[Source: Kunming Information Port_Yunnan]
Recently, the reporter photographed the national second-class protected animal purple water chicken in Nian Lake in the bridge area of Huize Black-necked Crane National Nature Reserve, which is the first time in the Huize Black-necked Crane Reserve.
Liu Yuncheng, who lives in Yangmeishan Village, Daqiao Township, Huize County, is a photographer who likes to record the beauty of his hometown with his camera, as well as photographing birds such as black-necked cranes. He has been photographing birds for many years, and has been to Sichuan Ruoergai, Dali Erhai, Zhaotong Dashanbao and other places. Recently, when he was photographing black-necked cranes in Nian Lake, he suddenly found a bird with colorful feathers.
"When I was leaving, I found that there was a bird here, which was different from other breeds, and the color was also very good-looking, so I photographed it, and after careful identification, I was sure that it was a purple water chicken, because I had been to Dali to shoot the purple water chicken before." Liu Yuncheng said.
The purple waterfowl is a bird of the genus Cyprinidae, except for the white tail feathers, the rest of the feathers are blue-purple and the feet are dark red, known as "the most beautiful waterbird in the world". It is mainly distributed in Africa, southern Asia and Oceania, and is only rare in the southwest of the continent, and is a world-class endangered bird. In 2021, it was newly added to the National List of Wildlife under Key Protection II.
In addition, Liu Yuncheng also photographed another bird, the Great White Heron, in Nian Lake. "I also found a white bird that looked good, but I didn't know what it was, so I asked my photographer, and he told me it was a great egret. Great egrets are 3 to 4 times larger than the average egret. Liu Yuncheng told reporters.
The great egret is a species of bird in the genus Heron in the family Peliformidae. Aliases egret, wind drifter, great white crane, white crane, etc. It is much larger than other egrets , with a thicker beak and a particularly kinked neck. There is a black line at the corner of the mouth (cleft mouth) that reaches behind the eyes. The great egret belongs to the species listed on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and is listed in the List of Terrestrial Wild Animals Protected by the State as Beneficial or of Important Economic and Scientific Research Value, and the Agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of Japan on the Protection of Migratory Birds and Their Habitats.
Great egrets have been recorded in the Huize Black-necked Crane National Nature Reserve, but have not been seen in the reserve for nearly a decade.
In recent years, the Management and Protection Bureau of Huize Black-necked Crane National Nature Reserve has taken multiple measures to improve the ecological environment. Video surveillance systems, electronic fences and other monitoring and management facilities have been built; Build a food source base for black-necked cranes, sow 300 mu of potatoes in the way of "only planting but not harvesting", planting 50,000 mu of high-yield oats in the way of community construction, and "meat and vegetable combination" of fish and shrimp in Nian Lake, providing a "well-fed and well-fed" food source environment for birds such as black-necked cranes. In 2022, 2,100 mu of wetlands were restored, turning the original seasonal wetlands into permanent wetlands, the ecological environment of the reserve continued to improve, and the number of wintering migratory birds increased year by year.
It is reported that a total of 193 species of birds have been recorded in the Huize Black-necked Crane National Nature Reserve, and with the addition of purple water chickens this time, the number of birds in the Huize Reserve has reached 194.
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