Heroe

Heroe
Heroe wakubwa
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Ngeli: Aves (Ndege) Oda: Phoenicopteriformes (Ndege kama heroe) Familia: Phoenicopteridae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na heroe) Bonaparte, 1831
Ngazi za chini
Jenasi 3: Phoeniconaias G.R. Gray, 1869 Phoenicoparrus Bonaparte, 1856 Phoenicopterus Linnaeus, 1758

Heroe ni ndege wa jenasi Phoenicopterus, jenasi pekee ya familia ya Phoenicopteridae. Ndege hawa hukaa kwa maji ya chumvi kwa makundi makubwa. Wana miguu mirefu na shingo ndefu na nyembamba. Wakiruka angani hunyosha shingo. Urefu wao ni kati ya futi 3 na 5. Hula vijimea (algae) na nduvi ndogo ambazo huzikamata na domo lao zungu linalotumika kama chujio. Tago lao ni kifungu cha matope kwa tundu fupi ambalo ndani lake yai moja linatagwa.

Spishi za Afrika

• Phoeniconaias minor, Heroe Mdogo (Lesser Flamingo)
• Phoenicopterus roseus, Heroe Mkubwa (Greater Flamingo): anatokea Asia na Ulaya pia.

Spishi za Amerika

• Phoenicoparrus andinus (Andean Flamingo)
• Phoenicoparrus jamesi (James's Flamingo)
• Phoenicopterus chilensis (Chilean Flamingo)
• Phoenicopterus ruber (American Flamingo)

Picha

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  Heroe mdogo
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  Heroe mkubwa

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  Andean flamingo
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  Chilean flamingo
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  James's flamingo
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  Caribbean flamingo