Iintlobo zeentaka
Iintlobo zeentaka luhlobo olwahlukeneyo nolunomtsalane olubandakanya iintlobo ngeentlobo zezidalwa zeentaka ezifumaneka kwihlabathi liphela. Ngaphezulu kwe-10,000 yeentlobo ezaziwayo, iintaka zibonisa uluhlu oluphawulekayo lweemilo, ubukhulu, imibala kunye nokuziphatha, nto leyo eyenza ukuba ibe lelinye lawona maqela anomdla wezilwanyana emhlabeni. Ukusuka kwii-raptors ezibhabhayo kunye neentaka ezinkulu zamanzi ukuya kwii-hummingbirds ezincinci kunye ne-cryptic nightjars, iintlobo zeentaka zibonisa uhlengahlengiso olumangalisayo kwaye zihlala kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zokuhlala, ukusuka kumahlathi ashinyeneyo ukuya kwintlango ebharhileyo.
Iintaka ziphawulwa ngezinto ezininzi ezizodwa, kuquka iintsiba, imilomo, kunye nokukwazi ukubhabha. Iintsiba zisebenza kwiinjongo ezininzi, ukubonelela ngokugquma, ukwenza ukubhabha, kunye nokubonisa iintsiba ezidlamkileyo ezisetyenziselwa imiboniso yokuthandana kunye nokunakwa kweentlobo. Imilomo, elungelelaniswe ukuba ilungele uhlobo ngalunye lokutya, inokususela kwinde kwaye ibebhityile ekujongeni iintyatyambo ukuya kutsho bukhali kwaye ibotshelelwe ukukrazula inyama. Ukubhabha, olona phawu lucacileyo lweentaka, kuzenza zikwazi ukuphonononga iindawo ezinkulu, zifudukele kumazwekazi, kwaye zisebenzise imithombo yokutya eyahlukahlukeneyo.
Iintlobo zeentlobo zeentaka ehlabathini lonke laziwa ngokwahlukahlukana kwazo okumangalisayo. Iquka iintsapho ezaziwayo ezifana neentaka eziculayo (abakhweli), iintaka ezidla inyama (raptors), iintaka zasemanzini, izikhwenene, izikhova, namahobe. Usapho ngalunye luneentlobo ezininzi zezinto eziphilayo kunye neendawo ezithile zokuziphatha ezikhethekileyo. Ngokomzekelo, ezi ntaka ziculayo zicula ngokuntyiloza kwazo nobuchule obuntsonkothileyo bokwakha iindlwane, ngoxa iiraptors zidlala ngobuchule bazo bokuzingela nangokubona okubukhali.
Iintaka zibonisa uluhlu olungaqhelekanga lobukhulu, ukusuka kwi-bee hummingbird enciphayo, enobude obumalunga nee-intshi ezi-2.5 ukuya kwinciniba eyomeleleyo, enokuma ukuya kwi-9 iinyawo ubude. Ilizwe leentaka likwaqhayisa ngephalethi ephefumlayo yemibala kunye neepateni. Ezinye iintlobo zezilwanyana zibonisa imibala eqaqambileyo, efana nequetzal ekhazimlayo eneentsiba eziluhlaza ezimenyezelayo okanye i-scarlet macaw ehonjiswe ngeentsiba eziqaqambileyo ezibomvu, ezibhlowu, nezityheli. Abanye bathatha iithowuni ezithobileyo, ezixubeneyo nendawo ezingqongileyo ukuze zisithelise.
Iindlela zokuziphatha zeentlobo zeentaka zahlukile njengeempawu zazo zomzimba. Ezinye iintlobo zezilwanyana zibandakanyeka kwizithethe ezintsonkothileyo zokuthandana, zenza imiboniso entsonkothileyo ukutsala amaqabane. Abanye bakha amaqhina ubomi babo bonke, babelana ngeembopheleleko zobuzali, okanye babandakanyeke ekukhuliseni abantwana ngentsebenziswano. Iintaka zibonisa iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokufuna ukutya, kubandakanywa ukuphonononga iintyatyambo ngencindi, ukuntywila ngentlanzi, ukuxhwila i-carrion, okanye ukuxhwila izinambuzane phakathi emoyeni ngexesha lenqwelomoya.
Ukubukela iintaka, okanye ukukhwela intaka, yindlela yokuzonwabisa ethandwayo ethandwa ngabathandi kwihlabathi liphela. Abantu bajonga kwaye bafunde iintaka kwiindawo ezihlala kuzo zendalo, beqaphela indlela eziziphatha ngayo, bachonge iintlobo zezilwanyana, kwaye babhale phantsi oko bakufumanisileyo. Ukwahlukana okumangalisayo kweentlobo zeentaka kuqinisekisa ukuba uhambo ngalunye lokubukela iintaka lukwazi ukufumana izinto ezintsha kunye neendibano ezimangalisayo.
Ukuqukumbela, iintlobo zeentaka ziquka intaphane nenomtsalane yezidalwa ezizintaka. Ulungelelwaniso lwabo olulodwa, iyantlukwano emangalisayo, kunye nokuziphatha okunomdla kuyaqhubeka ukukhuthaza uloyiko kunye nomdla kubo bobabini abathanda amateur kunye neengcali zeornithologists. Ukujonga umhlaba weentaka kunika umbono ochulumancisayo kubuhle kunye nokuntsonkotha kwendalo.