Places and times seen in Munakata city

In Munakata it is an abandoned bird, and throughout the year, you can observe from the flat land to the mountain forests and the forest. However, because there are few numbers, live in the forest, there are few observation opportunities.

Characteristic

Total length 33 cm. It is about the same size as the pheasant. Same color of both sexes.
Adult birds have white heads from the forehead and blackish brown vertical spots. The jaw line is black from the eyepaque, the upper face from the back neck, the lower face below the chest becomes vine brown. The wings, the tail are black, the outer edge of the wind cut is white. Covering a small rain, the first row overcast is a blue striped pattern of black and white. Father from,, waist to a top tube, from bottom to bottom tail tube is white. The beak is thick and gray, the iris is light gray. The foot is light brown. Flapping is slow, flying fluently.

Habit

It is a mountain forest and forest from the flat ground, and in winter it also appears in urban parks and the like. Many people live in small groups except breeding season. It is a member of the crowace family, omnivorous but eats like acorn.

distribution

They live in mountain forests from flatlands in Yakushima Island from Hokkaido as resident birds or birds.
It lives in the Eurasian Continent (Europe, from the Siberian region centered on the grassland region of the Primorsky region), Kalafut, China, Bangladesh neighborhood, Mekong River basin.

Other

Kakes is known to store food for the winter.