Animal 13:35, 16-Apr-2022

Dive into a bird paradise in NW China's Shaanxi

CGTN

The blood pheasant is among 172 bird species living in the Niubeiliang National Nature Reserve in northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Both male and female blood pheasants have red feet. The males are noted for the crimson feathers on parts of their bodies. They are under second-class state protection in China. 

A blood pheasant chick.

A male blood pheasant.

White-browed laughingthrushes and white-collared yuhina also live in the forest. The spotted nutcracker is nicknamed the warning bird by local forest rangers because of the loud sounds it makes when observing takins which often move away on hearing the call.

A grey-headed bullfinch.

A white-collared yuhina.

A white-browed laughingthrush.

A grey-headed bullfinch.

A white-collared yuhina.

(All images taken by Guo Pengbo, a senior forestry engineer in Niubeiliang National Nature Reserve.)

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