Fairy turtle
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The fairy tiger ( Estrilda charmosyna ) is an African species from the finch family . Two subspecies are described for the species.
description
The Feenastrild reaches a body length of twelve centimeters. The males have a gray upper head and back, which, depending on the subspecies, have a different shade of red. The forehead is lighter and can be almost whitish. The back is finely cross-banded in dark. The rump and the upper tail-coverts are bright red. The tail is black. The reins, the area around the eyes and the sides of the head are black like the elf deer . Black on the chin is either completely absent or only visible in the form of a black chin mark.
The females differ only slightly from the males. They usually only have a little less red in their plumage.
Distribution and way of life
The distribution area of the fairy tiger is the north of East Africa. It extends from the south of Sudan and from the south of Ethiopia to the north-east of Uganda and the south-east of Kenya and the interior of Tanzania . The fairy tiger is only sporadically distributed in its entire range. It occurs predominantly in dry thorn bush from the lowlands to low-lying mountains. It lives in pairs or in small schools of up to ten individuals.
The reproduction and diet of the faerie deer have not yet been adequately researched. The nest is large and pear-shaped. It has a long entrance tube on the side. The breeding season varies depending on the distribution area. The breeding parasite of the fairy tiger is the gloss widow ( Vidua hypocherina ).
attitude
The Feenastrild is offered again and again in the bird trade. It is presumably often confused with the very similar Elfenastrild . Even at exhibitions bred fairy trildes were shown, which were characterized as fairy trildes. In the case of joint keeping of fairies and fairies, all advances made by fairies were ignored.
supporting documents
literature
- Jürgen Nicolai (Ed.), Joachim Steinbacher (Ed.), Renate van den Elzen, Gerhard Hofmann, Claudia Mettke-Hofmann: Prachtfinken - Afrika , Series Handbuch der Vogelpflege, Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8001- 4964-3
Single receipts
- ↑ Nicolai et al., P. 279
Web links
- BirdLife Factsheet , accessed June 19, 2010
- Estrilda charmosyna inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2013.