Places and times seen in Munakata city

In Munakata it is an abandoned bird, and it can be observed throughout the year. I also breed. In the breeding season, it is often seen like "Ho hokkeyo" with a voice without being listened to in the background, so it often happens but in winter it looks like moving around in the bush with a bitter background such as "Chatchan" I can not do things easily.

Characteristic

Total length 14 cm to 16 cm. Males are larger than sparrows, females are smaller than sparrows. They are almost same color in both sexes.
From the forehead the body is greenish brown in color, brown spots, bell to throat, cheeks light brown. There are fine spots of blackish brown on the cheeks, and the overpass line becomes dark brown. The underside below the chest tends to be pale and the side tends to be brown. The beak is blackish brown, and the base of the lower beak becomes meat brown. Male paddies are somewhat longer and thicker but females are somewhat shorter and thinner.

Habit

From the flat land to the forest of the mountains, the plains with many sasas and shrubs, the bushes in urban areas and parks with many plantings, the garden etc. I will live in one beside the breeding season, but in the spring and autumn I will move in a small group. Eat insects and spiders by walking around the bushes etc.
Hail is "Ho hokakyo", and the nodding is "Chatcach".

distribution

It is a species unique to Japan, from southern Sakhalin, from the southern part of the Chishima archipelago to Hokkaido, Tohoku, and Koshinetsu, it is a summer bird, and in other domestic cases it is a remote bird.

Other

It has been popular for a long time as a spring bird. Hisashi is also known as "Ugis no Yaniwari". However, there are few people who do not know the rash of Ugusu but few people can recognize Ugus exactly. There are many people who confuse Mejiro and Ugus, so be careful. Also, in Japanese paintings, "Ume for Yugiti" is famous, but it is almost impossible for a tree to crown on branches without leaves. Because it sucks plum blossom nectar well, it is a cause of confusion between mezzo and apricot.