┤動 物 流 ANIMAL STREAMS├

還記得前一陣子到梅花湖旅遊時，在遊湖的船上留意到有一整片草叢都是夜鷺的繁殖圈，夜鷺在台灣是一種很常見的鳥類，經過田地或有水池的地方常見其蹤影。這種鳥類紅色的眼睛給人一種兇惡的感覺，牠頭上那根毛好像稍不小心就會折斷，收藏者需要特別留意，整體給人的感覺非常精緻寫實。

夜鷺 (資料來自於維基百科)
夜鷺（學名：Nycticorax nycticorax），又名灰窪子、夜窪子、星雁、暗光鳥仔，模樣相近綠鷺，是鷺科夜鷺屬的一種。夜鷺是一種很聰明的鳥類，會用{魚餌} 釣魚 。捕魚時，夜鷺會先把野果扔在水裡，然後在岸上等待。一旦發現獵物，牠就會迅速的衝入水中，飽餐一頓。夜鷺是分布非常廣泛的一種鳥類，分布遍及歐亞大陸、非洲，整個美洲大陸及東南亞等地。夜鷺在台灣為留鳥，台語稱為「暗光鳥」，客語稱為「夜鶴」。由於性喜食魚，魚類養殖業者視其為害鳥。




Night Heron (information from Wiki)
The night herons are medium-sized herons in the genera Nycticorax, Nyctanassa, and Gorsachius. The genus name Nycticorax derives from the Greek for “night raven” and refers to the largely nocturnal feeding habits of this group of birds, and the croaking crow-like call of the best known species, the Black-crowned Night Heron. In Europe, Night Heron is often used to refer to the Black-crowned Night Heron, since it is the only member of the genus in that continent.

Adults are short-necked, short-legged, and stout herons with a primarily brown or grey plumage, and, in most, a black crown. Young birds are brown, flecked with white. At least some of the extinct Mascarenes taxa appear to have retained this juvenile plumage in adult birds.

體型不大卻氣勢十足的作品，特別喜歡牠華麗的尾巴和身上的斑點。

銅長尾雉 (資料來自於維基百科)
銅長尾雉（學名：Syrmaticus soemmerringii），也叫山鳥，雞形目雉科鳥類的一種。日本的特有種。銅長尾雉的體長達136釐米。分佈於日本的山地森林中，以昆蟲、樹根、樹葉和穀物為食。




Cuckoo Bird (information from Wiki)
The Copper Pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii), also known as Soemmerring's Pheasant, is endemic to Japan. The scientific name commemorates the German scientist Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring. It is a large pheasant with a rich coppery chestnut plumage, yellowish bill, brown iris and red facial skin. The female is a brown bird with greyish brown upperparts and buff barred dark brown below. The male has short spur on its grey legs, none in female. He measures up to 87.5–136 cm (34.5–54 in) long including the tail while the female measures up to 51–54 cm (20–21 in) (subspecies Scintillating Copper Pheasant, scintillans) including the tail.

海洋堂日本的動物系列中，我最喜歡的四隻鳥莫過於鴛鴦，銅長尾雉，夜鷺和這款大杜鵑，鳴叫的姿態非常傳神，小小的眼睛和嘴巴塗裝也很精緻。杜鵑可說是ㄧ種懶惰的鳥。大多鳥類都會孵育自己的幼雛，而杜鵑的繁殖習性全然不同。牠們的姿態和猛禽類中的雀鷹非常相似，背面是灰色的，腹部還有許多細的橫斑。所以當牠飛進森林時，許多小鳥以為是雀鷹來了，紛紛逃離，而杜鵑鳥就趁這個時候，把自己的蛋下在其他小型鳥的巢中。一旦幼鳥孵出，牠便會使出潛藏的本能，也就是特殊適應寄生生活的習性，把原本巢中的鳥蛋全部推出鳥巢，獨佔成鳥對牠的撫育。

大杜鵑 (資料來自於維基百科)
大杜鵑（拉丁名：Cuculus canorus）為杜鵑科杜鵑屬的1種鳥類，別名郭公、布穀、鳩、喀咕。基本分佈於全國。幼鳥頭頂、後頸、背及翅黑褐色，各羽均具白色端緣，形成鱗狀斑，以頭、頸、上背為細密，下背和兩翅較疏闊。飛羽內側具白色橫斑；腰及尾上覆羽暗灰褐色，具白色端緣；尾羽黑色而具白色端斑，羽軸及兩側具白色斑塊，外側尾羽白色塊斑較大。頦、喉、頭側及上胸黑褐色，雜以白色塊斑和橫斑，其餘下體白色，雜以黑褐色橫斑。虹膜黃色，嘴黑褐色，下嘴基部近黃色，腳棕黃色。




Cuckoo Bird (information from Wiki)
The Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) (formerly European Cuckoo) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals.

This species is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa. It is a brood parasite, which means it lays eggs in the nests of other bird species, particularly of Dunnocks, Meadow Pipits, and Eurasian Reed Warblers.

非常精緻的鳥類小品，拼裝方式特別，漸層噴色的羽毛讓鴛鴦仿彿活了起來。

鴛鴦 (資料來自於維基百科)
鴛鴦 (學名：Aix galericula)，又名烏仁哈欽、官鴨、匹鳥、鄧木鳥，是經常出現在中國古代文學作品和神話傳説中的鳥類。鴛指雄鳥，鴦指雌鳥。鴛鴦在動物分類學上屬於雁形目鴨科鴛鴦屬。棲息於溪流、沼澤、湖泊等處；常見於闊葉樹林環繞的沼澤、蘆葦叢生的水面。白天常在水面中心處漂浮遊盪，夜間常在闊葉樹林中活動，晨昏常在水田和岸邊的沼澤地活動。

雄性鴛鴦色彩極為艷麗，喙為少見的鮮紅色，端部具亮黃色嘴甲。額部和頭頂中央為帶有金屬光澤的翠綠色，枕部紅銅色的羽毛後頸暗綠按紫色的羽毛都很長，形成一個很有特色的「頭套」上體深色腰部和背部褐色並帶有綠色的金屬光澤，下體淺色，最具有特色的是最後一枚三級飛羽特化，形成面積很大樹立於背部的帆狀結構，為耀眼的桔紅色，這是鴛鴦的一個顯著特徵。雌性鴛鴦遠不如雄性鴛鴦漂亮，通體顏色為暗啞的灰色，也不具有雄鳥所具有的「帆狀三級飛羽」雌鳥的辨識特徵為鮮明的白色貫眼紋，喙灰色。


Mandarin Duck Bird (information from wikipedia)
The Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata), or just Mandarin, is a medium-sized, East Asian perching duck, closely related to the North American Wood Duck.The adult male is a striking and unmistakable bird. It has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face and "whiskers". The breast is purple with two vertical white bars, and the flanks ruddy, with two orange "sails" at the back. The female is similar to female Wood Duck, with a white eye-ring and stripe running back from the eye, but is paler below, has a small white flank stripe, and a pale tip to its bill. The Mandarin ducklings are almost identical in look to Wood ducklings, and appear very similar to Mallard ducklings. The ducklings can be distinguished from Mallard ducklings because the eye-stripe of Mandarin ducklings (and Wood ducklings) stops at the eye, while in Mallard ducklings it reaches all the way to the bill.

There are various mutations of the Mandarin Duck found in captivity. The most common is the white Mandarin Duck. Although the origin of this mutation is unknown, it is presumed that the constant pairing of related birds and selective breeding led to recessive gene combinations leading to genetic conditions including albinism.

非常少見而且冷門的鳥類模型，這隻大笨鳥的塗裝和表情刻劃可說是絕對精品，鯨頭鸛是一種長相奇特的鳥，尤其頭後方長的那撮呆毛讓牠更顯傻氣，Phat Company 出品的心跳動物系列包含馬來貊，鯨頭鸛，水豚，草泥馬四種，其中馬來貊和鯨頭鸛我都有，草泥馬雖然是當下最夯物種，原本也有想入手的意願，後來目測覺得塗裝可能不如預期喜愛，最終沒下手 (草泥馬的頭頸部位不知為何越看越覺得像毛毛蟲)。這系列的模型市面上已經相當少見而且價格不漂亮 (當初入手價比現在網拍價要少一倍)。曾有外國獸友問我何處可買到這隻鯨頭鸛，我只能回答：不知道。心跳動物模型絕版已久，目前在日本網拍上亦難入手，所以真的要看個人運氣。

鯨頭鸛 (資料來自於維基百科)
鯨頭鸛（學名：Balaeniceps rex）是一種與鸛科相親的非常大的鳥，它是鯨頭鸛科和鯨頭鸛屬唯一的一個種。它的名稱來自於它強大的喙。

鯨頭鸛身長可達150厘米，成年鳥羽主要為灰色，幼鳥的羽毛主要為棕色。鯨頭鸛生活在非洲東部熱帶地區從蘇丹共和國到尚比亞的巨大沼澤地區。鯨頭鸛在泥水中捕魚，其食物主要是肺魚類或類似的魚。它們的巢築在地面上，每次產兩枚卵。鯨頭鸛的數量估計在5000至8000隻之間，大多數生活在蘇丹。國際鳥盟將其保護現狀定為易危。危害的主要來源是棲息地遭破壞、干擾和捕獵。鯨頭鸛的分類很有爭議，傳統地它被分為鸛形目，在鳥類DNA分類系統中許多傳統不相關的鳥類全部被收錄入了鸛形目。最近也有些學者使用比較解剖學的方法認為它與鵜鶘比較接近，其他學者則使用生物化學的手段認為它比較接近鷺科。




Shoebill (information from wikipedia)
The Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) also known as Whalehead or Shoe-billed Stork, is a very large stork-like bird. It derives its name from its massive shoe-shaped bill. Although it has a somewhat stork-like overall form and has previously been classified in the order Ciconiiformes, its true affiliations with other living birds is ambiguous. Some authorities now reclassify it with the Pelecaniformes. The adult is mainly grey while the juveniles are browner. It lives in tropical east Africa in large swamps from Sudan to Zambia.

The Shoebill is noted for its slow movements and tendency to remain still for long periods, resulting in repeated descriptions of the species as "statue-like". They are quite sensitive to human disturbance and may abandon their nests if flushed by humans. However, while foraging, if dense vegetation stands between it and humans, this wader can be fairly tame. The Shoebill is attracted to poorly oxygenated waters where fish frequently surface to breathe. Exceptionally for a bird this large, the Shoebill often stands and perches on floating vegetation, making them appear somewhat like a giant jacana, although the similarly-sized and occasionally sympatric Goliath heron (Ardea goliath) is also known to stand on aquatic vegetation. Shoebills typically feed in muddy waters and, being solitary birds, forage at a minimum distance of 20 m (66 ft) from one another even where relatively densely populated.