ʻO ke poʻo ʻeleʻele keʻokeʻo ʻōpū
| ʻO ke poʻo ʻeleʻele keʻokeʻo ʻōpū | Pionites melanocephala |
| aoao | Palapala nui |
| ohana | Palapala nui |
| Makuakane | ʻO ka ʻōpū keʻokeʻo |
APPEARANCE
ʻO ka ʻīlio huelo pōkole me ka lōʻihi o ke kino a hiki i 24 knm a me ke kaumaha a hiki i 170 g. Kuʻi ke kino i lalo, paʻa. He ʻōmaʻomaʻo mauʻu nā ʻēheu, ʻāʻī a me ka huelo. He keʻokeʻo ka umauma a me ka ʻōpū, me ka "cap" ʻeleʻele ma ke poʻo. Mai ka nuku ma lalo o nā maka a i ke kua o ke poʻo, he melemele-keʻokeʻo ka hulu. He ʻulaʻula nā wāwae lalo a me ka hulu huelo o loko. ʻEleʻele ka nuku, ʻeleʻele ke apo periorbital, ʻeleʻele-hina. He ʻalani ka maka, hina ka wāwae. ʻAʻohe dimorphism wahine. He hulu melemele ko nā ʻōpiopio ma ka umauma a me ka ʻōpū, a he ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma ka ʻūhā. He ʻeleʻele nā maka. ʻO kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona hoihoi o kēia mau manu, ʻo ia ko lākou kūlana kino – aneane kū pololei, e hāʻawi ana i ka manu i kahi hiʻohiʻona hoʻomākeʻaka. Aia he 2 subspecies i ʻokoʻa kekahi i kekahi i nā mea kala. ʻO ka manaʻolana ola he 25-40 mau makahiki.
NOHO A ME KE OLA I KE ANOAI
Noho ʻo ia ma ka hikina o ʻEkuador, ka hema o Kolombia, ka ʻākau hikina o Peru, ka ʻākau o Brazil a me Guiana. Makemake i nā wao ua a me nā savannas. Ma muli o ka emi ʻana o nā wahi noho ma lalo o ka hoʻoweliweli. ʻAi lākou i nā hua o nā mea kanu like ʻole, ka pulp o nā hua, nā pua a me nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo. I kekahi manawa hoʻokomo ʻia nā iniseti i ka meaʻai a hoʻopōʻino i nā mea kanu mahiʻai. Loaʻa maʻa mau ʻelua, nā ʻohana liʻiliʻi a hiki i 30 mau kānaka.
KOHOLAHA
ʻO ka manawa nesting ma Guyana i Dekemaba - Pepeluali, ma Venezuela - ʻApelila, ma Colombia - ʻApelila, Mei, ma Suriname - ʻOkakopa a me Nowemapa. Noho lākou i loko o nā lua. Hoʻokomo ʻia ka clutch o 2-4 hua e ka wahine wale nō. ʻO ka manawa incubation he 25 mau lā. Haʻalele nā moa i ka pūnana i ka makahiki he 10 a hānai ʻia e ko lākou mau mākua no kekahi mau pule.
