Pogonysh - description, habitat, interesting facts

A chink is a representative of a feathered family that prefers to live in a wetland. Such conditions are ideal for birds, they build a house in the swamps, feed here, raise offspring and successfully exist in general. Individuals of this group have an interesting coloring, which allows them to mask themselves among the swamps and vegetation. The paws of this bird deserve special attention, they are bright and thin, immediately noticeable against the background of the hull. Birds so easily merge with the environment that a person passing by will not even notice the bird. But let's not get ahead of ourselves, let's look at the main features in order.

Description and habitat

1. According to their external characteristics, these birds are considered small-sized. The individuals of the represented family got their name due to the fact that they have a specific running whistle. As for the size of the hull, long leads grow up to a maximum of 25 cm, but in the natural habitat there are more often smaller birds.By mass of the body of the bird reach 120 grams., And even less. The final numbers depend on the gender of the individual and where it lives permanently.
2. By constitution, these birds are quite dense, the head is small. When compared with the Canadian or black cranes belonging to the family of cranes, when compared with their relatives, the straps have a much shorter neck length.
3. The tail is shortish and wedge-shaped. He is bent up, so it seems that the bird is always on the alert. The beak is small, straight structure and shortish, conical in shape. Clawed paws are rather long and bright. Plumage body variegated and thick.
4. The head is colored gray, as is the neck in the anterior section and the goiter. The body in the lower part is gray with a bluish tint; there may be whitish specks in this area. The wings and back in olive shade, darker, there is a combination of light and dark tones.
5. A distinctive feature of birds is the presence of a red beak, which is pigmented with yellow-green on the tip. Legs are bright, grassy. Individual female gender slightly lighter in coloring than the male representatives. But in other aspects they are practically indistinguishable.
6. Naturally, it is impossible not to affect the habitat of these birds. It has already been mentioned that they prefer to live in a marshy area in grassy thickets. They can also live in spacious meadow areas, near the shoreline of water sources, such as channels, small rivers and lakes.
7. Birds are quite common in African countries, near the Mediterranean and Asia. They are also met in India, Eurasia. They spend the winter in warm regions, because they do not tolerate cold.

Nutrition

1. The basis of the diet of the considered individuals includes various aquatic insects, mollusks, larvae and fry. In addition, birds often eat leaves of plants, grain, young shoots, berries and seeds.
2. Separately, it is worth noting that the individuals represented belong to the order of predatory birds. Because of this feature, it is often possible to observe the picture that birds feed on carrion. Still, the basis of the diet includes animals that live in shallow water or in the grass.

Breeding

1. All subspecies of the considered individuals are monogamous birds.Therefore, after forming a pair, individuals remain faithful to each other until the end of days. Nesting often falls in the middle of spring or summer.
2. When the mating season begins, it is very interesting to watch the birds. The bottom line is that at this time, the males begin to call on the female with loud and rather sharp exclamations. As soon as the pair is formed, they start singing together.
3. Such birds begin to throw their heads up together and arrange mating dances. They spread their wings and jump. Such birds start building the nest in dense thickets that are located in the shallow waters of various water bodies.
4. Often the reed, leaves of cereals and various dry stalks are used as building materials. Externally, the nest looks like a cup. The bottom is covered with grass and down. The laying can total up to 10 eggs. Both parents are engaged in vydik for a month.

Leads are quite interesting representatives of birds. After vyidka laying fluffy chicks are born. Literally a few hours later, the young growth is already out of the nest and follows parents everywhere. At nightfall, the chicks stay exclusively in the nest.After 2 months the young growth becomes completely independent.

Video: crater (Porzana porzana)