{"id":1473,"date":"2026-03-28T14:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/?p=1473"},"modified":"2026-05-21T10:59:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:59:42","slug":"vlha-pestra-okridleny-princ-s-exotickym-temperamentem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/cs\/archives\/1473","title":{"rendered":"Vlha pestr\u00e1 (Merops apiaster)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vlha pestr\u00e1: Ok\u0159\u00eddlen\u00fd \u201eprinc\u201c s exotick\u00fdm temperamentem<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kdy\u017e se jarn\u00ed slunce rozhodne op\u0159\u00edt do \u0159eck\u00e9 krajiny naplno, jedna konkr\u00e9tn\u00ed bytost mu ukradne ve\u0161kerou pozornost. <strong>Vlha pestr\u00e1<\/strong> (<em>Merops apiaster<\/em>) nen\u00ed jen oby\u010dejn\u00fd pt\u00e1k; je to l\u00e9taj\u00edc\u00ed duha, kter\u00e1 se rozhodla, \u017ee j\u00ed St\u0159edomo\u0159\u00ed padne jako ulit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Za jej\u00edm tropick\u00fdm vzhledem se v\u0161ak skr\u00fdv\u00e1 obratn\u00fd lovec a ne\u00fanavn\u00fd cestovatel. Jej\u00ed p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh n\u00e1s zav\u00e1d\u00ed hluboko do \u0159eck\u00e9 mytologie k <strong>Meropovi<\/strong>, kr\u00e1li ostrova Kos, kter\u00e9ho bohov\u00e9 prom\u011bnili v pt\u00e1ka, aby ho vysvobodili z nekone\u010dn\u00e9ho \u017ealu. Od t\u00e9 doby tento tvor \u017eije mezi dv\u011bma sv\u011bty: hloub\u00ed chodby v zemi jako \u201epozemn\u00ed in\u017een\u00fdr\u201c, ale v oblac\u00edch dominuje jako \u201est\u00edhac\u00ed pilot\u201c. Dokonce i Aristotel\u00e9s byl fascinov\u00e1n jej\u00edmi neobvykl\u00fdmi zvyky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Morfologie: T\u011blo, kter\u00e9 bud\u00ed z\u00e1vist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"6f8636\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #6f8636;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" src=\"https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/schwoaze-birds-2976784_1920-4-683x1024.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1516 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/schwoaze-birds-2976784_1920-4-683x1024.avif 683w, https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/schwoaze-birds-2976784_1920-4-200x300.avif 200w, https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/schwoaze-birds-2976784_1920-4-768x1152.avif 768w, https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/schwoaze-birds-2976784_1920-4-1024x1536.avif 1024w, https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/schwoaze-birds-2976784_1920-4.avif 1280w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vlha se py\u0161n\u00ed jedn\u00edm z nejbarevn\u011bj\u0161\u00edch ope\u0159en\u00ed v Evrop\u011b, kter\u00e9 nen\u00ed jen m\u00f3dn\u00edm v\u00fdst\u0159elkem, ale slou\u017e\u00ed p\u0159edev\u0161\u00edm k p\u0159e\u017eit\u00ed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u017dlut\u00e9 hrdlo:<\/strong> S \u010dern\u00fdm lemov\u00e1n\u00edm funguje jako pozn\u00e1vac\u00ed znamen\u00ed pro ostatn\u00ed \u010dleny kolonie.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tyrkysov\u011b zelen\u00e1 hru\u010f:<\/strong> D\u00edky t\u00e9to barv\u011b je vlha m\u00e9n\u011b viditeln\u00e1 pro pred\u00e1tory, kte\u0159\u00ed se na ni d\u00edvaj\u00ed zespodu proti obloze.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ka\u0161tanov\u011b hn\u011bd\u00fd h\u0159bet:<\/strong> Chr\u00e1n\u00ed ji, kdy\u017e je na zemi, kde d\u00edky n\u011bmu vypad\u00e1 jako kus hl\u00edny nebo such\u00e1 v\u011btev.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u010cern\u00e1 \u201emaska\u201c:<\/strong> \u010cern\u00fd pruh prot\u00edn\u00e1 oko. Tento rys (kter\u00fd najdeme i u jin\u00fdch dravc\u016f) sni\u017euje odlesky slunce a umo\u017e\u0148uje vlze p\u0159esn\u011b zam\u011b\u0159it ko\u0159ist i v ostr\u00e9m sv\u011btle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201ePinzeta\u201c a \u201eKormidlo\u201c<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jej\u00ed zob\u00e1k je v podstat\u011b chirurgick\u00e1 pinzeta. Dlouh\u00fd a zahnut\u00fd tvar j\u00ed umo\u017e\u0148uje dr\u017eet v\u010delu v bezpe\u010dn\u00e9 vzd\u00e1lenosti od obli\u010deje. Co se t\u00fd\u010de ocasu, dv\u011b centr\u00e1ln\u00ed pera vy\u010dn\u00edvaj\u00edc\u00ed jako jehly funguj\u00ed jako kormidlo pro akrobatick\u00e9 man\u00e9vry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navzdory sv\u00fdm tropick\u00fdm barv\u00e1m vlha m\u011bn\u00ed pe\u0159\u00ed (<strong>pelich\u00e1<\/strong>) jednou ro\u010dn\u011b, obvykle v africk\u00fdch zimovi\u0161t\u00edch, aby se na ja\u0159e vr\u00e1tila s \u201enov\u00fdm\u201c a odoln\u00fdm \u0161atem p\u0159ipraven\u00fdm pro hn\u00edzd\u011bn\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Akrobat Olympu a nebes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A\u010dkoliv vlha miluje n\u00ed\u017einy a b\u0159ehy \u0159ek, jej\u00ed p\u0159\u00edtomnost na \u00fapat\u00ed <strong>hory Olymp<\/strong> dod\u00e1v\u00e1 s\u00eddlu boh\u016f zvl\u00e1\u0161tn\u00ed kouzlo. Na Olympu je biologick\u00e1 rozmanitost tak hust\u00e1, \u017ee zde vlha nach\u00e1z\u00ed ide\u00e1ln\u00ed \u201e\u0161v\u00e9dsk\u00fd st\u016fl\u201c pln\u00fd hmyzu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olymp nen\u00ed jen s\u00eddlem Dia, ale tak\u00e9 jedn\u00edm z nejd\u016fle\u017eit\u011bj\u0161\u00edch bod\u016f pro st\u011bhovav\u00e9 pt\u00e1ky. \u0158\u00edk\u00e1 se, \u017ee sta\u0159\u00ed \u0158ekov\u00e9 vid\u011bli tyto barevn\u00e9 pt\u00e1ky vyl\u00e9tat z rokl\u00ed a v\u011b\u0159ili, \u017ee jsou to poslov\u00e9 boh\u016f. Mo\u017en\u00e1 Zeus pou\u017e\u00edval vlhy k tomu, aby \u201evy\u010distily\u201c vzduch od otravn\u00e9ho hmyzu p\u0159ed zased\u00e1n\u00edm bo\u017esk\u00e9 rady!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Potrava: Chirurgick\u00e1 neutralizace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"7e996e\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #7e996e;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" data-id=\"1518\" src=\"https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/istockphoto-1268487025-2048x2048-5-1024x684.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1518 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/istockphoto-1268487025-2048x2048-5-1024x684.avif 1024w, https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/istockphoto-1268487025-2048x2048-5-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/istockphoto-1268487025-2048x2048-5-768x513.avif 768w, https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/istockphoto-1268487025-2048x2048-5-1536x1025.avif 1536w, https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/istockphoto-1268487025-2048x2048-5.avif 2048w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">European bee-eater (merops apiaster) sitting on a branch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vlha je no\u010dn\u00ed m\u016frou v\u0161eho hmyzu s \u017eihadlem. P\u0159esto\u017ee j\u00ed v\u00e1\u017eky, cik\u00e1dy i mot\u00fdly, jej\u00ed specialitou jsou v\u010dely a vosy. Jej\u00ed strategie je p\u0159\u00edslove\u010dn\u00e1:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u010c\u00edhan\u00e1:<\/strong> Trp\u011bliv\u011b vy\u010dk\u00e1v\u00e1 na v\u011btvi nebo na dr\u00e1tech elektrick\u00e9ho veden\u00ed (jej\u00ed obl\u00edben\u00e1 pozorovatelna).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>V\u00fdpad:<\/strong> Ko\u0159ist zam\u011b\u0159\u00ed a\u017e na vzd\u00e1lenost 60 metr\u016f a chyt\u00ed ji p\u0159\u00edmo ve vzduchu.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Odji\u0161t\u011bn\u00ed:<\/strong> Vr\u00e1t\u00ed se na v\u011btev, omr\u00e1\u010d\u00ed hmyz \u00faderem o d\u0159evo a pak t\u0159e zade\u010dkem o povrch, aby vypustila \u017eihadlo a jed. Teprve pak svou ve\u010de\u0159i spolkne.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vztah se v\u010dela\u0159i je&#8230; komplikovan\u00fd. Nicm\u00e9n\u011b vlha je i jejich spojencem, proto\u017ee s oblibou lov\u00ed <strong>sr\u0161n\u011b<\/strong>, kte\u0159\u00ed jsou skute\u010dn\u00fdmi \u201eteroristy\u201c v\u010del\u00edch \u00fal\u016f.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Podzemn\u00ed m\u011bsta a \u201esoci\u00e1ln\u00ed syst\u00e9m\u201c<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M\u00edsto hn\u00edzd na stromech d\u00e1vaj\u00ed vlhy p\u0159ednost zemi. Hloub\u00ed tunely dlouh\u00e9 a\u017e 1,5 metru v kolm\u00fdch b\u0159ez\u00edch. Aby to p\u00e1r zvl\u00e1dl, mus\u00ed p\u0159em\u00edstit a\u017e <strong>12 kilogram\u016f hl\u00edny!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nejemotivn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed je syst\u00e9m <strong>\u201epomocn\u00edk\u016f\u201c<\/strong>. Mlad\u00ed samci, kte\u0159\u00ed si nena\u0161li partnerku, nesed\u00ed v kout\u011b a nelituj\u00ed se, ale pom\u00e1haj\u00ed sv\u00fdm rodi\u010d\u016fm s v\u00fdchovou mlad\u0161\u00edch sourozenc\u016f. Skute\u010dn\u00e1 rodinn\u00e1 z\u00e1le\u017eitost!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"5d6935\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #5d6935;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"841\" height=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" src=\"https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/istockphoto-1731268913-2048x2048-4-841x1024.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1519 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/istockphoto-1731268913-2048x2048-4-841x1024.avif 841w, https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/istockphoto-1731268913-2048x2048-4-246x300.avif 246w, https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/istockphoto-1731268913-2048x2048-4-768x936.avif 768w, https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/istockphoto-1731268913-2048x2048-4-1261x1536.avif 1261w, https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/istockphoto-1731268913-2048x2048-4.avif 1681w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Velk\u00e1 cesta a klimatick\u00fd \u201eteplom\u011br\u201c<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ka\u017ed\u00fd podzim se vlha lou\u010d\u00ed s \u0158eckem, aby p\u0159ezimovala v subsaharsk\u00e9 Africe. P\u0159el\u00e9t\u00e1 Saharu i St\u0159edozemn\u00ed mo\u0159e, p\u0159i\u010dem\u017e magnetick\u00e9 pole Zem\u011b pou\u017e\u00edv\u00e1 jako GPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dnes je vlha pova\u017eov\u00e1na za <strong>biologick\u00fd indik\u00e1tor<\/strong> klimatick\u00fdch zm\u011bn. Kv\u016fli oteplov\u00e1n\u00ed se tento pt\u00e1k neust\u00e1le \u0161\u00ed\u0159\u00ed na sever (do N\u011bmecka, Velk\u00e9 Brit\u00e1nie), p\u0159i\u010dem\u017e do Evropy p\u0159il\u00e9t\u00e1 o 10 dn\u00ed d\u0159\u00edve ne\u017e p\u0159ed 20 lety. Tento \u201easynchronismus\u201c je v\u0161ak nebezpe\u010dn\u00fd: pokud pt\u00e1k p\u0159ilet\u00ed p\u0159\u00edli\u0161 brzy, ale hmyz se kv\u016fli n\u00e1hl\u00e9mu ochlazen\u00ed je\u0161t\u011b neobjevil, hroz\u00ed mu hladov\u011bn\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Z\u00e1v\u011br: Posel, kter\u00fd si zaslou\u017e\u00ed respekt<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vlha pestr\u00e1 nen\u00ed jen \u201eozdobou\u201c oblohy. Je to \u010dl\u00e1nek, kter\u00fd spojuje kontinenty a ekosyst\u00e9my. Hrozby, kter\u00fdm \u010del\u00ed \u2013 od pesticid\u016f hub\u00edc\u00edch jej\u00ed potravu a\u017e po ni\u010den\u00ed hn\u00edzdi\u0161\u0165 \u2013 jsou p\u0159ipom\u00ednkou toho, jak k\u0159ehk\u00e1 je rovnov\u00e1ha p\u0159\u00edrody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pokud budeme respektovat jej\u00ed domov a omez\u00edme chemii na pol\u00edch, bude melodick\u00e9 \u201epru-pru\u201c zn\u00edt ka\u017ed\u00e9 jaro i nad\u00e1le a p\u0159ipom\u00ednat n\u00e1m, \u017ee kr\u00e1sa p\u0159\u00edrody je na\u0161\u00edm nejcenn\u011bj\u0161\u00edm spole\u010dn\u00fdm bohatstv\u00edm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"788d61\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #788d61;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" src=\"https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/istockphoto-2201644191-2048x2048-3-1024x683.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1499 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/istockphoto-2201644191-2048x2048-3-1024x683.avif 1024w, https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/istockphoto-2201644191-2048x2048-3-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/istockphoto-2201644191-2048x2048-3-768x512.avif 768w, https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/istockphoto-2201644191-2048x2048-3-1536x1024.avif 1536w, https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/istockphoto-2201644191-2048x2048-3.avif 2048w\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vlha pestr\u00e1: Ok\u0159\u00eddlen\u00fd \u201eprinc\u201c s exotick\u00fdm temperamentem Kdy\u017e se jarn\u00ed slunce rozhodne op\u0159\u00edt do \u0159eck\u00e9 krajiny naplno, jedna konkr\u00e9tn\u00ed bytost mu ukradne ve\u0161kerou pozornost. Vlha pestr\u00e1 (Merops apiaster) nen\u00ed jen oby\u010dejn\u00fd pt\u00e1k; je to l\u00e9taj\u00edc\u00ed duha, kter\u00e1 se rozhodla, \u017ee j\u00ed St\u0159edomo\u0159\u00ed padne jako ulit\u00e9. Za jej\u00edm tropick\u00fdm vzhledem se v\u0161ak skr\u00fdv\u00e1 obratn\u00fd lovec a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-item-post-czech","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[235],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flora-a-fauna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1473"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1837,"href":"https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473\/revisions\/1837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greekhiker.com\/hike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}