Places and times seen in Munakata city

Munakata is a traveling bird, rarely observed at the time of migration (May, mid September to early October). Especially in the spring migration period, there is a record observed on Munakata Okinoshima.

Characteristic

The total length is 13 cm. It is smaller than a sparrow.
The body is black from the forehead, the brown spot, a part of the rain covering, the three rows of the wind cut outer edge is white, the underside of the body and the waist are yellow.
The female is olive brown from the forehead, the wing, the tail is gray brown, a part of the rain covering, the three row wind cut edge is white, the thigh is throat yellow, the waist is yellow, the body below the chest The bottom surface turns light brown.
The beak is black and the leg is grayish brown.

Habit

It flew from flatlands to forests of mountains, forests, forests, shrubs and shrublands. There are many records in one bird, there are behaviors that move about on branches in the forest, catch insects and spiders, and sometimes feed them even in the air.
The sounding is "Tetsu", "Tiriririri" etc.

distribution

It is one of the few traveling birds, but it is local but there are flying records all over the country. There are many records of springs on islands on the side of the Sea of Japan.
Breeding in Mainland China, northeastern China, northeast China, mainland China north of the Yangtze River basin, overwintering in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra Island, Java Island, Bali etc.

Other

The female of the aphids is hanging from the waist, the spring is dark brown, there is no white part in the rain cover, three row wind cut.