ʻokoʻa kala i ka swan ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele mai nā swans ʻē aʻe. ʻIke ʻia nā kiko keʻokeʻo ma ka ʻāʻī a me ke poʻo. Kū ka maka nūnū ʻāhinahina i kū i ke kua o ka ʻulaʻula i lalo o nā maka. ʻO ke kaula keʻokeʻo ma hope o ka maka e hohola ana i ka hope o ka ʻāʻī. Ua kuʻi nā swans ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele, ʻeheu keʻokeʻo. ʻUlaʻula ka lālā o nā lālā, hoʻopōkole ʻia, a hewa ʻole hoʻi i hiki ʻole i nā swan ke hele wāwae i ka honua. ʻEkolu mau manawa ka nui o nā kāne ma mua o nā wahine. ʻO nā manu ʻōpio me ka plumage matte o ka hina hina hina. ʻIke ʻia ko lākou ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele a me ke keʻokeʻo i ka makahiki ʻelua o ke ola.
ʻO ka hana hou ʻana o ka swan ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele.
ʻO nā swans ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele he manu monogamous. Hana lākou i mau paʻa paʻa, inā make kekahi o nā manu, loaʻa i kahi swan e ola nei kahi hoa hou. Kū ka wā hānau mai Iulai a Nowemapa. I ka wā o ka male ʻana, kipaku aku ke kāne a hōʻeha hoʻi i ka mea hoʻokūkū, a laila hoʻi i kāna hoa e hana i kahi hana aloha paʻakikī kahi e hōʻike ai i kāna plumage.
Ma hope o nā hakakā, kahe ʻana i kona mau ʻeheu, ʻuʻā mau ke kāne, hoʻolōʻihi i kona ʻāʻī a hāpai aʻe i kona poʻo i luna.
A laila hoʻokomo ke kāne a me ka wahine i ka poʻo i loko o ka wai a hoʻolōʻihi i ko lākou ʻāʻī i luna, e neʻe i ka wai a puni kekahi. ʻO ka "lanakila" ka hanana koʻikoʻi e hōʻike ana i ka hōʻaʻo. Kūkulu ʻia ka pūnana i nā moena ʻohe paheʻe ma nā lihi o nā kino wai. Lawe mai ke kāne i nā mea, hōʻiliʻili ʻo ia i nā lau nahele i holoi ʻia i uka e kūkulu i kahi anuu nui, i hoʻopailua ʻia i loko o ka wai. ʻO ka fluff o nā manu he lining. Pale ke kāne i nā hua a kiaʻi i ka pūnana no kekahi manawa lōʻihi.
Hoʻomoe nā swans ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele i kā lākou mau hua i Iulai. ʻOkoʻa ka nui o ka paʻa lima mai 3, i kā mākou i 7 mau hua.
Noho ka wahine ma ka pūnana no 34 a 37 mau lā. ʻO nā hua he 10.1 x 6.6 cm ka nui a kaupaona ma kahi o 238 gram. Haʻalele nā ʻōpio ʻōpio ma hope o 10 mau pule, akā noho mau lākou me ko lākou mau mākua no 8 a 14 mau mahina ma mua o ko lākou kūʻokoʻa piha ʻana, i ka makahiki he ʻekolu ua hana lāua he ʻelua. Noho nā keiki me ko lākou mau mākua a hiki i ke kauwela e hiki mai ana, a i kekahi manawa a hiki i ke kau hoʻoilo e hiki mai ana.
Hāpai nā manu makua ʻelua i nā moa ma ko lākou kua, akā pinepine ka hana a ke kāne i kēia, ʻoiai e hānai nui ka wahine e loaʻa hou ke kaumaha i nalowale i ka wā o ka incubation. Hānai ʻia nā keiki a pale ʻia mai nā mea ʻaihue e nā mākua ʻelua. ʻO ka wahine i ka wā o ka hānai ʻana e pili kokoke ana i ka pūnana. Pale ikaika nā swans ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele iā lākou iho mai nā mea ʻaihue e ka hahau ʻana mai ko lākou nuku a me nā ʻēheu, akā ke kū makaʻu nā kānaka, haʻalele pinepine lākou i nā pūnana me ka uhi ʻole o kā lākou mau hua.
Noho lākou i ka nāhelehele no 10 - 20 mau makahiki, ʻoi aku 30 mau makahiki. I ke pio ʻana, ola lākou a 20 mau makahiki.
Nā hiʻohiʻona o ke ʻano o ka swan ʻāʻī uliuli.
ʻO nā swans ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele nā manu pili kaiaulu ma waho o ka wā hānau.
I ka wā hānau, lilo lākou i ka ʻāina a hūnā ma waena o nā ʻohe a me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe.
I ka wā hānau ʻana, pūnana nā manu i nā kolone liʻiliʻi a i ʻole mau pālua, akā hōʻuluʻulu hou ma hope o ka pūnana ʻana, e hana ana i nā pua o hoʻokahi tausani mau kānaka. Hiki ke neʻe ka ʻohana ma muli o ka loaʻa o nā kumuwaiwai a me ke aniau, akā mālama mau ia i nā wahi hema o ʻAmelika Hema ma mua o ka neʻe ʻana i ka ʻākau. Hoʻolilo nā swans ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele i ka hapa nui o ko lākou manawa ma ka wai, no ka mea neʻe hewa lākou i ka ʻāina ma muli o ke kau kūikawā ʻana o ko lākou mau wāwae hope, i hoʻopili ʻia no ka ʻauʻau ʻana. I nā manawa o ka weliweli, piʻi koke lākou i ka lewa a lele i kahi mamao. Aia kēia mau manu i waena o nā flyers wikiwiki loa i waena o nā swans, a hiki i nā wikiwiki o 50 mile i kēlā me kēia hola.
Ke ʻai nei i kahi ʻāʻī ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele.
ʻAi nui nā swans ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele i nā mea kanu wai, ʻike pinepine lākou i ka meaʻai ma lalo o nā kino wai. He nuku ikaika ko lākou me nā lihi jagged a me ke kui ma ka wēlau. Ma ka ʻili o ke alelo he mau hulu spinous, me ke kōkua o kēia mau mea e ʻūlū i nā mea kanu. Eia hou, kōkua nā niho kornea i ka kānana ʻana i nā meaʻai liʻiliʻi mai ka papa o ka wai. ʻO nā swans ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele ka nui o nā mea ʻai ʻono e ʻai i ka pondweed, yarrow, celery hihiu a me nā mea kanu wai ʻē aʻe. ʻAi lākou i kekahi mau invertebrates a kākaʻikahi ka iʻa a me nā hua manu.
ʻO ke kūlana mālama o ka swan ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele.
Kūleʻa ka helu o ka swan ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele. Hoʻolahalaha nui kēia ʻano i nā ʻāpana he nui o ka laulā, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻohe ona palena palena palena palena ʻāina no nā pae hoʻohālikelike no nā ʻano nāwaliwali. No kēia mau kumu, ua helu ʻia ka swan ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele me kahi ʻano me nā hoʻoweliweli liʻiliʻi.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻimi ʻia nā manu no ka hoʻomehana i lalo, i hoʻohana ʻia e hana i nā wā anuanu a me nā wahi moe. ʻOiai ke emi nei ke koi no kaʻiʻo, hoʻomau ka kī ʻana i nā manu.
Ma muli o kona ʻano mālie, ʻo ka swan ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele kahi manu hānau nui.
Kūleʻa nui aku ka poʻe Swans. ʻOiai ʻaʻole lākou he laha nui, lawe ʻia aku lākou i ʻAmelika ʻAkau. Hoʻohui ʻia, ʻike ʻia ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma nā mokupuni ʻo Falkland i ka nui o nā swan ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele, kahi e ʻumeʻume ai i nā mea aloha holoholona. I ko lākou wahi noho, hoʻoponopono nā manu i ka ulu ʻana o nā mea kanu wai, a ʻo ka mea i loko o ka wai i lawelawe ʻia ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona o ka maikaʻi o ka wai.
Ke emi nei nā helu swan ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele ma muli o ka nalo ʻana o ka nohona, kahi e pau ai i ka wā e ninini ʻia ai nā ʻāina wai a me nā ʻāina wai. ʻO kēia ka hoʻoweliweli nui loa i ka laha.
