Kelp Gull
IDada lelwandle

© Roger de la Harpe
Kelp Gull.

Igama

IDada lelwandle Kelp Gull, Southern Blackbacked Gull

Igama lesi-Latin

Larus dominicanus

Umndenazo

Laridae

Ubude

60 cm

Indawo yokuhlala/ ikhaya

Zivamise ukuzuma ngayinye nofana ngomhlambi magega neligu begodu zihlala khulu lapho; azikavami khulu ukuba semaphakathi wenarha.

Isililo senyoni

Inephimbo elizwakala lithi; 'Meeu' ekusililo esitlhuwisako nesirhawulisako tle. Nayithukiweko nofana ithikamezekileko ilila ngaleendlela; 'kok-kok-kok'.

Ukuhlangana nokubekela

Zihlanganela bezibekelisane emaqadi wesihlengeleni kanye ne-Swartklip ne-Rondevlei ngesikhathi sokuthwasa kwehlobo kanye nekuthomeni kwehlobo, khulukhulu ngenyanga kaSewula. Zakha isidleke ngokurhubha phasi ehlabathini zirhubhe imida bese zindlala utjani, iinsiba nofana ingojwana zemithi, kuthi isidleke sibe namaqanda amabili ukuya kamathathu ahluka ngombala ohlaza satjani okuthunyileko, kanye namacatjhazana. Kesinye isikhathi iindleke zivamise ukutholakala eendaweni ezingavakatjhelwa khulu nofana ezisemabaleni.

Ihlathululo ngamadzinyana

Amadzinyana athoma ngokuba namabala azotho pheze inyonga yoke yombala otshehla (kesinye isikhathi ingahlanganiswa nofana kube nzima ukuyihlukanisa nomhlobo obizwa nge-skua kodwana azinawo amabala esithomeni sawo); nayikhulako iba nombala omlotha, kube namacatjhaza azotho kanye namhlophe kuthi imilenze ibezotho.

Ihlathululo ngezidala

Ezidala zinamehlo amnyama kanye neenyawo zombala osarulana oqarheke ngomhlophe.

Ubujamo/ isikhundla

Imihlali ongojayelekileko

Ukwabeka nokusabalala

Zijayeleke magega neligu lesewula-tjhingalanga Kapa, emaqadi kwamanzi kanye neeyalweni ezingasi kude khulu nemaphakathini.

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