'A Flock of Lovebirds': I Didn't Expect Birds to Be This Beautiful

"Drum Rice" is a famous folk song that almost every Vietnamese person has heard. In this song, there is the line "a flock of love birds, oh how many, how many, how many, how many, how many go looking for someone who is missing you." So what is a love bird?

There have been many opinions given to explain the image of "con xit" in the song "Trong com ", in which there is a widely accepted view: Con xit is actually the chim xit .

These are some birds with similar external morphology belonging to the genus Porphyrio, family Porphyrioidae. They are common in the Southern region, easily found in Tram Chim, U Minh Ha, U Minh Thuong, Dat Mui National Parks.

Adult ibis are 28-29 cm long and have a striking appearance. The head, neck and lower body are blue, the upper body is grey, and the beak, crest and legs are red.

In nature, the wren lives around flooded areas ( 'oh, wading, wading rivers' ), and used to appear a lot in agricultural plains, so it is very familiar to farmers.

Their feet have very long toes, convenient for running on the leaves of aquatic plants such as lotus, water lilies and muddy surfaces.

This bird species is very social , often living in flocks ( 'a flock of lovebirds' ). When a stranger invades their territory, especially during the breeding season, the flock of birds will join forces to repel them.

The food of the sparrow is quite diverse, from insects, aquatic animals to plants such as grass and rice.

The breeding season for the ibis is November to August. The female lays 4-7 eggs per clutch. Juveniles are paler in color than adults.

Some more pictures of the bird.

The red-billed sparrow.

They usually travel in packs.

Bird feet are long.