Tikisa

Tikisa
Tikisa-majumba
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Ngeli: Aves (Ndege) Oda: Passeriformes (Ndege wimbaji) Familia: Motacillidae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na matikisa) Jenasi: Motacilla (Matikisa) Linnaeus, 1758 Spishi: Angalia katiba

Matikisa ni ndege wa jenasi Motacilla katika familia ya Motacillidae ambao huitwa vibikula pia. Wana mkia mrefu ambao wautikisa mara kwa mara. Ndege hawa ni wadogo na wembamba na spishi nyingine zina rangi nzuri. Hukamata wadudu chini na hutaga hata mayai sita ndani ya kishimo ardhini.

Spishi za Afrika

• Motacilla aguimp, Tikisa-majumba (African Pied Wagtail)
• Motacilla alba, Tikisa Mweupe (White Wagtail)
• Motacilla capensis, Tikisa Kusi (Cape Wagtail)
• Motacilla cinerea, Tikisa Kijivu (Grey Wagtail)
• Motacilla citreola, Tikisa Manjano (Citrine Wagtail)
• Motacilla clara, Tikisa-mlima (Mountain Wagtail)
• Motacilla flava, Tikisa Kichwa-buluu (Blue-headed Wagtail)
• Motacilla flaviventris, Tikisa wa Madagaska (Madagascar Wagtail)

Spishi za Asia

• Motacilla grandis (Japanese Wagtail)
• Motacilla lugens (Black-backed Wagtail)
• Motacilla madaraspatensis (White-browed Wagtail)
• Motacilla samveasnae (Mekong Wagtail)

Picha

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  Tikisa mweupe
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  Tikisa kijivu
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  Tikisa manjano
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  Tikisa kichwa-buluu

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  Japanese wagtail
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  Black-backed wagtail
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  White-browed wagtail