Parakeet-ʻulaʻula (Poicephalus rufiventris)

ʻO ke ʻano o ka parakeet ʻulaʻula

ʻO ka parakeet ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula he ʻano pōkole pōkole me ka lōʻihi o ke kino ma kahi o 22 cm a me ke kaumaha o 145 g. He ʻokoʻa nā waihoʻoluʻu o ka parakeet ʻulaʻula kāne a me ka wahine. ʻO ke kāne he hina-ʻeleʻele ma ke alo, i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻalani a ʻeleʻele ma ke poʻo a me ka umauma. ʻO ka ʻaoʻao lalo o ka umauma, ka ʻōpū a me ka ʻāpana ma lalo o nā ʻēheu he ʻalani kala. He ʻōmaʻomaʻo ka huelo, lalo a me nā ʻūhā. He turquoise ke kua. Ka hulu huelo me ka uliuli. He ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele ikaika ka nuku. ʻAʻohe hulu o ke apo periorbital a ʻeleʻele hina-ʻeleʻele. He ʻalani-ʻulaʻula nā maka. ʻOi aku ka ʻeleʻele o nā wahine. ʻO ka umauma a pau he hina-ʻeleʻele, e mae ana i ka'ōmaʻomaʻo ma ka'ōpū a ma lalo o nā'ēheu. He ʻōmaʻomaʻo nō hoʻi ka ʻaoʻao o luna. ʻAʻohe kala uliuli i ke kala o nā wahine. ʻO ka manaʻolana ola o kahi parakeet ʻulaʻula me ka mālama pono he 20 - 25 mau makahiki. 

Ka noho ʻana a me ke ola ma ke ʻano o ka parakeet ʻulaʻula

Noho ka parakeet ʻulaʻula ma Somalia, ka ʻākau a me ka hikina ʻAitiopa a hiki i ka hema hikina a hiki i Tanzania. Noho ʻo ia ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 800 - 2000 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai ma nā wahi semi-arid, ma nā wahi ulu lāʻau maloʻo a me nā steppes acacia. Hōʻalo i nā mea kanu paʻa. Ma ka ʻai, nā ʻano ʻano ʻano like ʻole, nā lā, nā huaʻai, kipa i nā mahi kulina. Loaʻa pinepine ʻia ma nā ʻohana a i ʻole nā ​​ʻohana liʻiliʻi o 3-4 mau kānaka. Hoʻopili lākou i ka wai, lele pinepine i kahi wai.

Ka hana hou ʻana o ka parakeet ʻulaʻula

Hāʻule ka wā hānau ma Tanzania i Malaki-ʻOkakopa, ma ʻAitiopa e hoʻomaka i Mei. I kekahi manawa, pūnana lākou i ka colonial, ma kahi mamao o 100 - 200 m mai kekahi i kekahi. Noho lākou i loko o nā lua a me nā lua o nā kumulāʻau. ʻO ka maʻamau he 3 mau hua. Hoʻopili ka wahine i ka clutch no 24-26 mau lā. Haʻalele nā ​​moa i ka pūnana i nā pule he 10. No kekahi manawa, noho pili nā moa i ko lākou mau mākua, a hānai lākou iā lākou.