Go, go to Wuyi Mountain to see birds

Text/Green China Rong Media Journalists Xiaodi Lu Yan

Wuyishan National Park preserves the most complete and largest Central Asian tropical native forest ecosystem in the world. As one of the first five national parks in China, Wuyishan National Park ecosystem has a variety of ecosystems, and there are many types of animals and plants. There are also many names. One of them is the "bird's paradise". This "bird's paradise" is not screaming in vain. There are many national first -level protective birds in Wuyishan National Park. Birds such as Chinese autumn sand ducks, yellow -bellied horn, and white -necked long -tailed pheasant live here.

Discover green wings golden dove

In May and October 2021, scientific researchers found the trace of green winged golden dove in Wuyi Mountain and Wuyishan, Fujian.

The green winged golden dove is commonly known as the green dove, and the birds are like their names. The feathers on their wings are very beautiful and eye -catching bright green. When the wings are unfolding, the green wings are beautiful and dazzling. They inhabits evergreen broad -leaved forests in tropical and South Asian tropical low -altitude valleys. Usually a single or pair of activities in the dense vegetation in the lower part of the tropical forest, mainly based on wild fruits, grass seeds, grains and insects. Animal Red Paper · Birds "is listed as dangerous species.

Yellow -belly horn pheasant action is not good at flying on your feet

Yellow -belly horny is a bird of Chinese specialty products. Because the abdominal feathers are yellow, they are called "yellow -bellied horns".

The yellow belly horny, known as the "big panda in the bird", is also as cute as the giant panda. It is thick and fat, and runs mainly by feet. Although it has wings, it is not good at flying. But that struggling to fly is not high and not far away.

△ National first -class protective bird yellow belly horn pheasant

Yellow-belly horny is mainly inhabited in the subtropical mountains at an altitude of 800-1400 meters of evergreen broad-leaved forests and coniferous broad-leaved mixed forests. It mainly relies on dense woods to conceal itself to avoid natural enemies. Yellow -belly horny boldness is small and the response is a bit dull. When they feel that the danger is coming, they will not escape as soon as other birds, but they look around. When the danger has come in front of it, when flying and can't escape, they will put themselves into the grass. Leave your tail outside. This is a bit like a silly sister -in -law in the Northeast, so the local villagers call it "stupid chicken".

In the spring season, the rooster will become excited, and a pair of blue meat horns are raised on their heads. The colorful flesh skirts shake in front of the body, showing exaggeratedly jumping in front of the henie for marriage and dancing. Compared with male, the female yellow belly horn is inconspicuous. In nature, the female yellow -bellied horns should take more important responsibilities in the reproduction of offspring. In the process of laying and incubating eggs, only as low -key as much as possible can we hide itself into the surrounding environment, and it is not discovered by natural enemies. This is also the wisdom choice of species evolution.

my country ’s records of Yellow -belly horny were described as early as Li Shizhen’ s “Compendium of Materia Medica”. In 1857, British biologist Gurd named it named it based on specimens from Wuyishan, Fujian Province. The number of yellow -belly horn is scarce. After more than a hundred years after the name, no one was found and recorded, so the yellow -bellied horns were once considered to be extinct in the wild.

Due to the extremely low natural reproduction capacity, serious harm of natural enemies, and shrinking habitats, the yellow -bellied horn was in an endangered state in the late 1970s. It is included in the "Red List of Endangered Species of the World Nature Protection Alliance" and is in danger of the Washington Convention.

After years of protection, there are currently about 4,000 nationally wild populations in the country, and the number of distribution in Jiangxi lead mountains in Wuyishan National Park is stable from 500 to 600. Essence

Living fossils in the water -Chinese autumn sand duck

It is also known as "Birds in the Birds" and the Chinese autumn sand duck. It is also known as the "living fossil in the water". It is an ancient species left over from the end of the third period of the glacier, which has a history of more than 10 million years. China Qiusha duck is a unique species in my country and is extremely scarce. It is an endangered species and a national first -level protective animal. There may be less than 3,000 in the world, and the World Nature Conservation Alliance (IUCN) sets it as an endangered species.

△ China Autumn Sand Duck

In mid -to -late March, the river at the foot of Changbai Mountain was still covered with ice, and the Chinese Qiusha ducks were collectively relocated to the Changbai Mountain breeding area from Wuyi Mountain and other places. In November, Zhonghua Qiu Sha Duck would fly back to the warm Wuyi Mountain with the newly born duckling. In March of the next year, they will say goodbye to the north to have children in the north.

The mouth of Zhonghua Qiu Sha Duck is not flat, but sharp, and also preserves the original characteristics of sharp teeth beak on both sides of the upper and lower beaks. Once the fish is held by them, it is difficult to escape, even if it is dealt with by Du Du's father. Slip -like fish such as fish and seven -lampienes are also easy to lift. This sharp weapon is the ancestral characteristics reserved in the long biological evolution of Chinese autumn sand ducks, which also distinguishes it from other types of ducks. With the special structural characteristics of the mouth, it can use fish as the most important food.

The Chinese autumn sand duck male has elegant "long hair". The crown feathers on their heads when swimming in the water spread backwards, and the feathers on both sides of the body are full of fish -like spotted patterns. They move in family to integrate large groups before migration. Zhonghua Qiusha duck likes to build the nest in the thick live broad -leaved tree cave closer to the river. In addition to eating, most of the time of Chinese autumn sand ducks will be exposed to the sun, doze off, or take a bath, and sort out feathers. Their tail gland is very developed. The important content of combing feathers is to evenly apply the secreted oil to the feathers to achieve the purpose of hydrophobic. The Chinese Qiusha ducks are extremely alert, especially when they see human activities, they will immediately escape. Even when they are still alerting at rest, when they insert their mouths into their wings to sleep, the exposed eyes are still open to look at the surrounding situation every 10 seconds.

There is only a mother in the world in the world

White -necked long -tailed pheasant is a Chinese specialty bird, a national first -class protection of animals, and was included in the "Washington Convention" CITES -Class Ⅰ protection animal, the "Red List of Endangered Species of the World Nature Conservation Alliance", "Chinese Endangered Animal Red Book" grade.

The white -necked long -tailed pheasant is a bird of a long -tailed pheasant. Male white neck long -tailed pheasant is beautiful. They live in thick shrubs and bamboo forests in mixed forests, sexual machines, and activities with small groups.

△ National first -class protection of animals -white -necked long -tailed pheasant Yellow Sea Photo

According to the classification of biology, the white -necked long -tailed pheasant and the peacock are all families, both of which belong to the family. The white -necked long -tailed pheasant belongs to the long -tailed pheasant, and there is only one of the world, without other subspecies differentiation. As a kind of bird with long tail feathers, although the length of the white -necked long -tail pheasant is not as good as a peacock, its body length can reach more than 80 centimeters after adulthood. Coupled with their colorful feathers, the overall perception is not inferior to peacocks, and it is definitely a typical beautiful bird species.

The white -necked long -tailed pheasant's food nature is very mixed, insects, and various plants, all of which they like to eat very much. In addition to the general cold resistance, its ability to adapt to the forest land environment is still good.

The white -necked long -tailed pheasant is a male and more female. After the mating, the male and female are separated by each other. Therefore, the babies of the white -necked long -tailed pheasant live in a single -parent family. The mother of the bird is full of motherly love, take care of, and care for the children. The birds who are growing their bodies have a lot of food, and they have to follow her mother for food five or six times a day. Faced with the squirrels of the invasion of the territory, the loving bird mother immediately turned into a fighter and did not let it go.

"Fairy in the Forest" -White 中

Bai Yan is a national second -level key protection wildlife.

White 鹇 male birds are particularly beautiful. The feather color is not like the gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous and gorgeous, but is wrapped in silver. It has a long and thick head on its head. It looks like a black crown of hair, and when it is over the head, the face is naked and bright red. The whole lower body is black. They are all white -shaped black patterns on the white background, but the black patterns are smaller and smaller, and gradually disappear.

△ Photo by Wang Fuhai, Bai Yan

Bai Yan is loved by literati and Mo Ke because of his beautiful appearance. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the "Bird Sutra" recorded by Shi Kuang recorded that the white magpie was "white and white, and it took a leisure time." Even "Shixian" Li Bai special poems: "Please use double white 璧, buy the two white pheasants. White 鹇 Bai Rujin, white snow shame face. With the beauty of white brocade and white puppet color, expressing the joy of getting the treasure after getting the treasure. In the poem of the Northern Song Dynasty, Mei Yaochen, a poetry of the Northern Song Dynasty, issued a praise of "Qiao Mu Dark April, Haruki Baiji" in the poem of "White 鹇".

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the five -year -old civilian officials have white crickets, which mainly originated from the sexuality of white 鹇 在, which is a symbol of integrity; white feathers are a symbol of integrity; God's appearance is leisurely, and the representatives are calm. Taking a pile, representing self -love and self -containing.

The white -ray female bird is relatively simple. The body is smaller than the male bird, the upper body is tan or olive brown; the crown is brown, the apex is dark brown;

The small group activity of Bai Yancheng or 3-6 is composed of a strong male bird and several adult female birds, not too strong or young, and young birds. The group has strict hierarchical relationships. Young birds can be foraged with their parents shortly after birth. After 3 changes to feathers, they can become adult feathers.

The rich species of the Wuyi Mountains gives Bai Yan's rich food source. White 鹇 is a omnivorous, mainly based on tender leaves, young buds, flowers, stems, berries, seeds, and moss and moss. It also eats insects.

The main symbols are the differences between the width and number of black patterns on the male bird and the tail feathers. The white crickets are divided into 16 subspecies, and 9 sub -species are distributed in China. subspecies.

I want to fly higher

Every year on April and May, the smoke belly, furfoot, Yanfuyan subspecies, gathered in groups on the cliff wall of 1500 meters above sea level, rushing to build nests before the rainy season, preparing for the incubation of young birds. There are also smoke belly, furfoot, Yan Yan read the old, and use it after repairing the old nest.

In order to compete for favorable positions, they will also fight for fighting, and the winners will build nests with peace of mind.They are usually nesting in the depression of the cliff or between the steep rock wall gaps, which are both safe and hidden and covering the wind and rain.The bird's nest is mainly mixed with wet mud, grass, and feathers.Swallows mixed with saliva and spit out with the mouth layer by layer, tamped with the head, and then the next round after the air was dry, it was very hard.Don't look at the small size of smoke and abdomen, but they are very agile and are good at flying. They are good at pecking insects at high altitudes.The highest peak of the Wuyi Mountains is 2160.8 meters above sea level, known as "East China Roof" and "Wuyi Pillar".And here is also active with the furry and furry feet.

The scenes of hundreds of birds in Wuyishan National Park are particularly spectacular, which fully demonstrates the beauty and truth of Wuyishan National Park.("Green China" 2022.7A)

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