ʻO Rosella ʻulaʻula

ʻO Rosella ʻulaʻula (Platycercus elegans)

APPEARANCE

Medium parakeet me ka lōʻihi o ke kino a hiki i 36 cm a me ke kaumaha a hiki i 170 gr. Ua kuʻi ke kino i lalo, liʻiliʻi ke poʻo, nui ka nuku. He ʻulaʻula ke poʻo, ka umauma a me ka ʻōpū. He uliuli ka papalina, ka hulu eheu a me ka huelo. He ʻeleʻele ke kua, ʻulaʻula keʻokeʻo kekahi mau hulu o nā ʻēheu. ʻAʻohe dimorphism moe kolohe, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kāne ma mua o nā wahine a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka nuku. ʻIke ʻia nā ʻano subspecies 6, ʻokoʻa i nā mea kala. Hiki i kekahi mau subspecies ke hoʻohui maikaʻi i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā keiki momona. ʻO ka manaʻolana ola me ka mālama pono ma kahi o 10 - 15 mau makahiki.

NOHO A ME KE OLA I KE ANOAI

Ma muli o nā subspecies, noho lākou ma ka hema a me ka hikina o Australia, a me nā mokupuni e pili ana. Ma nā ʻāpana ʻākau, makemake nā rosella ʻulaʻula i nā ululāʻau mauna, nā ʻaoʻao o nā nahele wela, a me nā ululāʻau eucalyptus. I ka hema, makemake nā manu e noho ma nā ululāʻau ākea, e hoʻoneʻe i nā ʻāina moʻomeheu. Hiki ke kapa ʻia kēia ʻano he sedentary, akā naʻe, hiki i kekahi mau heluna ke neʻe. Hoʻopili pinepine nā manu ʻōpio i nā ʻohana walaʻau a hiki i 20 mau kānaka, ʻoiai e noho nā manu makua ma nā hui liʻiliʻi a pālua paha. He monogamous ka manu. Wahi a nā haʻawina hou, hoʻoholo kēia mau manu i nā subspecies ma ke ʻala. A ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻi ʻo nā hybrids ma waena o nā subspecies ʻoi aku ka pale ʻana i nā maʻi ma mua o nā ʻano maʻemaʻe. He ʻenemi maoli nā pōpoki, ʻīlio, a me nā alopeke ma kekahi mau ʻāina. ʻO ka manawa pinepine, hoʻopau nā wahine o nā ʻano like ʻole i nā paʻa o ko lākou mau hoalauna. ʻAi nui lākou i nā hua kanu, nā pua, nā ʻōpuʻu o ka eucalyptus a me nā kumulāʻau ʻē aʻe. ʻAi nō hoʻi lākou i nā huaʻai a me nā huaʻai, a me kekahi mau pepeke. ʻO ka mea hoihoi, ʻaʻole komo nā manu i ka hoʻopuehu ʻana i nā hua kanu, ʻoiai lākou e nau ai i nā hua. I ka wā ma mua, ua pepehi pinepine ʻia kēia mau manu e ka poʻe mahiʻai, no ka mea, ua hōʻino lākou i kahi hapa nui o ka mea kanu.

KOHOLAHA

ʻO ka manawa hoʻopunahele i ʻAukake-Ianuari a i ʻole Pepeluali. ʻO ka maʻamau, no ka nesting, koho ka kāne i kahi lua i nā lāʻau eucalyptus ma ke kiʻekiʻe a hiki i 30 m. A laila hoʻohonu ka lua i ka pūnana i ka nui i makemake ʻia, e nau ana i ka lāʻau me ko lākou nuku a uhi i lalo me nā ʻōpala. Hoʻomoe ka wahine i 6 mau hua i loko o ka pūnana a hoʻomoe iā ia iho. Hānai ke kāne iā ia i kēia manawa a mālama i ka pūnana, hoʻokuke aku i nā mea hoʻokūkū. ʻO ka incubation ma kahi o 20 mau lā. Hānau ʻia nā moa i uhi ʻia i lalo. ʻO ka maʻamau, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā wahine i ʻoi aku ma mua o nā kāne. No nā lā 6 mua, hānai ka wahine i nā moa, hui pū ke kāne ma hope. Ma nā pule he 5, lele lākou a haʻalele i ka pūnana. No kekahi manawa, noho pū lākou me nā mākua nāna lākou e hānai. A ma hope aku hele lākou i loko o nā ʻohana o nā manu ʻōpio like. Ma nā mahina he 16, loaʻa iā lākou ka plumage makua a lilo i mea makua kāne.