י 385) כחול זנב
Orange flanked Bush-robin
Orange flanked Bush-robin
Orange flanked Bush-robin












Tarsiger cyanurus
Tarsiger cyanurus
Tarsiger cyanurus


:כחול-זנב
. בגודלו וצורתו דומה לאדום החזה, אלא שצבע ראשו, גבו וזנבו כחול עז
. צידי גופו ערמוניים, לנקבה גוון חום זיתי. צידי גופה ערמוניים וזנבה כחול
. בית גידולו משתרע מצפון אירופה האסיאתית דרומה לאפגניסטן ועד לצפון מזרח סין
. בית חיותו יערות וחורשות של עצי מחט, בטיגות עם קרקע לחה
. בארץ עובר אורח אקראי נדיר ביותר
Subspecies and Distribution.
T. c. cyanurus N Euroasia.
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Descriptive notes.
14 cm, 15-19 g, wingspan 21-24 cm. Close in size and structure to European Robin, though slightly shorter billed and longer tailed. Small, fairly compact chat, with general character recalling both European Robin and Redstart.Female dull olive-brown above, with pale eye-ring and darker, blue-washed rump and tail, dull white below, with brown chest and orange flank-panel.
Sexes disimilar, no seasonal variation.
Habitat.
Breeds in upper-middle and marginally in upper continental latitudes, exclusively boreal and mountain, in thick mossy conifer forest, especially taiga, on moist soil, generally with undergrowth.
Also mixed forest with birch and rhododendron. In Far East, more often in birchwoods, even up to 3000 m in Japan, where trees no more than 3 m high.
Food and Feeding.
Diet based on insects, also fruits and seeds outside breeding season. Feeds in low trees, shrubs, and on ground.
Catches insects by hopping about on ground, by perching and flying down to take items located, and by brief aerial-pursuit like flycatcher.
Breeding.
Jun-Aug in USSR. Nest site on ground in hollow among tree roots, or in hole in bank, or slightly above ground in stump or fallen log.
Nest cup of moss, grass, and roots, lined with softer grass, wool, hair, and sometimes pine needles.
5-7 sub-elliptical, smooth and slightly glossy, white, sometimes lightly marked with brownish blotches, usually at broad end. Incubation, period unknown, by female only.
Movements.
Northern populations are long-distance migrant.
Southern race, breeding in Himalayan region, mainly shows short-distance altitudinal movements, but some birds reach Assam, Burma and N Thailand.
Japanese population of northern race, nominate, is resident.
Status and Conservation.
Not globally threatened. Common on taiga.
Israel.
In Israel subspecies No data, stragler.

in Israel




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