Mkesha-maji
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Mkesha-maji wa Ulaya
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Spishi 5:
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Mikesha-maji ni ndege wadogo kiasi wa familia Cinclidae wafananao na mikesha wadogo. Katika Afrika wanatokea Milima ya Atlas huko Maroko. Wana mkia mfupi na mabawa mafupi yenye nguvu. Ndege hawa hutafuta chakula majini na waweza kuingia maji wakizama kabisa. Kwa hivyo miguu yao ni mirefu yenye makucha makali ili kushikilia mawe ndani ya maji matiririkayo. Pia hutumia mabawa yao mafupi kama aina za mapezi. Hula lava na viluwiluwi vya wadudu wa maji hasa lakini samaki wadogo, mayai ya samaki, makoa na gegereka pia. Tago lao kubwa hujengwa kwa vigoga karibu na maji katika shimo lo lote au chini ya daraja. Jike huyataga mayai 2-4.
Spishi ya Afrika
hariri- Cinclus cinclus, Mkesha-maji (White-throated Dipper)
- Cinclus c. minor, Mkesha-maji Kaskazi (Northwest African Dipper)
Spishi za mabara mengine
hariri- Cinclus leucocephalus (White-capped Dipper)
- Cinclus mexicanus (American Dipper)
- Cinclus pallasii (Brown Dipper)
- Cinclus schulzi (Rufous-throated Dipper)
Picha
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Mkesha-maji wa Ulaya
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White-capped dipper
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American dipper
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Brown dipper
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Brown dipper, mchanga katika maji
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Rufous-throated dipper