Mdiria

Mdiria
Mdiria buluu
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Ngeli: Aves (Ndege) Oda: Coraciiformes (Ndege kama viogajivu) Familia: Alcedinidae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na midiria) Nusufamilia: Alcedininae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na midiria) Jenasi: Alcedo Linnaeus, 1758 Ceyx Lacépède, 1799 Ispidina Cassin, 1856

Midiria ni ndege wadogo wa nusufamilia Alcedininae katika familia Alcedinidae. Spishi nyingine zinaitwa kizamiadagaa au kisharifu. Spishi zote zina rangi buluu mgongoni na kichwani, na tumbo ni jekundu kwa kawaida. Ndege hawa wana domo kubwa kwa kulinganisha na ukubwa wao ambalo lina ncha kali. Hukamata samaki wakipiga mbizi majini lakini hula gegereka na wadudu pia. Visharifu hula wadudu tu. Dume na jike pamoja huchimba tundu katika ukingo wa mto au uso mwingine wa wima wa mchanga. Tundu hili lina urefu wa mita 0.5-1 na jike huyataga mayai 2-10 kwenye mwisho wake uliokuzwa.

Spishi za Afrika

• Alcedo atthis Mdiria wa Ulaya (Common Kingfisher)
• Alcedo quadribrachys Mdiria Buluu (Shining Blue Kingfisher)
• Alcedo semitorquata Mdiria Ukosi-buluu (Half-collared Kingfisher)
• Corythornis cristatus Kizamiadagaa (Malachite Kingfisher)
• Corythornis leucogaster Mdiria Tumbo-jeupe (White-bellied Kingfisher)
• Corythornis madagascariensis Kisharifu wa Madagaska (Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher)
• Corythornis nais Mdiria wa Principe (Príncipe Kingfisher)
• Corythornis thomensis Mdiria wa Sao Tome (São Tomé Kingfisher)
• Corythornis vintsioides Mdiria wa Madagaska (Malagasy Kingfisher)
• Ispidina lecontei Kisharifu Mdogo (African Dwarf Kingfisher)
• Ispidina picta Kisharifu (African Pygmy Kingfisher)

Spishi za mabara mengine

• Alcedo coerulescens (Cerulean Kingfisher)
• Alcedo euryzona (Blue-banded Kingfisher)
• Alcedo hercules (Blyth's Kingfisher)
• Alcedo meninting (Blue-eared Kingfisher)
• Ceyx argentatus (Silvery Kingfisher)
• Ceyx azureus (Azure Kingfisher)
• Ceyx cyanopectus (Indigo-banded Kingfisher)
• Ceyx erithaca (Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher)
• Ceyx fallax (Sulawesi Dwarf Kingfisher)
• Ceyx lepidus (Variable Dwarf Kingfisher)
• Ceyx melanurus (Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher)
• Ceyx pusillus (Little Kingfisher)
• Ceyx rufidorsa (Rufous-backed Kingfisher)
• Ceyx websteri (Bismarck Kingfisher)

Picha

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  Mdiria wa Ulaya
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  Mdiria ukosi-buluu
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  Kizamiadagaa
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  Mdiria tumbo-jeupe
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  Kisharifu wa Madagaska
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  Mdiria wa Madagaska
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  Kisharifu

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  Cerulean kingfisher
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  Blue-eared kingfisher
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  Azure kingfisher
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  Indigo-banded kingfisher
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  Oriental dwarf kingfisher
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  Sulawesi dwarf kingfisher
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  Little kingfisher
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  Rufous-backed kingfisher