Yunnan is known as the "kingdom of animals and plants", among which, the complex ecological environment has also bred a diverse bird environment and created rich bird resources.
How many species of birds are there in Yunnan? There is currently no standard answer to this question. According to the "List of Species of Yunnan Province" (2016 edition) published in 2017, as of April 30, 2016, Yunnan has recorded 945 species of birds in 21 orders and 77 families, accounting for 65.4% of the number of bird species in the country, ranking first among all provinces and regions in the country.
Yunnan birds are not only famous for their wide variety, but also for their uniqueness. Of the 1445 species of birds recorded in China, about 120 species of birds can only be seen in Yunnan in China, such as the black-necked cormorant, the two-horned hornbill, the brown-necked hornbill, the corolla creased hornbill, the green peacock, the sword-billed partridge, the green-footed mountain partridge, the green broad-billed partridge, the large-billed ground plover, the wedge-billed partridge... China's southwest region, which has traditionally been known as a paradise for pheasants and grebes, is home to 19 species of chickadels in the Gaoligong Mountains in western Yunnan, accounting for about 30% of China's 60 species of pheasants. There are 250 species of thrush birds in the world, 118 species in China, and 98 species of thrush birds in the Gaoligong mountain area.
Recently, Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve has come another good news, the bureau of scientific researchers in the field research monitoring process, in the deep mountain dense forest cliff accidentally found that a smaller bird is wandering around a nest of Himalayan bee hives, to the surprise of the staff is that this lively bird is the long-awaited high-gloss bird species - yellow-waisted honeydew.
"Due to its small size, rapid movement and small number, it is not easy to observe and photograph it in the field, and this photography of the yellow-waisted honeybird is the first time that this species has been recorded in Gongshan County." According to researchers, the yellow-waisted honeydew is a high-gloss bird species in the bird watching world, which is rare in China, mainly distributed in the temperate forest of the southern slope of the Himalayas at an altitude of 1450-3500 meters, and there are only a few records in Gaoligong Mountain, Yunnan.
The yellow-rumped honeydew belongs to the genus Of the Honeydew in the family Rattlesmid, a smaller dark brown-gray finch- The males have yellow eyebrows, tops and cheeks, bright golden yellow and tertiary feathers on the lower back with white stripes, and the underparts are nearly white with dark longitudinal stripes, while the females are dark in color and have less yellow head.
According to researchers, the yellow-waisted honey duck is not only lively, but also has extraordinary skills, they like to eat honey, often after the discovery of the hive, often with a song or posture to guide people, honey badgers and other honey-eating mammals to the hive to destroy the nest to eat honey, sharing food, is a typical reciprocal behavior, and thus named "honey bird".