Serpu/Cicipoh

S irpu or cipoh including forest birds that have sound very melodious strains. As well as orioles, sirpu (sometimes referred to as gravel) are often seen in areas with tall trees and shade, which makes the sound of the booms be echoed. But, basically, the bird habitat and nesting in a tree with a relatively low altitude. Let's learn together to recognize characters cipoh birds, especially Common iora, along with how to treat them.

Burung cipoh kacat (Foto: Oriental Bird Images)

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Birds of types cipoh-cipohan, or family Aegithinidae, consists of ome kind / species with distribution covering the Southeast Asian region, southwestern China, and India. In Indonesia there are two species, namely:

• Common iora / common IORA ( Aegithina tiphia ), the area of distribution includes Java, Bali, northern Borneo, Sumatra and its satellite islands.
• Cipoh heart / green iora ( Aegithina viridissima ), with the range including Sumatra, the northern region of the Natuna Islands. and Borneo.

Type the popular and commonly found in bird markets in Java and Sumatra is Common iora. The species is widely kept, because it is easier to find on the market and the bird-bird markets around us. Differentiating male and female Common iora We are used to determine the sex of birds cipoh on the color black in the oral cavity. This method is most commonly done kicaumania us to distinguish male and female of this bird. There are other methods that can be done in sexing birds cipoh, which saw the dark lines are white in the wings. In male birds, the line / dark white uniform and thinner than those seen in female birds. In females, the lines tend to widen irregular. Another thing to note is the shape of the male half of a long, thick, and shiny black.

Bird cipoh kacat female (left) and male.

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The most effective way to distinguish the sexes cipoh is at the time they are ready to breed (breeding season), in which the male plumage color is brighter and black on its back will be black.
There is one more way to differentiate their gender, ie listening voice booms. The males will emit sound pamungkasnya, namely chirp length with full pressure suffix such as " cheeeeee "continued with" pow "and often they whistle. The character and behavior of the bird Common iora

These birds are often seen gathering in the bushes or low trees looking for insects, seeds, and nectar of flowers. Sometimes they will be assembled in the singing with a distinctive voice booms, bersahut-replication, and will reverberate throughout the entire region.
The ability to mimic the sounds of birds cipoh other types is limited, but they are well capable of mimicking the call of the bird kind srigunting, and voice calls from finches.
Mating takes place in the span of normal March to June. At that moment, the male bird will often be seen doing some acrobatic attractions in the mating ritual. But remember, in the maintenance in cages, mating season is relatively not apply. Because, when birds paired, they would marry whenever both "agree".
In the wild, the female bird will nest at a height of 2-25 feet off the ground, with a cup-shaped nest with a diameter of 2.5 inches, and a depth of 20 inches. The female usually lays about 2-3 eggs that will be incubated by the male and female parent for 14 days.
The nest is sometimes not so hidden, so often the target of predatory animals such soft snakes, lizards, crows, even the big lathe. Not infrequently, they are also used by nest parasites of birds sepreti kedasih or cuckoo to lay their eggs.

Cipoh bird's nest (Photo: Oriental Bird Image)

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Daily maintenance in order to quickly gacor
It is not easy to quickly take care of the bird cipoh gacor, because it takes patience and persistence in treatment. But if the bird has met certain conditions, it is not likely they would be more diligent reads. Here are certain conditions necessary for their diligent sound:

• Clean drinking water and cages maintained, including the perches are used.
• The availability of high-protein feed, which can be sourced from crickets or grasshoppers, Kroto, and caterpillar cage. Extra fooding (EF) should always be available every day.
• Obtain enough sunlight, especially in the morning.
• Bird cipoh sometimes seen together in one group, then they both go off to the strains of a voice booms sound like a choir or chorus. To lure them goes off, you can also give your friends that call each other and shouted to the bird.
• As with pleci, birds can also be supplied cipoh artificial nectar
  

Cipoh birds will suffer moult twice a year. During that time, they would look like the bird is sick, it is easy ngedrop, and will not sing at all. Therefore, treatment should be immediately enforced moult and feeding of nutrients and vitamin supplements should be given to maintain body condition that is relatively stable during the moult.
Hopefully with this character and treatment of birds cipoh kacat accurately, the birds were going to be more diligent chirping again.