Places and times seen in Munakata city

In Munakata it is a winterbird, from around October to around April it is possible to observe in the satoyama area around the city and its surroundings, the park with many trees and its surroundings.

Characteristic

Total length 15.5 cm. There is a short crown feather in the size of sparrow.
The summer wing of the male is forehead to parietal, from the eyes to the cheek, the chest is black, from the eyebrows to the throat yellow, the rear neck is brown. Side neck, waist is grayish brown and blackish brown vertical spot. Below the abdomen, the underside of the body is white with chestnut-brown vertical spots.
Females are forehead to parietal, blackish brown in color, pale brown in feathers, and black spots in chest.
The beak is blackish brown, and the lower beak is light brown. The foot becomes orange-brown.

Habit

It flew from flatlands to unripe forests and mountain forests, grasslands with shrubs, agricultural lands, etc. and often live in subgroups. Eat grass seeds and spiders in bright forests and grasslands at the forest edge.
Squeaks with "Chitsu", it pierces complicatedly.

distribution

It flew nationwide as a winterbird, but the flight place is local.
Breed breeding in the Japanese archipelago, Taiwan, Fujian Province, Guangdong Province and winter birds around Guangdong Province, in areas centered around Sichuan Province, abandoned birds, Korean Peninsula, northeastern China, Primorsky region, Amur river basin.

Other

It is necessary to distinguish it from Kashirara Daka.