Places and times seen in Munakata city

It is a summer bird at Munakata and can be seen from April to October. It is inhabited by satoyama in the city and some breeding has been confirmed.

Characteristic

Full length male 47 cm, female 51 cm (size of cabbage glass) It is almost the same color in both sexes.
Male has a gray color at the head, brown color on the top of the body from the top of the head, uniform brownish brown color and less plaque. The lower part of the body below the throat and abdomen is white, there is one slightly thick black line (vertical line) black brown in the throat, there are brown horizontal spots on the belly and below. The black belt of the tail is thick, and the number of light bands is also smaller than females.
In females, the white eyebrow group tends to be clear, and the gray part of the cheek is narrow. The abdomen from the chest is white and there is a dark brown spot.

Habit

It lives in the forests of forests, plains, paddy fields, grasslands and the like from flat grounds. I came to the breeding ground around April and nest on the tree. I prefer amphibians and reptiles, and also eat nesting chicks of insects and birds. It mainly sings "Pickie" during breeding season.

distribution

It arrives in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu as summer birds, and partly in the Nansei Islands overwinter. Crossing in the herd is observed in the spring and autumn.
It breeds in Japan, Primorsky region, and the Korean Peninsula, and spends the winter in the East China Sea and South China Sea south of the Nansei Islands. It is distributed to Sumatra, Indonesia, Java, and Bali.

Other

Breeding is confirmed in Munakata city. In recent years, since photovoltaic power plants are constructed in various places and the satoyama environment gradually changes, future trends will be noticed.