Tokeeo

Tokeeo
Tokeeo koo-njano
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Ngeli: Aves (Ndege) Oda: Passeriformes (Ndege kama shomoro) Familia ya juu: Passeroidea (Ndege kama shomoro) Familia: Motacillidae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na matikisa) Horsfield, 1821
Ngazi za chini
Jenasi 2, spishi 9: Macronyx Swainson, 1827 M. ameliae Tarragon, 1845 M. aurantiigula Reichenow, 1891 M. capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) M. croceus (Vieillot, 1816 M. flavicollis Rüppell, 1840 M. fuelleborni (Reichenow, 1900) M. grimwoodi Benson, 1955 M. sharpei Jackson, 1904 Tmetothylacus Cabanis, 1879 T. tenellus (Cabanis, 1878)

Tokeeo ni ndege wa jenasi Macronyx na Tmetothylacus katika familia ya Motacillidae. Wanafanana na matikisa lakini tokeeo ni wakubwa zaidi na makucha ya nyuma ni marefu sana, marefu hata kuliko yale ya vipimanjia. Mgongo wao una michirizi kahawia na wana rangi ya manjano, machungwa au nyekundu chini. Wana mkufu mweusi kidarini. Ndege hawa wanatokea Afrika tu na hupatikana ardhini; hula wadudu. Tago lao ni kikombe cha manyasi ardhini na jike huyataga mayai 2-4.

Spishi

• Macronyx ameliae, Tokeeo Koo-jekundu (Rosy-throated Longclaw)
• Macronyx aurantiigula, Tokeeo Koo-dhahabu (Pangani Longclaw)
• Macronyx capensis, Tokeeo Kusi (Cape Longclaw)
• Macronyx croceus, Tokeeo Koo-njano au Katadole (Yellow-throated Longclaw)
• Macronyx flavicollis, Tokeeo Habeshi (Abyssinian Longclaw)
• Macronyx fuelleborni, Tokeeo Mkufu-mweusi (Fülleborn's Longclaw)
• Macronyx grimwoodi, Tokeeo wa Grimwood (Grimwood's Longclaw)
• Macronyx sharpei, Tokeeo wa Sharpe (Sharpe's Longclaw)
• Tmetothylacus tenellus, Shani au Tokeeo Shani (Golden Pipit)

Picha

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  Tokeeo koo-jekundu
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  Tokeeo koo-dhahabu
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  Tokeeo kusi
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  Tokeeo Habeshi
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  Tokeeo wa Sharpe
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  Tokeeo shani