Introduction: the umbrella bird

ʻO ka manu umbrella, i ʻike ʻia ʻo ka umbrellabird long-wattled, he ʻano manu nui no ka ʻohana Cotingidae. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ma muli o kona ʻano ʻano umbrella crest i loaʻa i nā kāne wale nō o ia ʻano. Loaʻa ka manu umbrella ma nā wao ua ʻāina haʻahaʻa o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ʻAmelika Hema a ua ʻike ʻia no kona ʻano kino kūikawā a me kāna mau hana hānai.

Nā ʻano kino o ka manu umbrella

He manu nui ka umbrella manu a hiki i ka 20 iniha ka loa a hiki i ka 1.5 paona ke kaumaha. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā kāne ma mua o nā wahine a ua ʻike ʻia no ko lākou ʻano ʻokoʻa, i hana ʻia me nā hulu ʻeleʻele lōʻihi e like me ka dome ma luna o ko lākou mau poʻo. Hoʻohana ʻia ka piko o ke kāne no ka huki ʻana i nā wahine i ka wā male. ʻO ka wahine, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, he liʻiliʻi ka piko a he ʻeleʻele ke kala. ʻO nā kāne a me nā wahine he mau hulu lōʻihi a lahilahi e kau ana ma ko lākou ʻāʻī, i kapa ʻia ʻo Wattles, hiki ke piʻi i ka 14 iniha ka lōʻihi.

ʻO ka ʻai a me ka hānai ʻana o ka manu umbrella

ʻO ka manu umbrella he omnivore e ʻai ana i nā ʻano meaʻai like ʻole, e like me nā huaʻai, nā inike, a me nā holoholona liʻiliʻi. Ua ʻike ʻia lākou e hānai i nā hua e like me nā fiku, nā hua pāma, a me nā hua. ʻAi nō hoʻi lākou i nā ʻōpala e like me ka ʻūhini, nā pīkoi, a me nā enuhe. ʻIke ʻia nō hoʻi ka manu umbrella e hānai i kekahi manawa i nā vertebrates liʻiliʻi e like me ka moʻo a me nā rana.

Ka laulā o ka manu umbrella

Loaʻa ka manu umbrella ma nā wao ua haʻahaʻa o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ʻAmelika Hema. ʻO kona laulā mai Panama a Bolivia a me Brazil.

Ka noho ʻana o ka manu umbrella: nā ululāʻau haʻahaʻa

Loaʻa ka manu umbrella ma nā wao ua haʻahaʻa o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ʻAmelika Hema. Hōʻike ʻia kona wahi noho e ka haʻahaʻa kiʻekiʻe, nā mea kanu paʻa, a me nā lāʻau kiʻekiʻe. Loaʻa ka manu umbrella i ka hapa nui o ka uhi o ka ululāʻau, kahi e ʻai ai i nā huaʻai a me nā pepeke.

Nā hiʻohiʻona o ka noho ʻana o ka manu umbrella

ʻO nā wao ua haʻahaʻa o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ʻAmelika Hema ka wahi noho mua o ka manu umbrella. Hōʻike ʻia kēia mau ululāʻau e ka haʻahaʻa kiʻekiʻe, ka nui o ka ua, a me nā ʻano mea kanu a me nā holoholona like ʻole. ʻO ka ʻahu o ka ululāʻau, kahi i loaʻa ai ka manu umbrella, kahi home o nā ʻano manu like ʻole, ʻo ia hoʻi nā toucans, parrots, a me nā macaws.

Koʻikoʻi o ka noho ʻana o ka manu umbrella

ʻO nā wao ua ʻāina haʻahaʻa o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ʻAmelika Hema he wahi koʻikoʻi ia no nā ʻano mea kanu a me nā holoholona like ʻole, me ka manu umbrella. Hāʻawi kēia mau nahele i nā lawelawe kaiaola koʻikoʻi e like me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ke kalapona, ka hoʻoponopono wai, a me ka paʻa o ka lepo. He home nō hoʻi lākou no nā kaiāulu ʻōiwi e hilinaʻi nei i ka nahele no ko lākou ola.

ʻO ka hoʻoweliweli i ka noho ʻana o ka manu umbrella

ʻO nā wao ua haʻahaʻa o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ʻAmelika Hema e hoʻoweliweli ʻia e nā ʻano hana like ʻole o ke kanaka, e like me ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka ulu lāʻau, ke kālai lāʻau, a me ka mahiʻai. Ua alakaʻi kēia mau hana i ka nalo ʻana o ka noho ʻana a me ka māhele ʻana, a he hopena koʻikoʻi i ka manu umbrella a me nā ʻano ʻano ulu lāʻau ʻē aʻe.

ʻO ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e mālama i ka noho ʻana o ka manu umbrella

ʻO nā hoʻāʻo hoʻomalu no ka pale ʻana i ka noho ʻana o ka manu umbrella ua kālele ʻia i nā ʻano hoʻolālā like ʻole, e like me ka koho ʻana i nā wahi i hoʻomalu ʻia, hoʻokele hoʻomau i ka nahele, a me nā hoʻolālā mālama kaiaulu. Ua holomua kēia mau hana i ka pale ʻana i kekahi o ka noho ʻana o ka manu umbrella, akā pono nā hana hou aʻe e hoʻoponopono i nā hoʻoweliweli e hoʻomau nei i nā wao ua ʻāina haʻahaʻa o ʻAmelika Waena a me ʻAmelika Hema.

Ke kuleana o ka manu umbrella i ka kaiaola

He koʻikoʻi ko ka manu umbrella i ke kaiaola o nā wao ua ʻāina haʻahaʻa o ʻAmelika Waena a me ʻAmelika Hema. Ma ke ʻano he omnivore, kōkua ia e hoʻopuehu i nā hua a mālama i ka ʻokoʻa o nā ʻano mea kanu i ka nahele. Hoʻohana pū ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he predator o nā iniseti a me nā holoholona liʻiliʻi, e kōkua ana i ka mālama ʻana i ke koena o ka kaiaola kaiaola.

Ka hopena: ke koʻikoʻi o ka noho ʻana o ka manu umbrella

ʻO nā wao ua ʻāina haʻahaʻa o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ʻAmelika Hema he wahi noho nui ia no ka manu umbrella a me nā ʻano mea kanu a me nā holoholona ʻē aʻe. Hāʻawi kēia mau nahele i nā lawelawe kaiaola koʻikoʻi a he home ia no nā kaiāulu ʻōiwi he nui. Eia nō naʻe, aia lākou ma lalo o ka hoʻoweliweli mai nā ʻano hana like ʻole o ke kanaka, a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hana mālama e pono ai e pale iā lākou.

He ʻōlelo no ka heluhelu hou ʻana i ka manu umbrella a me kona wahi noho

• “Ka Manu Umbrella.” National Geographic Society, www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/umbrella-bird/.
• “Umbrellabird.” ʻO ka Cornell Lab of Ornithology, www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Umbrellabird/.
• “Na Waoakua Lowland.” WWF, www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/nt0123.