UMary Allen
IiFinches lusapho lweentaka eziculayo. Zifumaneka kulo lonke ihlabathi ngaphandle kwe-Antarctica, i-Australia kunye ne-New Zealand, kunye nezinye iziqithi ezincinci. Zizonke kukho malunga nama-200 eentlobo ezahlukeneyo zeentaka. Kumazwe athetha isiJamani, ziphakathi kwezona ntaka zixhaphakileyo ezineentlobo ezimalunga ne-10 ukuya kwezili-15. I-chaffinch yeyona ixhaphakileyo apha.
Iintaka ziintaka eziphakathi. Zilinganisa i-9 ukuya kwi-26 yeesentimitha ukusuka entloko ukuya kumazantsi entsiba zomsila. Zinobunzima obuphakathi kweegram ezintandathu kunye nekhulu leegram nganye. Iintaka zinemilomo eyomeleleyo kuba zitya iinkozo ezininzi. Ziyakwazi nokuqhekeza umngxuma wecherry ngomlomo wazo.
Ziphila njani iintaka?
IiFinches ziyakuthanda ukuhlala kumahlathi ane-coniferous okanye amahlathi, ngakumbi kwimithi ye-beech. Ezinye iintlobo zikhetha iipaki kunye neegadi. Ezinye izilwanyana zihlala kuma-savanna, kwi-tundra, okanye nakwimigxobhozo. Bakhetha ukutya imbewu, iziqhamo, okanye amathupha ahluma entlakohlaza. Ubukhulu becala bondla izilwanyana zabo ezincinci ngezinambuzane, izigcawu, kunye nemisundululu.
Zimbalwa iintaka ezisemantla ezifudukayo. Oku kubandakanya ngokukodwa i-brambling, echitha ubusika kunye nathi. Uninzi lweentaka zihlala zihlala kwindawo enye. Indlwane yakhiwa ikakhulu ziimazi kwaye zizalela amaqanda amathathu ukuya kwamahlanu kuyo. Bafuna malunga neeveki ezimbini zokuzala. Bobabini abazali bondla abantwana. Amantshontsho ayayishiya indlwane emva kweeveki ezimbini ukuya kwezine. Iintaka ezininzi zizala kabini ngonyaka, ngakumbi kwiindawo ezitshisayo.
IiFinches zineentshaba ezininzi. Ii<em>Martens, ii<em>squirrels, kunye neekati zasekhaya zithanda ukutya amaqanda okanye iintaka ezincinci. Kodwa neentaka ezidla inyama njengokhetshe okanye i-kestrel zihlala zibetha. Kunye nathi, iintaka azikho sengozini. Kukho iintlobo ezitshabaleleyo, kodwa nganye kuzo yayihlala kwisiqithi esinye esincinci. Xa isifo esithile sibonakala apho, ngamanye amaxesha zonke iintlobo zezilwanyana zatshatyalaliswa.
Zeziphi ezona ntlobo zefinch ezibalulekileyo kwilizwe lethu?
Phezulu kukho i-chaffinch. ESwitzerland, ikwayeyona ntaka ixhaphakileyo kuzo zonke. Ukhangela ukutya kwakhe ikakhulu emhlabeni. Kwibhodi yokutya, kwakhona, ubukhulu becala uqokelela phantsi oko kuwiswe zezinye iintaka. Imazi izakhela indlwane yodwa, iyigqume ngocoselelo olukhulu, ize ibeke amaqanda amane ukuya kwamathandathu kuyo.
Yimazi kuphela efukamelayo, kangangeeveki ezimbini. Inkunzi ikwanceda nasekutyiseni. Iimazi ezininzi zifudukela emazantsi ebusika. Yiyo loo nto kukho amadoda ubukhulu becala apha ebusika.
I-Brambling izalela emantla eYurophu naseSiberia kwaye ichitha ubusika kunye nathi. Zihlala kufutshane nee beech kuphela kuba zitya ii beechnuts. Amandongomane abizwa ngokuba zii-beechnuts, okt iimbewu zemithi ye-beech. I-Brambling ifika kwimihlambi emikhulu ukuze isibhakabhaka siphantse sibe mnyama.
Kwakhona sibona i-greenfinch rhoqo. Uthanda ukutya ukutya okuziinkozo emasimini. Ekubeni abantu bedla ngokutyisa iintaka, i<em>greenfinch ihlala ezidolophini nasezilalini. Inomlomo owomeleleyo ngoko ke inokutya izinto ezininzi ezingenakuqhekeka zezinye iintaka. Iintaka eziluhlaza zakha iindlwane zazo kwiheji nasematyholweni. Imazi izalela amaqanda amahlanu ukuya kwamathandathu ize iwafukamele ngokwayo kangangeeveki ezimbini. Inkunzi ikwancedisa ekondleni amatakane.