Field signs. Noticeably larger than others slavok, ash-gray, low light, with a dark side stripes (the young birds figure only on the sides). Nadhvoste and shoulder feathers with white pestrinami. Eyes bright yellow. Steering feathers, except in the central, with light tops (Böhme et al, 1998). Thin beak. Movement choppy. Song - a typical slavochny "patter", but rather steep, with the accent, short phrases and frequent pauses. Part treskuchie and skripyaschie sounds; can emulate garden and Blackheads Warbler. In the midst of singing - the current flight, like a gray-white (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1980).  Distribution. Bird bush, mainly kserofitnyh thickets south of Central and Eastern Europe and Western Siberia, the mountains of Central Asia. How unusual is found in foothill scrub Tuva (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1980) to the north to the West Sayan (Stepanyan, 1990, 2003). We noted in 1990 in Gagulskoy Basin in West Sayan, on the border with Tuvoy. In June 2002, met in the rocky ostantsah near Erzina (Tuva) (AN Baykalov). VS Zhukov (2006) notes it as a very rare bird Nazarovskoy forest with ambiguous nature of the host. Marked edinstvennay time in Berezovskom station Nazarovskoy forest. The bird was in a small array of high buryanistoy grassy vegetation Village. Nikolskoye 28.08.1982 City (Zhukov, 2006).
Habitats. In selecting rather fastidious habitat, inhabited grasslands with low shrubs kupami may be with individual trees and their teams. There are also wild felling and slash areas with kuchami firewood, thickets of willow-tea, raspberry, veynika. As habitats are most similar to zhulanom. Sometimes collective inhabit suburban gardens (Ryabitsev, 2001). Phenology. Priletayut late - in mid - late May. Uletayut to the south in August (Ryabitsev, 2001). Reproduction. Nest building male and female in a bowl, have most often in the bushes at a height from the ground up to 0,5-1 m, rarely up to 2.5 m. The nest is very loose, openwork, often translucent, made from the stems and leaves cereals. Outside, they gross, torchat in hand, in a tray - more subtle, may be small roots, horse hair, wool. In the outer surface of the nest frequently vegetable Pooh sheaves vmontirovany cocoons spiders. Masonry from 3-7, often 5 eggs. Their color light greenish-gray and yellowish or greyish. On this background indistinct brown or olive krap, can be very rare, and thick, especially at tupom end may be in the form of petty sypi or solid deposition, and then may look uniform light olive-greenish or gently-sage. Dimensions eggs 18-23 x 14-17 mm. Nasizhivanie otkladki begins with the last egg and lasts for 14-15 days. Sitting female (mostly) and male. The young vyluplyayutsya naked, mouth meat or blood-red, yellow klyuvnye rollers. With concern to the nest or adults in silence or with an alarming shouts flit on bushes nearby, or give, and sgorbivshis ubegaya by land or pereprygivaya on bushes. The young leave the nest at the age of 11-15 days (Ryabitsev, 2001). Nutrition. Feeds insects, including beetles pests in the fields and insects - pests leaves. Also eat juicy fruits and berries (elder, etc.) (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1980). References. |
