What bird sings Vityu saw. Lentils bird appearance and description

Features and habitat of lentil poultry

Lentils (from the Latin Carpodacus) is a medium-sized bird from the family of finch, sparrow detachment. Depending on the species lentil bird   lives in Asia, North America and Europe.

Scientists distinguish many species and subspecies of these chordates, the main ones are listed below:

rhodochlamys;

kashgarica;

obscurata;

Pink lentils (from the Latin Carpodacus rhodochlamys grandis) - to settle in the mountains of Tien Shan, to a lesser extent in the Altai Heights, in eastern Afghanistan and the Himalayas. There are two subspecies:

Carpodacus rhodochlamys rhodochlamys;

Carpodacus rhodochlamys grandis;

coccineus;

frontalis;

griscomi;

mcgregori;

amplus;

centralis;

mexicanus;

potosinus;

clementis;

ruberrimus;

rhodopnus;

roseipectus;

Thin-beak lentils (from Latin Carpodacus nipalensis);

Red-lentil lentil (from Latin Carpodacus eos);

Beautiful lentils (from the Latin Carpodacus pulcherrimus) - the main habitat is the Himalayas;

The red finch (from the Latin Carpodacus puniceus or Pyrrhospiza punicea) is a rare species that lives in Central Asia high in the mountains;

Purple lentils (from the Latin Carpodacus purpureus) - lives on the North American continent;

Wine red lentils (from Latin Carpodacus vinaceus);

Red-browed lentils (from the Latin Carpodacus rodochrous) - this bird has chosen the highlands of the Himalayas as its habitat;

Three-belt lentils (from the Latin Carpodacus trifasciatus);

caucasian large lentils (rubicilla);

mongolian big lentils (kobdensis);

central Asian big lentils (severtzovi);

diabolicus;

Belobrovaya lentil (from Latin Carpodacus thura);

Highland lentils (from the Latin Carpodacus rubicilloides) - dwells at very high altitudes of mountains such as Tibet and the Himalayas;

Almost all species of birds have plumage with patches of red and pink shades in various places of the body, mainly it concerns the head, neck and breast. Males are always more variegated in relation to females. Differences in color by species can be easily observed by photo of lentils birds.

The dimensions of these choristers are relatively small, most species have a carcass body no more than that of a sparrow. Such species as large and high-altitude lentils are slightly larger than their relatives in the family, their body length reaches 20 cm and more.

Character and lifestyle of lentil poultry

Depending on the species, lentils spend their lives in areas overgrown with shrubs and trees. Less commonly, they are found in floodplains with small vegetation.

Lentil birds singing   impresses the ear of a person with its melodiousness and the ability to dramatically change intonation. The sounds they produce are somewhat reminiscent of "tut-ti-vitite", "you-vityu-saw" and the like.

Listening to lentil bird singing

Lead a day life, mainly being on branches of a bush and trees, escaping thereby from the predators hunting for them. The main enemies of these birds are hawks, rodents, cats and snakes.

Most of the species of these birds are migratory, and during the winter they move to the southern regions of their habitat. Some species (mainly southern latitudes) are sedentary.

Lentil nutrition

The main diet of lentils are seeds of plants, berries, and some fruits. Certain species may additionally eat small insects. Most lentils for food do not descend to the ground, but seek their own food at a height.

Willingly drink to Russia and the accumulation of rainwater. On pictures of lentil bird   one can see the moment of their feeding, for at this time these birds are especially alert to all the surrounding rustles and sounds.

Reproduction and life expectancy of lentils

With the exception of some species, lentils are solitary birds and are knitted in pairs only for the nesting period. In the mating season males lentil birds voice   touting females

Females choose a male by color. The most popular are males with bright and variegated plumage. After mating, the female lays eggs in a nest, which she prepares in advance on the branches of the bush.

Usually in laying 3-5 eggs. Only the female is engaged in incubation, at which time the male is searching for food for both individuals. The chicks hatch for 15-20 days and another 2-3 weeks are next to their parents, after which they fly away and begin an independent life.

The life expectancy of lentils is very dependent on the species and can reach 10-12 years. On average, these birds live 7-8 years.

Lentils (lat. Carpodacus Erythrinus)
still called the red sparrow. Actually, the size of passerine birds, however, the color is different: in adult males, almost all feathers are bright red, especially in the area of ​​goiter and chest. The lower part of the body is pinkish-white, the armpits and the undertail are white. On the lower part of the neck and part of the back are brown-red feathers with light rims. The female cannot boast such a bright color: she has brown-gray plumage with an olive sheen, the lower part of the body is ocher shade. On the wings you can see light stripes. Young animals are similar in color to females, but their feathers are darker and dim.
photo: Lentils - songbird (male)



  photo: Female lentils
  The trunk is oblong, the head is small, the beak is short. The tail with a noticeable notch, its length is 3-7 cm, the wings are also small - up to 8-9 cm. The average body weight is 75-83 grams. Habitat - Eastern Europe, Asia, Siberia. Lentils winter in India, China and other Asian countries, but sometimes sedentary individuals are also found. They prefer to live in forests and meadows near water bodies, and also lentils can be found in the foothills.


photo: Forests and meadows favorite place to live lentils

Lifestyle, nutrition, reproduction

It is recommended to keep one by one or in pairs, these are birds not schooling, therefore they may conflict with other species. The difficulty of keeping in captivity is that birds are very susceptible to molting. If you pick the wrong food, lentils will begin to drop plumage and go bald, and a new feather may not grow. In addition, lentils are prone to obesity, they can not be overfed. Representatives of this species have loud and melodious singing, alternating with chirping. It seems that the bird says: “che-che-vi-tsa”, from which came the name of the genus.

Common lentils,or lentil, or black cherry, or red sparrow   (outdated) - Carpodacus erythrinus

Appearance. The male is brown-gray on top with bright red heads, throats and breasts, the females and young birds are greenish-gray, the wings and tail are dark, the belly (and in the Far Eastern birds, sometimes the chest) is white. The back is almost without pestrin.
   The song is a rather loud whistle, transmitted by the phrase: “Did you see Vitya?” Or “four-che-vi-tsa”, the cry is a soft “chuii”.
Habitat. Lentil's favorite habitat is raw deciduous sprouts along the banks of rivers, where bird cherry trees and various willows grow especially magnificently.
Nutrition. It feeds on seeds, buds, fruits, less insects.
  Nesting sites.   Favorite nesting sites for lentils are wet meadows with groups of shrubs and detached trees, where bird-cherry trees and various willows grow especially magnificent. It is also found on the edges of coniferous and deciduous forests, overgrown with young forest cuttings and burns, sometimes in gardens and towns.
The location of the nest. Nests are always located in dense branches of shrubs or low trees, often in the depths of hop stalks, in bunches of small alder branches (in “witch brooms”) extending from the trunk, at a height of 0.5-2 m from the ground.
Nest building material.   The nest builds from stalks of various cereals, umbrella plants, roots and climbing shoots (always present in the building material). Characterized for him sticking out in different directions, the ends of large stems in the outer walls of the nest. The tray is lined with thin stalks, sometimes vegetable fluff and a small amount of horsehair. Feathers in the litter are missing, which is how a lentil nest differs from a nest, for example, linnet.
The shape and size of the nest.   The nest is a rather loose low bowl. The diameter of the socket is 90-150 mm, the height of the socket is about 100 mm, the diameter of the tray is 60-70 mm, the depth of the tray is 35-45 mm.
Laying features.   A laying of 5-6 bluish-green eggs covered with dark brown and black-purple specks and specks forming a corolla at the blunt end. Sizes of eggs: (19-22) x (13-16) mm.
Timing nesting.   Arrives in the second half of May. In the first half of June there are nests with full clutches. Hatching eggs lasts 13-14 days. Departure of young birds from the nest is observed in the second half of July. Fly starts early in August and ends by September.
Spread.   Distributed throughout the forest and forest-steppe zones of Russia, in the Caucasus.
Wintering.    Migratory view. Winters in India and South China.

Description Buturlin. Have you ever heard a wild bird whistling its name without ever learning it? And lentils do it perfectly. Late in the second half of May, this bird appears in the middle zone of the European part of Russia and immediately announces this with its characteristic a little song. This is a four- or five-syllable, purely whistling cry, sounding as if “ti-tut-itit-vityu ...” and sometimes very closely conveyed by the syllables “che-che-vi-tsa”. For some singers, the song sounds like a question. Young males sing much worse than the old ones. And the second, local (Ural), the name of this bird - the cherry-tree - is also very apt.
  It is not difficult to see a singing male, and once you see it, you will not forget it. If the singer is an old male, then coloring its plumage is almost everywhere red, brighter on the head, chest and nadhvoste. Grayish-brown, which in young males and females constitute the main coloring, make their way through the red tones. Males begin to blush only in the second or third year of life. Females are very similar to the most ordinary urban sparrow   , only a little smaller and smaller (the length of the birds is about 16 centimeters). The beak of lentils is thick and swollen, but weaker than that of bullfinches.
  The homeland of lentils is Siberia, and only relatively recently this species began to settle to the west. This bird is currently spread out   almost throughout the European part of Russia, but in the western half it is less common. A special, less red subspecies lives in the Caucasus. Beyond the Urals, lentils are distributed throughout the Asian part of Russia, to the east - to Kamchatka, and to the south - to the Aral Sea, Tien Shan and Transbaikalia, where it also forms a number of subspecies, differing mainly in the red tones of the plumage.
  Settlement from Siberia still determines the migratory directions of lentils, since even European individuals breeding or breeding, for example, in the Moscow region, fly to India and southern China for wintering, that is, to the east, and not to the south. They make a huge journey both ways, and therefore their summer stay in Europe is very short. Arriving in May, they are already disappearing in August, heading straight east.
  Lentils - characteristic denizen   coastal (uremny) thickets along river valleys and clearings. Throughout the vast extent of its habitat area, this bird searches for more or less similar conditions - from the coastal shoots of the lower reaches of the Lena beyond the Arctic Circle to wilderness along the rivers of Kazakhstan.
  Nesting birds are easy to spot. It helps song   male, monotonously repeated from the same place (from the favorite bitch). But the female easily gives out her presence, flying away from the nest with a resounding, as if nasal “püyi”, very similar to the cry of the room canary. Birds fly around uneasily, but finding a nest is not so simple: you have to climb into the thicket, fight with nettles and get stuck in the flue.
Nests always located in the depths of the bush, among the thicket of branches and nettles, very low from the ground. Typically, the nest is fortified in the rupture of the main trunk. Since birds collect material for construction here, nearby, in the bushes and along the outskirts of the flood plains or fields adjacent to it, the nests are almost entirely made of stalks of various cereals, umbrella plants and climbing shoots. The walls of the nest are quite dense, in the form of a low cup, and inside the tray is lined with hair, vegetable fluff, and the like soft material. In the neighborhood of lentils, warblers often nest, but their nests are very deep and are suspended between vertical stems.
  Nest usually contains 5-6 testicle, bluish, with sharp dark brown specks (eggs about 20 millimeters long). Some eggs can be spotless. Hatching lasts 13-14 days. Only the female hatches, and the male nearby monotonously repeats his loud whistling and carries feed to the nest. In the spring, at the time of mating, he can hear a quieter, chirping song, with which he chases the female.
  Composition of food   lentils are also entirely determined by its habitat: in summer it almost never leaves them. In the spring, birds readily pluck various buds, willow earrings; later they feed on over-ripe seeds, but also collect small insects, mainly bare caterpillars, aphids and small beetles on bird cherry, willow and willow. With the advent of broods, food becomes more and more vegetable; mainly it is juicy unripe seeds of reeds, reeds. They feed lentils and wintering. If oat fields are suitable for the shores, birds pluck the unripe sticks of oats, bending them down to the ground. On the trees gals bite and eat. They also eat the seeds of some berries (buckthorn, honeysuckle, viburnum).
  In second half of summer   The lentils are hardly noticeable, since the males stop singing, and large flocks do not form in them. But in coastal thickets one can hear a nasal roll call of young, very little noticeable in the branches due to its brownish-gray plumage. Old birds keep even more secretive. Fly away is completely unnoticed.

The lentil bird is a beautiful songbird, which belongs to the family of finch birds. Lentil has a small size and weight: its weight ranges from 19 to 25 grams. The bird has a fairly bright plumage. The male has red color on the breast, back, head and nadhvoste. In females and young birds, the plumage is greenish-gray, the belly is white, the wings are dark. In males, the colorful plumage appears after they arrive for the second time to hibernate, and until then, the young males have a rather dull greenish color. The lentil bird is endowed with a strong beak that has a conical shape.

The main places of settlement of lentils are raw forests, river banks and streams. She also lives in urban parks, gardens, is found in lilac thickets. The main habitat of the bird is open space where there are shrubs and there. You can rarely meet lentils in natural habitat, because it behaves very carefully and prefers to hide in dense foliage, but by the clear voice of the bird you can learn about its presence.

Lentils bird (photo in the article) is migratory feathered, so its area of ​​distribution is quite wide: almost the entire Caucasus, the Asian part of Russia and Siberia. For the construction of nests lentils use the roots and stalks of herbs, diligently lining the tray of the nest with fluff and grass to give neatness. The main place of nest construction are branches of shrubs and low trees. Complete clutch contains about 5-6 eggs, having a greenish color with purple specks and speckles. Nursing, which lasts about 14 days, is occupied by the female lentils, and the male at this time is engaged in her feeding. Nestlings leave the nest quite early, not even knowing how to fly well.

The lentil bird got its name due to the melodious trills, which are formed as a result of the sonorous and quite clear sound combination “che-che-vi-tsa”, which is a kind of calling card of colorful feathered. The basis for feeding lentils are various overripe seeds and fruits, less often they consume small insects (during feeding of chicks), mainly caterpillars, small beetles and aphids. In spring time it is time, and for lentils its flowers become the basis of nutrition at this time.

Lentil bird wintering in Asia and India. Males with red color are the first to go to wintering grounds. After them old males fly away, which have no nests, and the last are young birds. Many bird lovers decide to keep lentils at home and face some problems, the main one of which is the molting process. Molting lentils in captivity occurs due to improper feeding, which leads to obesity and metabolic disorders. Therefore, the bird lentils are very demanding on the quality of food.

Lentil - colorful feathered, which takes place in the children's literary work, the author of which is Nikolai Sladkov. "Lentil Bird" - a book that includes interesting poetic stories about various