Igama elivamile:
I-Parrotlet, i-Pocket Parrot, iParrotlet yasePacific, i-Celestial Parrotlet, iProtrotlet yesiFundo.
Igama lesayensi:
I-coelestis yamaforpus.
Umsuka:
IPeru ne-Ecuador.
Usayizi:
Okuncane. Phakathi kuka-4 1/2 no-5 1/2 amayintshi, ubukhulu obukhulu kulabo abahlala ezindlini zokulala, izidumbu, noma amakhondomu.
Isilinganiso sempilo yokuphila:
Kukholelwa ukuthi iParrotlets ingaphila iminyaka engaba ngu-30.
Isimiso:
Eyaziwa njenge-feisty, izinyoni ezinamandla, ama-Parrotlets angakwazi ukungaqondisi ngaphandle kokuphatha kahle .
Bavame ukwenza kahle kakhulu njengezilwane ezifuywayo lapho zigcinwa yibo ngokwabo, njengoba zijwayele ukuba nezidlova kwezinye izinyoni. Noma kunjalo, tame ama-Parrotlets aphethwe ngesandla aphethwe kahle okwenza abangane abathandekayo nabathandekayo kakhulu.
Imibala:
I-Pacific Parrotlets yizinhlobo ze-dimorphic, kanti imibala evamile ibe yilapho iluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Abesilisa bangahlukaniswa nabesifazane ngokushaywa kwebala elihlaza okwesibhakabhaka emhlane nasemuva kwamehlo abo. Ama-parrotlets nawo afika ezinhlokweni eziningi zombala , njenge-lutino, i-blue, ne-albino.
Ukudla:
I-Pacific Parrotlets ine-metabolisms ephezulu kakhulu futhi kufanele ibe nokudla ngaso sonke isikhathi. Bayaziwa ngokuthanda kwabo okuvusa amadlingozi futhi baphumelele ekudleni okuhlukahlukene okubandakanya izithelo nemifino ephephile yenyoni , imbewu encane njengama-millet, ama-pellets aphezulu okuthengisa, kanye nemithombo yamaprotheni enomsoco njengamaqanda.
Ukuzivocavoca:
Isebenza kakhulu, i-Parrotlets idinga indawo eningi yokudlala, nokuningi kwamathoyizi okuzodlala nawo.
Ziyizinyoni ezincane ezibuza futhi zizofika ezintweni zakho uma ungabanikizi ngamathoyizi abo! Uma ufuna ukuba neParrotlet, kufanele uqiniseke ukuthi ungabeka eceleni indawo ephephile yenyoni ukuze isilwane sakho sidlale okungenani amahora angu-1 kuya kwangu-2 ngosuku. Kudingeka bakwazi ukuphuma emaketeni abo, ukwelula amaphiko abo, nokusebenzisa imisipha yomlenze ukuze balondoloze impilo yabo engokwengqondo nangokwengqondo.
I-Parrotlets njengezilwane ezifuywayo:
Ebalabala, ekhangayo, futhi ehlakaniphile, i-Parrotlets iye yaba izilwane ezifuywayo ezidumile eminyakeni yamuva. Ubukhulu babo obuncane nobuntu obunokuthula benza kube yinto enhle kubantu abahlala ezindlini noma izindlu.
Ebizwa ngokuthi "i-Pocket Parrots" ekuhwebeni kwezilwane, lezi zinyoni ezincane empeleni ziyizingxenye ezincane kunazo zonke zomndeni we-parrot, futhi zifana nezinhlobo eziningi ezihlakaniphile. Abanye bafunda ukukhuluma kahle, nakuba lezi zinhlobo zingabonakali ngokukhethekile ngekhono lokukhuluma.
Iqiniso elithakazelisayo mayelana neParrotlets ukuthi isihlobo sabo esiseduze yi-Parrot ye-Amazon. Yize lezi zinhlobo ezimbili zihluka ngobukhulu, abanikazi bavame ukubika ukufana okuphawulekayo phakathi kwabo.
Ngenkathi ama-Parrotlets engase abe amancane, akuzona neze "ukugcinwa okuphansi." Yiqiniso kuyilapho kulula ngokwemvelo ukuhlanza ngemuva kokuqhathaniswa nezinyoni ezinkulu, ukuba zihlangane nazo futhi ziphathwe nsuku zonke ukuze zihlale zizinhle.
Izithombe (c) 2008 Alyson Burgess