Himalayan cuckoo - Himalayan cuckoo

Japanese: ツツドリ(筒鳥) - ツツドリ（英語表記）Himalayan cuckoo

A bird of the Lesser Cuckoo order and Lesser Cuckoo family (illustration). Total length is about 33 cm. The upper body and chest are dark gray, and the belly is white with black horizontal stripes. The tail feathers have horizontal white spots. Females also come in a reddish-brown color. They are very similar to cuckoos, but have thicker black stripes on their belly. They breed in the eastern part of the Asian continent and the Himalayas, and migrate from South Asia to northern Australia in winter. They arrive in Japan as summer birds in April and May, and live in deciduous broadleaf forests, red pine forests, and coniferous forests in the low mountain and subalpine zones throughout the country.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ホトトギス目ホトトギス科の鳥（イラスト）。全長約33cm。体上面と胸は暗灰色，腹は白地に黒の横縞がある。尾羽には白斑が横縞状に点在する。雌には全体に赤褐色の赤色型もある。カッコウによく似ているが，腹の黒い縞がより太い。アジア大陸の東部とヒマラヤで繁殖し，冬季は南アジアからオーストラリア北部に渡る。日本には夏鳥として4～5月に渡来し，全国各地の低山帯から亜高山帯の落葉広葉樹林，アカマツ林，針葉樹林に生息する。

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