Yurok - a bird, the description and lifestyle of which is in this article, refers to the order of passerines. It has a second, more common name - finch. Outwardly, the bird is smaller than the swift, but has a more round body in shape. The plumage may be different, depending on the subspecies.
Habitat
The Yurok bird lives in the north of Europe and Asia, from Kamchatka to Norway. From the borders of the latter to the Oslo Fjord. In Sweden - to Philipsstadt and Upland, in Finland - to Kuopio. In Russia, hurok is common in the northern part of the country, found on the Murmansk coast, in the lower reaches of the Pechora and in the Timan tundra, as well as in Siberia, Kostroma, Moscow and some other areas. Single reel nests are found in Estonia.
Is it a migratory bird?
Yurok - migratory bird or not? Yes, the Yurok begins to move to other regions in different months, depending on the area of habitat. For example, in the Caucasus, a flight takes place in early March, in the middle Urals - in May, and in the Moscow Region in April. In the South Urals, the first flocks of bastards are observed in September, in Armenia, birds live until the end of November. In South Kazakhstan, an early flight begins in early October, and a late one in a month.
Appearance
The Yurok bird is small in size, its body length reaches 14 centimeters, and its weight is from 15 to 34 grams. This species of birds is very similar to finches, but differs in the color of plumage. In a yurk it is more contrasting. The head, neck and cheeks of males are saturated black. The abdomen with a nuft is white, and the back, chin and chest are red. The tail and wings are black with red stripes.
Females differ from males in plumage saturation. On the throat, goiter and chest, the color is more dull than that of males. Young feathers have the same dull plumage. The beak of the yurks is black, quite powerful. These birds are very similar to the finch lifestyle. Two species of birds can often be found in one flock.
Subspecies of yurks
The Yurok bird is called differently, depending on the color of the plumage:
- The canaries have a bright yellow abdomen, and the back and wings are with brown spots and stripes located in bizarre patterns.
- The snow yurk has a light beige tummy. The wings and back are brown, and the feathers can be completely black.
- The red-caped hurok is distinguished by the characteristic coloring of the head, due to which it got its name. Sometimes the color may be orange and occur as splashes on the wings.
- The yellow-bellied yurok is one of the most beautiful. The color of the abdomen is pale or acid yellow.
- Galapagos yurki are named after their habitat. These representatives of the family have a brown color with dark stripes and specks. The beak is more powerful than that of the other relatives.
- The plumage of female earthen yurka females is dark brown or grayish, while the opposite is black.
Representatives of the family differ not only in color and gender, but also in lifestyle. In Europe, as soon as the cold season comes, the Hurok bird flies south to the Mediterranean. Some varieties of yurks prefer to live in flocks, while others prefer to live in separate pairs. But they can easily get along with other species of birds. Some yurks are called singers. To perform trills, they climb onto tall cornices or trees.
Food
Yurki prefer animal feed, and plant feed mainly in winter. In summer, birds feed on arthropods, mainly weevils. They love to eat caterpillars of butterflies, hymenoptera, spiders and aphids. The Yurok bird from vegetation feeds on blueberry and funnel seeds.
In the Transcarpathian region, birds eat beech nuts, collect coniferous seeds. In the Caucasus, in autumn, the diet of birds consists mainly of weed and sunflower seeds. In the winter season, reels often often eat food from feeders carefully made by man.
