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Scientific name Prunella rubida
Taxonomy スズメ目イワヒバリ科カヤクグリ属

The total length is about 14 cm. Wandering Bird.

It is an endemic species of Japan.

In Hokkaido, it inhabits alpine high pine forests to subalpine coniferous forests in summer.

They usually appear at creeping pine forests around Sugatami-pond and  Kurodake 9th Station.

It is omnivorous and eats insects, grass and seeds.


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