What are the characteristics of a small songbird lark? How much is it per piece? How to tell the difference between male and female? How do you raise it?

The lark is the general name of the genus Passeriformes of the bird class. It is a representative bird of the prairie, belonging to small songbirds, feeding on insects and grass seeds. What are the characteristics of the lark? How much is it per piece? How to tell the difference between male and female? How do you raise it? From Uncle Fang, a bird farmer, it is learned that lark chicks vary from 15 to 60 yuan according to different regions, and artificially fed adults vary from 50 to 200 yuan according to cage age. And the number of calls, quality and other will affect the price, a will only 13 sets of lark, may be thousands of yuan, if it will open the canopy, I am afraid it will be ten thousand yuan. Adult birds caught in the wild generally cost 10-20 yuan, but they cannot be "guarded."

What are the characteristics of a small songbird lark?

1. Sha Bai Ling and larks can rise from the ground and soar into the sky, maintaining the balance of upper, lower, front and rear forces in the air and singing at one point.

The horn lark often runs quietly on the ground, or stands high and peeps at the movement around it, which is more secretive. The crested lark gets its name from a crown of long black feathers standing upright in the shape of a single angle. it is generous by nature and likes to look for food on the road as if there were no one else. Female birds do not fly as easily as other birds when hatching their eggs. In terms of feather color, the male's head, neck and forehead are reddish brown, the back is mostly light brown, the wings and tail are dark brown, the edge of the large wing feather is gray and white, and there is a black belt of different width and width around the bottom of Ramie, much like a necklace with a white circle around the back of the chest. The abdomen is sandy white and there are irregular black and brown stripes on both sides of the chest.

Lark calls loudly, good at imitating the sounds of other birds and animals and the movement of objects, sing in sets, and even sing and dance at the same time.

2. Larks have excellent singing skills and can learn the languages of other animals. They can not only imitate the songs of birds such as swallows, warblers, sparrows, thrushes and yellow sparrows, but also learn the cackles of hens, ducks, cats, dogs, and even babies. This acquired skill is becoming more and more perfect with age. It imitates the crowing of a chicken, from the squeak of a chicken, the rumble of a hen calling a chicken, the squeak of a hen unable to find a hen, the cackle of a hen when laying eggs, and the crow of a rooster, it becomes a "movement". An excellent lark can also connect all kinds of animal calls and sing incessantly, as if it were a symphony.

3. The lark is both a singer and a dancer. Its songs are not only individual syllables, but also connect many syllables into chapters. When it is singing, it often spreads its wings and dances in various positions, as if butterflies are dancing. The lark not only beautifies the environment with its beautiful singing voice, beautiful dancing and amazing flying skills, but also adds endless fun to human life, but also maintains the balance of the ecosystem with its own existence.

How does a small songbird lark distinguish between a male and a female?

1. Watch the head. The head is small, without the back of the head, and the one narrow near the mouth is the female. The head is big, has the back of the head, near the mouth is wide is the male bird.

2. Look at the eyes. The eyes are divine, the eyes are above the mouth, and the two eyes closer to the corners of the mouth are male birds. The eyes are small and dazed, the eyes and the mouth are in a straight line, and the two eyes are far away from the corners of the mouth are the female birds.

3. Look at eyebrows. The eyebrow is white, wide and long or although narrow and long, but the eyebrow is clear and beautiful, the eyebrow line has been extended behind the head, the eyebrow is thick, and the male is connected at the back of the head. This is one of the main signs to distinguish between male and female. The eyebrows are thick and short, the eyebrows are not bright, there is a break in the middle of the eyebrows, and the female is not connected at the back of the head.

4. Look at the legs. The male bird's legs are strong and long. Some of the males hatched on the grass beach have red legs, which are more beautiful. There is a saying: "the thrush's eyebrows, the lark's legs." It means that eyebrows and legs are one of the main signs to distinguish the male and female of a thrush and a lark. The one with thin, short legs is the female. When looking at the legs, we should pay attention to observe whether the claws, feet, legs are broken, injured, whether the feet are shaped inside or the toes are uneven.

5. Watch your mouth. The beak is long and thick, and it is the male that pecks forcefully. Some hawk beaks or jade beaks (like jade, translucent) are even more precious. The beak is short and thin, and it is the female that pecks feebly.

How to raise a small songbird lark?

1. Choose a birdcage

(1) A large enough birdcage space is needed, and a circular birdcage is generally used. The height of the birdcage is 40-50 cm, and the diameter of the birdcage is about 40 cm, which is most suitable for lark life.

(2) the birdcage is fully equipped with food basins, drinking tools and bird poles, and the whole birdcage should be easy to carry and look beautiful and generous.

2. Feeding of young birds

Most of the larks in captivity in the family are caught from the wild grass for artificial feeding. The captured chicks cannot eat by themselves and will only peck on their own after more than 20 days of fine artificial feeding. The main food is bean noodles and eggs, which should be carefully processed. The practice is: stir-fry mung beans or peas until half-cooked, grind into fine noodles, add 8 eggs per jin of noodles, mix and dry evenly, but avoid mildew. When feeding the birds, rub appropriate amount of egg noodles with water into strips, 1 / 2 mouthfuls each time, 6 / 2 / day for 8 times. When the chicks peck, put the paste feed into the food bowl. Do not feed water during this period of time. Change to feed egg rice after 3 months (generally mix 5 eggs for every 500 grams of millet, mix well, dry in the shade, and then rub them apart), and give enough water. In order to adapt to the wild habits of larks, the cage should be covered with 2Mel 3cm thick fine sand or dry loess, and constantly feed some insects to adjust their diet.

3. Food feeding

The main feed for adult larks is eggs and rice. In addition to the main feed, larks also need auxiliary animal feed. Preparing food for larks should be nutritious, clean and fresh. Feed about 6-8 times a day, each time the amount of food should not be too much, to ensure that the lark can eat 8 points full. If conditions permit, larks can be fed live insects regularly. Such as earthworms, crickets and other insect foods. You should also make sure to prepare enough fresh water for the lark every day.

4. Bird training

Training larks requires enough patience and a gentle temper. Need to train from the start of the young birds, find a quiet place, long-term training. You can't yell at the lark during training time, you should train patiently over and over again. Every day for 1-2 hours of training can, generally after 3-5 months of training, the birds can fully grasp the content of the training.

5. Matters needing attention in raising larks

Raising a lark requires the owner to pay enough time and energy to take care of all aspects of the diet life. In his spare time, the lark should be trained to master more skills and enhance the ornamental value of the bird.

Caged larks should not only be carefully fed, but also be willing to work hard to domesticate them from their young, and be not afraid of all kinds of vehicles, colors, and crowds. And often train to go up and down the Phoenix station and walk the birds outdoors in the morning and night.