Bird oatmeal remez: photo, description, content in captivity

There are wonderful birds from the order of passerines. They have spread all over the world. Most often they can be found in Asia, Africa and, of course, in Europe. The territory of Russia and the former Soviet republics can especially boast of this bird. She pleases hearing and lives both in the mountains and on the plains. And they can live fine in captivity. What kind of bird is this? You can find out about this by reading the article.

Description of the male

Externally, the bird looks like a sparrow, so it is related to the passerine. Photo of oatmeal shows good similarity. At the same time, it is easy to distinguish, since it is favorably distinguished by feathering and tail. Total bird has up to 197 species. In the vastness of Russia, the most common species is oatmeal. It can also be found on the expanses of Scandinavia and Spain. Back in Russia, there is a baby, a garden, a perch, a white cap and others.

In the article, we will focus on the bird, called oatmeal remez, which is slightly smaller than the ordinary. The male has a black and white pattern on the head, neck and back. The color is characteristic: rusty-brown with dark multicolored (pestrinami). He has a chestnut necklace on his chest, and spots on his sides. The abdomen of the male is white.

Description of the female

The female is a kind of oatmeal remez, painted like a male, but with less contrast. The head instead of black is colored brown. Autumn feather coloration is very similar: ocherous. A noticeable difference between the female and the male is the absence of a white spot on the occiput. If it occurs in females, it is very small, barely noticeable. Still the female has ocher color of a feather completely, except for the basis. In males, it is only on the edges of feathers.

Differences between young and mature males

Young males are a kind of oatmeal remez, having a nesting outfit, are very similar to females. They are duller and with a large ocherous coating. On the chest there are dark-brown pestriny, and on the sides brown with dark-brown strokes on the trunks. The helmsmen have pointed ones.

In a year the males differ from the mature dull and narrow stripe on the chest, which has a chestnut color. On the mask they often have brown feathers (especially on the ear). Since young males differ little from females, they can be confused with cane porridge. To prevent this from happening, you need to look closely at the signs. They should be distinguished by a light speck over the ear. To all, as a rule, the feathers of the remezes on the crown of the head are prickly, resembling a crest, and the pestriny of the sides are brown. The bird of the type of oatmeal remez has a similar appearance in the east of the region: yellow-billed oatmeal.

Spread

Most of all, flying by, dwells in the southern forest-steppe. The first arrival is in the spring. Time of arrival is not always the same. This occurs from 1 to 3 April. In autumn they fly for the last time from the end of September to the middle of October. In the suburbs from late March to early April, oatmeal reseme settles. The bird fishes and prefers to settle on the forest edge, large meadows, meadows that have bushes and felling.

A lot of birds nest on the ground and less often in bushes at a height of one and a half meters. Nests are built from the stems of grasses and cereals, the spines and hairs of the birds accurately lining the tray. In the southern taiga, the bird is observed in nesting time on the right bank of the Irtysh River. Coniferous forests are inhabited in pripoymennymi habitats and sphagnum marshes, covered with low-growing pine. The second half of summer oatmeal remez, a photo of which is placed in the article, lives in a zone of mixed forests. Most of all, these are pine rows.

Birds fly by and in Omsk. In the XIX century, ordinary oatmeal was deliberately brought to New Zealand (on its islands) from a natural habitat - Great Britain. If we consider the territory of the former Soviet Union, nesting of oats is observed in the south of Moldova and Ukraine. The mountain plains of Elbrus are considered as separate plots. All kinds of oatmeal are in one unit. However, each bird has its own individuality, its subtleties of color, its melodious melody and different way of life.

The structure, size and features of oatmeal

Bird oatmeal has a poorly developed palatine tubercle. The first wing wing is rudimentary. The outer flapper with 3 to 6 primary wing flanks has cuttings. The body of the male has a length of 127 to 160 millimeters, an average of 241 millimeters. The length of females in the body is from 130 to 155 millimeters, the average is 230 millimeters.

Wings have a length:

• Males from 71.5 to 81.5 millimeters, the average - 76.9 mm;
• Female females from 65 to 79.5 millimeters, average 73.2 mm.

The beak has a length of 11 to 12 millimeters, forge - from 18 to 19 millimeters, tail - from 55 to 65 millimeters. Males weigh from 19 to 22.3 grams (an average of 19.87), females - from 17 to 20.8 grams (an average of 17.98 grams).

Oatmeal does not avoid people. She often lives next to a person and even in the city. Most of all they like to nest close to farms. This is understandable, because it is easy to get food: cereal seeds. Of course, it is not difficult to guess that the most favorite treat for a bird of this species is oats. Apparently the name of the oatmeal is not accidental. Wintering a bright bird can be next to the stable, again because of the oats, which is enough enough. The whole population can thus survive and survive the winter. When the snow descends, and the nights are still sometimes frosty, males begin to return from wintering. Then people rejoice when they hear the first trills of birds, among them the singing of oatmeal.

Oviposition

While waiting for females, males spend most of their time looking for food. Between this vital activity they sing, praising the mysteries of the awakening of nature, its beauty and generosity. When the snow leaves, you can find last year's grains on the surface, and the first insects appear from under the ground. In the future, they will make up most of the diet of oatmeal. It is very important that insects will be abundant, because the future offspring need to be nourished. They will serve the newly-made parents for feeding chicks. In the early days the chicks are fed with ground invertebrate fodder from the goiter of the parent (male or female).

When chicks are able to take whole insects, parents wear them grasshoppers, woodworms, spiders and insects of other species. Sweet-nosed oatmeal marries after the second half of April. Already at the end of May they acquire offspring. The males, endowed with a bright color, nurse in front of the females, flirting with them in every possible way, flaunting and bursting into trills with overflows. Choosing a pair, the female looks for a place for the nest. The construction of the future family house begins, where one can grow his own offspring. In May, begins to massively lay eggs oatmeal remez. The nest of the bird has a mating of 4 to 6 eggs. They have a white color, with a pink and purple hue. On the eggs are visible specks and fine lines. The incubation period lasts from 12 to 14 days. Young individuals leave the nest when they are about 14 days old. Nestlings feed more insects and sometimes half-ripe seeds of herbs and green shoots.

Life in captivity

The bird has a wide distribution, but in captivity lives not so often. She has incredulous and timid character. Most of all it is preferable to start canalists. For them oatmeal remez - a bird (photo is in the article) is necessary for learning oatmeal tunes. For training, take young males. The cell for oatmeal should be taken spacious up to 70 centimeters long. If the cage contains still other birds, the males may manifest themselves aggressively. If such an event occurs - the male is planted. In the cells contain and remez and ordinary oatmeal. You can also meet in captivity garden, bilious, crumb, gray-headed and some other species.

Feed

Seeds of canary, millet, rapeseed, oatmeal, chumise with a small amount of hemp, mogara, flax, sunflower pressed - all that feeds oatmeal remez. Content in captivity imposes its own peculiarities on bird food, since it can not procure food by itself. A good additive is the screening (weed seeds). It is necessary to give a soft food, which added daphnia or gammarus. Periods the bird is fed with flour worms, various insects, especially in molting and reproduction. It is important that the oatmeal pomegranate bird (the photo and the description of which is above) eat vegetables and greens. The cage should be provided with clean river sand, chalk, pounded shells and egg shell.

Breeding

This is a rare case when poultry breeders plant oatmeal. But if this is of interest to someone, then for such purposes it is necessary to use cages or large cages. In enclosures it is necessary (at least desirable) to have an earthen floor and a bush. Then oatmeal remez, singing which can please the owner's hearing, can winter and not be afraid of frost. In captivity, hybrids were harvested. They are obtained from oatmeal and canary. In nature, such oatmeal is crossed with white-capped, if the contact is in the zone of their contact.

Singing

The song of oatmeal rings with silver and consists of repeating rapid sounds of "zit-zit-zit" and ends with a long "chili". Most of all, the Dubrovnik with yellow-throated oatmeal sing beautiful waxwings. And the omelette remez sings dignifiedly. But still, if the goal is singing a bird, then it's necessary to get the leaders of singing. The content and feeding of the Dubrovnik and the yellow-throated are similar to ordinary oatmeal.

Life expectancy and features of the Pockets nest

If the bird has favorable conditions, then oatmeal can live up to 4 years. But there are special interesting cases when the cases of long-liver birds were recorded. For example, in Germany we found oatmeal older than 13 years. The widest fame was acquired by feathered remedy builders. These birds are in close relationship with the tits. Elegant and pointed, small birds build nests, which are a closed cavity.

The nest has a narrow entrance. It is so strong that in Africa its people often use it as a purse. Such nests resemble a mitten. Only she does not have a thumb attached.

Looking at the size of the birds, you marvel at the awkwardness of their buildings:

• height - up to 22 centimeters;

• diameter - up to 12 centimeters;

• thickness - up to 2 centimeters.

The entrance to the nest is a tube up to 5 centimeters long.

The nest is suspended on hanging down, thin branches of a tree or a bush. It is strengthened on reed stems. If the terrain is damp with flooding, nests of birds are arranged at a height of 2 to 4 meters. It happens that they hang directly over the water.

Drying for nesting remezy is very rare. Then the height of the nest is 12 meters. The framework is connected by elastic and fine fibers, carefully wound on the supporting branches. The main building material is the fluff of poplar, willow, cattail. The inside of the nest is necessarily lined with a thick layer of fluff with feathers.