Lapwing

I-lapwing ifumene igama layo kwifowuni eqhelekileyo "isitshixo-nge".

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Zikhangeleka njani iilapwings?

IiLapwings zezosapho lweeplover – eli liqela leentaka ezihlala kwaye zizalela ikakhulu emhlabeni kwaye ziphawuleka ngemilenze yazo emide. IiLapwings kulula ukuzibona: zinentsiba ezihlekisayo, ezinde, ezimnyama entloko – incinci kancinane kwiimazi. Umva kunye ne-elytra zimnyama kunye nentsimbi eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, kwaye isisu simhlophe. Ngexesha lokuzala, umqala umnyama.

IiLapwing zilingana nobukhulu bamahobe. Zinobunzima obumalunga nama-200 eegram kwaye zilingana neesentimitha ezingama-32 ukusuka kwincam yomlomo ukuya kwincam yomsila. Amaphiko afikelela kuma-23 eesentimitha ubude, amaphiko angama-70 eesentimitha. IiLapwings zikwalula ukuzibona xa zibhabha: amaphiko azo abanzi kakhulu kwaye angqukuva kwiingcebiso. Ziqhwaba iimpiko zazo ngokucothayo xa zibhabha.

Zihlala phi iilapwing?

Indawo yokuhanjiswa kwe-lapwing yethu isuka kwiziqithi zaseBritane ukunqumla iYurophu ukuya eAsia ukuya kunxweme lwePasifiki. Kuphela ngasentla, azifumaneki.

IiLapwings zikhetha ukuhlala kumadlelo afumileyo nakwiimori. Kodwa ngenxa yokuba bembalwa yaye bembalwa, nabo bahlala emasimini nasemadlelweni namhlanje. Apha zifumaneka kumadlelo kufuphi nonxweme loLwandle lwaseNyakatho, kodwa naphakathi kwelizwe kumadlelo afanelekileyo kunye namasimi. Kubalulekile ukuba ingca okanye ezinye izityalo ziphantsi. IiLapwings ziwathanda amanzi njengoko zithanda ukuhlamba. Umsele omncinci wanele kubo.

Zeziphi iintlobo ze-lapwing ezikhoyo?

Kukho iindidi ezingama-25 ezahlukeneyo ze-lapwing kwihlabathi jikelele, umzekelo, umhlambi we-lapwing kuMbindi Asia, i-spurred lapwing kuMbindi Afrika, okanye iCayenne lapwing, efumaneka ukusuka ePanama ukuya eMexico.

Ingaba iilapwing zihlala ixesha elingakanani?

IiLapwings zinokuphila ukuya kutsho kwiminyaka engama-25.

Ziphathe

Ziphila njani iilapwing?

IiLapwings ziphakathi kweentaka zokuqala ezibuya kwiindawo ezihlala kuzo ebusika entwasahlobo. Ziintaka ezifudukayo kwaye zihamba umgama omfutshane, nto leyo ethetha ukuba azibhabheli kude kakhulu ukuya ebusika. Bafudukela kuphela kummandla weMeditera, abanye baya eFransi okanye eNgilani. Kubusika obupholileyo, ezinye iilapwing zide zihlale kumantla eJamani.

Ekuqaleni kukaJuni - ngokukhawuleza ukuba abancinci banokubhabha - ii-lapwings zihamba kwinto eyaziwa ngokuba "yimfuduko ephakathi": zibhabha, umzekelo, ukusuka kwiindawo zokuzalela ukuya kwiindonga zamachibi amakhulu. Ngenxa yokuba befumana ukutya okungakumbi apho, ihlobo bachitha apho ngaphambi kokuba bafudukele kwiindawo zabo zobusika ngo-Oktobha okanye ngoNovemba. IiLapwings ngamagcisa okwenene omoya. Xa ikhusela indawo okanye ifuna iqabane, ii-lapwings eziyindoda zibonisa onke amaqhinga azo okubhabha: okokuqala ibhabhela phantsi emhlabeni, emva koko ibhabhela phezulu emoyeni, iphose ngobunzulu enzulwini, ibhabha kube kanye okanye kabini kulo msebenzi.

Kwezi zihlandlo zokubetha, isisu esikhanyayo kunye nomqolo omnyama zitshintshana zijonge phezulu. Kamsinya nje phezu komhlaba, ekugqibeleni zibamba ukuwa ngokuphaphazela okumbalwa kwamaphiko azo. Bakhapha olu mboniso wokubhabha ngomnxeba ongxolayo othi “chä-with” xa benyuka kunye “nokuqonda-ngengqondo” xa bentywila. Unokuva nezandi ezingxolayo zamaphiko azo abethayo.

Abahlobo kunye neentshaba ze-lapwing

Ekubeni i-lapwings izalela emhlabeni, iimpungutye kunye neepolecats ngokukodwa, kodwa kunye neentaka ezahlukeneyo ezidliwayo, zingabangela ingozi kwinzala ye-lapwings.

Zizala njani iilapwings?

Ngo-Matshi, iinkunzi ezine-lapwing ziqalisa uhambo lwazo lokuthandana. Kodwa zikhandela imazi phantsi: Zenza umngxuma engceni ngokungathi zifuna ukwakha indlwane zize zijule imiqolo yazo kwindlwane yendlu yazo. Ngaphambi kokuba zikhwelane, iinkunzi nemazi ziyaqubuda izihlandlo ezininzi zize zolule iintsiba zazo zomsila.

Imazi idla ngokubeka amaqanda amane. Iinkunzi nemazi zifukama ngokutshintshanayo. Ngenxa yokuba iintaka zinemibala eqaqambileyo, ziya kuyishiya indlwane xa iintshaba zisondela. Oku kuphazamisa iintshaba - kunye ne-camouflaged ngokugqibeleleyo, amaqanda e-beige-brown kunye namabala awo amnyama agxininiswe kakhulu. IiLapwing zizalela kwiikoloni; amaxesha amaninzi iindlwane azishiyani ngaphezu kwesiqingatha semitha.

Amantshontsho aqanduselwa emva kweentsuku ezingama-26. Ekubeni zihlala emhlabeni, zisengozini ngakumbi kwiintshaba. Kodwa baye benza iindlela ezichuliweyo zokusinda: Xa abazali bekhwaza becela isilumkiso, abantwana balala befe umzimba baze bazinyathele phantsi. Ngenxa yeentsiba zazo ezimdaka ngebala, ziphantse ukuba zingafumaneki.

IiLapwings ngabadlali abakrelekrele: ukuba utshaba lusondela kakhulu kulutsha, ngokukhawuleza luwisa iphiko elinye, ligxadazele lingena emva naphambili, liwe ngezisu, okanye liqhwabe kabuhlungu emhlabeni. Naliphi na irhamncwa ngoku liqwalasela ixhoba elibonakala ligula kwaye lizivumela ukuba liphazamiseke. Kwaye leyo ikwayingongoma yalo mboniso weqonga: Iintshaba kufuneka zikhutshelwe kude nendlwane kunye nabancinci. Ukuba umgama oya kubantwana abane lapwing mkhulu ngokwaneleyo, abagulayo, iziqhwala lapwing ngequbuliso bavukele kubomi obutsha kwaye babhabhe bemka.

Ukuba konke oku akuncedi, umzekelo xa iinkomo zinqumla edlelweni kwaye ziphantse ukunyathela amaqanda okanye amantshontsho, i-lapwings nazo ziyakuhlasela ngempumlo kwaye zitsibe nasemqolo wemazi. Ngokuqhelekileyo, umama ojikelezayo ukhokela amantshontsho kuhambo lokuqala olunqumla amadlelo. Xa kubanda kakhulu, amantshontsho azimela kwiintsiba ezifudumeleyo zikanina.

Zinxibelelana njani iilapwing?

Umnxeba apho i-lapwing yafumana khona igama liqhelekileyo: "kie-with!" Ngexesha lokubhabha kwabo ngokukhawuleza, amadoda akhwaza "Chiu-with", "chä-with" kunye "wit-wit-wit".