El tocororo ya fi tsuntsu kawai: shi ne tsuntsayen ƙasa na Cuba. Wannan yana nufin cewa ɓangare ne na alamomin ƙasar nan tare da fure na malam buɗe ido, tafin sarauta ko tutar Cuba ɗin kanta, mashahurin Demajagua.
Sunan kimiyya na wannan dabba mai tamani shine Pririotus temnurus kuma yana daga cikin iyali daya kamar kwatancen. Koyaya, a tsibirin an san shi da tocororo ko kuma azaman tocolour. Wannan sunan ya samo asali ne daga sautin waƙar su, wanda onomatopoeia za a iya sake buga shi kamar haka: «to-co-ro-ro». A wasu yankuna na tsibirin, musamman a gabashin gabas, an san shi da sunan guatini, lokacin asalin Taino.
Daga mahangar Ornithological ra'ayi ne mai ban sha'awa sosai, tunda yana da endemism. Tocororo yana rayuwa ne kawai a Cuba: akan babban tsibirin, da wasu ƙananan tsibirai kamar Guanaja Cay, Isle na Matasa y Sabinal Cay.
Me yasa ake daukar Tocororo a matsayin tsuntsayen ƙasar Cuba? Dalilan guda biyu ne:
A gefe guda, zabansa mai yalwatacce yana da launuka iri daya da tutar Cuba. A gefe guda, yana faruwa haka ba zai yuwu a samu wannan tsuntsu a tsare ba. Lokacin da aka rufe Tocororo, yakan daina waka, ya daina cin abinci, ya rasa abin da yake da shi mai daraja sannan kuma a bar shi ya mutu a hankali. An fassara wannan halayyar a matsayin kyakkyawa: Tocororo yana son yanci kuma zai wakilci ruhun jama'ar Cuba.
Halayen Tocororo
Tocororo tsuntsaye ne mai matsakaicin girma wanda tsayinsa yakai tsakanin santimita 27 zuwa 29. Wutsiyarsa doguwa ce, mai auna kusan ɗaya da na sauran jikin. Tare da miƙa fuka-fuki wannan tsuntsu na iya kai kusan santimita 40 a cikin fikafikan.
Launukan layukan Tocororo suna kama da tutar Cuba
Wutsiyar Tocororo ta kasance daga dogayen gashin tsuntsaye masu kaifi wanda suka sanya karshenta cikin sifar zarto. Idanunsu jajaye, yayin da bakin bakin yake a sama kuma ja a ƙasan. Clausoshinsu suna kama da na tsuntsayen dangin Trogonidae
Abu mafi ban mamaki game da yanayin Tocororo shine launinta mai launi. Sama da bayan kansa shudiya-shudi ne, yayin da baya da wutsiya duhu ne duhu kuma masu haske. A gefe guda kuma, gashin fuka-fuka a wuya da kirji farare ne ko fatsi-fatsi, amma ciki da gindin wutsiya suna da haske ja sosai. Wannan shine yanayin halittar jikin maza. Ana iya gane mata saboda kirjinsu ma ja ne, kuma ba fari kamar na maza. Wannan kusan shine kawai bambancin yanayin halittar tsakanin jinsi biyu.
Akwai kananan kaya biyu da Tocororo a Cuba:
- Priotelus temnurus temnurus, wanda aka fi sani da yaduwa ko'ina cikin tsibirin.
- Priotelus temnurus vescus, aka buga a karo na farko a cikin 1905 kuma suka zauna kawai a tsibirin Matasa. Ya yi kama da sauran ƙananan ƙananan, kodayake girmanta ɗan ɗan karami ne.
Wurin zama da al'adun Tocororo
Tocororo yana nan a kusan dazuzzuka na ƙasar baki ɗaya, kodayake ya fi sauƙi a same shi a cikin waɗanda suka fi ganye da yawa kuma suna da bishiyoyi da dogayen rawanin. Ya fi yawa a ciki gabashin gabashin Kyuba: a cikin Sierra de los Órganos, da Ciénaga de Zapata, da Sierra del Escambray da tsaunukan Sierra Maestra.
Galibi ana cewa Tocororo shine tsuntsu mai nutsuwa. Ya shafe tsawon rana yana jingina a kan reshe, wuyansa ya runtse, yana yin barci. A zahiri, yana motsawa ne kawai don ciyar da kansa, wannan shine lokacin da ya nuna cewa tana iya saurin tashi da motsi. Tana cin 'ya'yan itace da ƙananan kwari.
Halin sa sosai canto (sanannen "to-co-ro-ro"), wanda galibi ana tare shi tare da raɗawa da rairawa. A cikin video daga sama zaku iya jin daɗin wannan sautin na musamman.
da dabi'un kiwo wannan tsuntsayen suna da ban sha'awa. Matar Tocororo tana yin ƙwai a tsakanin watannin Afrilu da Yuli, koyaushe tana riƙe da ƙwai 3 ko 4. Babban abin birgewa shine dabi'unsu na kwanciya a cikin gidajen wasu mutane, gabaɗaya na masu katako. Qwai suna kasancewa ne ba tare da fahimta ba daga mata da maza. Bayan haihuwa, ana raba aikin ciyar da matasa tsakanin maza da mata.
Kariya da kiyayewa
Gwamnatin Cuba ta amince da doka a cikin 1999 wacce ta hana farauta da kame Tocororo. Kodayake nau'ikan ba sa cikin haɗari ko barazanar barazanar su, ana ɗaukarsa a kare tsuntsu mai ban mamaki.
Ala kulli halin, wannan ma'auni na kariya ta shari'a ya fi alama fiye da amfani, tunda Tocororo ɗayan dabbobin da ake kauna ne da girmamawa na dabbobin ƙasar. 'Yan Cuba suna son Tocororo ba kawai don kyanta da waƙarta ba, har ma don matsayin ta na Bird na kasa, alama ce ta asalin Cuba. Cutar da waɗannan dabbobin ba a ɗaukar komai ba daga laifi ga ƙasar.