Mitundu ya nkhuku ndi Mndandanda wa mitundu ya AZ
Nkhuku ndi zina mwazidzidzidzi zotchuka kwambiri, osati chifukwa cha zizoloŵezi zawo zam'mawa komanso nkhope zozizwitsa, komanso chifukwa cha luso lawo komanso zozizwitsa zambiri zomwe zimawazungulira. Iwo amapezeka padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo zingakhale zosavuta kuposa momwe mbalame zambiri zimadziwira kuti ziwoneke ndikuwonjezera mbalame zodabwitsa ku mndandanda wa moyo wawo. Komanso, nkhuku zambiri ndi mbalame zokhala ndi mbalame zam'mlengalenga, zinyama ndi malo omwe zimakhala ndi chilengedwe, kotero aliyense amakhoza kuziwona pafupi ndikudziwana bwino ndi zikopa zomwe amakonda.
Mitundu ya Owulu
Pali mitundu yokwana 225 ya nkhuku padziko lonse lapansi, yogawidwa m'mabanja awiri. Zikumba zapanyumba zomwe zimakhala ndi nkhope zofanana ndi za mtundu wa Tytonidae , pomwe mitundu yonse ya owulu ili mu banja la Strigidae . Zikuwoneka ngati pali mitundu yambiri yambiri, komabe, chifukwa zikopa zambiri zimakhala ndi maina osiyanasiyana omwe amatha kufanana nawo. Izi zimapangitsa kuti aphunzire mayina a sayansi a ziphuphu kuti azitsimikiziridwa ndi zizindikiritso zoyenera komanso osati zolakwika dzina limodzi la mitundu yonse.
Ngakhale kuti mitundu yochepa chabe ya nkhuku imakhala yoika pangozi, mitundu pafupifupi 50 imakhala yotetezeka kapena yowopsya chifukwa cha kuchepa kwakukulu kwa anthu. Mitundu ingapo siinaphunzire mokwanira kuti adziŵe bwino momwe aliri, ndipo chiwerengero cha zikopa zomwe zingakhale pangozi zowonongeka zingakhale zazikulu kwambiri. Anthu ammudzi amatha kuopsezedwa kwambiri m'madera ena koma samaonedwa kuti ali pangozi kapena pangozi padziko lonse lapansi.
Ndikofunika kuti ntchito zowonongeka zitheke kukhazikitsidwa kuti chiteteze nkhandwe zonse kuti zisunge mbalame zamphamvu ndi zochititsa chidwi kwa mibadwo yotsatira ya mbalame kuti ikondwere.
Mndandanda wa Alfabeti wa Mitundu ya Owl
Zosankhidwa ndi Dzina Loyamba
* - Akuwopsezedwa kapena kuwopsya chifukwa cha chiŵerengero cha anthu chikucheperapo ndi kukula kwaopsezedwa
** - Wolemba kuti ali pangozi komanso pangozi yaikulu yotayika ngati kusungidwa kusagwiritsidwe ntchito (Zolemba za BirdLife International)
Ziwombankhanga za Tytonidae
- African Grass-Owl ( Tyto capensis )
- Ashy-Faced Owl ( Tyto glaucops )
- ** Osowa-Owl a ku Australia ( Tyto novaehollandiae )
- Malo Odyera Ambiri ( Tyto alba )
- Congo Bay-Owl ( Phodilus prigoginei )
- * Eastern Grass-Owl ( Tyto longimembris )
- Golden Masked-Owl ( Tyto Aurantia )
- Mbalame Zambiri Zambiri ( Tyto tenebricosa )
- * Ochepa-Owl ( Tyto multipunctata )
- Madagascar Red Owl ( Tyto soumagnei )
- Minahassa Masked-Owl ( Tyto inexspectata )
- ** East Oriental Bay-Owl ( Phodilus badius )
- Seram Masked-Owl ( Tyto almae )
- Chiwombankhanga cha Sri Lanka ( Phodilus assimilis )
- * Sulawesi Masked-Owl ( Tyto rosenbergii )
- Taliabu Masked-Owl ( Tyto nigrobrunnea )
Mphepete mwa Strigidae
- African Barred Owlet ( glaucidium capense )
- African Long-Eared Owl ( Asio abyssinicus )
- African Scops-Owl ( Otus senegalensis )
- African Wood Owl ( Strix woodfordii )
- Akun Eagle-Owl ( Bubo leucostictus )
- * Albertine Owlet ( Glaucidium albertinum )
- Amazonian Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium hardyi )
- * Andaman Boobook ( Ninox affinis )
- * Andaman Scops-Owl ( Otus balli )
- Andean Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium jardinii )
- ** Anjouan Scops-Owl ( Otus capnodes )
- ** Annobon Mphuno-Owl ( Otus feae )
- Arabian Scops-Owl ( Otus pamelae )
- Asia Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium cuculoides )
- Austral Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium nana )
- Baja Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium hoskinsii )
- Balsas Screech-Owl ( Megascops seductus )
- Mbalame Yamtundu Wambiri ( Pulsatrix melanota )
- * Banggai Scops-Owl ( Otus mendeni )
- Mbalame Zowola-Owl ( Margarobyas lawrencii )
- Bare-Shanked Screech-Owl ( Megascops clarkii )
- Kuwombera Owl ( Ninox connivens )
- Mphungu Yotsalira-Owl ( Bubo sumatranus )
- Zowonongeka Zotsalira ( Strix varia )
- * Bearded Screech-Owl ( Megascops barbarus )
- * Biak Mphuno-Owl ( Otus beccarii )
- Bismarck Boobook ( Ninox variegata )
- Mbalame Yamtundu ndi Yamtundu ( Ciccaba nigrolineata )
- Mbalame Yamtundu ( Ciccaba huhula )
- Black-Capped Screech-Owl ( Megascops atricapilla )
- ** Blekiston's Eagle-Owl ( Bubo blakistoni )
- Mbalame Zam'madzi ( Aegolius funereus )
- Brown Boobook ( Ninox scutulata )
- Nsomba za Brown Brown ( Ketupa zeylonensis )
- Brown Wood-Owl ( Strix leptogrammica )
- Buff-Fronted Owl ( Aegolius harrisii )
- Nsomba Zosakaniza ( Ketupa ketupu )
- Ng'ombe Zowola ( Athene cunicularia )
- Buru Boobook (malo a Ninox )
- ** Camiguin Boobook ( Ninox leventisi )
- Cape Eagle-Owl ( Bubo capensis )
- ** Cebu Boobook ( Ninox rumseyi )
- Central American Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium griseiceps )
- Chaco Owl ( Strix chacoensis )
- Nkhono Yamatabwa ( Glaucidium castaneum )
- * Nkhumba Zachikopa ( Glaucidium castanotum )
- * Chocolate Boobook ( Ninox randi )
- * Boobook ya Khirisimasi ( Ninox natalis )
- * Cinnabar Boobook ( Ninox ios )
- Kaminoni Screech-Owl ( Megascops petersoni )
- * Cloudforest Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium nubicola )
- * Cloudforest Screech-Owl ( Megascops marshalli )
- Colima Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium palmarum )
- Owlet Ophatikizidwa ( Glaucidium brodiei )
- Ophatikizana Ophwanyidwa ( Otus lettia )
- * Colombian Screech-Owl ( Megascops colombiusus )
- Pygmy-Owl ya Costa Rica ( Glaucidium costaricanum )
- Crested Owl ( Lophostrix cristata )
- Ciban Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium siju )
- Dusky Eagle-Owl ( Bubo coromandus )
- Eastern Screech-Owl ( Megascops asio )
- Elf Owl ( Micrathene whitneyi )
- * Enggano Scops-Owl ( Otus enganensis )
- Mphungu ya Eurasian-Owl ( Bubo bubo )
- Eurasian Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium passerinum )
- Eurasian Scops-Owl ( Otus scops )
- * Owl owopsa ( Nesasio solomonensis )
- Mbalame yotchedwa Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium brasilianum )
- Mawotchi Opaka Moto ( Psiloscops flammeolus )
- ** Zitsamba Zam'madzi ( Otus mapangidwe )
- ** Forest Owlet ( Heteroglaux blewitti )
- Chiwombankhanga cha Fraser ( Bubo poensis )
- Owl okongola ( Strix fulvescens )
- * Mbalame Zamphongo Zambiri ( Otus gurneyi )
- ** Grand Comoro Scops-Owl ( Otus pauliani )
- Grey Owl ( Strix nebulosa )
- Nkhumba Yaikulu Yamtambo ( Bubo virginianus )
- Greyish Eagle-Owl ( Bubo cinerascens )
- * Guadalcanal Boobook (ginoti ya Ninox )
- Guatemala-Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium cobanense )
- Guatemalan Screech-Owl ( Megascops guatemalae )
- Halmahera Boobook ( Ninox hypogramma )
- Mbalame ya Himalayan ( Strix nivicolum )
- Hume's Boobook ( Ninox obscura )
- Hume's Owl ( Strix butleri )
- Indian Scops-Owl ( Otus bakkamoena )
- Mbalame ya Jamaican ( Pseudoscops grammicus )
- Zokongola za ku Japan ( Otus semitorques )
- Javan Owlet ( Glaucidium castanopterum )
- * Javan Scops-Owl ( Otus angelinae )
- Jungle Boobook ( Ninox theomacha )
- Jungle Owlet ( Glaucidium radiatum )
- Koepcke's Screech-Owl ( Megascops koepckeae )
- Buku Lopatulika ( Ninox sumbaensis )
- Wopanda Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium minutissimum )
- Owl Ochepa ( Athene noctua )
- Zakale Zakale Zambiri Zomwe Zimakhalapo ( Megascops sanctaecatarinae )
- ** Long-Whiskered Owlet ( Xenoglaux loweryi )
- Luzon Boobook ( Ninox philippensis )
- * Luzon Highland Scops-Owl ( Otus longicornis )
- Luzon Lowland Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis )
- Madagascar Long-Eared Owl ( Asio madagascariensis )
- Madagascar Mphuno-Owl ( Otus rutilus )
- Mbalame Yamagellanic ( Bubo magellanicus )
- Makira Boobook ( Ninox roseoaxillaris )
- Malaita Boobook (Malaitae a Ninox )
- Maned Owl ( Jubula lettii )
- * Mphungu ya Mantanani-Owl ( Otus mantananensis )
- Manus Boobook ( Ninox meeki )
- Marsh Owl ( Asio capensis )
- Mayotte Scops-Owl ( Otus mayottensis )
- * Mentawai Scops-Owl ( Otus mentawi )
- * Mindanao Boobook ( Ninox spilocephala )
- * Mindanao Highland Scops-Owl ( Otus mirus )
- Mindanao Lowland Scops-Owl ( Otus everetti )
- * Mindoro Boobook ( Ninox mindorensis )
- * Mindoro Scops-Owl ( Otus mindorensis )
- ** Moheli Scops-Owl ( Otus moheliensis )
- Moluccan Scops-Owl ( Otus magicus )
- Zowonjezera Zakudya ( Ninox novaeseelandiae )
- Mawotchi Ophwanya Mazira ( Ciccaba virgata )
- Mtengo Wotchedwa Mottled Wood-Owl ( Strix ocellata )
- Phiri Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium gnoma )
- Mphepete Zamapiri-Owl ( Otus spilocephalus )
- * New Britain Boobook ( Ninox odiosa )
- Nicobar Scops-Owl ( Otus alius )
- Buku la kumpoto ( Ninox japonica )
- Northern Hawk-Owl ( Surnia amaulula )
- Mtsinje wa Long-Eared Owl ( Asiao otus )
- Northern Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium californicum )
- Mtsinje wa North-Wowombera ( Aegolius acadicus )
- Nkhokwe Yoyera Kumpoto Yoyera ( Ptilopsis leucotis )
- * Ocher-Bellied Boobook ( Ninox ochracea )
- Omani Owl ( Strix omanensis )
- Zozizwitsa za Kum'mawa ( Otus sunia )
- Pacific Screech-Owl ( Megascops coopereri )
- Palau Owl ( Pyrroglaux podargina )
- * Palawan Scops-Owl ( Otus fuliginosus )
- Mbalame ya Pallid-Owl ( Otus brucei )
- Buku la Papuan ( Uroglaux dimorpha )
- Mbalame Zamtengo Wapatali ( Glaucidium perlatum )
- Nsomba za Pel-Owl ( Scotopelia two )
- * Pemba Scops-Owl ( Otus pembaensis )
- ** Pernambuco Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium mooreorum )
- Pygmy-Owl ya Peruvia ( Glaucidium peruanum )
- Phiri la Screech-Owl ( Megascops roboratus )
- Mphungu ya Farawo ( Bubo ascalaphus )
- * Philippine Eagle-Owl ( Bubo philippensis )
- Owl amphamvu ( nkhono ya Ninox )
- Malo a Puerto Rican-Owl ( Megascops nudipes )
- Rajah Scops-Owl ( Otus brookii )
- Chiwombankhanga Chofiira ( Glaucidium tephronotum )
- * Reddish Scops-Owl ( Otus rufescens )
- * Rinjani Scops-Owl ( Otus jolandae )
- Mtsinje wa Eagle-Owl ( Bubo bengalensis )
- * Romblon Boobook ( Ninox spilonotus )
- Mbalame Yam'madzi ( Megascops ingens )
- * Nsomba Zopha Nsomba Zowola ( Scotopelia ussheri )
- Rufous Owl ( rupafa ya Ninox )
- Anthu Osauka Ambiri ( Ciccaba albitarsis )
- Mphepete-Zam'mimba Owl ( Mafupa a miyala )
- * Rusty-Barred Owl ( Strix hylophila )
- * Ryukyu Scops-Owl ( Azus elegans )
- Sandy Scops-Owl ( Otus icterorhynchus )
- Sangihe Scops-Owl ( Otus collari )
- * Sao Tome Scops-Owl ( Otus hartlaubi )
- Seram Boobook ( Ninox squamipila )
- ** Serendib Scops-Owl ( Otus thilohoffmanni )
- ** Seychelles Mphuno-Owl ( Otus insularis )
- * Shelley's Eagle-Owl ( Bubo shelleyi )
- Otsala Ochepa ( Asio flammeus )
- ** Madzi a Siau-Owl ( Otus siaoensis )
- * Simeulue Scops-Owl ( Otus umbra )
- Nkhumba ya Sjostedt ( Glaucidium sjostedti )
- Snowy Owl ( Bubo scandiacus )
- Socotra Scops-Owl ( Otus socotranus )
- ** Sokoke Scops-Owl ( Otus ireneae )
- Buku la Southern Boobook (Buku la Ninox )
- Owulu Woyera Kumwera ( Ptilopsis granti )
- Buku la Boobook ( Ninox punctulata )
- Mbalame Zowonongeka ( Pulsatrix perspicillata )
- Mbalame Zowonongeka Zowonongeka ( Bubo nipalensis )
- Mphungu Yamphongo ( Bubo africanus )
- * Spotted Owl ( Strix occidentalis )
- Zowonongeka ( Athene brama )
- Mtengo Wotchedwa Wood-Owl ( Mdima wa seloputo )
- Ophimba Owl ( Wofuula wa Asio )
- Mtambo wa Stygian Owl ( Asio stygius )
- Mitundu ya Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium parkeri )
- * Sula Scops-Owl ( Otus sulaensis )
- Sulawesi Scops-Owl ( Otus manadensis )
- * Sulu Boobook ( Ninox reyi )
- * Sumba Boobook ( Ninox rudolfi )
- Sunda Mphuno-Owl ( Otus lempiji )
- Tamaulipas Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium sanchezi )
- Tanimbar Boobook ( Ninox yapamadzi )
- Tasmanian Boobook ( Ninox leucopsis )
- Nsomba Zam'madzi ( Tawpa Flavipes )
- Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco )
- Tawny-Bellied Screech-Owl ( Megascops watsonii )
- Tawny-Browed Owl ( Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana )
- * Togian Boobook ( Ninox burhani )
- Tropical Screech-Owl ( Megascops choliba )
- Tucuman Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium tucumanum )
- Nkhalango Zowonongeka ( Aegolius ridgwayi )
- Ural Owl ( Strix uralensis )
- Nkhalango Yotchera Nsomba ( Scotopelia bouvieri )
- Vermiculated Screech-Owl ( Megascops vermiculatus )
- Eagle-Owl ya Verreaux ( Bubo lacteus )
- * Visayan Scops-Owl ( Otus nigrorum )
- Mbalame ya Wallace ya Otops ( Otus silvicola )
- West Solomons Boobook ( Ninox jacquinoti )
- Western Screech-Owl ( Megascops kennicottii )
- Nsomba za Wetar-Owl ( Otus tempestatis )
- Whiskered Screech-Owl ( Megascops trichopsis )
- Otsatira Oyera ( Athene superciliaris )
- * White-Fronted Scops-Owl ( Otus sagittatus )
- Oyera-Ophwanyika-Owl ( Megascops albogularis )
- Yungas Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium bolivianum )
- Yungas Screech-Owl ( Megascops hoyi )