Kuona shiri muThailand: Baya weaver (Ploceus philippinus)

The baya weaver (Ploceus philippinus) ishiri inofamba uye ndeyeshiri dzinoruka. Iyo baya weaver ine nzvimbo yakakura yekugovera uye inowanikwa muThailand nenyika dzakavakidzana.

Shiri iyi inenge yakaenzana neshiri duku, yakareba masendimita gumi nemashanu uye inorema 15 kusvika 18 g. Murume weanogadza ane korona yero panguva yekuberekesa uye dema "mask" pasi payo. Chipfuva chakafanana grey, mune dzimwe subspecies kazhinji ine yero, asi nguva dzose isina kusununguka. Mukono nehadzi dzakashava pamusoro uye dzine minhenga ine chiedza (yero kumurume) kumucheto. Hadzi ine mutsetse weziso wakasvibira wakasviba uye haina yero, asi pasi payo yakatsvuka zvakaenzana.

Varuki veBaya ishiri dzinoshamwaridzana uye dzinoshamwaridzana. Dzinofura mumapoka nokuda kwembeu, zvose pazvirimwa uye pasi. Mapoka ezvipfuwo anobhururuka akadamburirana uye anowanzoita mafambisirwo akaoma kunzwisisa. Shiri dzinorara panhovo dzetsanga dziri pedyo nemvura. Vanorarama nehuswa hwemusango hwakaita seGuinea grass (Panicum maximum) nembesa dzakaita semupunga pakudya kwavo uye nekugadzira matendere. Vanodyawo zvipembenene (kusanganisira butterflies), dzimwe nguva pamatatya maduku, geckos uye molluscs, kunyanya kudyisa vana vavo.

Nzvimbo yekugara inosanganisira nzvimbo dzeuswa dzine mapoka emiti akasvetwa uye akapararira, mangrove, ivhu rakarimwa kazhinji pedyo nemvura, asi shoma pane dzimwe shiri dzinorukwa zvichienderana nekuve pedyo kwenzvimbo dzine mvura. Sezvinongoita shiri dzakawanda, shiri dzinoberekera mumapoka anosvika mazana maviri matendere akagadzirwa nounyanzvi.