Label:
cucak green,
cucak green bird
How to Cucak Green bird care
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Scientific classification
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Chloropseidae
Genus Chloropsis
Species C. Sonnerati
Binomial Name Chloropsis sonnerati
Introduction
Although the common name is cucak cucak green or green, but this bird is not a family-cucakan merbah or cucak. Cucak green bird was not a single tribe with cucak cucakrowo or Java for example.
What we call green cucak has the scientific name Chloropsis sonnerati. He is a large bird with a leaf CICA-full body with a dominant green color. Chloropsis sonnerati Chloropseidae belong to the tribe, closely related to birds cipoh (Aegithina spp.). In English, this bird is known as the Greater Green Leafbird.
The types of CICA-leaves are also commonly known as bird leaves, or leaves magpie.
Bodied medium, with a total body length (measured from tip of beak to tip of tail) of about 22 cm.
Like most CICA-leaves, whole body dominated by bright green color (green leaves), including the wings and tail, while the cheeks and throat glossy black male birds.
CICA-leaf differences with the other is the absence of color (dot) blue on the shoulders of male birds. Female bird with a yellow throat and yellow eye ring. Both sexes have a pair of sparkling blue malar stripe on the side of her chin.
Iris dark brown eyes, thick black beak, and feet bluish gray.
These birds sometimes be aggressive towards other types of smaller size. When singing, CICA-large leaves will bow their heads. The food is various insects and forest fruits.
Habitat for Cucak Green
Cica-leaf large spread in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and surrounding islands, including Borneo also Natuna, Java and Bali. Widespread but not common found in lowland forests and hills up to an altitude of 1000 m above sea level.
Pictures Cucak Green :
(image source : hendsbirdsmania)
(image source : maendoza)
Characteristics of origin-based Cucak Green
Cica-leaf is a type of bird Oriental (Asian) that does not spread through Borneo in the east. Some species found in Indonesia, in addition to CICA-large leaves, are:
1. Cica-small leaves (C. cyanopogon); very similar to CICA-large leaves, only smaller in size (17 cm) and had no blue spots on the shoulder.
2. Cica-leaf-blue wing (C. cochinchinensis); wing and tail covered in blue color. 17 cm.
3. Cica-forehead-gold leaf (C. aurifrons); forehead yellowish in the male. 19 cm.
4. Cica-leaf Sumatran (C. venusta), most small, 14 cm. Forehead and sides of head bright blue (male), bright blue throat (female).
Characteristics of male and female Cucak Green
Green cucak including birds dimorphic, ie there are differences in physical characteristics that can be seen between males and females mature birds. For males, on the chin and throat are black, while females green.
Meanwhile, for the young green cucak / trotolan around age 2-4 months, male and female physical form almost the same, same color as his fur was light green. And there is a yellow color, under the beak to the neck. And it seems, there are no special features that distinguish between males and females.
But for those who have for years cucak pursue green would be very easy to notice the difference especially when both are still going up. There are some surefire ways to see the differences in male and female. Some things to consider when buying cucak going green birds and in the collectors market.
First, going to a male, if still under the age of 4 months of the eyebrow in the second round yellow eyes. If the eyebrows are white, female.
Second, the color of the bottom half, when the male dark brown. While the female is white.
Different cucak green puppies male and female seen from the outside of the gullet (Photo: Jo_Qplie / kicaumania.org)
Third, if the going is aged over 4-6 months, then the female is yellow at the neck, then will turn into a greenish white color. While the male, yellow color will be filled trotol-trotol black. In the next two months, the black color will appear more clearly on the neck / bottom half.
Along with increasing age, the color black lower neck, will continue to close up under his eyes.
There are some important things that must be considered in the selection of material or going on a bird cucak green.
- Androgynous male with a long harmonious posture, big bulging eyes, the shape of the head is larger and moves swiftly.
- Beak shape, you should select half of the stems form a wide, thick, big and long.
- Half of the bottom should be straight. Do not choose material that has a crooked beak. Select the position of the nostrils close as possible to the position of the eye.
- Body posture, choose materials that berpostur being with long neck, body and tail and legs to match. Do not choose material necked and short height.
- Wings and legs tucked tightly gripping strong, this indicates the healthy ingredients.
- Color does not affect mental feet of birds.
- Agile and big appetite. These are the traits of good material that mentality.
- Diligent sound, this indicates that the bird has a bright prospect.
- Long neck contains dense. Indicates this bird will issue a maximum sound power.
-Place: Cucak green may be maintained with a cage boxes with a length-width of 45-45 cm with a height of 60 cm or it could be a round cage with a diameter of 35 cm. While perch or pangkringan acid can be made from wood with a diameter of 1.5 cm.
-Feeding: As with most other birds, green cucak require a varied food menu so that the adequacy of nutrition, vitamins and minerals. Food that is good, in addition to a complete nutrient such as protein, carbohydrates, vitamins as well as full of vitamins A, D3, E, B1, B2, B3 (Nicotimanide) B6, B12, C and K3. Addition, it should also contain essential substances such as DL Methionine, I-Lysine HCl, Folic Acid (in fact is one form of vitamin B) and Ca-D
In addition to vitamins, minerals should also be sufficient. Minerals are needed in the blood and bone formation, the balance of body fluids, healthy nerve function, cardiovascular system function, and others. Such as vitamins, minerals function as co-enzymes, enabling the body perform functions such as producing energy, growth and healing.
Which includes the necessary minerals cucak green bird is Calcium, Phosphorous, Iron, Manganase, Iodine, Cuprum, Zinccum, Magnesium, Sodium and Potassium chlorine.
Appropriate food for birds cucak green :
Voer, you should select a protein yield was as follows: 12% -18%, not necessarily high-priced voer will fit every bird's metabolic system cucak green. Voer the complementary nutritional requirements. Voer Always replace with a new one every two days.
Fresh fruit, this bird is very like papaya, banana kepok white, apples, pears, tomatoes and some other fruits. Should multiply the fruit of papaya, because the papaya fruit contains a high vitamin C thereby helping to increase endurance. In addition, papaya fruit is easily digestible and is perfect with an average metabolic systems of fruit-eating birds.
EF (Extra fooding), additional food is very good are: Crickets, Orong-Orong, Kroto, caterpillars hongkong, bamboo caterpillars, centipedes, grasshoppers and others. EF giving should always be adapted to the character of each bird, and also need to know with certainty the impact of the gift clause of the EF.
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