Kwera

Kwera
Kwera nguya
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Ngeli: Aves (Ndege) Oda: Passeriformes (Ndege kama shomoro) Familia ya juu: Passeroidea (Ndege kama shomoro) Familia: Ploceidae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na kwera) Jenasi: Anaplectes Reichenbach, 1863 Brachycope Reichenow, 1900 Ploceus Cuvier, 1816 Spishi: Angalia katiba (±65)

Kwera ni ndege wadogo wa jenasi Anaplectes, Brachycope na Ploceus katika familia Ploceidae. Takriban spishi zote zinatokea Afrika, lakini spishi tano zinatokea Asia. Rangi kuu ya ndege hawa ni njano, isipokuwa kwera kichwa-chekundu, kwera michirizi, kwera kahawiachekundu na kwera mweusi. Mara nyingi kichwa au uso ni nyeusi. Spishi bila nyeusi kichwani huitwa mnana.

Ndege hawa hula mbegu hasa lakini wadudu pia, hususa makinda. Spishi hizi hulifuma tago lao kwa majani ya manyasi na hulining'inizia kitawi. Matago yao hupatikana katika makundi makubwa. Jike huyataga mayai 2-4.

Spishi za Afrika

• Anaplectes rubriceps, Kwera Kichwa-chekundu (Red-headed Weaver)
• Brachycope anomala, Kwera Mkia-mfupi (Bob-tailed Weaver)
• Ploceus albinucha, Kwera wa Maxwell (Maxwell's Black Weaver)
• Ploceus alienus, Kwera-milima (Strange Weaver)
• Ploceus angolensis, Kwera Mabaka-mraba (Bar-winged Weaver)
• Ploceus aurantius, Mnana Machungwa (Orange Weaver)
• Ploceus aureonucha, Kwera Kisogo-dhahabu (Golden-naped Weaver)
• Ploceus badius, Kwera Marungi (Cinnamon Weaver)
• Ploceus baglafecht, Kwera wa Baglafecht (Baglafecht Weaver)
  • Ploceus b. reichenowi, Kwera Uso-mweusi (Reichenow's Weaver)
• Ploceus bannermani, Kwera wa Bannerman (Bannerman’s Weaver)
• Ploceus batesi, Kwera wa Bates (Bates's Weaver)
• Ploceus bertrandi, Kwera Kisogo-cheusi (Bertram's au Bertrand's Weaver)
• Ploceus bicolor, Kwera Rangi-mbili (Dark-backed au Forest Weaver)
  • Ploceus b. kersteni, Kwera Bintichuma (Kersten's Weaver)
• Ploceus bojeri, Mnana-minazi (Golden Palm Weaver)
• Ploceus burnieri, Kwera wa Kilombero (Kilombero Weaver)
• Ploceus capensis, Mnana Kusi (Cape Weaver)
• Ploceus castaneiceps, Mnana wa Taveta (Taveta Weaver au Taveta Golden Weaver)
• Ploceus castanops, Mnana-mafunjo (Northern Brown-throated Weaver)
• Ploceus cucullatus, Kwera Nguya (Village Weaver)
• Ploceus dichrocephalus, Kwera wa Juba (Juba au Salvadori's Weaver)
• Ploceus dorsomaculatus, Kwera Utosi-njano (Yellow-capped Weaver)
• Ploceus flavipes, Kwera Miguu-njano (Yellow-legged Weaver) – pengine inaainishwa katika Malimbus
• Ploceus galbula, Kwera wa Rüppell (Rueppell's Weaver)
• Ploceus golandi, Kwera wa Clarke (Clarke's Weaver)
• Ploceus grandis, Kwera Mkubwa (Giant Weaver)
• Ploceus heuglini, Kwera wa Heuglin (Heuglin's Masked-weaver)
• Ploceus insignis, Kwera Kichwa-kahawia (Brown-capped Weaver)
• Ploceus intermedius, Kwera Macho-njano (Lesser Masked Weaver)
• Ploceus jacksoni, Kwera Mgongo-dhahabu (Golden-backed Weaver)
• Ploceus katangae, Kwera wa Katanga (Katanga Masked Weaver)
• Ploceus luteolus, Kwera Mdogo (Little Weaver)
• Ploceus manyar, Kwera Michirizi (Streaked Weaver) – imewasilishwa katika Delta ya Mto wa Naili huko Misri
• Ploceus melanocephalus, Kwera Mgongo-njano (Black-headed au Yellow-backed Weaver)
• Ploceus melanogaster, Kwera Kichwa-njano (Black-billed Weaver)
• Ploceus nelicourvi, Kwera wa Nelikurvi (Nelicourvi Weaver)
• Ploceus nicolli, Kwera wa Usambara (Usambara Weaver)
• Ploceus nigerrimus, Kwera Mweusi (Vieillot's Black Weaver)
• Ploceus nigricollis, Kwera Shingo-nyeusi (Black-necked Weaver)
• Ploceus nigrimentus, Kwera Kidevu-cheusi (Black-chinned Weaver)
• Ploceus ocularis, Kwera Koo-jeusi (Spectacled Weaver)
• Ploceus olivaceiceps, Kwera Kichwa-kijani (Olive-headed Weaver)
• Ploceus pelzelni, Kwera Domo-jembamba (Slender-billed Weaver)
• Ploceus preussi, Kwera wa Preuss (Preuss's Weaver)
• Ploceus princeps, Mnana wa Principe (Príncipe Weaver au Príncipe Golden Weaver)
• Ploceus reichardi, Kwera wa Tanzania (Tanzania Masked Weaver)
• Ploceus rubiginosus, Kwera Kahawiachekundu (Chestnut Weaver)
• Ploceus ruweti, Kwera wa Ziwa la Lufira (Lufira Masked au Lake Lufira Weaver)
• Ploceus sakalava, Kwera wa Sakalava (Sakalava Weaver)
• Ploceus sanctithomae, Kwera wa Sao Tome São Tomé Weaver)
• Ploceus spekei, Kwera Kidari-kahawia (Speke's Weaver)
• Ploceus spekeoides, Kwera wa Fox (Fox's Weaver)
• Ploceus subaureus, Mnana Tumbo-dhahabu (Eastern Golden Weaver)
• Ploceus subpersonatus, Kwera wa Loango (Loango Weaver)
• Ploceus superciliosus, Kwera Domo-nene (Compact Weaver) – pengine inaainishwa katika jenasi yake Pachyphantes
• Ploceus taeniopterus, Kwera Paji-jeusi (Northern Masked Weaver)
• Ploceus temporalis, Mnana wa Angola (Bocage's Weaver)
• Ploceus tricolor, Kwera Rangi-tatu (Yellow-mantled Weaver)
• Ploceus velatus, Kwera Paji-njano (Southern Masked Weaver)
• Ploceus vetellinus, Kwera Paji-jekundu (Vitelline Masked Weaver)
• Ploceus victoriae, Kwera wa Viktoria (Victoria Masked Weaver) – labda chotara (P. castanops x P.melanocephalus)
• Ploceus weynsi, Kwera Kichwa-chekundu (Weyns's Weaver)
• Ploceus xanthops, Mnana Mkubwa (Holub's Golden-weaver)
• Ploceus xanthopterus, Mnana Koo-kahawia (Southern Brown-throated Weaver)

Spishi za Asia

• Ploceus benghalensis (Black-breasted au Bengal Weaver)
• Ploceus hypoxanthus (Asian Golden Weaver)
• Ploceus megarhynchus (Finn's au Yellow Weaver)
• Ploceus philippinus (Baya Weaver)

Picha

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  Kwera-milima
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  Kwera uso-mweusi
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  Kwera rangi-mbili
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  Mnana kusi
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  Mnana wa Taveta
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  Kwera macho-njano
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  Kwera mgongo-dhahabu
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  Kwera mdogo
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  Kwera michirizi
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  Kwera mgongo-njano
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  Kwera mweusi
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  Kwera domo-jembamba
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  Kwera kahawiachekundu
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  Kwera kidari-kahawia
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  Mnana tumbo-dhahabu
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  Kwera rangi-tatu
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  Kwera paji-njano
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  Kwera paji-jekundu
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  Mnana mkubwa
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  Mnana koo-kahawia

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  Bengal weaver
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  Asian golden weaver
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  Baya weaver