Black Headed Oriole

© Nigel J Dennis
Black Headed Oriole.

Kubonakala

Le ntaka inomnxeba ovakalayo oqhelekileyo kwisandi. Ingumbala ophuzi obomvu kunye nentloko emnyama. Njengezinye i-orioles, ine-plumage ephuzileyo kunye nomndilili oyintloko obala omnyama, okwenza inyoni ebonakalayo. Nangona inemibala eqaqambileyo, kusenokuba nzima ukuyijonga, kuba indawo yayo ekhethiweyo iphakathi kwamagqabi emithi ephakamileyo kunye nehlathi eliqingqiweyo. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba kuvezwe ngaphambi kokuba kubonakale njengemikhankaso yaso yamanzi eqhutywe ngezandi eziphantsi, ezikhupha izandi, zikhupha kwaye ziqwalasele. I-oriole ine ntloko emnyama ibhabha ngesantya esiphezulu, eyithatha kwiifolo zeziqhamo kunye nezinambuzane ezondlayo. I-bill yexesha elide, elomeleleyo lifanelekileyo ekudlibeni iinambuzane ezininzi, kunye nezibungu, iinkumbi kunye nezilwanyana ezinobungqingili.

Ukutya

Ziya kulondla ngokukodwa kwiziqhamo, inambuzane, amajikijolo kunye ne-nectar kwaye kuthiwa babe nexesha lokutya ngokukhawuleza malunga nemizuzu emihlanu. Baya kuhlalisa emithini, bafakwe kwifoloko ekupheleni kwesebe. Amatshontsho atyiswa kwiimbumba. Ayikho irekhodi yexesha lokunyusa iinyoni.

Ukuzala

Izilwanyana zifana ne-bag eyenziwe kwaye iguqulwe ngamacweba, amaqabunga kunye namancinci kwaye afikelele ekupheleni kwamasebe amancinci ephakamileyo ngaphezulu emthini.

Apho zifumaneka khona

I-oriole eyisihloko esimnyama (i-Oriolus larvatus) ifumaneka ngaphaya kobubanzi be-Afrika eMzantsi Afrika, edibanisa isiqingatha sonke sempumalanga kwaye sifumaneke ngasezantsi njengeGeorge

Igama lesiLatini

Oriolus larvatus.