In the bird world, some birds do not follow the seasons to migrate, so these birds are collectively called resident birds, some birds will migrate with different seasons, this type of bird can be called migratory birds, so some places will see some more exotic birds in different seasons. Recently, in the Longquan Reservoir in Jingmen, Hubei Province, there was a lake patrol staff found a large bird similar to a stork, but this big bird can only stand on one leg in the water, and one of the legs has been broken, which is worrying.
After the judgment of experts, this big bird is not a stork, but a rare flamingo in China, and belongs to the flamingo in the flamingo, the population of flamingos belongs to the flamingo family, there are 3 genera and 6 species of flamingos, of which the great red stork is widely distributed, the Mediterranean, India, Africa, etc. are distributed, the small flamingo is mainly distributed in east Africa, and South America has the Caribbean red stork, chilean red stork, Andean red stork and Peruvian red stork.
There is no wild population of flamingos in the country, but in some places it can occasionally be observed, because the flamingo is a migratory bird that will carry out seasonal migration behavior, and some large flamingos will get lost or far away from the group during migration, so some traces of large flamingos can be found in China.
So this single big flamingo, plus one of its legs has been broken, it seems to have been completely necrotic, so it is very likely that this big flamingo is single, due to leg injuries, there is not enough strength for this big flamingo to keep up with the group.
As for what caused this great flamingo to be injured like this, it may be scratched by branches or attacked by other animals, but this flamingo can only move on one leg, catch food, etc., if there is no rescue, it is likely to cause casualties. In order to rescue this flamingo, the relevant local departments have acted quickly and taken corresponding measures to actively protect this beautiful bird.
Among flamingos, the most attractive thing is undoubtedly the flamingo's fiery red feathers, but the flamingos' feathers are not red, but white, for example, the color of the chick feathers in the flamingos is white, and some of the flamingos in the zoo are also white, which is related to the lack of astaxanthin in food, and in wild flamingo populations, when sufficient astaxanthin is ingested, the plumage turns from white to pink, from pink to red, and the gradient becomes darker, and finally like a fiery color!
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