Spoonbill

© Nigel Dennis
Spoonbill.

Kutiveta kwaso

Le Spoonbill sala Afrika yinyoni lenetinyawo letindze lehamba emantini. Budze bayo bungema cm lamashumi layimfica (36’). Umtimba wayo umhlophe, ngaphandle kwetinyawo tayo letibovu, buso, kanye nemlomo. Timphiko tayo timakhulu lamatsatfu nemashumi lasitfupha nesihlanu kuya kumakhulu lamane kanye nakutsatfu ngem mm budze. Lena nyoni ingabonakala malula ngemlomo wayo lohlukile lomise kwesipunu. Natiyatalwa, le Spoonbill sala Afrika ayifani nesipunu. Italwa inemlomo lomfisha, lobese uyakhula umise kwesipunu. Ivama kufana nesipunu kungakafiki sikhatsi saso sekushiya silulu. Kanyekanye lendvuna nalensikati kuletinyoni tiyafana nativela.

Kudla kwaso

Le Spoonbill sala Afrika’ sidla kakhulu imfishi kanye netilwane letihlala emantini njenge letifaka tinkhala noma timfishi tesikhumba lesicinile, tilwanyana, sibungu, kanye neminenkhe.

Kwakhiwa

Le Spoonbill sala Afrika sicala kuhlangana ngesikhatsi sebusika. Sikhatsi sekuhlangana sicala ngesikhatsi sebusika bese sitsatsa nesikhatsi sentfwasahlobo. Ivama kuhlangana ngemacembu kusuka ngekuphela kwenyanga yendlovulenkhulu kuya kunyenga yeNyoni. Lensikati ingatala emacandza kusuka kumatsatfu kuya kulasihlanu ngenyanga yaMabasa noma yeNkhwenkhweti. Emacandza alenanyoni avama kubonakala ngemacabhacabha labovu, lansundvu, noma laluhlata losasibhakabhaka.
Italela emacandza ayo kakhulu esilulwini setinswati noma semhlanga esihlahleni lesidvute nemanti, kepha lesilulu singaphindze sitfolwe emhlangeni losemfuleni lomncane, emkhatsini wematje lamakhulu, noma tihlahla letidvute kwesichingi noma umfula, noma eweni. Letilulu tingaba dvute nemhlaba noma etihlahleni letingetulu kwemanti. Lingakhatsi lalesilulu lakhiwe ngemacembe. Lelicandza lilandzela kufukamelwa emalanga lamashumi lamabili nemfica lokwentiwa Batali bobabili. Emuva kwekutalwa lalamancane abonwa ngibobobabili Batali emalanga lamashumi lamabili kuya kumashumi lamatsatfu. Ngekushesha emvakwaloko. Tibese ticala kundiza emvakwemaviki lamane.

Kutiphatsa Kwato

Le Spoonbill yinyoni levama kubanemahloni futsi yenta umsindvo. Ivama kutfolakala iyodvwa, kepha ingaphindze inonwe ngatimbili noma ngemacembu. Ihlala ithulile, ngaphandle kwetikhatsi lapho itfuswe khona. lena nyoni ihamba ngekundiza. Indiza ilule intsamo kanye nemilente yayo, uma ivule timphiko tayo ticondzile emoyeni. Le Spoonbill sala Afrika sidla ngekunatsa emanti langekho entasi kakhulu. Ifuna kudla kwayo ngekuntjikitisa umlomo wayo lovulekile kusuka eceleni phindze uyeceleni emantini. Umlomo wayo usebenta ngatsi lithuluzi leligubhile kuze ikhone kubamba kudla.

Indzawo

Le Spoonbill sala Afrika sivama kuvakashela emanti langashoni kakhulu phansi. Indzawo yaletinyoni ifaka imifula, lugwi lwetichibi, eceleni kwemifula, emahlashanyana, imifula lemincane, indzawo lenetjani lemanti.

Lapho atfolwa khona

Le Spoonbill sala Afrika itfolwa kakhulu emaveni lamanengi lasendzaweni leseningizimu ye Afrika. Lamanye alamave afaka iBotswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa kanye neZimbabwe.

Latin Name

Platalea alba