tookeukeu Dwarf Kingfisher

Part of Speech n2
    • Dwarf Kingfisher
      • animals, birds
    • Scientific Name Ceyx lepidus
      • Example 7616:
        A tookeukeu a naovana vai a tara vamanini kurus. A naovana vai na vurahe bata raara beara hua hovo batara komana boon. Na rake kurus rori tea tei tea maa hum bona. Bero a vuri mee to vurahe batari raara ori tea maa rapana hanana, ei beori naovo batari, beori sue batari, "Keeeu, keeeu, keeeu." Naovana vai na pokaa komana batana bona hena riori. A ihu ria abana vaarii o ihuihu beebebeahu. A kahoo riori o namanamana. A pakapaka riori a namanamana, a gogoo riori he a kakaavoo, ae a domoriori mee. Maamihu vuri tau naovo vabuaku batari. Bea meha kopo vahuhu koa, a peha ore paa naovo papahiana batana.
        The Dwarf Kingfisher is a very beautiful bird. We find this bird when we are paddling inside the mangroves. They like very much to stay in these places. Often, we also find them at the road side, when they fly along, when they say: "Keeeu, keeeu, keeeu." This bird is calling their own name. The beaks of these guys are long beaks. Their heads are blue. Their wings are blue, but their throat is white, and also their breast. All the time they fly in pairs. Only if one hatches out eggs, the other one flies by itself.
        Source: Sii 43W 054-068

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