Egrettaeulophotes - nsungu yachikasu. Nthumwi ya banja la heron ndiyosowa kwambiri ndipo imawerengedwa kuti ili pangozi. Mbalame zamtunduwu sizingathe kuphedwa, zili mu Red Book m'maiko ambiri, ndipo zalembedwanso mu Convention on the Rules for the Protection of Animals. Malo okhawo omwe nsombazi zimakhala momasuka ndikukhala mwamtendere ndi Far Eastern State Marine Reserve.
Kufotokozera
Pafupifupi mitundu yonse ya heron imasiyanitsidwa ndi kupezeka kwa "mchira" wawung'ono kumbuyo kwa mutu. Mitundu yamitengo yachikaso imakhalanso nayo, kokha yokula pang'ono. Mitunduyi ndi yocheperako kuposa egret yaying'ono. Kutalika kwamapiko ndi 23.5 cm, mchira ukhoza kufikira masentimita 10, kutalika komweko ku Tarso.
Mtundu wonse wa nthenga ndizoyera, ndi nthenga zazitali kumbuyo kwa mutu ndi masamba amapewa. Mlomo wachikaso umawoneka wosangalatsa ndi talusi wobiriwira wokhala ndi mtundu wabuluu kapena wachikaso komanso miyendo yakuda-chikasu.
M'nyengo yozizira, nthenga zazitali sizipezeka, ndipo mlomowo umakhala ndi utoto wakuda. Khungu la nkhope limakhala lobiriwira.
Chikhalidwe
Gawo lalikulu komwe zisa zake zimatulutsa zachikasu ndi gawo la East Asia. Madera akulu kwambiri amakhala pachilumbachi m'chigawo cha Yellow Sea, kunyanja ya South Korea komanso kumwera chakum'mawa kwa Republic of China. Mbalameyi imadziwika kuti ndi yodutsa m'malo angapo ku Japan, Borneo ndi Taiwan. Pofuna kumanga mazira, mphalapala amasankha udzu wochepa wokhala ndi madambo kapena dothi lamiyala.
Pakati pa mayiko a CIS, heron yemwe amakhala ndi chikaso chachikaso amapezeka nthawi zambiri ku Russian Federation, chomwe chili pachilumba cha Furugelma ku Nyanja ya Japan. Nthawi yoyamba kupezeka kwa mbalame m'chigawochi kudalembedwa mu 1915.
Zakudya
Mphalapala wamtundu wachikaso amasaka m'madzi osaya: apa imagwira nsomba zazing'ono ndi nkhono. Nkhono, nkhanu zazing'ono ndi tizilombo tomwe timakhala m'matupi amadzi ndizoyenera mbalameyi. Kuphatikiza apo, ma molluscs osazungulira ndi ma arthropods ndi oyenera ngati chakudya.
Zosangalatsa
Mphalapala ndi mbalame yapadera yomwe pamakhala zinthu zambiri zosadziwika, mwachitsanzo:
- Mbalameyi imatha kukhala ndi moyo zaka 25.
- Ziwombankhanga zimauluka pamwamba pa 1.5 km; ma helikopita amatalika kwambiri.
- Mbalameyi imadzipangira mthunzi kuti ikope nsomba zambiri.
- Zitsamba zimatsuka nthenga zawo pafupipafupi.
