There are several common birds in the country.

Example: Swallow, Thrushcross, Woodpecker, Owl, Magpie. swallow

Swallow (Swallow) is the scientific name of domestic swallow, which is the general name of 74 species of passeriformes. Small size, narrow wing tip, short beak and concave tail, weak feet and few feathers. Feathers are monochromatic, blue or green, with metallic luster; Most kinds of men and women are very similar. Swallows spend a lot of time catching pests in the air. It is one of the most flexible birds, mainly feeding on insects such as mosquitoes and flies, and is a well-known beneficial bird. Nest in tree holes or cracks, or make holes in sand dikes, or stick mud on walls or protrusions of corridors, roofs, eaves, etc. In urban and rural areas. 3 pounds per work? Seven eggs.

wood thrush

Thrush (scientific name: Garrulax canorus) is a passerine thrush. The total length is about 23 cm. Most of the body is brown. There is a dark brown vertical line from the top of the head to the top of the back, and the eyes are white, extending backward into a narrow eyebrow line.

Living in the bushes on the hills and in the bushes or bamboo forests near the villages, he is alert and timid, often foraging in the grass under the forest, and is not good at long-distance flights. Male birds often hide alone in weeds and branches during the breeding season. They are very good at singing. Their voices are loud and melodious, and they are very nice. They are famous caged birds. Omnivorous, mainly feeding on insects, especially in the breeding season; Herbivorous seeds and wild fruits.

It is distributed in Laos, northern Vietnam and southeast coastal areas of China, and resident birds are distributed in central China, southern China, Hainan and Taiwan Province province. It is a kind of bird in Guangzhou.

woodpecker

Woodpeckers are well-known forest birds. In addition to killing pests under the bark, such as longicorn larvae, the traces of chisel wood can also be used as an indicator of healthy logging in forests. It is a common resident bird, and there are green woodpeckers and spotted woodpeckers widely distributed in China. They feed on some pests, such as longicorn beetles, brown beetles, winged moths, smelly bedbugs, etc., and can eat about 1500 every day. Because woodpeckers eat a lot and have a wide range of activities, in the forest of 13.3 hectares, if a pair of woodpeckers inhabit, more than 90% of insects can be pecked away in a winter.

owl

Birds in Strigiformes are called owls, and the total number exceeds 130 species. It is distributed on all continents except Antarctica. ? Most species are nocturnal carnivores. Their food is mainly rodents, but there are also insects, birds, lizards, fish and other animals. The bird of this order has a wide head, a short and thick mouth, a hook-shaped front end, a face-disk-shaped arrangement of feathers at the front of the head, and some kinds of feathers are ear-shaped. The distribution of feathers in eyes, panels and ears makes the head of this bird very similar to that of a cat, so it is commonly known as an owl. Alias cat eagle.

magpie

Magpie (scientific name: Pica pica) is a bird of finch family. * * * There are 10 subspecies. The body length is 40 ~ 50 cm, and the male and female feathers are similar in color. The head, neck, back and tail are all black, showing purple, green, blue and green luster from beginning to end. The wings are black and there is a big white spot on the shoulder. The tail is much longer than the wings and is wedge-shaped. The mouth, legs and feet are pure black. The abdomen is bounded by the chest, and the front is black and the back is white. Stay birds.

Habitat is diverse, often found in human activity areas, like to nest in trees next to houses. Most of them live in pairs all the year round, omnivorous, foraging in the wilderness and fields, preying on insects, frogs and other small animals during the breeding season, stealing eggs and chicks from other birds, eating fruits, grains, plant seeds and so on. Each nest lays 5 ~ 8 eggs. Eggs are light brown, cloth brown and grayish brown spots. Female birds hatch eggs, the incubation period is about 18 days, and they leave the nest about 1 month.

Except South America, Oceania and Antarctica, it is almost all over the world. There are 4 subspecies in China, which are found all over the country except grassland and desert areas. Magpie is a symbol of good luck in China, and it has been a custom to draw magpies to express happiness since ancient times.

swallow

Passeriformes (passeriformes): The general name of 74 species of birds in passeriformes. Some species are usually called Martins. Small and agile, the feathers are blue-black and shiny, the chest is dark brown, and the abdomen is milky white; Scissors with long pointed wings and forked tails; The mouth is flat and short, and the mouth is deeply cracked; Flying fast, preying on mosquitoes, flies, locusts and other pests during the flight; Keep making sharp and short calls.

wood thrush

Male and female thrush birds have similar feathers. The forehead is brown, the top of the head is brown to the top of the back, and there are broad dark brown longitudinal stripes from the forehead to the top of the back. The front of the longitudinal stripes is dark and the back is light. The rim of the eye is white, the upper edge is white, and it extends backward into a narrow line to the neck, which looks like eyebrow lines, so it is called thrush (Taiwan Province subspecies has no eyebrow lines). The head side includes dark brown eyes and ear feathers, and the rest of the upper body includes olive brown wings.

The wings are dark brown, the outer wings are feathered, the lemma is decorated with brown stripes, and the base of the lemma has a broad brown edge. The outer limb of the inner flight feather is olive brown, the tail feather is dark brown or dark brown, there are many dark brown transverse spots, and the tail end is dark brown. The chin, throat, upper chest and chest side are brown with dark brown longitudinal stripes, the rest of the lower body is brown with no longitudinal stripes on the side, the abdomen is dirty gray, the anus is brown, and there are brown feathers under the wings.

woodpecker

Oak woodpecker, about 20 cm (8 inches) long, distributed in deciduous forests from western North America to southern Colombia. Acorns are used as winter food, and holes are drilled in bark to store food. The red-headed woodpecker is similar in size to the oak woodpecker (19 ~ 23 cm [7.5 ~ 9 inches]) and is sparsely distributed in open woodlands, farmland and orchards in temperate North America east of the Rocky Mountains.

owl

Birds of this purpose vary in size, ranging from 90 cm in length to less than 20 cm, such as vultures.

For this purpose, birds have a wide head, a short and thick mouth and a hooked front end. Compared with the huge head, the eyes are all forward, which is a characteristic of this bird and is different from other birds. The feathers in the front of the head are arranged in a disk shape, and some species have ears. The distribution of eyes, face plate and ear feathers makes the head of this order bird very similar to that of a cat, so this order bird is commonly called owl.

magpie

Male adult birds: the head, neck, back and tail are covered with bright black feathers, the back neck is slightly purple, and the back is slightly blue-green; Shoulder feathers are pure white; Waist gray and white mixed. The wings are black, and there are large white spots on the inner side of the primary flight feathers, and the outer side and tail end are black with blue-green luster; The secondary flight feathers are black and have a dark blue luster. The tail feather is black, with a dark green luster, and has a purple-red and dark blue-green broadband at the end. Chin, throat and chest are black, and throat feathers sometimes have a white axis; The upper abdomen and lateral abdomen are pure white; The lower abdomen and covered legs are covered with black feathers; Axillary feathers and alar feathers are pale white.

References:

Swallow-Baidu encyclopedia

Thrushcross-Baidu Encyclopedia

Woodpecker-Baidu Encyclopedia

Owl-Baidu Encyclopedia

Magpie-Baidu Encyclopedia