Aia ma kahi o 11,000 mau ʻano manu ma ka honua a hoʻokahi wale nō huelo ʻole. Maopopo iā ʻoe ʻo wai ʻo ia?
Kiwi
ʻO ka inoa Latin o ka manu ʻo Apteryx, ʻo ia hoʻi ke ʻano he "eheu ʻole". ʻO ke kumu o ka huaʻōlelo mai ka Helene kahiko, kahi o ka huaʻōlelo mua "a" ʻo ia hoʻi "ka nele" a ʻo ke koena o ka huaʻōlelo ʻo ia ka "'ēheu". ʻO ka inoa "kiwi" mai ka ʻōlelo Maori, nona ka ʻāina hānau i puka mai ai ka manu.
ʻO Kiwi wale nō ka ʻohana o ka ʻohana Lepidoptera ma ke ʻano Kiwipodidae. Hoʻolaha wale ʻia ma ka ʻāina ʻo New Zealand. Aia i loko o ka genus he ʻelima mau ʻano endemic, ʻo ia mau mea a pau e hoʻoweliweli ʻia e pau. ʻOiai ua kapa lākou i ka kiwi he "manu ʻēheu ʻole", ʻaʻole pololei kēia. ʻAʻole nalo loa nā ʻēheu o ka kiwi, akā ua hoʻololi lākou i kahi nohona honua. He ʻano hiʻohiʻona ko ka kiwi o kona mau hulu, pili ko lākou lauoho me nā "hooks" a hōʻike i kahi ʻano paʻakikī e hiki ai i ka manu ke lele a ʻauʻau paha, e mālama ana i kona ikehu e like me ka hiki.
Pilikia ke Kiwi
Aia ma kahi o 68,000 manu kiwi wale nō i koe ma ka honua. I kēlā me kēia makahiki e emi ana ko lākou helu ma kahi o 2% i kēlā me kēia makahiki. No laila, ua hāpai ʻo New Zealand i kahi hoʻolālā e hoʻonui i ka nui o kēia ʻano e noho ana i kona ʻāina. I ka makahiki 2017, ua ʻae ke aupuni o Aotearoa i ka Kiwi Recovery Plan 2017-2027, ʻo ia ka pahuhopu e hoʻonui i ka nui o nā manu i 100,000 i nā makahiki 15. I ka ʻāina, ua manaʻo ʻia ka manu he kiʻi aupuni.
He aha ke ʻano o ka manu kiwi?
ʻO ka kiwi ka nui o ka moa home, hiki ke piʻi i ka 65 knm ka lōʻihi, ma ke kiʻekiʻe ma mua o 45 knm. Hoʻololi ko lākou kaumaha mai ka 1 a 9 kg, me ke kaumaha o ka manu he 3 kg. He kino pea ko ke kiwi a he poʻo liʻiliʻi me ka ʻāʻī nui. He liʻiliʻi hoʻi nā maka o ka manu, ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ma mua o 8 mm ke anawaena. Eia kekahi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka maka o ka kiwi ma mua o nā manu āpau. He kikoʻī ka nuku o ka kiwi - lōʻihi loa, lahilahi a paʻakikī. I nā kāne, hiki i ka 105 mm, a i nā wahine - a hiki i 120 mm. ʻO ke kiwi wale nō ka manu nona nā puka ihu ma ke kumu, akā ma ka piko o ka nuku.
ʻO nā ʻēheu kiwi ua ʻoki a ma kahi o 5 knm ka lōʻihi. Ma ka hope o nā ʻēheu he māuʻu liʻiliʻi ko lākou a hūnā loa ʻia ma lalo o ka hulu hipa mānoanoa. Ma nā wāwae, he 3 manamana wāwae o ka manu i mua a huli hope kekahi, e like me ke koena o nā ʻano. Pau nā manamana lima i nā maiuu ʻoi. Holo wikiwiki ka kiwi, ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o ke kanaka.
Ki'i ki'i: Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC
