ʻO ka catharte liʻiliʻi melemele poʻo (Cathartes burrovianus) no ke kauoha ʻo Hawk, ka ʻohana manu ʻiwi ʻAmelika.
Nā hōʻailona kūwaho o kahi catarte liʻiliʻi melemele
ʻO ka catarta liʻiliʻi melemele poʻo nui he 66 knm, kahi ʻēheu o 150 a 165 cm. ʻO ka huelo pōkole i hiki i ka lōʻihi o 19 - 24 knm. ʻO ka nui o nā kāne i liʻiliʻi iki ma mua o nā wahine.
Kaona - mai 900 a 1600 g.
I ka cathart poʻo poʻo melemele liʻiliʻi, ʻane ʻane ʻeleʻele loa ka plumage me kahi ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ʻoi aku o ka malu ʻeleʻele eleele i lalo. ʻO nā hulu mua a pau nā niho ʻelepani nani. Hoʻololi ke kala ʻālohilohi o ke poʻo i kona kala i ka ʻāina, a i kekahi manawa kaukaʻi ʻia i ka loli o kēlā me kēia. He ʻalani ʻulaʻula ka ʻāʻī, polū-hina ka pāpale a ʻo ke koena o ka maka i nā ʻano ʻalani melemele, i kekahi manawa he mau ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka ʻulaʻula a me ka uliuli-ʻōmaʻomaʻo. ʻUlaʻula ka lae a me ka occiput, he ahinahina hina ke kalaunu a me ka plumage o ka ʻāʻī. Pelu ʻia ka ʻili ma ke poʻo.
I ka lele ʻana, ʻeleʻele ke katarta melemele liʻiliʻi e nānā, ʻeleʻele nā ʻeheu, a hina ke ʻano o ka huelo.
Hoʻomaopopo maʻalahi ʻia kēia manu e kona keʻokeʻo elytra a me ka nape polū. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka huelo, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o nā ʻeheu ma mua o ko ka lupe. ʻO keʻokeʻo o ka nuku a me nā wāwae he keʻokeʻo a ʻulaʻula paha. ʻUlaʻula ka iris o ka maka. ʻUlaʻula ka nuku, ʻulaʻula keʻokeʻo ka nuku. He ʻāʻī keʻokeʻo ko nā manu ʻōpio me ka ʻole o ke ʻōlinolino, kū maikaʻi ia i ke kūʻē kūʻē i ka plumage pouli.
He mea paʻakikī ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o ka Lesser Yellow Cathartus mai nā lāhui Kakartes ʻē aʻe e like me ka Turkish Vult and the Large Yellow-poʻo Catharte. Loaʻa i kēia mau ʻano manu ʻelua nā leo o ka plumage - hina a ʻeleʻele ke nānā ʻia mai lalo, ʻoiai ka ʻeleʻele poʻo melemele nui kahi kihi ʻeleʻele ma kahi o ka hapakolu mai ka piko o ka ʻeheu
He paʻakikī pinepine e hoʻokaʻawale i ke kala o ke poʻo o kahi cathart melemele liʻiliʻi i ka lele ʻana me ka pololei kūpono, ʻoiai he mea maʻamau ka ʻike ʻana i kahi nū keʻokeʻo i nā manu ma ʻAmelika Hema, koe wale no ka kapakai Pākīpika.
Nā Subspecies o ka catarte poʻo melemele liʻiliʻi
- Ua wehewehe ʻia nā ʻāpana C. burrovianus burrovianus, i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ma kahakai o Mekiko hema. ʻIke ʻia ia ma ke kahakai Pākīpika ma Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, a me ka ʻākau hikina o Costa Rica. Noho ma Colombia, Panama, koe wale no nā ʻāina mauna o ka ʻAnad.
- Hoʻomohele ʻia nā ʻāpana ʻohana C. burrovianus urubitinga ma nā wahi haʻahaʻa o ʻAmelika Hema. Hoʻopili ka wahi noho iā Venezuela a hele hou ma o Guiana Highlands, hoʻomau i Brazil, hikina o Bolivia. Ke hoʻomau nei nō ia ma ka ʻākau a me ka hema o Paraguay, nā panalāʻau Argentina o Misiones a me Corrientes a ma nā palena palena o Uruguay.
Hoʻolaha o ka catarte poʻo melemele liʻiliʻi
Noho ka catarta melemele liʻiliʻi i nā sabana o ka hikina o Mexico a me Panama. Hoʻolahalaha nui ʻia ia ma nā kula ʻo ʻAmelika Hema a hiki i ka latitu like me ka ʻākau o ʻAtena. ʻO ka ʻāpana hāʻawi ʻaneʻane like loa me ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o ka nui catarta poʻo poʻo melemele.
Nā wahi noho o ka cathart poʻo poʻo melemele
Loaʻa ka catarta liʻiliʻi melemele i ka mauʻu mauʻu, savannas a me nā wahi ulu lāʻau o morcelées a hiki i ka 1800 mika ma luna o kaʻilikai. Hele kekahi mau manu i ka hema mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e hānai i ka wā maloʻo ke nui nā ʻaka.
Nā hiʻohiʻona o ke ʻano o ka catarta poʻo melemele liʻiliʻi
Lele aku nā katharts melemele liʻiliʻi no ka manawa lōʻihi, ʻaneʻane me ke kī ʻole ʻana i ko lākou mau ʻeheu e like me nā ʻaeto ʻē aʻe. Lele haʻahaʻa loa lākou ma luna o ka honua. E like me ka hapanui o nā cathartidés i ʻike ʻia ma ʻAmelika Hema, ʻike ʻia kēia ʻano manu lele e kahi hana kaiaulu i ulu nui ʻia. I nā wahi hānai a hoʻomaha, ʻohiʻohi pinepine ʻia lākou i ka nui. He noho maʻa mau lākou, akā i ka wā ua e neʻe mai lākou mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka hema. I ke kakali ʻana i kahi pio e maʻa mau ai, kau nā puʻupuʻu ma nā puʻu liʻiliʻi a i ʻole nā kia. Nānā lākou i ka ʻāina, ke ʻimi nei i nā kupapaʻu i ka lele lohi, e hoʻoluli ana i ko lākou mau ʻeheu.
ʻAʻole piʻi iki lākou i kahi kiʻekiʻe.
Me ke kōkua o ko lākou ʻano pilau, ʻimi koke nā catharts melemele liʻiliʻi i nā holoholona make. Lele lākou e like me nā ʻēheu ʻē aʻe, me ko lākou mau ʻeheu e pālahalaha a kūlike hoʻi, e hū iā lākou mai kēlā ʻaoʻao a i kēia ʻaoʻao, me ka ʻole o ka palaka. I kēia hihia, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā piko o nā ʻeheu me nā kiko mae i waho.
ʻO ka hana hou ʻana o ka cathart poʻo poʻo melemele
ʻO nā pūnana cathart liʻiliʻi poʻo melemele i nā lua o nā kumulāʻau. Hoʻomoe ka wahine i ʻelua mau hua keʻokeʻo me nā kiko ʻalani māmā. Ua like ka wā hānau ma nā ʻano pilina like ʻole o Cathartes. Hoʻokomo ka kāne a me ka wahine i ka paʻa i ka lima. ʻAi ʻia nā chicks i ka meaʻai i hoʻomākaukau mua ʻia i ka goiter.
E hānai ana i ka catarta liʻiliʻi poʻo poʻo
ʻO ka katarta poʻo poʻo melemele kahi ʻōiwi maoli me nā ʻano e maʻa mau i nā scavenger āpau. ʻO nā mea hōʻalo i ka meaʻai ka mea like me nā ʻākoʻo ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka ikaika o kēia ʻano kokoke i nā kino nui o nā holoholona make. E like me nā ʻekue ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole hōʻole ia e ʻai i nā iʻa make i holoi ʻia i uka. ʻAʻole hōʻole ka catarta melemele liʻiliʻi i nā ilo a me nā ilo, i loaʻa iā ia i nā māla hou.
Mālama ka ʻōiwi i nā ala e holo i loko o kāna panalāʻau.
Noho mau ma nā kia kiʻekiʻe ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke ala, ke kali nei no kahi ulia kaʻa. I kēlā mau wahi, kū pinepine nā hakakā ma waena o nā kaʻa a me nā holoholona, e lawe ana i ka meaʻai i ka manu lele. I nā savannas, nā wai pohopoho, kahi o ka catarta melemele liʻiliʻi ka laha pinepine a ʻaʻohe mea hoʻokūkū. ʻO kēia wale nō ka manu liʻiliʻi e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ke kaiapuni kūlohelohe mai ka make.
ʻO ke kūlana mālama o ka cathart poʻo poʻo melemele
ʻO ka catarta liʻiliʻi poʻo poʻo melemele ʻaʻole ia he manu manuahi a hāʻawi ʻia ākea ʻia i nā wahi noho o kēia ʻano. Hoʻololi ka heluna nui o nā kānaka mai 100,000 a 500,000 - 5,000,000 kanaka. ʻIke kēia ʻano i nā hoʻoweliweli liʻiliʻi loa i kona ola ʻana i ke kūlohelohe.
