Places and times seen in Munakata city

In Munakata it is a traveling bird, and it can be observed in fallow fields, paddy field, riverbed grassland etc throughout the city at the time of spring and autumn migration (about April, around September).

Characteristic

It is smaller than a sparrow with a total length of 13 cm.
The male and summer feathers are black from the head to the top of the body, the underside of the chest below the chest is orange and the lower abdomen is white. Some solids have a wide white part and a wide orange part. Wings and tails are also black, rain cover, part of the wind cut is white and white spots are conspicuous. Waist, the head tube is white.
The female is brown from the head to the upper surface of the body and is plain. The brown spot is light brown but unclear. Beaks, feet are black.

Habit

It flew from flatlands to grasslands of highlands, rivers and so on. Stop in the tip of the grass and move around while moving the tail feathers and eat insects and spiders etc. Crying such as "Shashatsu", tweet "Hechoppy".

distribution

Summer birds north of the Chubu region, in the Tohoku region is almost a traveling bird. There are examples of overwintering in Honshu. It is observed in many places during the fall migration period. In Munakata, although there are many opportunities to observe in autumn migration, there are many opportunities to encounter relatively in spring. However, the length of stay is longer in autumn.
Siberia etc and breeds in Europe, the coastal area of the Red Sea, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian subcontinent, the Indochina Peninsula, the South China Sea coast, and so on.

Other

In the spring migration period, many individuals are beginning to be summer wings. The autumn migration is winter feathers and it is easy to see as a different kind of bird.