China News Service, Changchun, June 21 (Guo Jiachangyan, Liu Jinlong) The body is gray and black, with a white forehead, a chicken-like pointed beak, can swim like a duck, and can fly high...What is it?
On the 21st, when the police of Zhangjiadian Police Station of Tianqiaoling Forest Public Security Bureau of Jilin patrolled, this strange bird was found in the river. The Northeast Tiger Leopard National Park Administration Tianqiaoling Bureau passed the picture identification. This is a white boned chicken and is a national second-level protected animal.
Baiguding chickens are rare in Tianqiaoling forest area, but are widely distributed in China. It is a migratory bird that breeds offspring in the north in spring and migrates to the south in winter in autumn.
White-bone top chicken foraging on the shore Photo by Liu Jinlong
According to the introduction of the Tianqiao Ridge Bureau, the white bone chicken belongs to the hen family. The name "Yanji" derives from the fact that this bird often nests in the rice fields in the bushes and on the stubble. Although the name carries the word "chicken", it belongs to the bird-shaped crane, and in theory is closer to the blood relationship of the "celestial crane".
As a kind of wading bird, white bone chickens swim in the water most of the day and have strong diving skills. It mainly feeds on plants, among which are the buds, leaves, roots and stems of aquatic plants, and also eats insects, worms and mollusks.
Many birds in the corncock family have a forehead. The so-called "forehead" is actually a horny protrusion on the forehead. Regarding the forehead, one statement is that in order to reduce the impact of water on the head when diving, another more general statement is to show off.
In recent years, the Jilin Tianqiaoling Forest Area has continuously increased the protection, propaganda and crackdown of wildlife, and there have been many national first-level protected animals such as wild Siberian tigers, Siberian leopards, and golden eagles. This shows that the ecological environment in this area The better. (Finish)