Chamchanga

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Chamchanga
Chamchanga miguu-kijani
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Ngeli: Aves (Ndege) Oda: Charadriiformes (Ndege kama vitwitwi) Familia: Scolopacidae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na sululu) Jenasi: Actitis Illiger, 1811 Tringa Linnaeus, 1758 Xenus Kaup, 1829

Chamchanga ni ndege wa jenasi mbalimbali katika familia ya Scolopacidae. Chamchanga tumbo-jeupe huitwa kiulimazi kwa kawaida. Ndege hawa ni weusi au kahawia na weupe, na wana domo refu na miguu mirefu na myembamba. Huonekana kandi ya bahari, viziwa au mito ambapo hukamata wadudu, gegereka hata samaki wadogo. Hutaga mayai 3-5 chini mahali majimaji.

[hariri] Spishi za Afrika

• Actitis hypoleucos, Chamchanga Tumbo-jeupe au Kiulimazi (Common Sandpiper)
• Tringa erythropus, Chamchanga Madoa (Spotted Redshank)
• Tringa glareola, Chamchanga-mtoni (Wood Sandpiper)
• Tringa nebularia, Chamchanga Miguu-kijani (Common Greenshank)
• Tringa ochropus, Chamchanga Kijani (Green Sandpiper)
• Tringa stagnatilis, Chamchanga-wangwa (Marsh Sandpiper)
• Tringa totanus, Chamchanga Miguu-hina (Common Redshank)
• Xenus cinereus, Chamchanga kijivu (Terek Sandpiper)

[hariri] Spishi za mabara mengine

• Actitis macularia (Spotted Sandpiper)
• Tringa brevipes (Grey-tailed Tattler) – zamani Heteroscelus brevipes
• Tringa flavipes (Lesser Yellowlegs)
• Tringa guttifer (Spotted Greenshank)
• Tringa incana (Wandering Tattler) – zamani Heteroscelus incanus
• Tringa melanoleuca (Greater Yellowlegs)
• Tringa semipalmata (Willet) – zamani Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
• Tringa solitaria (Solitary Sandpiper)

[hariri] Picha

Kiulimazi	Chamchanga madoa	Chamchanga-mtoni	Chamchanga miguu-kijani
Chamchanga kijani	Chamchanga-wangwa	Chamchanga miguu-hina	Chamchanga kijivu

Spotted sandpiper	Lesser yellowlegs	Greater yellowlegs	Willet
Solitary sandpiper