Tunguridi

Tunguridi ni ndege wadogo wa jenasi Pytilia katika familia Estrildidae ambao wanatokea Afrika tu. Wanafana na mishigi na wana rangi mbalimbali kama nyekundu, machungwa, njano na/au kijani. Hula mbegu hasa lakini wadudu pia, hususa makinda. Tago lao ni tufe la manyasi lenye mwingilio kwa kando. Jike huyataga mayai 3-4.

Tunguridi
Tunguridi mabawa-kijani
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: Estrildidae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na mishigi) Jenasi: Pytilia Swainson, 1837 Spishi: P. afra (Gmelin, 1789) P. hypogrammica Sharpe, 1870 P. lineata Heuglin, 1863 P. melba (Linnaeus, 1758) P. phoenicoptera Swainson, 1837

Spishi

• Pytilia afra, Tunguridi Mabawa-machungwa (Orange-winged Pytilia)
• Pytilia hypogrammica, Tunguridi Mabawa-njano (Red-faced or Yellow-winged Pytilia)
• Pytilia lineata, Tunguridi Domo-jekundu (Red-billed Pytilia)
• Pytilia melba, Tunguridi Mabawa-kijani (Green-winged Pytilia au Melba Finch)
• Pytilia phoenicoptera, Tunguridi Mabawa-mekundu (Red-winged Pytilia)

Picha

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  Tunguridi mabawa-njano