Kengewa

Kengewa
Kengewa mlanyuki
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Ngeli: Aves (Ndege) Oda: Accipitriformes (Ndege kama vipanga) Familia: Accipitridae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na vipanga) Nusufamilia: Perninae (Ndege walia na mnasaba na kengewa) Jenasi: Chondrohierax Lesson, 1843 Hamirostra Brown, 1845 Henicopernis Gray, 1859 Leptodon Sundevall, 1836 Lophoictinia Kaup, 1847 Pernis Cuvier, 1816

Yai la kengewa mlanyuki

Kengewa ni ndege mbua wa jenasi mbalimbali za nusufamilia Perninae katika familia Accipitridae. Wana mabawa marefu na mkia mrefu mwenye miraba myeusi. Kengewa mlanyuki na kengewa wa Asia hula nyuki, nyigu na asali hasa lakini spishi zingine hula wanyama wadogo. Hujenga tago lao juu ya mti msituni.

Mpaka juzi kengewa mlanyuki tu ameonwa Afrika kusini kwa Sahara, lakini mwaka 2005 kengewa wa Asia ameonwa huko Gaboni.

Spishi za Afrika

• Pernis apivorus, Kengewa Mlanyuki (European Honey Buzzard)
• Pernis ptilorhynchus, Kengewa wa Asia (Crested Honey Buzzard)

Spishi za mabara mengine

• Chondrohierax uncinatus (Hook-billed Kite)
• Chondrohierax wilsonii (Cuban Kite)
• Hamirostra melanosternon (Black-breasted Buzzard)
• Henicopernis infuscatus (Black Honey Buzzard)
• Henicopernis longicauda (Long-tailed Honey Buzzard)
• Leptodon cayanensis (Grey-headed Kite)
• Leptodon forbesi (White-collared Kite)
• Lophoictinia isura (Square-tailed Kite)
• Pernis celebensis (Barred Honey Buzzard)
• Pernis steerei (Philippine Honey Buzzard)

Picha

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  Kichwa cha kengewa mlanyuki

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  Kengewa wa Asia

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  Kengewa wa Asia akiruka angani

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  Grey-headed kite

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  Square-tailed kite

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  Barred honey buzzard