What are the characteristics of yellowbird?

Yellowbird belongs to passeriformes, finches, also known as yellowbird, goldfinch, reed yellowbird and so on. The Daxing 'anling Mountains in China are their breeding grounds, and they passed through Hebei, Beijing, Shandong and Jiangsu during the spring and autumn migration. Fly to Zhejiang, Fujian and Taiwan Province provinces and spend the winter in cold weather. Yellowbird is a caged bird in the north, especially in Beijing. It has a long history of raising yellowbird. Raising this bird can not only listen to it sing, but also train it to carry the "gossip flag", money and things. It looks like fun.

The yellowbird is about 12 cm long. Yellow-green and brown-black feathers, bright yellow spots on the wings, black on the top of the male's head and black in the center of his chin and throat; The female bird's head is gray-green, and there are no gray patches in her throat.

In spring and autumn, there are yellow birds on the mountains and plains of Beijing. They like to live in willow, elm, pine and Berlin. Often group activities, twenty or thirty birds act together.

Yellowbird mainly feeds on the seeds and buds of alder, birch, elm, pine and other trees, and also eats the seeds of grains and weeds. Build a nest in a tree. The nest is deep cup-shaped and made of grass stems, roots, feathers, fibers and other things. Each nest lays 4 ~ 6 eggs, which are light blue with light brown and purple spots. Females hatch eggs and males feed females. The incubation period is about 13 days. Female birds are mainly responsible for brooding, but male birds also need to participate.