Grey Plover
Inyoni yechibini

Igama

Inyoni yechibini, emlotha Grey Plover

Umndenazo

Charadriidae

Igama lesi-Latin

Pluvialis squatarola

Umndenazo

Charadriidae

Ubude

30 cm

Ikhaya/ indawo yokuhlala

Zihlala ngayinye nofana ngesiqhema eendaweni ezindlalekileko nofana ezilibala, ingeqadi lamanzi elifihlekileko, kuthi kesinye isikhathi zitholakale elingaphakathi lamanzi.

Isililo senyoni

Inesililo esimnanjazana esizwakala sinesineke khulu esithi; 'tlui-tlui'.

Ukubekela nokufukama

Inyoni le ayibekeleli nofana ifukame esewula-tjhingalanga yeKapa.

Ihlathululo ngezidala

Ukukhulu bayo, ukubanepandla ephakamileko, umlonyana kanye nemilenze emifitjhani, kuyenza ihlukaniseke kunezinye zomhlobo wekhabo. Iinsiba zayo zangaphasi ehloko ukusuka esilevini ukuya phasi emathunjini zinombala onzima, ondungulelwe mumuda omhlophe, inomhlana onzima okumnyama ukwenzela bona amacatjhazana amhlophe abonakale khudlwana. Amacatjhazana anzima abonakala kokuthoma esifubeni kanye nemathunjini.

Ubujamo/ isikhundla

Isivakatjhi esijayelekileko sehlobo, isikhathi esipheze sabamnyaka.

Ukwabeka nokusabalala kwazo

Zitholakala magage nesewula-tjhingalanga yeKapa yoke nemideni yeligu layo.