Places and times seen in Munakata city

In Munakata it is a winterbird, from around October to the end of April, it can be observed normally in satoyama in various places in the city, park forest, farmland, shrubland area around Tameike.

Characteristic

It is about 25 centimeters in length, same size or bigger than thrush. Male and female are almost same color.
The males are dark grayish brown in their heads, on the upper side of the back, from the belly to the side gray or grayish brown. The wind, the tail is dark gray brown, and there are white spots on the tip of 2 to 3 outer tail feathers. The abdomen center is white.
Females are olive brown with parietal top, brown to light brown with throat, grayish brown spots.
The beak is dark brown, the base of the beak and the eyelid ring become yellowish brown.

Habit

It flew from flatlands to mountain forests, urban parks, orchards and the like. Immediately after the flight it is a flock, but there are many individuals who gradually live alone. While bouncing, we prey on earthworms and larvae of insects from under the fallen leaves and the soil. I also eat tree nuts.
Crying such as "Zie."

distribution

It breeds in the Amur River basin, Primorsky region, southern part of northeastern China, etc. and overwinter in the Korean Peninsula, south of Central Honshu, South-West Islands, Taiwan, Fujian Province of China, Guangdong Province (including Hong Kong) etc.

Other

In Munakata, the number of cherry blossoms arriving has increased in recent years, and I came to see it in various places.