Hawfinch - Hawfinch (English spelling)

Japanese: シメ(鴲) - シメ（英語表記）hawfinch

A passerine bird of the family Fringillidae (illustration). It is slightly larger than a sparrow, with a total length of about 18 cm. It is a stocky gray-brown bird with a large conical beak. The sexes are almost the same color. The head is dark brown, and the eyes and throat are black. The tip of the tail is white, which opens slightly when flying, making it conspicuous, and the two white stripes on the wings are also clearly visible. The beak has a sharp tip and is whitish-yellow in winter, but turns leaden in summer. It moves slowly. It is distributed widely in the temperate and subarctic zones of Eurasia. In Japan, it breeds in Hokkaido and spends the winter in areas south of Honshu.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

スズメ目アトリ科の鳥（イラスト）。全長約18cm，スズメよりひと回り大きい。ずんぐりした灰褐色の鳥で，円錐形の大きなくちばしが特徴。雌雄はほとんど同色。頭上は濃い褐色，眼先とのどが黒い。尾の先が白く，飛ぶときに少し開くので目だち，また翼の白い2条もよく見える。くちばしは先が鋭くとがり，冬は白黄色だが，夏は鉛色となる。行動はのっそりしている。ユーラシア大陸の温帯，亜寒帯に広く分布する。日本では北海道で繁殖し，本州以南で冬を過ごす。

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