ʻO ka ʻāpio pepeiao pepeiao (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) no ka ʻohana duck, ke kauoha Anseriformes.
Nā hōʻailona kūwaho o kahi pālū pepeiao pepeiao
ʻO ka peʻa poni pepeiao i ka nui o 45 knm. ʻO ka ʻēheu mai 57 a 71 cm.
Kaona: 375 - 480 gram.
ʻAʻole hiki ke huikau kēia ʻano pato me ka nuku disproportionate brownish me nā kihi angular me nā ʻano ʻē aʻe. He palupalu a hū ʻole ka plumage. ʻO ka pāpale a me ke kua o ke poʻo ʻeleʻele hina. Aia kahi wahi ʻeleʻele-ʻeleʻele ākea a puni paha i ka wahi o ka maka a hoʻomau hou i ka hope o ke poʻo. ʻO kahi apo keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo ākea e hoʻopuni i ka iris. Aia kahi wahi ʻulaʻula liʻiliʻi, ʻike maka ʻole ʻia i ka lele ʻana, aia ma hope o ka maka. Nā papalina, nā pale a me ka ʻāʻī o ka ʻāʻī me nā wahi liʻiliʻi o ke kala hina maikaʻi.
Keokeo ka lalo o ke kino me nā kahakaha hina-ʻeleʻele i ʻike ʻia, a lilo i ākea ma nā ʻaoʻao. Lena melemele ka hulu o ka huelo. He ʻeleʻele ke kino o luna, ʻeleʻele-ʻeleʻele ka hulu a me nā hulu sus-tail. ʻO ke kaula keʻokeʻo e hoʻomaka ana mai ke kumu o ka huelo a hiki i nā wāwae hope. He ākea ka hulu o ka huelo, pili me ka aniani keʻokeʻo. Poepoe nā ʻeheu, ʻeleʻele, me kahi kiko keʻokeʻo ākea ma ka pae waena. He keʻokeʻo nā mea i lalo, ʻokoʻa i nā hulu ʻēheu ʻoi aku ka nui. ʻO ka plumage o nā pēpē ʻōpio ke ʻano like me ke ʻano o nā manu makua.
ʻO ke kiko ʻulaʻula kokoke i ka wehe ʻana o ka pepeiao e ʻike iki ʻia a ʻaʻole hoʻi e hele pū kekahi.
Loaʻa i ke kāne a me ka wahine he mau ʻano kūwaho like. I ka lele ʻana, hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia ke poʻo o ka ʻāʻī pepeiao ʻāʻī, a hāʻule ka nuku i lalo i kahi kihi. Keʻauʻau nā ʻāpō i ka wai pāpaʻu, he mau ʻeleʻele a keʻokeʻo hoʻi i ko lākou mau kino, kahi nuku nui a me nā pua o ka lae ʻokoʻa.
ʻO kahi noho pākū pepeiao pepeiao
ʻIke ʻia nā pākū pepeiao pepeiao ma ka pāpū o uka i nā wahi ulu lāʻau kokoke i ka wai. Noho lākou i nā wahi lepo pāpaʻu ma nā kino wai, manawa pōkole wale nō, i hana ʻia i ka wā ua, ma nā kahawai ākea ākea o ke koena wai kahe. Makemake nā ʻāpō pepeiao pepeiao i nā wahi pulu, wai wai hāmama a i ʻole nā wai wai paʻa, akā naʻe, ʻākoakoa nui nā manu i kahi ākea a mau loa hoʻi. ʻO ia kahi ʻano ākea ākea a me ka nomadic species.
ʻO nā manu pulu pepeiao ʻāpana ka hapanui o nā manu hinterland, akā hiki iā lākou ke hele lōʻihi i kahi e loaʻa ai ka wai a hiki i kahakai. Hana ʻia nā neʻe nui i nā makahiki o ka maloʻo nui.
Hoʻolahalaha ʻia ka pehu pepeiao pepeiao
ʻO nā pēpē pulu pepeiao he endemik i ʻAukekulia. Hoʻolahalaha nui ʻia lākou ma loko o ka hikina hikina o Australia a me ke komohana hema o ka ʻāina.
Hoʻopili ka hapa nui o nā manu i nā kīʻaha Murray a me Darling.
ʻIke ʻia nā peʻa pepeiao Pepeiao ma nā mokuʻāina ʻo Victoria a me New South Wales, nona nā kino o ka wai e loaʻa i kahi pae wai e makemake nui ʻia no ka nohona. Eia nō naʻe, loaʻa kekahi mau manu i nā helu liʻiliʻi ma ke kahakai o ka hema o Australia. Ma ke ʻano he nomadic species, hāʻawi ʻia lākou ʻaneʻane i nā wahi āpau ma ka ʻāina ʻAkelanika ma waho o ka ʻaoʻao kahakai.
Aia ka noho ʻana o kēia ʻano pato i ka loaʻa ʻole o ke ʻano maʻamau, episodic, nā kino o ka wai i hana ʻia no kahi manawa pōkole. Heʻoiaʻiʻo maoli nō kēia i nā wahi maloʻo ma ke kikowaena a me ka hikina o Australia, no ke kahakai hikina a me ka ʻākau o Tasmania, kahi he laha loa ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻeke poni pepeiao
Nā hiʻohiʻona o ke ʻano o ka ʻāpiki pepeiao pepeiao
Noho nā pehu pepeiao pepeiao i nā hui liʻiliʻi. Eia nō naʻe, i kekahi mau ʻāina kūkulu lākou i nā hui nui. Hoʻohui pinepine ʻia lākou me nā ʻano pākī ʻē aʻe, i ke kikoʻī, hānai lākou me nā tī liʻiliʻi (Anas gibberifrons). I ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻai a nā pākū pepeiao poni, ʻauʻau lākou i ka wai pāpaʻu i nā hui liʻiliʻi. Lulu lākou ma aneane ʻaʻole wale ka nuku, akā ʻo ke poʻo hoʻi a me ka ʻāʻī i ka wai a hiki i lalo. I kekahi manawa kau ʻia nā ʻāpana pepeiao poni i kahi ʻāpana o ko lākou kino ma lalo o ka wai.
Noho nā manu ma ka ʻāina i kahi manawa liʻiliʻi ma ka honua, noho pinepine lākou ma kahakai o kahi waihona, ma nā lālā lāʻau a i ʻole nā kumu. ʻAʻole hilahila iki kēia mau ʻalalā a ʻae iā lākou e hoʻokokoke ʻia. Inā pilikia, lawe lākou a lele i ka lele i luna o ka wai, akā hoʻomaha mālie a hoʻomau i ka hānai ʻana. ʻAʻole manu walaʻau nui nā pākū pepeiao pepeiao, eia naʻe, kamaʻilio lākou i kahi ʻohana me nā kāhea he nui. Hoʻopuka ke kāne i kahi huhū huhū, ʻoiai e hana ana ka wahine i kahi hōʻailona hōʻino i ka lele a ma ka wai.
Pepeiao poni pepeiao
Hānau mai nā pēpē pulu pepeiao i kēlā me kēia manawa o ka makahiki, inā kūpono ka pae wai i ka waihona i ka hānai. ʻO kēia ʻano pato he monogamous ia a hana i mau paʻa paʻa e noho pū no ka manawa lōʻihi ma mua o ka make ʻana o kekahi o nā manu.
ʻO ka pūnana kahi pōʻai ākea, ulu nui o nā mea kanu, i lī ʻia me ka fluff a kū kokoke i ka wai, i waena o nā ululāʻau, i loko o kahi poho o kahi kumulāʻau, ma luna o kahi kumu, a i ʻole moe wale ʻia ma luna o kahi ʻōpala e kau ana i waenakonu o ka wai. Hoʻohana maʻamau nā pākū pepeiao pepeiao i nā pūnana kahiko i kūkulu ʻia e nā ʻano manu semiaquatic ʻē aʻe:
- coots (Fulicula atra)
- lawe arborigène (Gallinula ventralis)
I kekahi manawa hopu aku nā ʻino pulu pepeiao i ka pūnana paʻa a me ka pūnana ma luna o nā hua manu o kekahi ʻano manu, e kipaku nei i ko lākou mau ona maoli. Ma lalo o nā kūlana maikaʻi, kau ka wahine i nā hua he 5-8. Hoʻokū ʻo Incubation ma kahi o 26 mau lā. Noho wale ka wahine ma ke kūpeʻe. Hiki i kekahi mau wahine ke waiho i 60 mau hua i hoʻokahi pūnana. ʻO nā manu ʻelua, ʻo ka wahine a me ke kāne, hānai a hānai.
Pāʻā poni pepeiao
ʻAi nā ʻāpō pepeiao pepeiao i ka wai mānoanoa. ʻO kēia kahi ʻano loea loa o ka pālū, i hoʻopili ʻia i ka hānai ʻana i ka wai pāpaʻu. Aia nā nuku i ka palena me nā lamellas lahilahi (groove) e ʻae iā lākou e kānana i nā mea kanu microscopic a me nā holoholona liʻiliʻi e hana i ka hapa nui o kā lākou papaʻai. ʻAi nā ʻāpō pepeiao pepeiao i ka wai mānoanoa.
Ke kūlana mālama o ka ʻāpala pepeiao pepeiao
ʻO ka peʻa poni pepeiao he ʻano laha nui, akā paʻakikī ka heluna kanaka e kuhi ma muli o kona nohona nomadic. Kūleʻa paʻa ka helu o nā manu a ʻaʻole kumu o kekahi hopohopo. No laila, ʻaʻole pili nā hana palekana kaiapuni i kēia laha.
