Ninga-bahari
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Ninga-bahari ni ndege wa familia Hydrobatidae. Wana mnasaba na walinzi lakini ni wadogo kuliko hawa. Familia hii ina nusufamilia mbili (tazama sanduku la uainishaji), lakini utafiti mpya wa ADN umeonyesha kama ingefaa zaidi kuzichukulia kama familia kamili. Spishi za Hydrobatinae ni weusi au kijivucheusi na weupe kwa kiasi mbalimbali. Spishi za Oceanitinae ni weusi juu na weupe chini. Huruka kwa kupapatika. Hula gegereka wa planktoni na samaki wadogo wakiangama hewani na kukanyaga maji.
Kwa kawaida ninga-bahari huzaa kwa visiwa vya mbali visipokaa watu wala mamalia wengine. Huyatembelea makoloni yao usiku kuzuia ndege au wanyama mbua. Jike hulitaga yai moja tu kwa kawaida ndani ya kishimo au mwanya wa mwamba.
Spishi za Afrika [hariri]
- Fregetta grallaria, Ninga-bahari Tumbo-jeupe (White-bellied Storm-petrel)
- Fregetta tropica, Ninga-bahari Tumbo-jeusi (Black-bellied Storm-petrel)
- Hydrobates pelagicus, Ninga-bahari wa Ulaya (European Storm-petrel)
- Oceanites oceanicus, Ninga-bahari wa Wilson (Wilson’s Storm-petrel)
- Oceanodroma castro, Ninga-bahari wa Madeira (Madeiran Storm-petrel)
- Oceanodroma jabejabe, Ninga-bahari wa Kaboverde (Cape Verde Storm-petrel)
- Oceanodroma monorhis, Ninga-bahari wa Swinhoe (Swinhoe’s Storm-petrel)
- Oceanodroma monteiroi, Ninga-bahari wa Azori (Monteiro’s Storm-petrel)
- Oceanodroma leucorhoa, Ninga-bahari Tako-jeupe (Leach’s Storm-petrel)
- Oceanodroma matsudairae, Ninga-bahari wa Matsudaira (Matsudaira’s Storm-petrel)
- Pelagodroma marina, Ninga-bahari Uso-mweupe (White-faced Storm-petrel)
Spishi za mabara mengine [hariri]
- Fregetta maorianus (New Zealand Storm-petrel)
- Garrodia nereis (Grey-backed Storm Petrel)
- Nesofregetta fuliginosa (Polynesian Storm-petrel) (pamoja na “White-throated Storm-petrel”)
- Oceanites gracilis (Elliot's Storm-petrel)
- Oceanodroma furcata (Fork-tailed Storm-petrel)
- Oceanodroma homochroa (Ashy Storm-petrel)
- Oceanodroma hornbyi (Hornby's Storm-petrel)
- Oceanodroma macrodactyla (Guadalupe Storm-petrel) labda imekwisha sasa
- Oceanodroma markhami (Markham's Storm-petrel)
- Oceanodroma melania (Black Storm-petrel)
- Oceanodroma microsoma (Least Storm-petrel)
- Oceanodroma tethys (Wedge-rumped Storm-petrel)
- Oceanodroma tristrami (Tristram's Storm-petrel)
Picha [hariri]