Passeriformes, Laniidae birds, about 64 species, medium in size, predatory; Specifically: 25 species of birds of the genus Berauya (Laniinae) of the genus Berau (Lanius). It can peck large insects , lizards , rats and birds with its beak. The captured bait is worn and hung on thorns, just as humans hang meat on meat hooks, hence the name butcher bird. True Burrow lives alone, with a harsh, grey or grey-brown voice, often with black or white markings. L. excubitor is the most widely distributed
Commonly known as Hubra, it is an important insectivorous bird. Their main feature is that the mouth is large and strong, and the upper mouth has a hook and a missing carving, which is slightly similar to the eagle's beak. The wings are short, rounded, usually convex-tailed. Strong feet and good hooks. Fierce, it eats small animals, birds, lizards and other insects and other active animals. Most of them inhabit hilly and open woodlands. Often perched on the top of trees, preyed on the ground, and returned to the branches after hunting; The catch is often hung on a thorny tree, and with the help of the thorns, it is killed, torn apart and eaten, so some people call it a butcher bird. The nest is cup-shaped and placed among thorny trees or shrubs. The eggs often have slightly dark brown spots of varying sizes. Most of them are migratory birds of our country.
The main features are pale grey on the forehead and the front of the head, most of the back is grayish brown, and the ventral surface is brownish white without spots. The side of the head has a black band stripe that runs through the eyes, and the tail feathers are brownish red. Usually inhabiting the top branches of small trees or shrubs in plains or mountains, he has a fierce personality, looks around, and when he sees an insect or other bait, he rushes down and grabs it, and then returns to the branch where he lives. Sexual bulimia. The sound is rough and loud, and when it is called, it is upturned and powerful. It breeds from May to July, and the nest is a coarse cup-shaped nest made of grass stems, grass roots, grass spikes and stems. The nests are mostly built on broad-leaved trees and lay 4 to 6 milky white eggs per nest, densely covered with blue-gray and yellow-brown spots of varying shades.
It mainly feeds on insects, such as bugs, locusts, caterpillars, caddisflies, etc., and also eats a small number of beneficial insects such as praying mantises. Red-tailed berhoe is widely distributed, almost all over the country, and what it eats during the breeding period, except for a very small number of beneficial insects, the others are pests, which are beneficial to agriculture and forestry and should be protected
Male adult birds: blue-gray from the top of the head to the top of the back; From the base of the forehead, the eyes are first backwards, through the side of the head to reach the ear area, there are broad black eye lines; The shoulders, back to tail coverts and the inner wing coverts are chestnut brown, each with several black scale spots, making the overall appearance of dense black transverse spots; The tail feathers are tanned, each feather has a dark brown hidden stripe about 1.5 mm wide, and the spacing between the stripes is about 1.5 to 2 mm; Lateral tail feathers with pale pale ends; The feathers are dark brown , each feather is stained brownish red on the outer margin , the inner feathers are more pronounced , and the innermost feathers ( tertiary feathers ) are stained brownish red on the inside and outside , and have dark brown hidden horizontal stripes similar to the tail feathers. The lower body is all pure white, and only the flanks show dark gray and sparse, scattered, unclear scales; The covert leg feathers are white and light brown, with dark brown transverse spots; Axillary feathers are white.
Female adult birds: The plumage is similar to that of male birds, but the base of the forehead is smaller black, and the eyes and eyes are black and brown, and the head is covered
Berau
The top gray and chestnut brown of the dorsal feathers are not as bright as those of the male; The flank is decorated with black-brown scaly transverse spots.
Juvenile: the top and back feathers are chestnut brown, covered with black-brown transverse spots; Brown or inconspicuous over-the-eye lines; The underparts are covered with dark brown scales on the thorax and flanks.
The dorsal waist, shoulders and tail feathers are all brownish red, differing in that the top of the head is pure slate gray; The dorsal waist and shoulder feathers are mixed with wavy black fine transverse spots; The tail feathers also have dark brown transverse spots. The habits are also similar to those of the red-tailed Burrow, which is widely spread in densely wooded areas such as plains, hills and valleys, but is more abundant in mountainous areas. It is also fierce, not only catching insects for food, but also attacking birds and rodents.
Most of the food is a pest, such as bumblebees, locusts, pine caterpillars, flies and various insects. It is found throughout the country. Like the red-tailed burrow, this berlaut feeds mainly on insects and most of the time is completely insect-eating. The insects eaten, except for a few beneficial insects, are all agricultural and forestry pests; Although it also eats some other animals, which are either beneficial or harmful, the amount it eats is obviously limited and insignificant, and should be protected.
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