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Otaka
| Event | Otaka (Aoto) | Classification |
Taka eyes Hawaceae Hightaka genus |
Scientific name | Accipiter gentilis | English name | Northern Goshawk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otaka Sotaka |
Taka eyes Hawaceae Hightaka genus |
Accipiter gentilis | Northern Goshawk |
Places and times seen in Munakata city
It is a resident bird and can be seen throughout the year, but summer is often in satoyama and hard to be seen in paddy field etc etc.
It has been witnessed in hilly areas throughout the city of Munakata, breeding has been confirmed in several places. The Munakata city where the satoyama environment remains in a moderate hilly land, can be said to be an environment suitable for octaca inhabitants.
Characteristic
The total length is 50 ㎝ males, 56 ㎝ females.
The males are about the size of the cabbage, almost the same color in both sexes.
The top of the body from the top of the head is dark blue-gray, the male is more black, the female tends to be more browned. The lower part of the body is white and there are fine black spots of black brown,
Have a tendency to be somewhat thick or rough. Beak is dark brown, wax film, iris, foot is yellow. There is a dark black gray overpass line behind the eyes, and the eyebrow group is white.
Young birds are whole brown in color, and the top of the body has blackish brown vertical spots.
While breeding, it frequently crowns "Kekekeke · · ·, cake", but it does not ring much except during breeding season.
Habit
They live in flatlands, mountains, forests, rivers, farmlands, lakes and parks. Outside breeding season, there are many individuals who live in one bird, mainly capturing birds and eating mice and rabbits.
distribution
Stayed at the northern part of Kyushu. Less winter in the Nansei Islands. In Japan, breeding in Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, northern Kyushu.
It is widely distributed in the Eurasian Continent, mainly in the Northern Hemisphere, and the North American Continent.
Other
Otaka is different from kanji notation. If it is as written in kanji, it becomes "aotaka". It is said that the back color was bluish, so it turned out to be a villain, but the reading turned out to be a giant turtle.
Since ancient times, it was used for hawk hunting and it was often used as a theme of painting, so it can be said that it is the most representative hawk in Japan.