In the central coast of Zhejiang, the Leek Mountain Archipelago is a famous archipelago, in this blue sea and cloudy ocean, a group of seabirds fly in the air, among which there are many birds, and the Chinese tern is also among them, the Chinese tern is one of the rarest birds in China, belongs to the medium-sized waterbird, is a seabird of the tern family, body length 38-42 cm, feathers are light gray, with a black head, pecking yellow, the apex third is black, the tip is white, the tail feathers are split and resemble swallowtails.
Chinese terns in the limelight
Chinese lime tern mainly feeds on fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other marine invertebrates are also in its diet, mainly living on coastal islands, breeding on the shandong coast of China, Chinese terns in different parts of the mainland are not called differently, northeast China calls it "summer migratory bird", the south is called "winter migratory bird", Chinese tern is extremely rare, mysterious trail, also known as "mythical bird", its degree of cherishing is more than the giant panda, so some people call the Chinese tern "panda bird".
Chinese terns fish
In 1937, the last place where the Chinese tern appeared was on Muguan Island in Qingdao, Shandong, and since then there has been no trace, so that many scholars and scientists think that they have ceased to exist, but fortunately, after decades of the disappearance of the Chinese tern, scientists finally found its figure again in the coastal Matsu Islands of Fujian Province, fortunately, the Chinese tern is not afraid of people at all, and someone close to it will not panic and fly away, they can coexist peacefully with humans. However, the Chinese tern is very afraid of eagles, sea eagles and other birds of prey. Usually birds of prey fly over them, and they are frightened to fly around to avoid.
May to August of each year is the breeding period of Chinese lime terns, they usually breed with flocks of large terns, breeding time is basically synchronized, a pair of Chinese terns only lay 1 egg a year, incubation period of about 25 to 30 days, by the parents in turn hatching and co-breeding. The Chinese tern itself is not strong in reproduction, and the breeding environment is often threatened by typhoons and human activities, so their reproductive success rate is also very low, coupled with the reduction of their settlement, it also poses a huge threat to them.
Chinese terns hatch and breed
At present, the global population of Chinese popular terns is only more than 100, and the Chinese expedition has stepped up efforts to protect them, but it seems that they are not optimistic, hoping for better news and better protection for humans.