[Explanation] Recently, a large bird with white feathers and black tails has appeared in Panzhou, Libo County, Leishan County and other places in Guizhou. According to local official confirmation, such large birds are “claw-billed storks”, which are the second-level national key protection objects. They have been included in the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species in 2013. Vietnam and other countries in Southeast Asia.
[Explanation] In Libo County, Guizhou Province, a world natural heritage site, hundreds of "claw-billed storks" perched and foraged at the local Shuangjiang Dam in Jialiang Town. "Mouth storks", they are in groups of three or five, sometimes catching insects, sometimes flying and playing.
[Live sound] "Claw-billed stork" screen
[Simultaneous] Mo Gangao, Villager, Banting Group, Shuangjiang Village, Jialiang Town, Libo County, Guizhou Province
They may have been here for three or four days, and then our villagers did not bother it too much, but just took photos with their mobile phones in the distance.
[Explanation] "Jack-billed storks" mainly feed on herbivores, fish, and shrimp. They are large migratory birds. Their migration time is from spring to June every year. According to Xiong Zhibin, a researcher at the Maolan National Nature Reserve Administration, such birds have higher requirements for the habitat's ecological environment.
[Contemporary] Xiong Zhibin, Researcher, Scientific Research Section Chief, Maolan National Nature Reserve Administration
Its environmental requirements are still relatively high. The reason why it chose to stop here in Libo, then in recent years, Libo has strengthened the improvement of the environment, and the forest resources have greatly improved compared with previous years. Now it has been included in the list. National (emphasis) ecological function zone, which is also a protection (ecological environment) of Libo (achievement).
[Explanation] Similarly, Panzhou, which has a better ecological environment, has attracted hundreds of "claw-billed storks" to come and visit. In the village of Taoshi Village, a local democratic town, the "claw-billed stork" sometimes glides at high altitudes and sometimes stops in the ground to look for food, forming a beautiful landscape.
[Explanation] In recent years, Guizhou has adhered to its responsibility mission of giving priority to ecological protection, vigorously promoting green ecological construction, and superior ecological conditions, providing a good habitat for a large number of migratory birds.
(Reported by Yuan Chao Luo Kai Pan Pan Deng Yongchang Guizhou)
Editor-in-chief: [Li Yuxin]