Kiluwiluwi (ndege)

Viluwiluwi ni ndege wa familia ndogo Vanellinae katika familia Charadriidae. Spishi hizi ni kubwa kuliko zile za familia ndoga ya Charadriinae. Huonekana mara kwa mara kando ya maji, lakini spishi nyingi huonekana pia mbali na maji hata kwa maeneo makavu. Hutaga mayai yao chini na hula wadudu hasa.

Kiluwiluwi
Kiluwiluwi fundichuma
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Ngeli: Aves (Ndege) Oda: Charadriiformes (Ndege kama vitwitwi) Familia: Charadriidae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na vitwitwi) Jenasi: Erythrogonys Gould, 1838 Peltohyas Sharpe, 1896 Vanellus Brisson, 1760 Spishi: Angalia katiba

Kwa maana mengine tazama Kiluwiluwi

Spishi za Afrika

• Vanellus albiceps, Kiluwingozi Utosi-mweupe (White-headed au White-crowned Lapwing)
• Vanellus armatus, Kiluwiluwi Fundichuma (Blacksmith Lapwing)
• Vanellus coronatus, Kiluwitaji (Crowned Lapwing)
• Vanellus crassirostris, Kiluwiluwi Madole-marefu (Long-toed Lapwing)
• Vanellus gregarius, Kiluwiluwi Makundi (Sociable Lapwing)
• Vanellus leucurus, Kiluwiluwi Mkia-mweupe (White-tailed Lapwing)
• Vanellus lugubris, Kiluwijivu (Senegal au Lesser Black-winged Lapwing)
• Vanellus melanocephalus, Kiluwiluwi Kidari-madoa (Spot-breasted Lapwing)
• Vanellus melanopterus, Kiluwiluwi Mabawa-meusi (Black-winged Lapwing)
• Vanellus senegallus, Kiluwingozi (African Wattled Lapwing)
• Vanellus spinosus, Kiluwiluwi Kizibao-cheusi au Chekehua (Spur-winged Lapwing au Spur-winged Plover)
• Vanellus superciliosus, Kiluwiluwi Kidari-chekundu (Brown-chested Lapwing)
• Vanellus tectus, Kiluwiluwi Kishungi (Black-headed Lapwing)
• Vanellus vanellus, Kiluwiluwi wa Ulaya (Northern Lapwing)

Spishi za mabara mengine

• Erythrogonys cinctus (Red-kneed Dotterel)
• Peltohyas australis (Inland Dotterel)
• Vanellus chilensis (Southern Lapwing)
• Vanellus cinereus (Grey-headed Lapwing)
• Vanellus duvaucelii (River Lapwing)
• Vanellus indicus (Red-wattled Lapwing)
• Vanellus macropterus (Javan Lapwing) labda imekwisha sasa
• Vanellus malabaricus (Yellow-wattled Lapwing)
• Vanellus miles (Masked Lapwing)
• Vanellus resplendens (Andean Lapwing)
• Vanellus tricolor (Banded Lapwing)

Picha

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  Kiluwingozi utosi-mweupe
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  Kiluwiluwi fundichuma
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  Kiluwitaji
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  Kiluwiluwi madole-marefu
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  Kiluwiluwi makundi
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  Kiluwingozi
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  Kiluwiluwi kizibao-cheusi
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  Kiluwiluwi kishungi
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  Kiluwiluwi wa Ulaya

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  Southern lapwing
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  Masked lapwing