Places and times seen in Munakata city

In Munakata it is a traveling bird, and it can be observed in forests such as satoyama and parks throughout the city during the spring and autumn migration period (late April to May, September to October). There are many observation opportunities in the autumn migration time compared to spring.

Characteristic

The total length is 13 cm. It is smaller than a sparrow. It is the same color in both sexes.
Adult birds are from the head to the upper gray brown, wings, tails dark brown. The raincoat, the feathering of the wind-cut is white, and the eye ring is white. The eye tip tends to be whitish. The lower part of the body below is light gray brown and looks whitish. The beak is dark brown and the lower beak is yellowish brown. The width of the beak is wider than that of Samebataki and Ezobitaki.

Habit

It flew from a flat land to a mountain forest. Even in the breeding season and the migration period, there is a tendency to prefer brighter forests than samebataki. Stop vertically in branches inside the forest and catch fly insects with beaks and eat them. We also eat tree nuts during the autumn migration period.
Chisel is "Chi Chi Chi Chuchochuchu", it soundings like "Tsi".

distribution

It is a summer bird in the northern part of the Chubu region, and it is a traveling bird except it. It breeds in southeastern part of Siberia, Primorsky region, Karafuto, Nepal etc. and winter over in the Indian subcontinent, Indochina Peninsula, Malay Peninsula, Borneo Island, Philippines, Sumatra Island, Java Island and so on. It also winter over also in Guangdong province of China (including Hong Kong).

Other

It is necessary to distinguish between shark bamboo shoots, cowpea bamboos, and ezobitaki.