Birds are amazing natural creatures. Their bright plumage and melodious sonorous voices fill nature with colors and a unique atmosphere. A forest without birds is impossible to imagine. In it you can always hear the most diverse twittering and see the imaginative plumage of birds.
One of these birds is presented in this article. This beautiful bird is a blue roaster.
General information about the squad
Raksha birds are tropical. These include Todi, kingfishers, motmotov, hoopoe, earthen crayfish and syovoronkovy (or real crayfish). Particularly attracting the attention of kingfishers, diving headlong into the water in search of fish, as well as associated with classical mythology. The ancient Greeks believed that Ceyx and Alcyone (wife), who crashed the ship at Delphi, turned into kingfishers. The Chinese used the sparkling blue feathers of some varieties of these birds to decorate the paintings.
Other birds of this order - bee-eater - are accused of hunting valuable bees. And in North America they are regarded as enemies due to the fact that in the hatcheries, bee-eater prey on young fish. Another bird - kookaburra - has a loud laugh and even a donkey's voice. The bluefin is considered one of the most useful among its relatives.
The following article provides more detailed information about this bird.
General information
This bird has an elegant bright plumage. It belongs to the family of the synovoronids of the crayfish.
In the recent past, these birds lived throughout Europe. Felling and destruction of old trees, unfortunately, deprived them of many places of habitual habitat. Today, the number of these beautiful birds, common in Europe, is approximately 100 thousand individuals. However, most of them live in Russia, Ukraine and Turkey.
The use of insecticides in agriculture also leads to the fact that these birds are doomed to a half-starved existence. This does not allow them to fully feed their chicks, which greatly affects the renewal of the population.
Habitats and Nesting
The rodent bird lives mainly in ravines and steppe beams. In large flocks, they can often be seen on the wires from which they take off from time to time. In the more northern areas of the range, they willingly nest in clearings and burnt areas, as well as in pine forests and sparse oak forests.
Avoidance of a thicket of thick forests with spruce trees. He likes forest-steppe zones, valley forests, willow plantations, steppe oak forests and gardens more. In the steppe territories, he selects cliffs, ravines, river banks, etc.
This bird has a fairly wide nesting area in Eurasia: from the southern territories of Spain, France, Germany, all of Eastern Europe to Siberia and the Tan Shan, as well as Kashmir in Central Asia. The nesting area in Sweden reaches 61 ° sowing. latitude, and in Finland - up to 62 °. In Russia, they can be found in the vicinity of the cities of Kalinin, St. Petersburg, Gorky, Moscow and Kazan. In the most northern territories of Russia, they are less common. Nesting places - east of the Urals, in the area of the city of Kokchetav of Kazakhstan (the middle course of the Irtysh river). These birds inhabit both Africa and Australia.
In the regions of the south, the blue rodents lead a sedentary lifestyle, and in the north, they are migratory. The flight of these birds in the chernozem strip occurs gradually, starting almost from the end of August. And in the Crimea and the Caucasus, this bird lingers longer in the fall, almost until the end of September. They fly off mainly in small flocks, and extremely rarely alone. Fly towards Africa.
Description
The body length is 35 cm and weighs 180 grams. The growth of this bird is about the same as that of an ordinary jackdaw. The plumage of the bird of the sysooron (raksha) is blue with a greenish tint. The shoulders and back are brown or reddish. The beak is black, short and strong enough. The lower part of the back, as well as the undertail, is a violet-blue hue, and all the feathers on the underside are dark blue. The sharp wings of a bird in flight look in a beautiful blue color.
The head of young birds is a pale brown hue. Their flight is maneuverable, and the flapping of wings is deep and sharp. On the ground they move awkwardly. The blue rollers have a sharp, raspy voice with a beautiful sound.
In the spring, males talk. They rise to great heights with jerky, croaking sounds similar to "cancer-cancer-cancer - …". Further, somersaulting, they emit jerky and gambling screams - "raker-raker- …".
Among the other modestly colored birds, the rodent is very beautiful.
Behavior
Common blueberries have recently begun to appear in city parks. This is due to changes in the environment. Where there are many ravines with clay soil, they dig their nests in dug holes.
These birds are distinguished by increased heat lovingness, therefore, they fly from Africa only in May and fly away earlier than other birds. With a cool and rainy summer, they do not breed offspring. These birds outside the nesting season lead mostly solitary life. Sitting on a branch of a tall tree, having seen prey, the bird instantly attacks the prey right in the air and immediately swallows it.
The length of the flight of the grease trap does not exceed 200 meters. She does not like to walk on the ground, but sometimes she is not averse to feasting on rodents, frogs or lizards.
There is one feature of this bird - it is capable in case of danger of secreting a secret from the stomach, smelling bad enough. It can scare away many predators.
As a rule, the synovolas are kept singly or in pairs.
