Ndege (mnyama)

Ndege ni wanyama wenye uti wa mgongo (chordata) na miguu miwili wanaozaliana kwa kutaga mayai. 

Biolojia inawapanga katika ngeli ya Aves. 

Ndege wameenea kote duniani kuanzia Aktiki hadi Antaktiki. 

Ndege mdogo huwa na sentimita 5 tu na ndege mkubwa ana urefu wa mita mbili na nusu.

Ndege huwa na manyoya, mdomo bila meno, mayai yenye ganda gumu, moyo wenye vyumba vinne na mifupa myepesi ambayo ni imara. 

Ndege walio wengi wana uwezo wa kuruka hewani na maumbile yao yanalingana na kusafiri hewani. Ila tu aina chache zimepoteza uwezo wa kuruka kwa mfano mbuni, ngwini na ndege kadhaa wa visiwani.

Aina nyingi za ndege huwa na misafara ya kila mwaka, kwa mfano korongo mweupe husafiri kila mwaka kati ya Afrika na Ulaya.

 Uainishaji 
 Ngeli Aves: Ndege
 Nusungeli Neornithes: Ndege waliopo hadi sasa
 Oda ya juu Palaeognathae: 
 Oda Struthioniformes: K.m. mbuni, emu, kiwi, n.k.
 Oda Tinamiformes: Tinamu
 Oda ya juu Neognathae: 
 Oda Anseriformes: Mabata
 Oda Galliformes: K.m. kanga, kwale, tausi, kuku, n.k.
 Oda Charadriiformes: K.m. vitwitwi, chekehukwa, shakwe, sululu, n.k.
 Oda Gaviiformes: Wazamaji
 Oda Podicipediformes: Vibisi
 Oda Procellariiformes: Albatrosi, walinzi, walinzi wazamaji na ninga-bahari
 Oda Sphenisciformes: Ngwini
 Oda Pelecaniformes: Wari, kwarara, domomwiko, vumatiti, yangeyange, vingoyo na koikoi
 Oda Phaethontiformes: Ndege-mawingu
 Oda Suliformes: Ndegejinga, minandi, minandi-pwani na mbizi
 Oda Ciconiiformes: Makorongo
 Oda Cathartiformes: Tumbusi wa Dunia Mpya
 Oda Phoenicopteriformes: Heroe
 Oda Accipitriformes: K.m. tai, tumbusi, vipanga, shakivale n.k.
 Oda Falconiformes: Kozi
 Oda Gruiformes: Makorongo, viluwiri, kukuziwa, shaunge, fuluwili na viguudau
 Oda Otidiformes: Tandawala
 Oda Mesitornithiformes: Mesite
 Oda Pterocliformes: Firigogo
 Oda Columbiformes: Njiwa, ninga, hua na pugi
 Oda Psittaciformes: Kasuku, kwao na cherero
 Oda Cuculiformes: Kekeo, dudumizi na kua
 Oda Musophagiformes: Shorobo na gowee
 Oda Opisthocomiformes: Hoatzini
 Oda Strigiformes: Bundi, kungwi, vitaumande na mititi
 Oda Caprimulgiformes: K.m. virukanjia, potuu, ndege-mafuta, domo-chura n.k.
 Oda Apodiformes: Teleka na kolibri
 Oda Coraciiformes: Viogajivu, jore, keremkerem, detepwani, kurea na midiria
 Oda Bucerotiformes: Hondohondo, kwembekwembe, fimbi, mumbi, goregore, domomundu na hudihudi
 Oda Piciformes: Vigong'ota, viseleagofu, viongozi na walembe
 Oda Trogoniformes: Lukungu
 Oda Coliiformes: Kuzumburu
 Oda Passeriformes: Zaidi ya nusu ya spishi za ndege, k.m. shomoro, kunguru, mikesha, chiriku n.k.

Picha

Jamii:Ndege