mphete (Mkandala)
Mawonekedwe a ringed parrots
Izi ndi mbalame zapakatikati, zokongola kwambiri komanso zokongola. Kutalika ndi 30-50 cm. Makhalidwe amtundu wa mbalamezi ndi mchira wautali. Mlomo wake ndi waukulu, uli ndi mawonekedwe ozungulira. Mtundu wa nthenga nthawi zambiri umakhala wobiriwira, koma mzere wofanana ndi mkanda umawonekera pakhosi (mumitundu ina umawoneka ngati tayi). Mtundu wa amuna umasiyana ndi mtundu wa akazi, koma mbalame zimapeza mtundu wachikulire panthawi ya kutha msinkhu (pofika zaka 3). Mapiko a mbalamezi ndi aatali (pafupifupi 16 cm) ndi akuthwa. Chifukwa chakuti miyendo ya mbalamezi ndi yaifupi komanso yofooka, zimayenera kugwiritsa ntchito milomo yawo ngati chothandizira chachitatu poyenda pansi kapena kukwera nthambi zamitengo.
Malo okhala ndi moyo wakuthengo
Malo okhala mbalame zokhala ndi zinkhwe ndi East Africa ndi South Asia, ngakhale kuti mitundu ina idasamutsidwira ku chilumba cha Madagascar ndi Australia, komwe mbalame zokhala ndi mphete zidasinthiratu bwino kotero kuti zidayamba kuthamangitsa mitundu ya mbalame. Ringed zinkhwe amakonda kukhala mu chikhalidwe malo ndi nkhalango, kupanga nkhosa. Amadyetsa m'mawa ndi madzulo, kenako amawulukira mwadongosolo kupita kumalo othirira. Ndipo pakati pa chakudya amapumula, atakhala pamwamba pa mitengo yowirira. Chakudya chachikulu: mbewu ndi zipatso za zomera zakutchire. Monga lamulo, nthawi yoswana, yaikazi imayikira mazira 2 mpaka 4 ndikuyika anapiye, pamene yaimuna imamudyetsa ndikuteteza chisa. Anapiye amabadwa pakadutsa masiku 22 - 28, ndipo pambuyo pa miyezi 1,5 - 2 amachoka pachisa. Nthawi zambiri mbalame zokhala ndi mphete zimapanga ana awiri pa nyengo (nthawi zina 2).
Kusunga zinkhwe
Mbalamezi ndizoyenera kusunga pakhomo. Amasinthidwa mwachangu, amakhala nthawi yayitali, amazolowera kundende mosavuta. Akhoza kuphunzitsidwa kulankhula mawu ochepa kapena mawu. Komabe, muyenera kupirira zovuta: ali ndi mawu akuthwa, osasangalatsa. Zinkhwe zina zimakhala zaphokoso. Kutengera ndi gulu, mitundu 12 mpaka 16 imaperekedwa ku mtunduwo.
