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Wood bunting ( Emberiza rustica ) |
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| Pallas , 1776 |
The wood bunting ( Emberiza rustica ) is a species of bird from the family of the bunting (Emberizidae).
description
The wood hammer has quite strong colors and is easy to distinguish from other species. However, it has similarities with the reed hammer .
On the top, the animals are brownish with dark stripes. The head of the male is black, with a white stripe over the eyes and a white throat. In the female, the head is mottled brown rather than black. The head feathers form a recognizable hood that is unique among bunting. The neck, the chest and the flanks are red-brown.
The wood hammer is about 15 cm long and 16-21 g in weight. The wing length is 7.5–8.5 cm.
distribution
The wood hammer is a migratory bird . Its summer territories are in the northern latitudes - it occurs from Scandinavia through northern Russia to the Bering Strait . Its wintering areas are in southern East Asia . Here you can find it in eastern China and Japan . This bunting prefers to breed in the humid boreal coniferous forests .
Voice and food
The song resembles that of the robin or the dunnock . The calls are high “twüit” or hard and short “tik-tik ...”. The diet consists mainly of seeds and insects as well as berries.
Brood
It is incubated once a year. The nest, a bowl made of stalks and moss, is laid out with fine grass and hair. It is mostly on the ground or near the ground in dense vegetation. 4 to 5 white to greenish-blue or gray-brown to olive-colored eggs are incubated for 12 to 13 days. The young are fledged after 9 to 10 days.
Web links
- Emberiza rustica in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2004. Retrieved on January 17 of 2009.
- Wood hammer feathers