Places and times seen in Munakata city

In Munakata you can see all over the year with a sticky bird. In addition, Munakata breeds every year. I live in a small group at a paddy field near Satoyama. During the breeding season, vigilance becomes stronger, threatening "intruders" while singing loudly to protect nests and chicks.
Sometimes you see the appearance of attacking against large crows and rhinoceros.

Characteristic

It has a total length of 34 cm to 37 cm, and it is the same color for both sexes. It is a large-sized staggered species with long legs.
Summer wings are blue gray from the head to the upper chest and black bands on the chest. The upper side is grayish brown, and the lower part of the body from the belly is white. The first row wind cut, the rain covering is black, the next row wind cutting and part of the raincoat are white, so the contrast is clear when flying. The tail is white and the tip is black. The beak is yellow and the tip is black. The feet are yellow and long, the iris is reddish orange, and there is a yellow eye ring.
In the winters, the gray part of the head takes a slightly brown color.

Habit

It lives in paddy field, field, Kawaya, tidal flat and so on. Breeding is fast, in some cases chicks are born in April. Behavior in small groups except breeding season, prey on insects and their larvae on the ground.

distribution

It resides locally in Honshu by an overnight bird or a bird. Munakata is its local place.
From the world view, breeding in northern Manchuria is said to overwinter around Cambodia, Myanmar and Bangladesh.

Other

The kanji "鳧" is originally a letter representing duck, but in Japan it is read as "kake" and it is made to be a letter of acceptance of "鳧 attaching".