Blue Bear

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Blue Bear
Male of the Blue Alder (Monticola solitarius)

Male of the Blue Alder ( Monticola solitarius )

Systematics
Order : Passerines (Passeriformes)
Subordination : Songbirds (passeri)
Family : Flycatcher (Muscicapidae)
Subfamily : Schmätzer (Saxicolinae)
Genre : Monticola
Type : Blue Bear
Scientific name
Monticola solitarius
( Linnaeus , 1758)

In the case of the blue roe ( Monticola solitarius ), the sexes can be easily distinguished from one another. The males have black-blue plumage, while the females are gray-black with light spots. At around 20 centimeters in length, they are slightly smaller than the star . The shy behavior is more reminiscent of Schmätzer or thrushes .

habitat

Males of the subspecies M. s. philippensis
Blue Alder female ( Monticola solitarius pandoo )
Distribution of the blue roe:
  • Breeding areas
  • Year-round occurrence
  • migration
  • Wintering areas
  • Forays (uncertain seasonality)

    • This species can be found in mountain valleys framed by rock faces up to a height of 3,000 meters, on rocky seashores, in ruins or sometimes in localities. The distribution area in Europe extends over all of Spain and Portugal as well as other Mediterranean countries, so u. a. Italy and Greece . For the island state of Malta , the blue alder is the national bird. Individual specimens have also been spotted on the island of Crete.

    Reproduction

    Gelege,     Museum Wiesbaden collection

    The far-reaching singing has a fluting and melancholy effect. It is particularly noticeable when other birds are silent in the evening or during a rain shower. Every now and then, rougher tones appear in the melody. Normally, the male sings from the top of a cliff, but now and then also in a glider flight with a spread tail, which ends with a dive. Each pair clings to a breeding site such as a particular crevice or cavity for their entire life. This migratory bird looks for this at the end of March, only to leave it in September. Like that of the thrush, the nest is built hard and laid out softly. The female usually lays four to five blue, sometimes red-spotted eggs in the nest in May, which it incubates in 12 to 13 days. After hatching, the young spend 18 days in the nest before they fledge in mid-June. Then the parents roam around the breeding area with their offspring. The males do not get their typical plumage until the second or third year during the moult.

    food

    The blue bear belongs to the hunters of waiting. She sits on a raised area and waits to see a prey. The diet consists mainly of insects and occasionally also of berries , which are ingested directly from the ground or from plants. She usually lives near a body of water because she has to drink a lot and takes a bath every day.

    Web links

    Commons : Blaumerle ( Monticola solitarius )  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files