Kipondya

Vipondya ni ndege mbuai wa jenasi Circus, jenasi pekee ya nusufamilia Circinae katika familia Accipitridae, ambao hukamata wanyama na ndege wadogo. Wakitafuta mawindo vipondya huruka kwa mwinuko mfupi juu ya viwanja na vinamasi na huweka mabawa yao kwa V fupi. Rangi za manyoya ya dume na jike ni tofauti. Hulitengeneza tago lao ardhini au juu ya mti na jike huyataga mayai 1-8.

Kipondya
Kipondya wa Ulaya
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Nusufaila: Vertebrata (Wanyama wenye uti wa mgongo) Ngeli: Aves (Ndege) Oda: Accipitriformes (Ndege kama vipanga) Familia: Accipitridae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na vipanga) Nusufamilia: Circinae Jenasi: Circus Lacépède, 1799
Ngazi za chini
Spishi 16: C. aeruginosus Linnaeus, 1758 C. approximans Peale, 1848 C. assimilis Jardine & Selby, 1828 C. buffoni Gmelin, 1788 C. cinereus Vieillot, 1816 C. cyaneus Linnaeus, 1766 C. hudsonius Linnaeus, 1766 C. macrourus S.G. Gmelin, 1770 C. macrosceles A. Newton, 1863 C. maillardi J. Verreaux, 1862 C. maurus (Temminck, 1828) C. melanoleucos (Pennant, 1769) C. pygargus (Linnaeus, 1758) C. ranivorus (Daudin, 1800) C. spilonotus Kaup, 1847 C. spilothorax Salvadori & Albertis, 1875

Spishi za Afrika

• Circus aeruginosus, Kipondya wa Ulaya (Western Marsh Harrier)
  • Circus a. aeruginosus, Kipondya wa Ulaya (Western Marsh Harrier)
  • Circus a. harterti, Kipondya wa Afrika Kaskazini-Magharibi (Northwest African Marsh Harrier)
• Circus cyaneus, Kipondya Kijivubuluu (Hen Harrier)
• Circus macrosceles, Kipondya wa Madagaska (Malagasy Harrier)
• Circus macrourus, Kipondya Kijivu (Pallid Harrier)
• Circus maillardi, Kipondya wa Reunion (Réunion Harrier)
• Circus maurus, Kipondya Mweusi (Black Harrier)
• Circus pygargus, Kipondya wa Montagu (Montagu's Harrier)
• Circus ranivorus, Kipondya wa Afrika (African Marsh Harrier)

Spishi za mabara mengine

• Circus approximans (Swamp Harrier)
• Circus assimilis (Spotted Harrier)
• Circus buffoni (Long-winged Harrier)
• Circus cinereus (Cinereous Harrier)
• Circus hudsonius (Northern Harrier)
• Circus melanoleucos (Pied Harrier)
• Circus spilonotus (Eastern Marsh Harrier)
• Circus spilothorax (Papuan Harrier)

Picha

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  Kipondya wa Ulaya
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  Kipondya kijivubuluu
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  Kipondya wa Madagaska
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  Kipondya kijivu
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  Kipondya wa Reunion
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  Kipondya mweusi
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  Kipondya wa Montagu
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  Kipondya wa Afrika

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  Swamp harrier
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  Spotted harrier
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  Long-winged harrier
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  Cinereous harrier
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  Northern harrier
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  Pied harrier
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  Eastern marsh harrier