I found a bird with a black body, a piece of white beside its eyes and a red dot inside. What kind of bird is this?

Chinese name of red-eared snipe: red-eared snipe (also known as red-cheeked snipe)

Species classification: passeriformes passeriformes → snipe family → snipe family → snipe family striped snipe photography: red-eared snipe.

Latin scientific name: Yosso grouse

English name: red-bearded snipe

Domestic distribution: it is distributed in southeastern Tibet, to southern Yunnan, southern Guizhou, southern Guangxi to Guangdong and western Hong Kong (resident birds are found in tropical and subtropical areas in southern and southwestern China). Red-eared snipe once existed in large numbers in China. However, in recent decades, due to population growth, deforestation and environmental pollution, especially because the bird has bright feathers, good singing, miscellaneous eating habits, easy to raise, and can be often killed as a caged bird, the population has decreased significantly, and hundreds of large groups have been hard to see. Therefore, attention should be paid to the protection and control of hunting.

Distribution abroad: Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and other places in the East Himalaya to Indo-China Peninsula and Malay Peninsula.

Economic use: I am addicted to plant food such as fruits and pests, and have mixed feelings about agriculture and forestry; Birds with bright feathers are kept as caged birds and can be used as export commodities.

Migration: Keep birds, not migrate.

Field identification characteristics: small birds, body length 17-2 1cm. The forehead is black to the top of the head, and there is a towering black feather crown on the top of the head. At present, it has a bright red spot on the back and a white spot on the bottom. The periphery is black, which is very eye-catching on the head. The upper body is brown. The tail is dark brown, and the lateral tail feathers have white terminal spots. The lower body is white, and the tail is covered with red feathers. The zygomatic line is black with dark brown stripes on the chest. The appearance and size of the white-throated red-rumped snipe are very similar to this species, but the crest on the top of the white-throated red-rumped snipe is short and inconspicuous, and its face is silvery gray without red and white spots, so it is not difficult to identify it in the wild.

Red-eared snipe description: the forehead is black to the top of the head, there is a towering black feather crown on the top of the head, and there are crimson feather clusters behind the eyes, forming erythema; Ear feathers and cheeks are white, right under the erythema. The rest of the upper body, such as the back neck, back to tail, is brown or khaki, and some specimens have reddish brown feathers. The tail is dark brown or dark brown, except for the central 1-2 pairs of tail feathers, all the other tail feathers have white end spots, and the white spots extend outward to the lateral tail feathers until the whole tail. The wings are covered with feathers of the same color as the back, the flying feathers are dark brown or dark brown, and the outer headland is slightly khaki or light khaki. Cheeks and throat are white, and there is a thin black line in the middle, which extends from the root of the mouth along the cheek white spot to the back of the ear feather. The rest of the lower body is white or nearly white, with light brown or smoky brown on both sides. There is a wide dark brown or black horizontal belt on both sides of the chest, which gradually narrows from the lower neck through the chest to the middle of the chest, and finally ends in the middle of the chest to form an incomplete chest belt, and the tail is covered with bright red or orange red feathers. The iris is brown, tan, reddish brown or dark brown, and the mouth and feet are black.

Habitat: Villages, Woods and bushes near farmland, parks in towns. Sexually active, often in small groups of more than 65,438+00, sometimes in large groups of more than 20-30, and sometimes mixed with red-rumped snipes and yellow-rumped snipes. Spend most of the day moving and foraging on the crown or shrubs. He is good at singing, and his singing is light and pleasant, with voices like' cloth-cloth-cloth' or' Wei-kick-wow'. I usually dance for food and sing at the same time.

Body shape: male weight 26-40g, female 28-43g；; ; Male body length 175-2 10mm, female165-223mm; The peak value of male population is 12- 15mm, and that of female population is12-15 mm; Male wing 80-92mm, female wing 81-98 mm; Male tail is 83-99mm, and female tail is 81-100 mm; Male tarsometatarsal 19.5-24mm, female19-23 mm.

Feeding habit: omnivorous, but mainly plant food. It is common to peck at the seeds, fruits, flowers and grass of trees and shrubs. Especially that fruit of banyan, plum, heather, indigo and other tree and shrubs. Animal food is mainly COLEOPTERA, LEPIDOPTERA, ORTHOPTERA, HYMENOPTERA and other insects and insect larvae.

Breeding season: April-August breeding season, very active, often standing on the treetops and singing loudly, or male and female birds chasing, flying and playing between the canopy and flowers. Usually nests are built in bushes, bamboo bushes, fruit trees and other low trees. The nests are mostly placed between the branches of shrubs or bamboo bushes, and some are placed on banana forests and banana petioles. The nest consists of fine dead branches, hay, leaves and other materials, and is padded with soft materials such as fine hay stems, grass roots, animal hair and bird feathers. The nest is cup-shaped, 7-8cm in diameter, 7- 15cm in height, 4-6cm in depth and 0.8-2m above the ground. Each nest lays 2-4 eggs, most of which are 3 eggs. Eggs are pink, covered with dark red and lavender spots, especially the blunt end, which often form purple bands densely on dark paper money. The egg size is 20-24 mm× 15- 18 mm, and the incubation period is 12- 14 days.

Predation method: peck among branches with your mouth, and sometimes catch flying insects in flight.

Habit: Common resident birds. Like group activities. Nest and breed in trees from March to August. Because of its towering feathers, it is commonly known as the "high bun crown". The songs of "Bubi-,Bubi-"or "Wei-Kick-Wow" are often kept as ornamental birds in Guangdong.

This species has been listed in the List of Terrestrial Wild Animals under National Key Protection or with Important Economic and Scientific Research Value issued by the State Forestry Administration in August 2000 1.