What is the origin of the pearl bird? Introduction to the pearl bird

Native to parts of Australia, the pearl bird is named after the gray feathers scattered with many small white spots, resembling "pearls". And because it has spots like zebra stripes, it is scientifically known as zebra finch.

The pearl bird is about 10 centimeters long. The overall plumage color is blue-blue-gray, and there is a clear difference between the plumage color of male and female, which is easy to identify. The head of the pearl bird is blue-gray, and there are black feathers on both sides of the beak base and under the eyes, and the eyes are white at first, and between the beak base and the black feathers under the eyes, it seems to be a "tear stain" under the eyes.

The throat and thorax are light grayish-blue, and the back, shoulders, and wings are blue, grayish-brown. The flight feathers are dark gray-brown, the tail feathers are short, mostly black, often covered by long tail feathers, and the tail feathers have regular white horizontal stripes, so they are also known as zebra finch.

Because the pearl bird has small spots on its back that look like pearls.

The pearl bird is another name for the Jinshan pearl, and its scientific name is Poephila Guttata, and the English name is Zebra Finch, also known as the Grass Finch, the Brocade Bird, the Brocade Bird, the Little Pearl, the Brocade Finch, etc.

Adult pearl birds, breeding in spring and summer every year, they were originally distributed in Indonesia and Australia and other places, are in the southern hemisphere, the local spring and summer in the northern hemisphere is autumn and winter, so pearl birds in China have no obvious breeding season, can breed all year round, but to avoid the summer heat and winter cold.

Daily pearl birds are easier to raise, the conditions of feeding are not harsh, you can use a variety of canary cages, cages, yellow finch cages, embroidered eye cages and metal cages to raise, because the bird is smaller, the diameter of the cage is about 1 2 mm, the spacing between the strips is 10 12 mm, the cage is equipped with a perching stick, the diameter is 10 mm, you can choose the dried roots of wolfberry, wisteria, boxwood, jujube branches, wolfberry branches, wild mulberry branches, etc.

Pearl birds can be kept in a variety of small bamboo cages or metal cages, with 1 pair per cage. The cage strips should be fine, and the food tank, sandbox, drinking fountain, etc. should be small and delicate to enhance the ornamental value. It can also be raised in poultry houses and houses.

Hang the breeding nest box on the wall, the nest box size is cm 9 cm 9 cm.

Erect wooden planks separated into upper and lower layers to make a dark nest, and the number should be more than the actual number of paired birds, so as to avoid fighting for nests. The nest should be covered with cotton wool, brown silk, hay, feathers and other materials. After hatching, a few stacks of straw or wheat straw are set up on the inside of the house, and the chicks are allowed to hide in them.

When the parent birds come to nurse, they automatically recognize each other.

The scientific name of Jinshan pearl is zebra finch, and it is also known as Jinhua bird, Jinhua bird, pearl bird, small pearl, brocade finch, etc. The golden-mountain pearl bird belongs to the passerine family of plum birds, native to the tropical forests of eastern Australia and eastern Indonesia.

This bird feather is gorgeous, petite and exquisite, the body length is only about 10 centimeters, and the most significant feature is that the body is covered with small white dots, like pearls, hence the namePearl Bird

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Pearl birds inhabit dry sparse forest belts, shrublands, open farmland, meadows, salt marshes, plantations, parks, courtyards, etc. They often move in pairs or groups, especially in the dry season, and often gather in large flocks of more than 10 million birds near water.

The male of the pearl bird chirps more frequently, the song has a single tone or a single tone rapid continuous song, the continuous song is urgent, the song is not very pleasant to the ear, but it does not make people feel annoyed and uneasy, the song is not high, the bird's head and tail are high when the song is called, it is in the shape of "U", and then it is matched with a gorgeous feather color, which is very ornamental. Females rarely sing. Adult male and female birds are often inseparable, grooming each other, kissing, nodding, and a strong friendship between husbands and wives.

The pearl bird is not very strict about drinking water and water baths, and it can also go without drinking for a long time, and it can also obtain the necessary water for physiological activities from food. When you drink water, you suck a bit like a pigeon. The requirements for water baths are not high, as long as the feathers are slightly wet during the water bath, and the male and female birds can be feathered with each other in the future.

Pearl birds feed on plant foods, such as plant seeds, young leaves, and shoots, and mostly forage on the ground, sometimes flying in the air to catch some small insects.

Because the names of birds are generally based on appearance, habitat and species, and rarely for no reason or according to value, the reason why the pearl bird is called the pearl bird is because it has pearl-like spots on its fluff, which is more eye-catching, so it is called the pearl bird. In addition, he also called the zebra finch and the gold mountain pearl, the zebra finch because it has zebra-like stripes (male), and the gold mountain of the gold mountain pearl is the place name.

The pearl bird is originally white, scattered with many small white spots, resembling a "pearl" and is named pearl bird, and it is said that Sydney, Australia, was previously said to be rich in gold mines and called "gold mountain", just as San Francisco in the United States was called "San Francisco" because of the previous gold mines, so the pearl bird also formed a common name of "gold mountain pearl bird" because of the region.

The pearl bird is petite and delicate, with a body length of about 10 centimeters.

The pearl bird is petite and delicate, about 10 centimeters long, with bright feathers, small red claws, pointed red beak, feathers on its head like a russet turban, a pattern on its neck like a snow tiger, feathers on its back like a russet shirt, and white spots on its tail.

The male bird of the pearl bird chirps more frequently, the song has a single tone or a single tone rapid continuous song, the continuous song is rapid, the song is not very pleasant to the ear, but it does not make people feel irritable, the song is not high, the bird's head and tail are high when the song is called, it is in the shape of "U", and then it is matched with a gorgeous feather color, which is very ornamental.

The habits of the pearl bird

1. Environment: Pearl birds inhabit dry and sparse forest belts, shrubs, open farmland, grasslands, salt marshes, plantations, parks, courtyards, etc., mostly in pairs or in groups.

2. Drinking water: Pearl birds can not drink water for a long time, and they can also obtain the necessary water for physiological activities from food, and they suck a bit like a pigeon when drinking water.

3. Water bath: The pearl bird does not have high requirements for water bath, as long as the feathers are slightly wet during the water bath, and the male and female birds can be whole with each other in the future.

4. Food: Pearl birds feed on plant food, such as plant seeds, young leaves, and shoots, mostly foraging on the ground, and sometimes catching some small insects in the air.