Places and times seen in Munakata city

In Munakata it is a winterbird, from the end of August to the beginning of April, you can see it in most places in the city.

Characteristic

Total length 14 cm. It is smaller than a sparrow.
The males are grayish brown from the top to the back and in the winter feather, the feathers buff color. Part of the forehead, face, throat, back, wings are dark brown, there are brown feathers on the back, first row wind cutting, three row wind cutting base is white, becoming white spots and conspicuous. The underside below the chest is reddish orange. From the lower back to the upper tail tube, the outer tarpa five pairs are reddish brown, and the central tail is black brown.
Female, gray brown color from the head to the upper side, light brown on the bottom side below the brown color and strong brown color on the side.
The beak and legs are black and thin.

Habit

It fly from urban area to mountain forest, agricultural land park, river and so on. Regardless of gender and sex, overwintering period, living with turf. Immediately after arriving in Japan, it crowns to claim territory at high places. Eat insects, earthworms, spiders, etc and eat nuts.
"Crying such as" Hijikakakkatsu ".

distribution

Flying birds almost throughout the country. Breeding is increasing in Gifu Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture, Hokkaido and elsewhere.
It breeds in the Karafuto, Kuril Islands, Amur River basin, Primorsky region, northeastern part of China, and overwintering in the Japanese archipelago, the Nansei Islands, China and the northern part of the South China Sea.

Other

There are places where people are not afraid and they come close to us. It seems to think that territory will be destroyed in his figure reflected on the rearview mirror of the car, and the appearance of attacking is well witnessed.