Is a foreign species native to south of China and Southeast Asia. When placing a pair in the different basket and they chirp toward each other, hence the Japanese name Soushi-cyou literally meaning to care for each other birds. The colorful body is very cute and many people loved as a chirping bird in China. In Japan, it has also been enjoyed as a pet and escaped, and then turned wild and breed. In late 1970s, confirmed in Kyushu area and increased in number and spread throughout Japan including Mt. Takao. The color of body is dark green from head to the back, yellow feathers around eyes and orange chest. Roost in shrubs of broad-leaved forests with oak trees and feed on insects, nuts of Trees and seeds of plants. Chirp lively sounding like “cyoloon cyoloon”.

●Body Length　　about 15 cm
●Season　　January to December (resident bird, bird that stay in the same area all year round.)