Places and times seen in Munakata city

In Munakata it is a summer bird, from May to the end of October, you can observe in the satoyama area etc throughout the city. However, because we often live in the forest, there are not so many observation opportunities.

Characteristic

The total length is 13.5 cm. It is smaller than a sparrow.
The male is black from the forehead, the brown spot, the waist, the belly from the jaw is yellow. My throat gets a little orange from my head. Some individuals also have lemon yellow. A part of the rain covering is white and stands out as white spots.
Female from forehead is olive brown with body upper, brown from tail to tail. The feathers of the raincoat and the wind-cut are light brown, the underside of the body is light yellow-brown, and it looks like a scaly pattern together with the grayish brown of the feathers.
The beak is dark brown and the foot becomes gray brown.

Habit

It flew to the story of the mountain forest from the flat land, caught in the branch inside the forest, capturing what is in the leaves and branches and insects flying in the air. We also eat nuts during autumn migration.
"Piri", "Pittip Piply Osik" and so on with a beautiful voice.

distribution

As a summer bird, it flew from the flat land from Hokkaido to Okinawa to deciduous broad-leaved trees, mountainous mixed forest of the mountainous region. It is thought that it is an abandoned bird in the Nansei Islands, but it is said that there are also individuals moving in winter.
At the time of migration, the riparian forests and the parks in urban areas also pass.

Other

Among the summer birds, the arrangement of colors such as yellow to black is beautiful and popular birds. Crying is also beautiful.