Bata-miti

Bata-miti
Bata-miti uso-mweupe
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Ngeli: Aves (Ndege) Oda: Anseriformes (Ndege kama bata) Familia: Anatidae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na bata) Nusufamilia: Dendrocygninae Reichenbach, 1853 Jenasi: Dendrocygna Swainson, 1837
Ngazi za chini
Spishi 8: D. arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) D. arcuata (Horsfield, 1824) D. autumnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) D. bicolor (Vieillot, 1816) D. eytoni (Eyton, 1838) D. guttata Schlegel, 1866 D. javanica (Horsfield, 1821) D. viduata (Linnaeus, 1766)

Mabata-miti au Dendrocygninae ni nusufamilia ya familia ya Anatidae yenye jenasi moja tu, Dendrocygna. Waainishaji wengine wanawaweka ndani ya familia yao wenyewe Dendrocygnidae au ndani ya kabila Dendrocygnini ya familia ndogo Anserinae. Leo kuna spishi nane za mabata-miti na visukuku vya spishi ingine vimefunuliwa kisiwani kwa Aitutaki, Visiwa vya Cook. Wanaitwa mabata-miti kwa sababu hujenga matago yao pengine ndani ya miti. Lakini kwa Kiingereza wanaitwa “whistling ducks” sikuhizi kwa sababu ya sauti yao kama mluzi. Mabata hawa wanatokea popote kwa kanda za tropiki na nusu-tropiki. Wana miguu mirefu na shingo refu na wanapenda kuwa pamoja. Makundi makubwa ya ndege hawa huonekana maziwani.

Spishi za Afrika

• Dendrocygna bicolor, Bata-miti Kahawia (Fulvous Whistling Duck)
• Dendrocygna viduata, Bata-miti Uso-mweupe (White-faced Whistling Duck)

Spishi za mabara mengine

• Dendrocygna arborea (West Indian Whistling Duck)
• Dendrocygna arcuata (Wandering Whistling Duck)
• Dendrocygna autumnalis (Black-bellied Whistling Duck)
• Dendrocygna eytoni (Plumed Whistling Duck)
• Dendrocygna guttata (Spotted Whistling Duck)
• Dendrocygna javanica (Lesser Whistling Duck)

Picha

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  Bata-miti kahawia
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  Bata-miti uso-mweupe

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  West Indian whistling duck
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  Wandering whistling duck
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  Black-bellied whistling duck
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  Plumed whistling duck
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  Spotted whistling duck
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  Lesser whistling duck