Mbalame yachikondi ya Fisher

Mitunduyi idatchedwa dzina la dokotala waku Germany komanso wofufuza wa ku Africa Gustav Adolf Fischer.

Maonekedwe

Zinkhwe zazing'ono zazifupi zokhala ndi kutalika kwa thupi osapitirira 15 cm ndi kulemera kwa 58 g. Mtundu waukulu wa nthenga za thupi ndi wobiriwira, mutu ndi wofiira-lalanje mumtundu, umasanduka wachikasu pachifuwa. Mphuno ndi buluu. Mlomo ndi waukulu, wofiira, pali cere wowala. Mphete ya periorbital ndi yoyera komanso yonyezimira. Paws ndi bluish-imvi, maso a bulauni. Sexual dimorphism si khalidwe, n'zosatheka kusiyanitsa mwamuna ndi mkazi ndi mtundu. Nthawi zambiri akazi amakhala ndi mutu waukulu wokhala ndi mlomo waukulu m'munsi. Akazi ndi akulu kuposa amuna kukula kwake.

Utali wa moyo mu ukapolo ndi chisamaliro choyenera ukhoza kufika zaka 20.

Malo okhala ndi moyo m'chilengedwe

Mitunduyi idafotokozedwa koyamba mu 1800. Chiwerengero cha anthu amakono chimachokera ku 290.000 mpaka 1.000 anthu. Nyamayi siili pachiwopsezo cha kutha.

Mbalame zachikondi za Fisher zimakhala kumpoto kwa Tanzania kufupi ndi nyanja ya Victoria komanso kum’maŵa kwapakati pa Africa. Amakonda kukhazikika m'masavanna, kudyetsa makamaka mbewu zambewu zakutchire, zipatso za mthethe ndi zomera zina. Nthawi zina amawononga mbewu zaulimi monga chimanga ndi mapira. Kunja kwa nthawi yomanga zisa, amakhala m'magulu ang'onoang'ono.

Kubalana

Nthawi yoweta m'chilengedwe imayamba mu Januware mpaka Epulo ndipo mu June-Julayi. Amakhala m'mitengo yopanda kanthu komanso m'maenje pamtunda wa 2 mpaka 15 metres, nthawi zambiri m'magulu. Pansi pa malo osungiramo chisa ndi udzu, khungwa. Yaikazi imanyamula chisacho, ndikuchilowetsa pakati pa nthenga pamsana pake. Clutch nthawi zambiri imakhala ndi mazira oyera 3-8. Yaikazi yokha ndiyo imayalira, pamene yaimuna imamudyetsa. Kutalika kwa makulitsidwe ndi masiku 22-24. Anapiye amabadwa opanda chochita, ataphimbidwa pansi. Ali ndi zaka 35 - 38 masiku, anapiye amakhala okonzeka kuchoka pachisa, koma makolo awo amawadyetsa kwa nthawi yochulukirapo. 

M'chilengedwe, ma hybrids okhala ndi mbalame yobisika yachikondi amadziwika.