Chinese dummies
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Chinadommel ( Ixobrychus sinensis ) |
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The Yellow Bittern ( Ixobrychus sinensis ) is a common in East Asia relative of the Little Bittern . She belongs to the heron family .
features
The 30 to 40 cm long Chinese dobble is characterized, like all representatives of the dummies, by a short neck and a long beak. It weighs an average of 54 grams. Their plumage is yellowish-brown in color. The head and neck of the male are maroon with a black crown. In the female, the head, neck and breast are stripes brown, while the young are almost entirely covered with brown stripes.
Occurrence
It lives in southern and eastern Asia from Pakistan to India to Southeast Asia as well as to China , Korea and Japan . In the tropical part of its range it is a resident bird , while the populations of the temperate regions migrate south . The wintering areas include Indonesia and New Guinea . As Irrgast the Yellow Bittern occasionally reached the Christmas Island and Australia .
Their preferred habitat are reed-covered wetlands. It is also found in mangrove swamps and flooded rice fields.
behavior
The Chinese dummies build a nest of reeds in the bushes or undergrowth. There the female lays four to six eggs. Their diet consists of small fish , amphibians and insects . Since it flies frequently, unlike other tommels, it is relatively easy to observe despite its otherwise hidden way of life.
supporting documents
- Single receipts
- literature
- Bikram Grewal: Birds in India and Nepal. Giessen 2000.
- Josep del Hoyo et al .: Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Ostrich to Ducks. Lynx Edicions, 1992, ISBN 84-87334-10-5 .
- PJ Higgins (Ed.): Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds . Volume 1, Ratites to Ducks, Oxford University Press, Oxford 1990, ISBN 0-19-553068-3 .
Web links
- Ixobrychus sinensis onthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .
- Sungoh Bulei Nature Park factsheet
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Ixobrychus sinensis in the Internet Bird Collection