Kwale (ndege)

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Kwale
Kwale bawa-jekundu
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Ngeli: Aves (Ndege) Oda: Galliformes (Ndege kama kuku) Familia: Phasianidae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na kwale) Jenasi: Dendroperdix Roberts, 1922 Francolinus Stephens, 1819 Peliperdix Bonaparte, 1856 Pternistis Wagler, 1832 Scleroptila Blyth, 1849 Xenoperdix Dinesen, Lehmberg, Svendsen, Hansen & Fjeldså, 1994 Spishi: Angalia katiba

Kwale (pia kware) ni ndege wa jenasi mbalimbali katika familia ya Phasianidae. Spishi nne za Francolinus ambazo zina ngozi kichele yenye rangi kali kooni na pande zote za macho huitwa kereng'ende pia. Rangi ya kwale ni kahawia au kijivu na wana michirizi au madoa. Mara nyingi miguu yao ni myekundu au rangi ya manjano na koo lao ni jekundu, jeupe, jeusi au rangi ya manjano. Hujificha kwa kawaida lakini sauti yao husikika mara kwa mara. Chakula chao ni mbegu, wadudu na nyungunyungu. Hutaga mayai matatu hadi kumi ardhini pengine juu ya manyasi makavu.

Karibu spishi zote zinatokea Afrika lakini spishi tano zinatokea Asia.

Spishi za Afrika

• Dendroperdix sephaena, Kwale Kishungi (Crested Francolin)
• Francolinus pondicerianus, Kwale wa Uhindi (Grey Francolin) imewasilishwa katika Shelisheli na Saint Helena
• Peliperdix albogularis, Kwale Koo-jeupe (White-throated Francolin)
• Peliperdix coqui, Kwale Miguu-njano (Coqui Francolin)
• Peliperdix lathami, Kwale-msitu (Latham's Francolin)
• Peliperdix schlegelii, Kwale wa Schlegel (Schlegel's Francolin)
• Pternistis adspersus, Kwale Domo-jekundu (Red-billed Francolin)
• Pternistis afer, Kereng'ende au Kwale Shingo-nyekundu (Red-necked Francolin)
• Pternistis ahantensis, Kwale wa Ahanta (Ahanta Francolin)
• Pternistis bicalcaratus, Kwale Vikwaru-viwili (Double-spurred Francolin)
• Pternistis camerunensis, Kwale wa Kameruni (Mount Cameroon Francolin)
• Pternistis capensis, Kwale Kusi (Cape Francolin)
• Pternistis castaneicollis, Kwale Kisogo-chekundu (Chestnut-naped Francolin)
• Pternistis clappertoni, Kwale wa Clapperton (Clapperton's Francolin)
• Pternistis erckelii, Kwale wa Erckel (Erckel's Francolin)
• Pternistis griseostriatus, Kwale Michirizi-kijivu (Grey-striped Francolin)
• Pternistis hartlaubi, Kwale wa Hartlaub (Hartlaub's Francolin)
• Pternistis harwoodi, Kwale wa Harwood (Harwood's Francolin)
• Pternistis hildebrandti, Kwale wa Hildebrandt (Hildebrandt's Francolin)
• Pternistis icterorhynchus, Kwale wa Heuglin (Heuglin's Francolin)
• Pternistis jacksoni, Kwale-mlima (Jackson's Francolin)
• Pternistis leucoscepus, Kereng'ende au Kwale Shingo-njano (Yellow-necked Francolin)
• Pternistis natalensis, Kwale wa Natal (Natal Francolin)
• Pternistis nobilis, Kwale Mrembo (Handsome Francolin)
• Pternistis ochropectus, Kwale wa Jibuti (Djibouti Francolin)
• Pternistis rufopictus, Kereng'ende au Kwale Kidari-kijivu (Grey-breasted Francolin)
• Pternistis squamatus, Kwale mabaka (Scaly Francolin)
• Pternistis swainsonii, Kereng'ende au Kwale wa Swainson (Swainson's Francolin)
• Pternistis swierstrai, Kwale wa Swierstra (Swierstra's Francolin)
• Scleroptila afra, Kwale Mabawa-kijivu (Grey-winged Francolin)
• Scleroptila finschi, Kwale wa Finsch (Finsch's Francolin)
• Scleroptila levaillantii, Kwale Mabawa-mekundu (Red-winged Francolin)
• Scleroptila levaillantoides, Kwale wa Kulal (Orange River Francolin)
• Scleroptila psilolaema, Kwale-bwawa (Moorland Francolin)
• Scleroptila shelleyi, Kwale wa Shelley (Shelley's Francolin)
• Scleroptila streptophora, Kwale Shingo-nyeusi (Ring-necked Francolin)
• Xenoperdix udzungwensis, Kwale wa Udzungwa (Udzungwa Partridge)
• Xenoperdix obscurata, Kwale wa Rubeho (Rubeho Forest Partridge)

Spishi za Asia

• Francolinus francolinus (Black Francolin)
• Francolinus gularis (Swamp Francolin)
• Francolinus pictus (Painted Francolin)
• Francolinus pintadeanus (Chinese Francolin)
• Francolinus pondicerianus (Grey Francolin)

Picha

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  Kwale domo-jekundu
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  Kwale shingo-nyekundu
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  Kwale kusi
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  Kwale miguu-njano
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  Kwale wa Erckel
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  Kwale wa Hartlaub
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  Kwale shingo-njano
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  Kwale wa Natal
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  Kwale wa Uhindi
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  Kwale kishungi
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  Kwale wa Swainson
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  Kwale wa Swainson

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  Black francolin
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  Painted francolin