Fortune teller Henan _ Henan fortune teller

The scientific name of this bird is black curly tail. It is black all over, and its upper body, chest and tail feathers have a bluish luster. The tail is long and deep, and the outermost pair of tail feathers curl outward and upward. There is a very strong domain behavior in the breeding period, and it is very fierce. The non-breeding period is a group fight. It mainly feeds on pests such as noctuid, bedbug, ant, mole cricket and locust, and can prey on flying insects in flight.

Black curly tail usually lives in open areas, usually perches on the tops of trees at the foothills or streams, and often falls on wires in open areas.

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The breeding period of black curly tail is from June to July, and each nest lays 3-4 eggs. The eggshell is milky white, with brown fine spots at the top and reddish brown thick spots at the blunt end. The egg diameter is about 24 mm×19 mm.

Black curly tail lives near villages on the outskirts of the city and in vast rural areas, and especially likes to nest and breed on tall Toona sinensis in front of and behind villagers' homes. Most of them live in pairs on hillsides and broad-leaved trees in plain hilly areas below 800 meters; In China and Tibet, they inhabit the edge of mixed coniferous and broadleaved forests at an altitude of 2,000-2,500m.

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