China News Service, Chongqing, December 5th (Gong Decai Zhang Xu) Red mouth and red feet, black head and black neck, purple blue gray body is light and dexterous... The reporter learned from Chongqing Yintiaoling National Nature Reserve on the 5th that the reserve's infrared The camera recently captured the red-billed blue magpie, a protected animal of the "Three Haves", coming out to look for food.
The picture shows the red-billed blue magpie taking off.
Photo courtesy of Chongqing Yintiaoling National Nature Reserve
Infrared cameras showed that Yintiao Ridge was covered with snow, and five or six red-billed blue magpies appeared in the forest, looking for food leisurely in the snow.
The red-billed blue magpie is a large crow with a body length of 54 cm to 65 cm. Its mouth and feet are red, its head, neck, throat and chest are black. Body purplish blue gray or light blue taupe, long tail convex with black sub-end spots and white end spots, underparts white.
The picture shows a red-billed blue magpie looking for food in the snow.
Photo courtesy of Chongqing Yintiaoling National Nature Reserve
According to experts, the red-billed blue magpies are not particularly big, but they are very ferocious, especially in the breeding season, and they are called "angry birds".
In another development, the red-billed blue magpie has a wide distribution range, is not close to the critical value standard of vulnerable and endangered species survival, and the population trend is stable, so it is evaluated as a species with no survival crisis.
The red-billed blue magpie belongs to the "three haves" protected animals and is included in the "List of Terrestrial Wild Animals with Important Ecological, Scientific and Social Values Protected by the State".
The picture shows a red-billed blue magpie foraging on the grass.
Photo courtesy of Chongqing Yintiaoling National Nature Reserve
It is understood that Chongqing Yintiaoling National Nature Reserve is located in Wuxi County, covering an area of more than 20,000 hectares. Its main protection objects are the mid-subtropical forest ecosystem and its biodiversity, rare animal and plant resources and their habitats.
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