Places and times seen in Munakata city

In Munakata it is an abandoned bird, and it can be observed throughout the year through forests and its surroundings throughout the city. It also flew to a park in a residential area.

Characteristic

Total length 15 cm. They are almost same color in both sexes.
Black head and white cheeks, black vertical spots from throat to bottom tail are compared to "black tie". This tie tends to be thicker for males than females. The upper back is greenish yellow, the shoulder feathers and wind, the outer valve of the rain covering is blue gray. The tip of the heavy rain cover is white and it becomes a single wing strip. The underside is light gray, the beak is black, and the foot is lead.

Habit

It is distributed almost all over the country as a stray bird or bird bird. However, it does not inhabit the Daito Islands and the Ogasawara Islands. They live in plains from mountains to plains with many trees in the city area. Besides breeding season, we live in a herd, other flocks such as Yamagara and Kogera are mixed in the herd, and in the early fall we also include Muscuides and Crocodiles. In winter, it also forms a mixed group of Enaga and Medi. Eat insects, spiders, nuts and seeds.
"Tsutsuputsupi" or the like.

distribution

It is distributed throughout Japan except Ogasawara Islands and the Daito Islands.
It is distributed in Karafuto, Primorskyu, Korea Peninsula, China, and has become a stubborn in each area.

Other

Recent studies of Kyoto University have found that combining barks to produce meaningful sentences (with grammar). It was epoch-making that it turned out that there was something with "grammar" in non-human animals. The development of future research is awaited.