ʻO ka lupe keʻokeʻo huehue keʻokeʻo (Elanus leucurus) no ke kauoha ʻo Falconiformes.
Nā hōʻailona kūwaho o ka lupe uahi keʻokeʻo uahi
ʻO ka lūlū keʻokeʻo uahi keʻokeʻo ma kahi o 43 cm ka nui a loaʻa iā ia ka ʻēheu o 100 a 107 cm. ʻO kona kaumaha i 300-360 gram.
ʻO kēia hina ʻeleʻele - manu hulu keʻokeʻo, like me ka falcon ma muli o kona nuku liʻiliʻi, poʻo voluminous, ʻēheu lōʻihi a me ka huelo, nā wāwae pōkole. Kūlike ka wahine a me ke kāne i ka waihoʻoluʻu o ka plumage a me ka nui o ke kino, ʻoi aku ka ʻeleʻele o ka wahine a ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kaupaona. ʻO ka hulu o nā manu makua i ka ʻāpana luna o ke kino he hina ka nui, koe wale no nā poʻohiwi, ʻeleʻele. Keokeo loa ka lalo. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā kiko ʻeleʻele liʻiliʻi a puni nā maka. ʻOi aku ka pale o ka pāpale a me ka ʻāʻī ma mua o ke kua. Keʻokeʻo ka lae a me ka maka. Hinahina hina ka huelo. Keʻokeʻo ka hulu o ka huelo, ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike ʻia inā wehe ʻia. ʻO ka iris o ka maka he ʻalani-ʻalani.
ʻO nā manu ʻōpio i ke ʻano plumage e like me ko lākou mau mākua, akā kala ʻia i ka malu brownish o ke kala like.
Aia nā kaha Brown, keʻokeʻo ka pāpale a me ka ʻāʻī. Hope a me nā poʻohiwi me nā hiʻohiʻona keʻokeʻo. ʻOi aku ka hina o nā hulu uhi ʻē aʻe me nā ʻōlelo keʻokeʻo. Aia kekahi kaha ʻeleʻele i ka huelo. Keokeo ka maka a me ke kino o lalo me ka malu o ke kinamona a me nā kiko ʻulaʻula ma ka umauma, i ʻike maopopo ʻia i ka wā o ka lele. ʻOkoʻa nā hulu o nā manu ʻōpio mai ke kala o ka plumage o nā mākua a hiki i ka molt mua, i kū ma waena o 4 a me 6 mau makahiki o ka makahiki.
Mālamalama ka iris me kahi kani melemele.
Nā wahi noho o ka lupe mākuʻe keʻokeʻo uahi
ʻIke ʻia nā lupe keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo ma nā māla i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā lālani lāʻau e lawelawe ana ma ke ʻano he makani. ʻIke ʻia lākou i nā nāhelehele, nā pohō, ma nā lihi o nā kumu lāʻau e ulu ai. Noho lākou i nā savannas ākea me kahi kū lāʻau liʻiliʻi, i waena o nā ululāʻau paʻa me nā lālani lāʻau e waiho ana ma nā kahawai.
Hiki ke ʻike pinepine ʻia kēia ʻano manu o nā manu i loko o nā nāhelehele rases, nā wahi nahele i mamao loa aku mai nā ululāʻau, nā ʻāpana a me nā wahi ʻōmaʻomaʻo o nā kūlanakauhale a me nā kaona, ʻoiai nā kūlanakauhale nui e like me Rio de Janeiro. Hoʻolahalaha ka lupe keʻokeʻo uahi huelo keʻokeʻo mai ka pae kai a i 1500 mau mika, akā makemake ʻo 1000 mau mika. Eia nō naʻe, noho mau kekahi mau manu a 2000 m, akā ʻike ʻia kekahi mau kānaka ma 4200 mika ma Peru.
ʻO ka hāʻawi ʻana o ka lupe keʻokeʻo uahi
ʻO ka lupe keʻokeʻo uahi keʻokeʻo ka mea maoli i ka ʻāina ʻAmelika. He mea maʻamau ia ma ke komohana a me ka hema hikina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ma ke kahakai ʻo Kaleponi a hiki i Oregon a ma ke kahakai ʻo ke Kai Kūʻono a hiki i Louisiana, Texas, a me Misisipi. Ke hoʻomau nei ka nohona ma ʻAmelika Waena a me ʻAmelika Hema.
Ma ʻAmelike Waena, noho ka nui o nā loke uahi huelo keʻokeʻo i ka hapa nui o Mekiko a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe, e like me Panama. Ma ka ʻāina ʻAmelika Hema, uhi ka wahi i nā ʻāina aʻe: Colombia, Venezuela, Guiana, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, ka ʻĀkau o Argentina a i ka hema o Patagonia. Ma nā ʻāina Andes (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia komohana a me ka ʻĀkau ʻo Chile) ʻaʻole ʻikea. ʻĀpana ʻelua i ʻike mana ʻia:
- E. l. Noho ʻo Leucurus ma ka ʻĀkau ʻAmelika Hema i ka ʻākau, ma kahi liʻiliʻi a hiki i Panama.
- Hoʻolahalaha ʻo E. majusculus maʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Mekiko, a ma ka hema aku i Costa Rica.
Nā hiʻohiʻona o ke ʻano o ka lupe keokeo uahi
Noho pākahi nā kime uahi huelo keʻokeʻo a i ʻole pālua paha, akā e ʻākoakoa paha nā pūʻulu nui aku ma waho o ka wā punana a i ʻole nā wahi i nui ka meaʻai. Hana lākou i nā huhui i loaʻa he mau ʻumi a haneli paha o kēlā me kēia. Hana ʻia kēia mau manu o ka pūnana manu i loko o kahi kolone liʻiliʻi i loko o kekahi mau pālua, ʻoiai aia nā pūnana ma kahi mamao o kekahi mau haneli mau mika mai kekahi.
I ka wā o ka moena, hana nā kites smoky huelo keʻokeʻo i nā lele kaʻapuni like a i ʻole pālua paha, e hāʻawi ana i ka meaʻai i kā lākou hoa i ka ea. I ka hoʻomaka o ke kau hānau, hoʻolilo ka kāne i ka hapa nui o ko lākou manawa i ka lāʻau.
Noho mau kēia mau manu lele, akā i kekahi manawa e holoholo lākou i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā lehulehu he nui o nā koʻokoʻo.
ʻO ka hana hou ʻana i ka lupe keʻokeʻo uahi
ʻO ka pūnana Kites keʻokeʻo kapua o ka lā mai Malaki a ʻAukake i United States. Hoʻomaka ka wā kau manu i Ianuali ma Kaleponi a hala ʻo Nowemapa ma Nuevo Leon ma ka ʻākau o Mexico. Hānau lākou i Kekemapa-Iune i Panama, Pepeluali-Iulai i ka ʻākau komohana o ʻAmelika Hema, ʻOkakopa a Iulai ʻo Suriname, i ka hopena o ʻAukake a Kekemapa i ka hema o Brazil, Kepakemapa a Malaki i Argentina, a Kepakemapa ma Chile.
Kūkulu nā manu manu i nā pūnana liʻiliʻi i ke ʻano o kahi pā nui o nā lālā e ana ana 30 a 50 cm i ke anawaena a 10 a 20 cm hohonu.
Aia i loko kahi pale o ka mauʻu a me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe. Aia ka pūnana ma ka ʻaoʻao hāmama o ka lāʻau. Mai kēlā manawa kēia manawa, noho nā kites smoky huelo keʻokeʻo i nā pūnana kahiko i haʻalele ʻia e nā manu ʻē aʻe, hoʻihoʻi piha iā lākou a hoʻoponopono wale paha iā lākou. Loaʻa i ka Clutch nā hua manu he 3 - 5. Hoʻokomo ka wahine i 30 - 32 mau lā. Haʻalele nā Chicks i ka pūnana ma hope o 35, i kekahi manawa 40 mau lā. Hiki i nā kites keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo he ʻelua mau hua i kēlā me kēia kau.
ʻO ka ʻai ʻana i ka lupe keʻokeʻo kapua
ʻAi nui nā kites smoky huelo keʻokeʻo i nā ʻiole, a i ka wā e ʻimi ai i nā koʻokoʻo ʻē aʻe: nā ʻawa pulu a me nā pulupulu. I nā wahi o ka ʻākau, hoʻopau lākou i nā opossum liʻiliʻi, nā shrews a me nā voles. Alualu lākou i nā manu liʻiliʻi, nā mea kolo, nā amphibians, nā kolo nui. Hōʻalo nā mea hōhonu hulu i kā lākou mea pio ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 10 a 30 mau mika mai ka ʻili o ka honua. Lele mālie lākou ma luna o ko lākou mokuna ma ka mua, a laila hoʻonui i kā lākou lele ma mua o ka hāʻule ʻana i ka honua me nā wāwae e kau ana. I kekahi manawa hāʻule nā keokeo uahi huelo keʻokeʻo i kā lākou mea pio mai kahi kiʻekiʻe, akā ʻaʻole hoʻohana pinepine ʻia kēia ʻano huli holoholona. Loaʻa ka hapa nui o nā mea i hōʻino ʻia mai ka honua, ʻo kekahi mau manu liʻiliʻi wale nō i hopu ʻia e nā mea ʻino i ka wā o ka lele. Ke huli nui nei nā ʻeloke smoky huelo keʻokeʻo i ka wanaʻao a me ke ahiahi.
Ke kūlana mālama o ke Keʻokeʻo Smoky Kite keʻokeʻo
Noho ka White-tailed Clouded Kite ma kahi o ka nui o ka hāʻawi ʻana ma kahi o 9,400,000 kilomika kilomika. I kēia wahi ākea, aia kahi hoʻonui iki ʻana o nā helu. ʻO kēia ʻano manu manu laka ua nalo maʻamau i ʻAmelika Hema, akā ʻo ka wahi hulihonua i nalowale kēia laha ua hoʻonui ʻia i kekahi ala ʻē aʻe. Ma ʻAmelika Waena, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka nui o nā manu. I ʻAmelike Hema, ʻo ka loke smoky ka huelo keʻokeʻo i kolone i nā wahi hou me nā ulu lāʻau. ʻO ka helu nui he mau haneli kaukani mau manu. ʻO ka hoʻoweliweli nui i nā mea hōkai nā pesticides i hoʻohana ʻia e mālama i nā mea kanu.
