As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Sunday 12 June 2016

Endangered bird spotted in SW China


Source: Xinhua   2016-06-06 19:02:43

KUNMING, June 6 (Xinhua) -- A rare bird species typically found in India and Southeast Asia has been spotted in southwest China, providing valuable material for research of the endangered animal.

A beautiful nuthatch was pictured among a group of other bird species during a field inspection in Yunnan's Daweishan National Nature Reserve from April to May, Mo Mingzhong, a wildlife official in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, said on Monday.

"The beautiful nuthatch is extremely rare and was barely found in China before, so it is quite significant to even have taken a picture of the bird," Mo said.

Chinese scientists obtained a specimen of the species for the first time in 1972, but there has been no systematic research since then, said Wu Fei, an ornithologist with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

He Yongming, deputy head of Daweishan National Nature Reserve, said that park staff will enhance protection for the birds.

The beautiful nuthatch is listed as "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.


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