Recently,
Jiangxi Agricultural University Wild Bird Society
When a routine bird watching activity in the school experimental field
Found a strange bird appeared on the open space of the experimental field
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The bird is slightly larger than a sparrow
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The bird is slightly larger than a sparrow
The bird is slightly larger than a sparrow
1 The lower body is white, the upper body is maroon
has a white moustache, which may be of some kind of bunting
confirmed by Professor Zhang Weiwei
The bird is white-headed bunting
It is understood that
This time it is discovered in Jiangxi Province for the first time!
set a new record in the Jiangxi Province Bird List!
What kind of bird is a white-headed bunting?
Let’s learn about it together!
Whitehead Bunny (scientific name: Emberiza leucocephalos)
Bunny family, weighs 20-43 grams, and has a body length of 170-185 mm. It is a small songbird with a body like a sparrow. It has a unique head pattern and a small crown . The male bird has a white top crown pattern and a black side crown pattern close to its sides. The middle of the ear feather is white and the edge of the ring is black. The remaining part of the head and throat are maroon in contrast to the white chest strap. The female bird is light but not conspicuous, just like the female bird of yellow bunting . The difference is that the mouth has two colors, the body color is lighter and slightly pink instead of yellow, and the underside of the moustache is whiter. The iris is dark brown; the corners of the mouth are brown, the lower mouth is lighter; the upper mouth is brown in the midline; the feet are pink and brown.
Source: Jiangxi Agricultural University
Editor: Wan Qing
Re-examination: Feng Xingxing
Review: Shao Ping
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