Places and times seen in Munakata city

In Munakata it is a winterbird, and it can be observed from the end of October to around March by the riverbed and reservoir pond where Asi is growing. Basically it depends on Asi and lives, so you can not observe it unless it is a place where Asi grows.

Characteristic

It is about the same size as a sparrow with a total length of 16 cm.
Male summer wing h, sub head, heading from the jaw to the chest black, from the side line to the back neck, from the chest side the body bottom face white. The top of the body below the back has brownish brownish brown vertical spots.
The female has a light brown color from the head to the upper face, a dark brown color, a brown brown color, and a blackish brown vertical spot on the raincoat. Cranial side line, cheeks and jaw line have dark brown and light brown spots, and the center line becomes light brown.
Beaks are dark brown both above and below, and Beak Peak is round. Association lines, lower beaks tend to be grayish brown. The feet are dark brown, especially black toes.

Habit

It flew to Asihara of flatlands, Kawahara, etc, and living in a small group during the wintering season. It depends on Ashigara, and it is rare to enter other places. Peel off the leaf sheath of the leaf and eat the bamboo shoot in the inside.
"Chu-ni" crying and singing like "Chi Chu-chien".

distribution

It is bird flu and is distributed almost all over the country. Breed breeding in limited plains, Yoshihara, meadow etc. in the flatland north of Tohoku district. In winter, it winter over ashimara, grassland, agricultural land etc south of Honshu.
Kamchatka Peninsula, Chishima archipelago, Karafut etc. breeding, overwintering in the coastal area of ​​Guangdong Province, Fujian Province of China. It also breeds in the western Eurasian Continent, the Scandinavian Peninsula Eastern Europe, and becomes an abandoned bird in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and others. Part of it winter over the Mediterranean coast.