Field signs. Quite a large cricket. Top brownish-brown, the sides almost the same color, throat and abdomen ohristo-burovatye, chest burovataya sling. Young in the cluster Attire darker top and ryzhee (ohristee) bottom, generally brighter than adults. By the fall, several young lose brightness, but it was still brighter than adults, there ohristy attacked from below, is weak vague pestriny at the throat and chest, as well as stronger than in adults, brown shade of the brim. Weight 13-20 g, length about 14 cm wing 6,6-7,5 cm, the magnitude of 18-21 see Song - strekochuschaya warble, but no clinking and soft: "trrrr ..." - Relatively flat, growing only a little something, then tail away, when the bird turns its head. The songs long, effuse continuously until 0,5-1 min. Between songs, pause for several seconds, during which close to hear the soft gurgle: "pt-pt ...", they compare with the sound of bubbles burst. The same sounds heard before songs. Male for singing vskarabkivaetsya bottom of the beds, the high stalk of sugar cane, reedmace, the bush, sitting openly. When danger fly down. Sing almost around the clock, but the most active - at zoryah. The season of singing - from arrival until mid-July. Pozyvki - a sharp "hik" or short trill "chkchkchkchk (Ryabitsev, 2001). Distribution. In the main southern Europe and Central Asia and the south of Western Siberia (Ryabitsev, 2001). References. |
