Ukuze ukwazi ukuba yiyiphi i-parrot eyona mkhulu, kufuneka uhlolisise imilinganiselo emininzi. Ukuba sinokuqwalasela ubude bomzimba weentaka kunye nobukhulu bayo, i-parrot enkulu yi-kakapo. Yaye ukuba ugweba ngobude ukusuka kwintsimbi ukuya kwintonga yomsila, ke i-hyacinth macaw win. Zombini ezi zintlobo kakhulu kwaye ziyakuthi ziphele.
Kakapo
I-Kakapo (okanye i-owl parrot) yowesiqhelo se-parlots. Le ntaka ibangela ubomi obusasa. Ukuhlala kakapo eNew Zealand. Kuzo zonke iintlobo zeeproti, iKava kuphela ayikwazi ukuhamba.
Ubungakanani bomzimba wakhe bu malunga no-60 cm, kwaye intaka inokulinganisela ukuya kwi-4 kg. I-plapo ye-kakapo iluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kunye nemivimbo emnyama emva. Umbhobho we-parrot uhlanganiswe neentsiba zobuso, njengalezi zikhumba.
Isiqhelo esingaqhelekanga se-kakapo yinto eqaqambileyo, evumba elithozamisayo le ntaka. Kufana nevumba leentyatyambo kunye nobusi.
Ukutya okumnandi kakhulu kwiprotothi yintlobo yemithi yaseRoma. Esi sityalo sizalisa i-kakapo enegunya lokuzala. Ezi ntaka ziphindaphinda kuphela xa imithi ikhula kakuhle. Ngethuba lexesha lokuzalisa, amadoda abuthana kwindawo enye aze aphile ingqalelo yowesifazane. Ukulwa rhoqo phakathi kwama-parrots ngeli xesha. I-parrot ibhinqa ibeka amaqanda kwiminyaka emibili. Amaqabunga kuma-clutch aqhelekileyo amabini, kodwa ahlala esaphila inkukhu enye kuphela.
Kodwa ezi iiproti zixesha elide. I-Kakapo ingaphila ngaphezu kwekhulu leminyaka. Zibhalwe kwi-Red Book njengezilwanyana ezisengozini.
Inkulu ye-hyacinth macaw
Inkulu ye-hyacinth macaw yi-parrot enkulu kwihlabathi kunye nobude bomzimba wayo. Abanye abameli beentlobo banokufikelela ubude obufikelela kwi-98 cm, kodwa inxalenye ebalulekileyo yale nto iwela emsila.
Iintyatyambo ze-parrot zenziwe ngepeyibhile eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Ubomvu bukhulu kwaye bunamandla, obunemibala emnyama.
Imveliso enkulu ye-hyacinth itholakala eBrazil, eParaguay naseBolivia. Bagcina amahlathi, iibhanki zemilambo, amasundu.
Ngokungafani ne-kakapo, i-hyacinth macaw isebenza ngexesha lemini. Yemihla ngemihla, i-ara indiza iikhilomitha ezimbalwa ukufikelela kwiindawo zokutya, uze ubuyele kwindawo yokuchitha ubusuku. Bondla emanzini, iziqhamo kunye namajikijolo. Kwinyango, i-hyacinth macaw idala isibini esitshatileyo, ngamanye amaxesha unokudibana neqela lesapho lama-parrots ayi-6-12. Izinyoni zeentaka kanye okanye kabini ngonyaka.
Le ntlobo yeeprototi isecaleni lokutshatyalaliswa ngenxa yokuzingela kunye nokubamba amaninzi. Indawo yabo yendalo yatshatyalaliswa ngamadlelo asezilwanyana zasemakhaya kunye nokutshala imithi engaqhelekanga.