Nesting

They are one to two broods per year. They breed in the spring and build a nest deep cup-shaped on high trees. In captivity, the female will choose a high place, away from moisture.

This nest is made of rootlets, twigs, lichen, moss and spider webs, feathers and down. Between April and June, the female will hatch 3-6 bluish eggs, spotted with small black dots or lines red-brown for 11 to 13 days. The breeding often begins after laying the third egg. Only the female incubates, fed on the nest by the male. The male helps the female to feed the young leave the nest two weeks old.

In captivity banding should be made to the fifth day. They will be autonomous in 4 weeks. Young people of both sexes resemble the adult female.

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