In our country, there is a very common bird that can be seen in most areas. It is not unfamiliar to us, we can often see it flying among the trees, in the north this bird often chooses natural tree holes and woodpecker hollowed out borer tree hole nest nest laying eggs, so it is often mistaken for "woodpecker", in fact, this bird is called Dai Sheng. The biggest difference between Dai Sheng and woodpeckers is that the woodpecker's beak is straight and sharp, the tail is wedge-shaped, and the body feathers are mainly green, while the dai sheng body feathers are brown, the beak is slender and slightly curved, and the tail is scattered.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > we can often see daisheng birds on the trunks of open fields, gardens, and countryside. </h1>
Sometimes they also stand on the roof or wall of a farmhouse for a long time. Dai Sheng Bird is lively and not too afraid of people. Usually, they look for food on the ground, and use their long curved beaks to dig into the soil to dig out pecking insects, earthworms, snails, etc. As soon as you are frightened, immediately fly to a nearby high place. The posture of soaring and flying is very similar to that of a flower butterfly with outstretched wings, advancing in waves together, singing while flying, and calling "huh-huh-huh", which is very interesting.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Dai Sheng is a very beautiful bird, the kind you have seen once and will never forget. </h1>
It has a peculiar appearance, bright feathers, and a feminine posture, which can be completely attributed to the category of "being handsome every day to the point of not being able to sleep". Its peculiar and beautiful feathers are an excellent "camouflage suit" and "flower skirt" - its body and wings are mottled with black and white stripes on the brown-yellow substrate. Its black beak is thin and long and curved downwards, and it has a gorgeous crown on its head. When it flaps its wings and flies along the wonderfully wavy trajectory, it looks even more light and moving.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > when I tell people that this bird is called Dai Sheng, most people are always surprised - is this the name of the bird? </h1>
In general, animals derive their names primarily from one or more of the main features of their bodies, especially those with distinctive features. The most significant feature of Dai Sheng is undoubtedly the fan-shaped feather crown on the head, so some places call it "cockscomb bird", which is easy to understand. But what does "Dai Sheng" mean?
The name Dai Sheng has a long history and often feels confusing in the literal sense. In fact, "wear" means to wear; "victory" is not related to victory here, but a gorgeous headdress of ancient women - "Huasheng". When the ancients saw this kind of bird with a feather crown on its head, it felt very similar to the appearance of a woman wearing a Huasheng, so they called this bird "Daisheng".
There are few combinations of this kinship structure in animal names, and it is not at all clear in the name which bird it belongs to. In fact, this is also excusable, because Dai Sheng is so unique that he almost becomes a family of his own, and there are no relatives who can be compared with it. In terms of animal taxonomy, it used to be classified as a Dharma monk with a kingfisher, but now there is a growing number of views in favor of a separate order, called Dai Shengmu.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > some people don't like Dai Sheng because they look good, but they emit a foul smell. </h1>
Dai Sheng usually nests between tree holes, walls and crevices in rock walls. The shell of the Daisheng chicks after hatching may be eaten by the parent bird or pulled out of the nest, but the excrement and feces accumulated in the nest are never cleaned up, and the female will secrete a special black-brown oily liquid secretion with an unusually strong smell from the tail lipid glands during the incubation, so both its body and its home are filled with a foul odor, so it is also called "stinky girl".
However, you must not mistakenly think that Dai Sheng is too lazy to clean up the nest, this is the little secret of their brooding. Dai Sheng bird is afraid of other animals to hurt their children, so the female bird will use stinky liquid to coat the nest, the chick poop is never cleaned, just to make the bird nest particularly smelly, so that many animals have not yet approached the bird's nest has been smoked, let alone come to dig Dai Sheng's bird's nest.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > On May 29, 2008, Israeli President Shimon Peres declared the Dai Sheng Bird as Israel's national bird in Jerusalem. </h1>
The bird was chosen as Israel's national bird because of its beauty, dutifulness, and ability to take good care of its offspring. The event, part of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, was initiated by the Israel Society for the Conservation of Nature and aims to draw attention to bird conservation in the country. According to statistics, 150,000 Israelis voted for 10 local candidate birds. The public voted 75 percent, and a panel of experts made up of Israeli poets, politicians, and academic representatives accounted for 25 percent.