African Fish Eagle
I-African Eagle Intlanzi

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African Fish Eagle.

Igama

I-African Eagle Intlanzi [Haliaeetus vocifer]

Kubonakala

I-African Eagle Intlanzi yintshontsho enkulu. Inomphunga omnyama, omdaka, kunye nomhlophe.

Ukutya

Nangona, njengoko igama layo libonisa, londla ngokubanzi kwiintlanzi, kwezinye iindawo zithatha amaflamingo nezinye iintaka zamanzi. Kukwaziwa nangokutya ukutya kunye ne-kleptoparasite (iba ixhoba kwezinye iintaka).

I-Goliath Herons yaziwa ngokuba ilahlekelwe ipesenti yazo yokubamba kwi-Fish Eagles. Ukutya kwabo okuyinhloko yientlanzi, ngamanye amaxesha bafile, kodwa baninzi babanjwe baphila. I-Catfish ne-lungfish ibanjwa rhoqo. Ixhoba elikhulu lidliwa emhlabeni phantsi kwamanzi.

Indlela yokuziphatha

I-African Eagle Intlanzi ineefowuni ezimbini ezihlukeneyo. Xa uhamba okanye ujikeleza, isandi sinjenge-American Bald Eagle. Xa esondele kwidleke, umnxeba walo uninzi lwesandi sokuthi 'quock' - isithwathwa sisincinci kwaye sincinci kunomntu.

Eyaziwayo kwaye kucacile ukuba yiyo ntaka eyaziwa ngokuba yi "izwi le-Afrika". I-African Fish Intlanzi ibonakala kubini phakathi nangaphandle kwenkathi yokuzalisa, nokuba ikwabelana ngokubulala kunye nabanye babo. Bachitha ixesha elingaphezulu kunokuba bendiza, kwaye bahlala behlala ngo-10am, bebenzile ukubulala, nangona baya kubulala nangaliphi na imini.

Indawo

Ngokuqhelekileyo ibonakala ihleli phezulu emthini omde ukusuka apho inombono omhle wokwelula komlambo, ulwandle olunxwemeni okanye umda wonxweme, oyintsimi yayo.

Ekufuphi kwelabi kunye nokutya okuninzi, isibini singadinga ngaphantsi kweekhilomitha eziyi-1,6 zamanzi ukufumana ukutya okwaneleyo, kanti ngasemva komlambo omncinci, kunokufuna i-elitha eziyi-15 okanye ngaphezulu. Ezinye zithambekele ukujikeleza ukukhusela imozulu, kodwa abanye bahlala apho bephela unyaka wonke.

Apho zifumaneka khona

Ixhaphakile eMzantsi Afrika. Kuqhelekile kwiindawo zamachibi aseRift Valley.