Living habits of birds: orioles.

The oriole belongs to the oriole family, also known as oriole. In summer, it breeds in Northeast China, Inner Mongolia, North China, Sichuan and other places, and is a summer migratory bird. Fly to India and Malaysia for the winter before winter comes. In Taiwan Province Province, Hainan and Kunming, they are resident birds. The oriole has been loved by China people since ancient times, and it is one of the best birds in the family.

One. morphological character

The oriole is about 25 cm long. Male feathers are golden yellow and shiny; The female bird's feathers are yellow and green. There are black lines on both sides of the head passing through the eyes to reach the pillow, and the center of the wings and tail is black. There are no black stripes on the baby bird's head and black stripes on its abdomen, which will not disappear until the baby bird is three years old.

Second, living habits

Orioles are arboreal birds. The food is mainly insects, but there are also some fruits and plant seeds. In nature, it can kill many pests, especially in the brooding period, it preys on pear-eating caterpillars, locusts, moth larvae and so on. The breeding season of orioles is from May to July every year, and most of them nest on the branches of tall broad-leaved trees. These nests are made of hemp, cotton, cotton cloth, grass stalks and other things. The bird's nest is deep cup-shaped, beautiful in appearance, hanging on twigs, like a cradle, very beautiful. Each nest lays 2 ~ 4 eggs, and the surface of the eggshell has rose spots.