ʻO ka moʻo moa (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) no ka ʻohana duck, ka ʻoka Anseriformes.
Ua ʻike nā kānaka noiʻi ʻEulopa i kahi kuihi moa ma kahi i haʻalele ʻia ʻo Cape Island. He gose kupaianaha kēia me ke ʻano ʻano ʻē. Kohu mea lā he goose maoli, swan a sheath i ka manawa like. ʻO ke koena o nā geese lele ʻole o ka genus Cnemiornis, kahi ʻohana ʻokoʻa Cereopsinae, i loaʻa ma ka mokupuni ʻo Nu Zilani. Kohu mea lā, ʻo kēia nā kūpuna o ka nāʻi kēkī kēīa hou. No laila, ua kuhi hewa ʻia kēia ʻano ma ke ʻano he inoa "New Zealand - Cape Barren goose" ("Cereopsis" novaezeelandiae). Ua hoʻoponopono ʻia ka hemahema a ua wehewehe ʻia ka heluna geese ma Cape Barren ma Western Australia ma ke ʻano he subspecies, ʻo Cereopsis novaehollandiae grisea B, i kapa ʻia ma hope o ka hui o nā mokupuni o ka inoa like i kapa ʻia ʻo ka moku ʻo Recherche.
ʻO nā hōʻailona kūwaho o kahi soose moa
Loaʻa i kahi moʻo moa i ka nui o ke kino ma kahi o 100 cm.
Loaʻa i ka moʻo kuʻi kahi monochromatic hina hina hina me nā māka ʻeleʻele kokoke i nā piko o ka ʻēheu a me nā hulu o ka huelo. ʻO ka pāpale ma ke poʻo ma ke kikowaena ke kukui, ʻaneʻane keʻokeʻo. He manu nui a momona hoʻi ke gose moa mai 3.18 - 5.0 kg. ʻAʻole hiki ke huikau me kekahi manu ʻē aʻe i loaʻa ma South Australia ma muli o kona ʻano kino nui a me nā ʻeheu ākea. Ka uhi ʻana i ka hulu o ka ʻēheu me nā kaha ʻeleʻele. ʻO nā wēlau o ke kula kiʻekiʻe, nā hulu mua a me ka hiʻu ʻeleʻele.
Pokole ka nuku, ʻeleʻele, ʻaneʻane hūnā ʻia e ka nuku o kahi leo ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo.
ʻO nā ʻūlū ʻulaʻula waihoʻoluʻu kikokiko, pouli ma lalo. ʻEleʻele nā ʻāpana o ka tarsus a me nā manamana wāwae. ʻUlaʻula ʻulaʻula ka Iris. ʻO nā manu ʻōpio āpau e like me ke kala o ka plumage i nā mākua, akā naʻe, ʻoi aku ka maopopo o nā kiko ma nā ʻeheu. ʻOi aku ka māmā a me ka duller o ka leo o ka plumage. He ʻōmaʻomaʻo a ʻeleʻele paha nā wāwae a me nā wāwae i ka mua, a laila loaʻa ka malu like me nā manu makua. He ʻokoʻa iki ka iris a ʻeleʻele i ka kala.
Hoʻolahalaha nā kuʻi moa
ʻO ka moʻo moa kahi manu nui i kū mai ma Australia Hema. ʻO kēia ʻano laha i ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAukekulelia, kahi e hana ai i ʻehā mau ʻāpana pūnana nui. I ke koena o ka makahiki, neʻe lākou i nā mokupuni nui a i uka. ʻO nā neʻe ʻana e lawe ʻia e nā geese moa ʻōpio, ʻaʻole i pūnana. Makemake nā manu makua e noho i nā wahi hānau.
ʻO ka huakaʻi lōʻihi ma ke kahakai hema o Australia a hiki i nā mokupuni ʻo Rechsch ma Western Australia, Kangaroo Island a me Sir Joseph Banks Island, nā mokupuni ʻo Victorian Coastal a puni ʻo Wilsons Promontory Park, a me nā moku ʻo Strait Bass, me Hogan, Kent, Curtis a me furneaux. Loaʻa kahi lehulehu o nā geese moa ma Cape Portland ma Tasmania. Ua hoʻolauna ʻia kekahi mau manu i ka mokupuni ʻo Mary, nā mokupuni ma ka hema hikina a me ke komohana ʻākau ʻo Tasmania.
ʻO kahi e noho ai ka moʻo moa
Koho nā geese moa i nā wahi ma kapa o ka muliwai i ka wā hānau, noho i nā kula o nā mokupuni liʻiliʻi a hānai ma kahakai. Ma hope o ka pūnana ʻana, noho lākou i nā kula kai a me nā loko me ka wai hou a paʻa paha i nā wahi ākea. ʻO ka hapanui o ka manawa, noho nā ʻīlio moa ma nā mokupuni kahakai liʻiliʻi, makani a noho ʻole ʻia, akā hiki ke ʻike ʻia i nā wahi mahiʻai kokoke o ka ʻāina nui e ʻimi nei i ka meaʻai i ke kauwela. ʻO ko lākou hiki ke inu i ka wai paʻakai a i ʻole wai palu e hiki ai i ka nui o nā geese ke noho ma nā mokupuni kūwaho i ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa.
Nā hiʻohiʻona o ke ʻano o ke kuʻi moa
ʻO nā geese moa he manu aloha, akā noho mau lākou i nā ʻohana hipa liʻiliʻi a liʻiliʻi i 300 mau manu. ʻIke ʻia lākou kokoke i ke kahakai, akā ʻaʻole kakaikahi lākou a hele pinepine i loko o ka wai, ʻoiai inā pilikia lākou. E like me nā anatidae ʻē aʻe, nalowale nā geese moa i ko lākou hiki ke lele i ka wā o ka molting ke hāʻule nā hulu a me nā hulu. ʻO kēia ʻano gese, i ka hanana o kahi hoʻoweliweli i ke ola, hoʻāla i kahi leo nui e hoʻoweliweli i nā mea ʻaihue. He lele ikaika ka lele geese moa, ʻo ia nā lehelehe wikiwiki o nā ʻeheu, akā paʻakikī iki. Lele pinepine lākou i nā hipa.
Kuʻi moa hoʻoipoipo
Lōʻihi ka wā hānau no nā geese moa a mau ia mai ʻApelila a Kepakemapa. Hoʻokumu ʻia nā paʻa paʻa paʻa. ʻO wai ka mea e mālama i ka pilina no ke ola. Mālama nā manu ma ka muliwai i kahi kolone a hoʻokaʻawale like ʻia, palekana i ka wahi i koho ʻia. Hoʻoholo kēlā me kēia pāpālua i kona panalāʻau i ka wā kauwela, hoʻomākaukau i ka pūnana a me ka noisily a hoʻoholo kipaku aku i nā geese ʻē aʻe mai ona aku. Kūkulu ʻia nā pūnana ma ka honua a kiʻekiʻe iki aʻe paha, i kekahi manawa ma nā kumu lāʻau a me nā kumu liʻiliʻi.
Ke waiho nei ʻo Geese i kā lākou mau hua i nā pūnana i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma nā hummocks ma nā wahi hānai ākea a lākou e noho ai.
Aia ma kahi o ʻelima mau hua i loko o kahi paʻa. Hoʻokahi paha mahina ka hoʻoulu ʻana. E ulu a ulu a ulu ʻo Goslings i ka wā hoʻoilo, a i ka hopena o ka puna hiki iā lākou ke lele. ʻO ka hānai ʻana i nā keiki ma kahi o 75 mau lā. Hoʻopiha hou nā geese ʻōpio i nā hipa o nā geese ʻōnana ʻole i hoʻohana pū i ka hoʻoilo ma ka mokupuni kahi e hānau ai nā manu.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kauwela, maloʻo ka ʻāina o ka mokupuni, a melemele ka uhi mauʻu a ulu ʻole. ʻOiai lawa nō ka meaʻai manu e ola i ke kauwela, haʻalele ka henani hen i kēia mau mokupuni liʻiliʻi a neʻe i nā mokupuni nui kokoke i ka ʻāina nui, kahi e hānai ai nā manu i nā wahi pā momona. Ke hoʻomaka ka ua kauwela, hoʻi nā pua kuihi moa i ko lākou mau mokupuni ponoʻī e hānau.
Nānā kuʻi moa
ʻO ka meaʻai meaʻai kekeke moa i nā kino wai. Hoʻopili wale kēia mau manu i ka meaʻai meaʻai a hānai i nā wahi hānai. Noho ka geese moa i kahi manawa ma nā wahi kai i kūloko, hana lākou i kekahi mau pilikia no nā mea hoʻoulu holoholona a manaʻo ʻia he mau mea kanu mahiʻai. ʻAi nui kēia mau geese i nā mokupuni me nā hummocks i uhi ʻia me nā mauʻu a me nā mea kanu like ʻole. ʻAi lākou i ka palaoa a me ka clover i nā wahi hānai.
ʻO ke kūlana mālama o ka soose moa
ʻAʻole ʻike ka moa kuihi i kekahi mau hoʻoweliweli i kāna helu. No kēia mau kumu, ʻaʻole kēia ʻano manu he manu liʻiliʻi. Eia nō naʻe, i ka nohona o nā ʻano kuihi moa aia kekahi manawa i ka manawa i emi ai ka nui o nā manu a makaʻu nā mea olaola kokoke i ka make ʻana o nā geese. ʻO nā hana i hana ʻia e pale a hoʻonui i ka helu i hāʻawi i kahi hopena maikaʻi a lawe i ka helu o nā manu i kahi pae palekana no ka noho ʻana o nā laha. No laila, pakele ka moa kuʻi i ka makaʻu o ka make ʻana. Eia nō naʻe, noho kēia ʻano kekahi o nā geese rarest loa o ka honua, ʻaʻole pālahalaha nui.
