Green indigo bird (English spelling: green indigo bird)

Japanese: シコンチョウ(紫紺鳥) - シコンチョウ（英語表記）green indigo‐bird

A passerine bird of the Weaverbird family (illustration). Total length is about 11 cm. It is slightly smaller than a sparrow, and the sexes are heterochromatic. The male's reproductive plumage is metallic and blue-black all over, with a reddish-white beak and orange-red legs. Similar to females and males in non-reproductive plumage, the dorsum is light brown with dark spots and stripes, and the underside is whitish. It lives in the savanna surrounding the rainforests of western and southern sub-Saharan Africa, and is commonly seen locally. It prefers open areas such as grasslands and grassland-like wastelands, and often lives in small groups.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

スズメ目ハタオリドリ科の鳥（イラスト）。全長約11cm。スズメより少し小さく，雌雄異色。雄の生殖羽は全身金属光沢のある青黒色で，赤みがかった白いくちばしと橙赤色の足が目だつ。雌と非生殖羽の雄はじみで，背面は淡褐色，暗色の小斑や縞があり，腹面は白っぽい。サハラ砂漠以南のアフリカ西部，南部の降雨林をとりまくサバンナにすみ，局地的にふつうに見られる。草原や草原状の荒地など開けたところを好み，小群で過ごしていることが多い。

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