Waggies are small birds up to 22 centimeters long. Adult wagons are perhaps the most colorful birds, they are decorated with black, white, green, yellow or gray stripes and patterns.
The wagons have tails of medium length with which they pump or wag when walking. Birds are slim, with a long body, short neck, energetic and fast.
Range
Ludges-cosmopolitan birds, that is, they live on all continents of the world, in the Arctic tundra up to Antarctic. Most birds migrate and fly south to spend the winter in Africa and Asia. Waggies are rarely found in Australia.
What place of residence is preferred by wagtails
Birds live in open or half-open areas, prefer herbaceous areas, such as fields and rocky meadows near streams, edges of lakes, rivers and water-fiber lands. The largest colonies of wagtails have up to 4000 individuals.
What elaborates eat
They eat insects and their eggs, from tiny midges to locust and dragonflies. Their favorite food is:
Breeding during the wedding season
The wagtails are territorial, and the males persistently protect the propagation sites and feeding zones from other birds, demonstrate beaks and jumping into the air. They even attack their reflections in the mirror surfaces. This is a monogamous appearance, the male courtship leads to mating. The male finds nesting material and food for the female.
Birds build cupshaped nests on the ground in the grass, in a recess or on a small, scrapped area in the cracks of rocks on the banks of streams, in walls, under bridges and in hollow branches and trunks of trees. Neatly formed nests consist of grass, stems and other parts of plants and lined with wool, feathers and other soft materials. The female builds a nest, males are present and help.
Bangules multiply from April to August and give two or three broods of chicks per season. Mom-bird lays from 3 to 8 eggs, depending on the latitude and the environment. Usually the female arises eggs alone, but sometimes the male helps. Both parents take care of the chicks. Young birds after growing the feathers necessary for the flight leave the nest in ten to seven days.
A shaking chick
Why the wagtail is not visible on the trees
Birds do not like to sit on trees. They prefer to stay on the ground where they feed and nest. From the danger of a wagtail quickly run away to thick vegetation or cracks in the rocks.
While in search of food, this family of birds uses numerous tricks, including:
Locking and people
People like the charming playfulness of a wagtail. The bird loves to run in front of people walking along the paths and paths, and then rises into the air with a sharp twitter, then lands to be in front of a person. Office-ornitologists also love birds because of liveliness, energetic and colorfulness. Waggies occupy a prominent place in Japanese, Greek and African mythology.
The safety of the species
In connection with the destruction and degradation of pastures and water-bell lands, the existing habitats are reduced for wagons. As a result, two species are ranked to the disappearing, under a high threat of disappearance, the World SelfConservation Union. Three types are defined as vulnerable, with a high risk of disappearance.
