Asian long-billed tiger: description, nutrition, reproduction

The Asian long-billed tiger is a small bird, which belongs to the chistikovy (detachment of cocksucker). The range of nesting and numbers are not exactly known, but these birds are included in the Red Book. On the territory of our country, this bird is protected in Kamchatka and Sakhalin, as well as in several reserves of the Far East.

Habitat

These migratory birds (the names of family members are directly related to their appearance) nest in separate pairs in remote from the sea and coastal mixed and coniferous forests. They also get their food there. In summer they are found on rivers and fresh lakes away from the sea: they are often recorded on such lakes as Ajabachye, Kronotsky and Kuril.

Nests are always located on larch and made of branches or lichens lined with lichens and pine needles. Some birds winter in the Peter the Great Bay (in Primorye), in Japan - off the coast of Hokkaido, Kyushu and Honshu, on the Korean peninsula, as well as in the Liaodong and Shandong peninsulas.

Coloring

Pyzhik - a bird, in which the upper part of the body has a brownish-black color with a fringe of feathers of a yellowish-sandy hue. The underside is white with dark wide spots. Iris of the eyes has a brown hue, the beak is dark horny, reddish-pink legs with membranes of black color. In nature, light contrast contrasts with the throat. In winter, the color is two-color - white bottom and dark top. A white ring is around the eye. On the head there is a dark cap, which descends below the organs of vision.

Lifestyle and Behavior

The Asian long-billed gingerbread mostly lives in groups. Although several nests, one by one, were found. Two of them were found in the forest far from the shore. The first was created in the fork of the branch, the second - at a height of almost thirty meters from the ground in a hollow. The rest of the nests found were in the depressions in the middle of the tundra on the subantarctic small islands.

Nest

It should be noted that all the nests found were mainly located at a height of two to seven meters on larches and were made from small branches or lichens, carefully lined with needles.

Food

The Asian long-billed gingerbread feeds mainly on fish. Larvae of amphibiotic insects and crustaceans were also found in his food samples.

Reproduction

It must be said that in the nesting period the way of life of birds has not yet been studied. On the territory of Russia, only three nests have been found so far: on the coast of Sakhalin Island in Chayvo Bay, on the watershed of Kukhtui and Okhota rivers, and also on the Kony Peninsula, located near Magadan. Judging by these specimens, the Asian long-billed puppy lays eggs in late June - early July. Thus in a laying always only one egg. Chicks are born approximately a month later (in late July or early in August). Since information about this bird at the moment is very small, it should be noted that enemies and limiting factors are unknown.

Offspring

The single egg, having an elongated-oval shape, is distinguished by a pale bluish-green color with small speckles of dark brown color. Doves in nesting time very often fly over the forest at dusk with a piercing whistle. As already mentioned, incubation lasts an average of thirty days. Both representatives of the pair take part in this process.

Small chicks are covered with a delicate yellowish-gray fluff, which has small dark spots. The duration of their stay in the nests is four weeks. At this time, adult migratory birds, whose names are directly related to their elongated beak, bring offspring of larvae and worms for feeding. In places of nesting, adults appear very early. This usually happens in early May. In this case, they begin to nest only in June.

Number of

On the coast of Kamchatka in a three-kilometer strip of water areas in the summer time, about 9,000 long-legged blooms were counted. On the east coast, 7000 individuals were noted, and 2000 on the western coast. Density of birds in some parts of the coast of Kamchatka reached 8 individuals per meter.

Similar species

They differ from short-tailed bunny on top of a darker shade with a shallow brown ripple, completely dark tail, and also a long beak. And in winter time - a dark large hat, dropping below the bird's eyes.

Threats to the mind

Accurate information about the enemies, as well as on the limiting factors at this time, science is not known. There were cases of contamination of bird feathers with oil products.

Security

Asian peasant, like all rare birds of the world, is listed in the Red Book. In addition, it is included in the Annex of bilateral agreements between Russia and the United States, Japan, the DPRK and the Republic of Korea on the protection of migratory birds. Pyzhik is protected in Magadan, Kronotsky, Kuril, Poronaisk and Sikhote-Alinsky nature reserves, as well as in the reserves of Sakhalin and Kamchatka. Special surveys are required to accurately determine the breeding range and abundance.