The red-necked plover was first found in the Huzhong National Nature Reserve in Heilongjiang. Photo by Huang Xiaohua
Daxinganling, June 4 (Feng Hongwei, Huang Xiaohua, Jiang Hui) On the 4th, the Heilongjiang Huzhong National Nature Reserve released the news that the staff of the reserve first found the rare bird red-necked plover in northeast China during the investigation and monitoring of wild animals and plants in the reserve.
Heilongjiang Huzhong National Nature Reserve is located in Huzhong District, Daxing'anling, Heilongjiang Province, with an area of 194,000 hectares, which is the northernmost and largest cold temperate native bright coniferous forest ecosystem nature reserve in China, and also a national protected sample and species gene bank of China's cold temperate bright coniferous forest ecosystem.
It is found mainly in Eurasia and northern Africa. Photo by Huang Xiaohua
According to the staff of Heilongjiang Huzhong National Nature Reserve, recently, he accidentally found a bird with red eyebrows and necks during the investigation and monitoring of wild animals and plants in the reserve, which had never been seen before, and was photographed with a camera. According to the identification of experts in the reserve, the bird he photographed was an adult male red-necked bird. According to the "List of Birds Taxonomy and Distribution in China", the red-necked plover, commonly known as the red-necked plover, has a body length of about 25 cm and is mainly distributed in Eurasia and northern Africa. This species of bird is only found in a small number in northeast China, and is the first to be found in the Huzhong National Nature Reserve in Heilongjiang.
In recent years, Heilongjiang Huzhong National Nature Reserve has strengthened its governance according to law, continuously strengthened its protection efforts, and the ecological environment in the reserve has become increasingly excellent, becoming a paradise for animals, and a large number of birds live and breed here every year. At present, there are 146 species of birds inhabiting the reserve, including the black-billed grouse, the Oriental White Stork and the Golden Eagle, and the national second-level protected birds include Mandarin duck, flower-tailed hazel, snow owl, sparrowhawk and other 22 species. (End)