Chamchanga

Chamchanga
Chamchanga miguu-kijani
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: Actitis Illiger, 1811 Tringa Linnaeus, 1758 Xenus Kaup, 1829

Chamchanga ni ndege wa jenasi mbalimbali katika familia ya Scolopacidae. Chamchanga tumbo-jeupe huitwa kiulimazi kwa kawaida. Ndege hawa ni weusi au kahawia na weupe, na wana domo refu na miguu mirefu na myembamba. Huonekana kandi ya bahari, viziwa au mito ambapo hukamata wadudu, gegereka hata samaki wadogo. Hutaga mayai 3-5 ardhini mahali majimaji.

Spishi za Afrika

• Actitis hypoleucos, Chamchanga Tumbo-jeupe au Kiulimazi (Common Sandpiper)
• Tringa erythropus, Chamchanga Madoa (Spotted Redshank)
• Tringa flavipes, Chamchanga Miguu-njano (Lesser Yellowlegs)
• Tringa glareola, Chamchanga-mtoni (Wood Sandpiper)
• Tringa nebularia, Chamchanga Miguu-kijani (Common Greenshank)
• Tringa ochropus, Chamchanga Kijani (Green Sandpiper)
• Tringa stagnatilis, Chamchanga-wangwa (Marsh Sandpiper)
• Tringa totanus, Chamchanga Miguu-hina au Kiguuhina (Common Redshank)
• Xenus cinereus, Chamchanga Kijivu (Terek Sandpiper)

Spishi za mabara mengine

• Actitis macularius (Spotted Sandpiper)
• Tringa brevipes (Grey-tailed Tattler) – zamani Heteroscelus brevipes
• Tringa guttifer (Nordmann's au Spotted Greenshank)
• Tringa incana (Wandering Tattler) – zamani Heteroscelus incanus
• Tringa melanoleuca (Greater Yellowlegs)
• Tringa semipalmata (Willet) – zamani Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
• Tringa solitaria (Solitary Sandpiper)

Picha

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  Kiulimazi
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  Chamchanga madoa
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  Chamchanga miguu-njano
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  Chamchanga-mtoni
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  Chamchanga miguu-kijani
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  Chamchanga kijani
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  Chamchanga-wangwa
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  Chamchanga miguu-hina
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  Chamchanga kijivu

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  Spotted sandpiper
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  Grey-tailed tattler
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  Nordmann's greenshank
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  Wandering tattler
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  Greater yellowlegs
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  Willet
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  Solitary sandpiper