Ikhayithi leMississippi (Ictinia mississippiensis) lingele-oda le-Falconiformes.
Izimpawu zangaphandle zekhayithi leMississippi
Ikhayithi iMississippi iyinyoni encane edla inyama engaba ngamasentimitha angama-37 - 38 ubukhulu namaphiko angamasentimitha angama-96. Ubude bephiko bufinyelela kuma-29 cm, umsila ungamasentimitha ayi-13 ubude. Isisindo sawo singu-270 388 amagremu.
I-silhouette ifana kakhulu ne-falcon. Insikazi inesayizi elikhudlwana namaphiko. Izinyoni ezindala zicishe zibe mpunga ngokuphelele. Izimpiko zimnyama futhi ikhanda lilula kancane. Izimpaphe ezincane eziyinhloko kanye nangaphansi kombala okhanyayo oholayo. Ibunzi kanye nemikhawulo yezimpaphe ezincane zokundiza zimhlophe-nsimbi.
Umsila wekhayithi iMississippi uhlukile kuzo zonke izidalwa eziyizinyoni zaseNyakatho Melika, umbala wayo umnyama kakhulu. Ukusuka phezulu, amaphiko anombala onsundu onezinwele endaweni yezimpaphe eziphambili zamaphiko namabala amhlophe ezinsiba eziseceleni. Izimpaphe zesembozo esingenhla somsila namaphiko, izimpaphe ezinkulu zokundiza nezimpaphe zomsila zimpunga-mnyama. I-frenulum emnyama izungeze amehlo. Ijwabu leso limpunga yomthofu. Umlomo omncane omnyama unomngcele ophuzi ozungeze umlomo. Ingqimba yeso ibomvu okwegazi. Imilenze i-carmine ebomvu.
Umbala wezinyoni ezincane wehlukile kulowo wezimpaphe zamakhayithi amadala.
Banekhanda elimhlophe, intamo nezitho ezingezansi zomzimba ngokuqinile - ezimthende ezimnyama - nsundu. Zonke izimpaphe ezingenakubalwa nezimpaphe zamaphiko zimnyama ngokukhanyayo ngemingcele ethile ehlukile. Umsila unemigqa emithathu emincane emincane. Ngemuva kwe-molt yesibili, ama-kites amancane aseMississippi athola umbala wezimpaphe zezinyoni ezindala.
Izindawo zokuhlala zekhayithi iMississippi
Ama-kites aseMississippi akhetha izindawo ezimaphakathi neziseningizimu-ntshonalanga phakathi kwamahlathi ukuze akhe izidleke. Bahlala emadlelweni anezikhukhula lapho kunezihlahla ezinamaqabunga abanzi. Zinezintandokazi ezithile zehlathi elibanzi eliseduze nendawo yokuhlala evulekile, kanye nezimfunda nezindawo zezitshalo. Ezingxenyeni eziseningizimu zalolu hlu, ama-kites aseMississippi atholakala emahlathini nasemasanini, ezindaweni lapho ama-oki eshintshana khona nezimfunda.
Ukusatshalaliswa kwekhayithi leMississippi
I-Mississippi Kite iyinyoni edla inyama ekhona ezwenikazi laseNyakatho Melika. Zizala e-Arizona engxenyeni eseningizimu ye-Great Plains, zisakazekela ngasempumalanga eCarolina naseningizimu ziye eGulf of Mexico. Bahlala ngobuningi enkabeni yeTexas, Louisiana nase-Oklahoma. Eminyakeni yakamuva, indawo yabo yokwabiwa ikhule kakhulu, ngakho-ke lezi zinyoni ezidla inyama zingabonakala eNew England entwasahlobo nasezindaweni ezishisayo ebusika. AmaKites eMississippi ebusika eNingizimu Melika, eningizimu yeFlorida naseTexas.
Izici zokuziphatha kwekhayithi likaMississippi
Ama-kites eMississippi aphumula, afune ukudla, futhi athuthe ngamaqembu. Zivame ukwakha izidleke emakoloni. Bachitha isikhathi sabo esiningi emoyeni. Ukundiza kwazo kubushelelezi, kepha izinyoni zivame ukushintsha ukujula nokuphakama futhi azenzi ukuqapha okuyindilinga. Ukundiza kwekhayithi iMississippi kuyahlaba umxhwele; kuvame ukundiza emoyeni ngaphandle kokushaya amaphiko. Ngesikhathi sokuzingela, ivame ukusonga amaphiko ayo bese yehla ngomugqa oblique, ingathinti neze amagatsha, inyamazane. Isidlakela esinezimpaphe sikhombisa ubukhazikhazi obumangalisayo, sindiza ngaphezu kwesihlahla noma ngesiqu silandela isisulu saso. Kwesinye isikhathi ikhayithi laseMississippi lenza indiza eyi-zigzag, njengokungathi igwema ukuphishekela.
Ngo-Agasti, sezitholile ungqimba lwamafutha, izinyoni ezidla inyama zisuka eNyakatho Nenkabazwe, zifinyelela cishe kumakhilomitha angama-5 000 enkabeni yeNingizimu Melika. Ayindizeli maphakathi nezwekazi; ivame ukuzondla ngamasimu aseduze kwedamu. Ukukhiqizwa kabusha kwekhayithi iMississippi.
Ama-kites aseMississippi yizinyoni ezizodwa.
Amabili abumbana ngaphambi nje noma ngokushesha ngemuva kokufika ezindaweni zokwakha izidleke. Izindiza zokukhombisa zenziwa ngokungajwayelekile, kepha owesilisa ulandela njalo owesifazane. Laba baduni banezinyane elilodwa kuphela phakathi nenkathi, eliqala ngoMeyi kuya kuJulayi. Kusukela ezinsukwini ezinhlanu kuya kweziyi-7 ngemuva kokufika, izinyoni ezindala ziqala ukwakha isidleke esisha noma zilungise esidala, uma sigcinwa.
Isidleke sisegatsheni eliphezulu kakhulu lomuthi omude. Ngokuvamile, ama-kites aseMississippi akhetha i-oki elimhlophe noma i-magnolia nesidleke esiphakathi kwamamitha amathathu kuya kwangama-30 ngaphezu komhlaba. Isakhiwo siyafana nesidleke segwababa, kwesinye isikhathi sitholakala eduze kwesidleke somnyovu noma sezinyosi, okuyisivikelo esisebenzayo ekulweni namantshontsho e-dermatobia. Izinto zokwakha eziyinhloko amagatsha amancane nezicucu zamagxolo, phakathi kwazo izinyoni zibeka ubulembu baseSpain namaqabunga omisiwe. Ama-kites aseMississippi afaka njalo amaqabunga amasha ukumboza imfucumfucu kanye nodoti abangcolisa phansi kwesidleke.
Ekubambaneni kunezinhlobo ezimbili - ezintathu zamaqanda aluhlaza okotshani, ambozwe ngoshokoledi amaningi - amabala ansundu namnyama. Ubude bazo bufinyelela ku-4 cm, kanti ubukhulu bungu-3.5 cm. Zombili izinyoni zihlala ngokulandelana ku-clutch izinsuku ezingama-29 - 32. Amachwane avela enqunu futhi engenakuzisiza, ngakho-ke ama-kites amadala awanakekela ngaphandle kokuphazanyiswa izinsuku ezine zokuqala, eletha ukudla.
Izidleke zeMississippi emakoloni.
Lokhu kungenye yezinhlobo ezingavamile zezinyoni ezidlayo ezinabalingani. Ama-kites amancane anonyaka owodwa ahlinzeka ukuvikelwa kwesidleke, futhi abambe iqhaza ekwakhiweni kwawo. Futhi banakekela amaphuphu. Izinyoni ezindala zondla inzalo okungenani amasonto ayisithupha. Ama-kites amancane ashiya isidleke ngemuva kwezinsuku ezingama-25, kepha awakwazi ukundiza elinye isonto noma amabili, azimela zingakapheli izinsuku eziyi-10 ngemuva kokuhamba.
Ukondliwa Kite Kwezinkukhu
IMississippi ikakhulukazi izinyoni ezidla izinambuzane. Bayadla:
- amakhilikithi,
- ama-cicadas,
- izintethe,
- izinkumbi,
- Zhukov.
Ukuzingela izinambuzane kwenziwa endaweni ephakeme ngokwanele. Ikhayithi laseMississippi alihlali phansi. Lapho nje inyoni edla inyama ithola inqwaba yezinambuzane, yandlala izimpiko zayo futhi yehle ngokungagunci inyamazane, iyibambe ngozipho owodwa noma emibili.
Leli khayithi lidabula izitho namaphiko kwesisulu, bese lidla wonke umzimba endizeni noma lihleli esihlahleni. Ngakho-ke, izinsalela zezilwane ezingenamgogodla zivame ukutholakala eduze kwesidleke sekhayithi laseMississippi. Ama-Vertebrate akha ingxenye encane yokudla kwezinyoni ezidla inyama. Lezi yizilwane eziningi ezafa eceleni komgwaqo ngemuva kokushayisana nezimoto.
