newest!Zhonghua Xianxian Xianyou Jiangcheng was encountered!Summer migratory birds open south to overwinter trip to winter

Jimu Journalist Chen Xi

Yunyou Sifang's Chinese immortal fell on the foot of Jiangcheng, and was discovered by Hao Lijuan, a member of the Bird Watching Association with fire eyes. Today (5th) the Wuhan Bird Watching Association announced that the Chinese fairy crickets refresh the total number of bird records of Wuhan to 445. It also reminds everyone that Xia migratory birds have opened the journey to winter south.

China Xianxian strolls out in the third phase of Hankou River Beach (Photo by Tu Xiaowei)

Chinese fairy, birds are as famous as their names, and Xianyun fluttering. "Xianyu, all beautiful, with its own immortality." Yan Jun, president of the Wuhan Bird Watching Association, introduced that the observed Chinese fairy crickets are adult male birds, bright and bright feathers, mainly characterized by the top of the head and back gray blue Color, blue and black in the throat, brownish yellow chest, and form a small inverted triangle to the throat, the abdomen is gray and white, and the mouth is black.

How did it find it? It turned out that at 5 pm on the 3rd, Hao Lijuan went to the position where he was monitored as usual -Hankou River Beach watched birds and toured to the third phase of Jiangtan (the second bridge from the Yangtze River to the Houhu Shipyard), in a forest bushes, Seeing the figure of the Chinese fairy, I quickly took pictures and retained its shadow.

China Xianxian strolls out in the third phase of Hankou River Beach (Photo Peng Jing)

It is not easy to meet the Chinese fairy. "The difficulty index is a bit large." Yan Jun introduced that Chinese fairy -facing the belonging to the family of the "Sichuan, Guizhou, Chongqing, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, southeast Shaanxi, southeast Yunnan, west, western Hubei, etc. Region; although the distribution is wide, for Hubei, they are summer migratory birds. They come to the mountains of western Hubei every summer to breed. For example, they can meet them in the National Forest Park in Yichang Daoling National Forest Park; this time they visit Jiangcheng because of summer The migratory bird has opened the winter trip to the south. The Hankou Jiangtan is selected as a supply station, replenishing some things, resting a little, and staying south for a few days, so it is not easy to encounter it; from another perspective, you can also infer China China The fairy team is expanding. If it is too rare, it is even more difficult to encounter.

China Xianxian strolls out in the third phase of Hankou River Beach (Photo by Tu Xiaowei)

Wuhan is so big, and the Chinese fairy crickets have seen the bushes of the third phase of Hankou River Beach?

Yan Jun explained that although it is inconspicuous here, it maintains the original ecology, there are anti -wave forests, trees and shrubs, and will be flooded in the summer every summer. This summer, the river rises here in July. Many passers -by, so many new records of birds were born here. For example, last year's new records of white throat forests were discovered here. It was exposed by taking pictures when I passed by here in May.

China Xianxian strolls out in the third phase of Hankou River Beach (Photo by Yang Xin)

Chinese fairy is a family with legendary color. Yan Jun introduced that the Chinese Xianxiangyuan was a sub -species (Zheng Guangmei 2011) of the blue throat fairy. Because of its significant genetic differentiation with the other subspecies of the blue throat fairy, it has a significant different singing sound. In the bird classification and distribution list (third edition) ", the sub -species is regarded as an independent species and is called the Chinese fairy.

Chinese fairy is the 13th new record of birds discovered this year. Since the monitoring of birds in key areas in 2016, there are the largest number of new birds harvested this year. Data show that the new records of 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 were 8, 8, 1, 9, 7, and 11 in the new records of the year.

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