Places and times seen in Munakata city

In Munakata it is a traveling bird, which is rarely observed in islands at the time of migration (late April to early May, September). The opportunity to observe is poor.

Characteristic

It is 14 cm in length and smaller than a sparrow. They are almost same color in both sexes.
From the head to the top of the body is grayish brown with white eye ring. The eyes are black in the tail, but the eyes do not have blackness at the eyes and are slightly reddish. The lower part of the body below yellow is yellow and the lower tail from the lower abdomen is pale yellow and whitish.
The beak is grayish brown, and the beak peak of the upper beak is dark. The foot is orange-brown.

Habit

There are grassy bushes on the forest floor, from the flat ground to the mountainous region, and it flew to tall trees and larval forests where bushes are mixed. Apart from breeding season, live in one or a small group. While jumping around the edge of the forest and the ground, eat seeds, plants, insects and spiders of plants.
"Jung Choi Pi Pi Pippi" and strikes, "Zu" and so on.

distribution

As summer birds inhabit locally from mountainous regions north of Central Honshu, forests of subalpine belt, grassland near forest edge. At the time of migration, it can be observed in parks and grasslands in urban areas, riverbeds, farmlands and the like. It is rare in Hokkaido.
Even if it is viewed worldwide, breeding ground is restricted to the northern part of Honshu of the Japanese archipelago, and it winter over part of Taiwan, Luzon, Philippines, Fujian and Guangdong provinces.