Chokowe

Chokowe
Chokowe mwekundu
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Ngeli: Aves (Ndege) Oda: Charadriiformes (Ndege kama vitwitwi) Familia: Scolopacidae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na sululu) Jenasi: Calidris Merrem, 1804 Prosobonia Bonaparte, 1850

Chokowe ni ndege wadogo wa jenasi Calidris na Prosobonia katika familia ya Scolopacidae. Nje ya majiri ya kuzaa huonekana hasa karibu na maji (bahari, maziwa, mito) lakini spishi chache huonekana mbali na maji (k.m. Calidris subruficollis). Takriban spishi zote hutaga mayai chini tundrani kwa kanda za akitiki za Ulaya, Asia na Amerika. Hula wadudu, gegereka na nyungunyungu.

Spishi za Afrika

• Calidris alba, Chokowe Tumbo-jeupe (Sanderling)
• Calidris alpina, Chokowe Tumbo-jeusi (Dunlin)
• Calidris canutus, Chokowe Mwekundu (Red Knot)
• Calidris falcinellus, Chokowe Domo-pana ( Broad-billed Sandpiper) – inaainishwa pia kama Limicola falcinellus
• Calidris ferruginea, Chokowe Domo-sululu (Curlew Sandpiper)
• Calidris himantopus, Chokowe Miguu-myekundu (Stilt Sandpiper)
• Calidris maritima, Chokowe Zambarau (Purple Sandpiper)
• Calidris melanotos, Chokowe fulana (Pectoral Sandpiper)
• Calidris minuta, Chokowe Mdogo ( Little Stint)
• Calidris pugnax, Chokowe Mjasiri (Ruff)
• Calidris ruficollis, [[Chokowe Shingo-nyekundu (Red-necked Stint)
• Calidris subminuta, Chokowe Vidole-virefu (Long-toed Stint)
• Calidris subruficollis, Chokowe Shingo-njano (Buff-breasted Sandpiper)
• Calidris temminckii, Chokowe Mkia-mweupe (Temminck’s Stint)

Spishi za mabara mengine

• Calidris acuminata (Sharp-tailed Sandpiper)
• Calidris bairdii (Baird’s Sandpiper)
• Calidris fuscicollis (White-rumped Sandpiper)
• Calidris mauri (Western Sandpiper)
• Calidris minutilla (Least Sandpiper)
• Calidris x paramelanotos (Cox's Sandpiper) – chotara kati ya dume wa C. melanotos na jike wa C. ferruginea
• Calidris ptilocnemis (Rock Sandpiper)
• Calidris pusilla (Semipalmated Sandpiper)
• Calidris tenuirostris (Great Knot)
• Calidris virgata (Surfbird) – inaainishwa pia kama Aphriza virgata
• Calidris pygmeus (Spoon-billed Sandpiper) – inaainishwa pia kama Calidris pygmeus
• Prosobonia cancellata (Kiritimati Sandpiper) imekwisha sasa
• Prosobonia ellisi (Moorea Sandpiper) imekwisha sasa
• Prosobonia leucoptera (Tahiti Sandpiper) imekwisha sasa
• Prosobonia parvirostris (Tuamotu Sandpiper)

Picha

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  Chokowe tumbo-jeupe
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  Chokowe tumbo-jeusi
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  Chokowe wekundu, manyoya ya majira ya kuhama
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  Chokowe domo-sululu
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  Chokowe zambarau
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  Chokowe mdogo
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  Chokowe vidole-virefu
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  Chokowe mkia-mweupe
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  Chokowe domo-pana
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  Chokowe mjasiri, manyoya ya majira ya kuhama
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  Chokowe mjasiri, manyoya ya majira ya kuzaa

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  Baird’s sandpiper
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  White-rumped sandpiper
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  Western sandpiper
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  Pectoral sandpiper
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  Least sandpiper
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  Rock sandpiper
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  Semipalmated sandpiper
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  Red-necked stint
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  Great knot
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  Surfbird
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  Sharp-tailed sandpiper