Bearded tit - Bearded tit

Japanese: ヒゲガラ(髭雀) - ヒゲガラ（英語表記）bearded tit

A passerine bird of the family Flycatcher. It is named after the whisker-like black spot that runs downward from the base of the male's beak. It is about 16 cm long, and the male has a gray head, a light yellow-brown back, and a whitish belly. The undertail is black. The female is generally brown and pale in color. It is found from Europe through Asia Minor and the southern part of the former Soviet Union to the northeastern part of China. It occasionally migrates to Japan as a vagrant. It lives in reed beds, often in flocks of a few to about 50 birds. It skillfully moves between reed stalks and feeds mainly on insects from spring to summer, and mainly on reed and sedge seeds in autumn and winter.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

スズメ目ヒタキ科の鳥。雄のくちばしの基部から下方にひげ状の黒斑があることからその名がついた。全長約16cm，雄は頭部が灰色で背面は淡黄褐色，腹は白っぽい。下尾筒は黒色。雌は全体に褐色で色が淡い。ヨーロッパから小アジア，旧ソ連南部を経て中国の東北地方にまで分布している。日本には迷鳥としてまれに渡来する。ヨシ原にすみ，数羽から50羽くらいの群れでくらしていることが多い。ヨシの茎を巧みに移り渡りながら，春から夏にかけてはおもに昆虫を，秋･冬季にはおもにヨシやスゲの種子をとって食べる。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

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