PELIKANI

Pelikani ni ubwoko bw'inyoni zo mubwoko bwa pelcan.

ni umworozi utuye mubishanga no mubiyaga bito by'afika

no mumajyepfo ya alabiya, bigaragara ko yavuye muri

madagasikari.

TAXONOMY (IYITARUSANGE)

Palikani ishyigikiwe n'umuhondo y'asobanuwe ku mugaragaro

mu 1789 n'umudage witwa John Gmelin mu gitabo cye cyavuguruwe

na sisitemu ya Carl, yayishyize hamwe nabandi ba pelcans mubwoko

bwa pelcanus ahimba izina rya binomial palecanus

Gmelin yari yarasobanuye ibisobanuro mu 1785 akaba ari umuhanga

mubijyanye n'imiterere no mu myororokere w'umwongereza

john latham mugitabo cye k'imibumbe myinshi rusange.

pelikani cyangwa se pelican mundimi za mahanga dukukunze

kwita inyange mu kinyarwanda ni inyoni ntoya ifite uburebure bwayo

kuva 125-155 cm amababa ni 2.15- 2.9M (7.8-9.2FT) ikaba ipima kuva

ku 4-7kg ikaba ifite 30-38 cm mu burebure ^[1] ikaba ifite ibara ryera.

Palikani ishyigikiwe n'umuhondo ikaba iboneka ahantu hatandukanye mu mazi,

ikaba ikunda amazi meza cyane kandi atuje maremare ikirinda inkombe

z'ikiyaga ikirinda inkombe zifite ibimera, ihitamo ibiyaga by'amazi meza

ibishanga izuzi nziza z'amazi meza kandi zitemba gahoro hamwe n'ibidendezi,

iboneka rimwe na rimwe ku nkombe .

ni ubwoko bukunda korora no kororoka mu biti, ariko kandi bizerera kubirwa

by'umucanga, mubitare , munyanja ya Kolari no kumucanga.

ibiti byo gutereramo amagi ibyari byinshyi byutswe hamwe, ibyo byari

byongeye gukoreshwa buri mwaka kugeza igihe ibyo biti bisenyutse.

Nubwo ubusanzwe izo nyonyi ziguma muri akogace, ubwo bwoko

bugumaho mu biti, urubingo cyangwa mu bihuru bito kunkombe z'amazi

Icyari cyayo ni ikirundo kinini cy'inyoni kandi gishobora kuba 10-15m

hejuru y'ubutaka. Igitsina gole gitera amagi manini 2 cyanga 3 hanyuma nyuma

inkoko zirisha zishira umutwe wazo mu mufuka zigafata mafi yangiritse.

Ubusanzwe ibiryo ni amafi (ubunini bwose bugera kuri 400mg mu bisanzwe

muri 80-290mg) na amphibia, kandi mubisanzwe mumafi yahigwaga nizi nyoni

harimo cichlide ndetse nka hoplochrosm na tilapiya.