Long-tailed Rosefinch is called Benimashiko in Japanese and It is written "ベニマシコ” in Katakana,"紅猿子” in Kanji. In English, ”ベニ” means carthamin, and "マシコ" means monkey.
Long-tailed Rosefinch is found in China, Japan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, South Korea,
and Russia.
From the countries above, they migrate as summer bird to Hokkaido, Shimokita Peninsula in Aomori prefecture of Japan, and breeding, after that they migrate to the south of Honsyu as winter birds and overwintering at there.
The breeding areas are the plain coast, the river, the grassland with the bush of the swamp and the wetlands.
In the overwintering season from October to April, it will live in the hills, the forest edge at the foot of the mountain, the meadow, the river beds etc.
The foods during this period are the fruition of grass of the family Gramineae and the family Polygonaceae.
In the area here, they peck the goldenrod especially.(Japanese Wikipedia, English summary)
ベニマシコは日本語でBenimashikoと呼ばれ、カタカナでベニマシコ、漢字で紅猿子と書きます。英語で「ベニ」とはカートン,マシコは猿を意味します。
ベニマシコは中国、日本、カザフスタン、ロシア、北朝鮮、韓国に生息します。日本には夏鳥として、北海道、青森県下北半島に渡ってきて繁殖し、冬鳥として本州以南へ渡り、越冬します。繁殖地は平地の海岸、川、沼の藪のある草原や湿原などです。越冬期の10-4月は丘陵や山麓の林縁や草原、河原などで生活します。この間の餌はイネ科やタデ科の草の実です。当地では、圧倒的にセイタカアワダチソウを啄んでいます。（ウイキペディアの和文、英文要約）
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