A bird of the family Acanthidae (illustration) in the order Passeriformes. It is smaller than a sparrow, with a total length of about 11 cm. Sexes are the same color. The body is dark brown, with a black head, neck and underbelly, and a gray-blue beak. A similar bird with a white underbelly and a black underbelly is called the silver-bellied (illustration), but it is a different subspecies of the same species. The silver-bellied is found from southern China to the Himalayas and India, while the silver-bellied is found from central and southern India to Sri Lanka. It lives in reed beds and grasslands in wetlands, or around rice paddies. Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information |
スズメ目カエデチョウ科の鳥(イラスト)。スズメより小さく,全長約11cm。雌雄同色。体は暗褐色で,頭頸(とうけい)部と下腹部が黒く,くちばしは灰青色である。よく似ていて腹部が白く,下腹部が黒いものをギンパラ(銀腹)(イラスト)というが同種の別亜種である。キンパラは中国南部からヒマラヤ,インドに分布し,ギンパラはインド中南部からスリランカに分布している。湿地のヨシ原や草地,あるいは水田のまわりにすんでいる。
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