【NO.194】Red River invites you to welcome the COP15 event
One thing a day opens the door to the biodiversity of the Red River
Red River State Forestry and Prairie Board
Rare Wildlife NO.194
Rare Wildlife
The Firetail Grebe (Minla ignotincta) is a bird of the family Thrushidae and the genus Grebe. The Firetail Grebe is a small bird with a body length of 12–15 cm. The head is black, with long, broad white eyebrow lines, which are very prominent on the black head. The upper body is maroon or gray olive brown, the underparts are pale yellowish white, the tail is black, and the outer feather margin is red with white sub-terminal spots and red end spots; the two wings are black, the wings are covered with white feathers and end spots, the outer edge of the outer flight feathers is red, the end is yellow, and the inner flight feathers Are white and the outer edges and end spots, which are very eye-catching. It inhabits evergreen broad-leaved forests and mixed forests at altitudes of 1500–2500 m, feeding mainly on insects such as beetles. It is found in Bhutan, Bangladesh, Laos, China, Vietnam, India, Myanmar and Nepal, with the Red River State mainly distributed in national nature reserves. The Firetail Grebe is listed on the IUCN's 2012 Red List of Threatened Species ver 3.1 – No Threatened (LC).
Rare Wild Plant NO.194
Rare wild plant
Bulbophyllum leopardinum (Wall. Lindl.): The false bulb is pear-shaped to narrowly ovate cylindrical, lying obliquely on the rhizome, with 1 leaf at the top. The leaves are erect, oblong to oval; the leaf leaf emanating from the base of the false bulb, slender, about the same length as the false bulb; the inflorescence stalk is very short, with 1-3 flowers growing at the apex; the flowers are pale yellow with purple spots; the petals are nearly ovate, shorter than the sepals, 8 mm wide in the middle, blunt at the apex, full margin, with 7 veins; the lip flap is fleshy, lanceolate, shorter than the petal, curved outwards, with grooves at the base, slightly toothed on both sides, blunt at the apex, and smooth in the lip disc. It grows at altitudes of 1700 m in montane evergreen broad-leaved forests on tree trunks or on rocks underneath the forest. It is found in southern Tibet, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, northeastern India, Myanmar and Thailand, and the Red River State is mainly distributed in national nature reserves. This flower is cultivated and has high horticultural value. Listed in China's National List of Plants under Second Level Protection; listed in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) - Vulnerable (VU); listed in the Washington Convention (CITES) - Level II.
Source: Red River Forest Grass