China's birds are divided into six major categories: birds of prey, wading birds, climbing birds, land birds, raptors, songbirds. These six categories are collectively known as the six major ecological groups of birds. More than 10,000 species have been found around the world, and China has more than 1,400 species. Although there are many varieties of birds, many birds are endangered. The following and I take a look at China's top ten rare birds.

1, the black stork

The black stork is a kind of beautiful body, body color, activity, agile, vigilant nature of the large wading birds. Adult body length of 1-1.2 meters, weighing 2-3 kg; long and stout mouth, head, neck, feet are very long, mouth and feet red. The feathers on the body are black except for the chest and abdomen, which are pure white and can change colors in different angles of light. It builds large nests in tall trees or rocks, and its head and neck will be straight when it flies.

It feeds mainly on fish, but also preys on other small animals. It inhabits along rivers and near streams in swampy mountainous areas, and has the habit of following old nests. Breeding period from April to July, nesting in remote and small human interference. Most of the black storks are migratory birds, only in Spain as a resident bird, only a few pass through the Strait of Gibraltar to the western part of Africa for wintering, in addition, the breeding population in South Africa is not migratory, but only after the breeding season to the surrounding areas of the spread of the wandering. It is the national bird of Belarus.

In August 2019, the black stork, a national-level protected endangered bird, appeared in the Bayinbuluk grassland wetland in Xinjiang.

2, Crested Ibis

Crested Ibis is anciently known as the Crested Heron and the Red Crested Heron, and the Crested Ibis is an endemic species in East Asia. Medium-sized, white body feathers, the back of the occiput has a long willow leaf-shaped crown of feathers, the forehead to the cheeks of the skin is bare, bright red; breeding with the beak constantly pecked from the neck muscle secretion of gray pigment, coated to the head, neck, upper back and the two wing feathers, so that it becomes gray-black.

Inhabits open forests at an altitude of 1200-1400 meters, wading in nearby streams, swamps and paddy fields, strolling and foraging for small fish, crabs, frogs, snails and other aquatic animals, and eating insects; rests and sleeps at night in tall trees; stays in small flocks in the fall and winter and wanders in small groups to the low mountains and the plains; starts to build nests in April and May, and reproduces one brood a year, each brood lays two or four eggs which are incubated and reared by the two parents. Each brood lays 2-4 eggs, which are incubated and reared by both parents. The incubation period is about 30 days, and the nest leaves the nest in 40 days; the sexual maturity is 3 years old, and the longest lifespan is recorded as 37 years.

Once widely distributed in eastern China, Japan, Russia, and North Korea, the population declined sharply due to environmental degradation and other factors, until the 1980s there were only seven wild populations at the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains in Yangxian County, Shaanxi Province, China, and the population has since reached 200 (2008) through artificial propagation.

3, Danding Crane

The Danding Crane is one of the cranes, a large wading bird with a body length of 120-160 centimeters. The neck and feet are longer, the body is mostly white, the top of the head is bright red, the throat and neck are black, the ears to the headrest are white, the feet are black, standing neck, tail feathers and feet are black, the top of the head is red, and the rest are all white; when flying, only the secondary and tertiary feathers and the neck, the feet are black, and the rest are all white, the characteristics are very obvious, very easy to identify. Young birds have a tan head and neck, and white body feathers with chestnut accents.

Often in pairs or in family groups and small flocks. During the migratory season and winter, larger groups are often formed from several or dozens of family groups. Sometimes clusters as many as 40-50, or even more than 100. However, the activities are still scattered into small groups or family groups in a certain area. At night, it mostly inhabits the shallows or reed ponds surrounded by water, mainly feeding on fish, shrimp, aquatic insects, mollusks, tadpoles, sandworms, clams, nailsnails, and stems, leaves, tubers, bulbs and fruits of aquatic plants. It is found in northeastern China, eastern Mongolia, the east bank of the Ussuri River in Russia, North Korea, South Korea, and Hokkaido, Japan.

4, yellow-bellied hornbill

Yellow-bellied hornbill, also known as the hornbill, spitting corded bird, their total length of about 50 (female) ~ 65 (male) centimeters. The male's upper body is chestnut brown, covered with yellowish round spots with black margins. The top of the head is black with a black and chestnut-red crown. The flight feathers are blackish brown with brownish-yellow spots. The lower body is pure brownish-yellow, and it is called "yellow-bellied pheasant" because of the leathery-yellow color of the abdominal feathers. The yellow-bellied pheasant has a bright blue and vermillion colored fleshy skirt and bright blue fleshy horns, which are displayed to the females when they are in heat. The female's body is mostly brownish-brown, densely covered with black, brownish-yellow and white fine lines, with scattered black spots on the upper body and white spots on the lower body.

It is a specialty bird of China, mainly distributed in Zhejiang, but also in Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan and Jiangxi. Its diet consists mainly of the fruits of ferns. As of 2013, the only protected area for the yellow-bellied pheasant in China is the Wuyanling National Nature Reserve in Zhejiang Province.

5. Black-necked Crane

The black-necked crane is a large wading bird with a body length of 110-120 centimeters and a weight of 4-6 kilograms. Neck, feet and even long, grayish-white feathers all over the body, head, front neck and flight feathers black, eye first and the exposed skin in front of the head is dark red, tail feathers brownish-black. On the top of its head, the tertiary flight feathers are dispersed, exceeding the primary flight feathers when the wings are closed. The iris is yellowish-brown, the beak is flesh-red with yellow-stained tips, and the legs and feet are grayish-brown.

Inhabiting the swamps, lakes and riverbanks of the plateau at an altitude of 2500-5000 meters, except for the breeding season when it is often active in pairs, singly or in family groups, it is mostly active in groups in the other seasons, especially in winter at the overwintering place where it is often integrated into large groups of tens of individuals. It mainly feeds on plant leaves, rhizomes, thorn trilobites, tubers, algae, corn, and sand grains. It breeds in Ladakh, around Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu and northern Sichuan in China, and winters in northeastern India, southern Tibet, Guizhou and Yunnan in China. It is the only crane in the world that grows and breeds on the plateau.

6, whooping crane

White crane is a large wading bird, slightly smaller than the red-crowned crane, body length of 130-140 cm. When standing, the body is white, the chest and forehead are bright red, and the beak and feet are dark red; when flying, the tips of the wings are black, and the rest of the feathers are white. The iris is brownish-yellow, and the beak and feet are dark red; the feet turn red at the age of two, and the beak turns red at the age of three.

Inhabits open plains, swampy grasslands, tundra marshes, and rocky shores of large lakes and shallow marshes. Often alone, pairs and family group activities, migration season and winter is often integrated dozens, or even hundreds of large groups, especially in the migration stopover and wintering grounds often set into large groups. It mainly feeds on the stems and roots of plants such as bitter herbs, eye lettuce, tussock grass and water chestnuts, and also eats the leaves and shoots of aquatic plants and a small amount of mussels, snails, mollusks, insects, crustaceans and other animal food. It is distributed in China, India, Iran, Afghanistan and Japan.

On September 28, 2019, the 15th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress closed its session, which voted to adopt the "Decision of the Standing Committee of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress on Determining the Whooping Crane as the "Provincial Bird" of Jiangxi Province" Decision on the Whooping Crane as the Provincial Bird of Jiangxi Province.

7, the Chinese duck

The Chinese duck is a bird of the duck family, commonly known as the scaly coyote duck, is endemic to China. Its beak shape is laterally compressed, the front end pointed out, and other species of ducks with flat beak shape is different. The beak and legs and feet are red. The male duck has white coverts on the head and upper back, black lower back, loins, and tail; white wing mirrors on the wings; and long feathers on the top of the head that extend back into a double crown. Black fishscale-like markings on the coxae.

Infests fast-flowing rivers in forested areas, sometimes in open lakes. In pairs or in family groups. Dives for fish. Distributed in Siberia and in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Hebei, and south of the Yangtze River in mainland China, mainly inhabiting streams, river valleys, meadows, pools, and grasslands in broad-leaved or mixed coniferous forests. The type locality of this species is in China.

8. Red-necked Crane

The red-necked crane is a large wading bird, ****divided into three subspecies. The hind toes are small and elevated, and cannot be held against the first three toes, so they cannot perch on trees; the body plumage is roughly light gray, with bare red skin on the neck of the adult bird. The primary flight feathers and primary coverts are black, and white, slender inner flight feathers cover the tail vertically. The beak is gray-green and the feet pink. Inhabits grassy plains, paddy fields, swampy wetlands and forest edges. Feeds on rice grains and roots and tubers of aquatic plants, and also feeds on fish and frogs.Breeds from July to December, nests in clumps of plants in swampy areas, and builds with stems and leaves of aquatic plants. Two eggs are laid per clutch, green or pinkish-white with brown and purple spots. The female incubates the eggs while the male guards them for a 30-day incubation period, with both parents*** caring for the young together. Distributed in India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia and China's Yunnan Yingjiang and Xishuangbanna.

9, the golden eagle

The golden eagle belongs to the eagle family, the true eagle genus of raptors. Body length 76 - 102 cm, wingspan of 2.3 meters, weight 2 - 6.5 kg. Males and females are the same color; when not growing, the head, neck yellowish brown; two wings flying feathers in addition to the outermost three outside the base are decorated with white, the rest of the body part of the dark brown; feather tail gray-white, the end of the feather part of the black; adult birds wings and tail are not white, the top of the head plumage color to golden brown. Its legs and claws are all covered with feathers.

It inhabits alpine grasslands, deserts, river valleys and forests, and in winter it often goes to mountain hills and foothill plains, where the highest altitude can be more than 4,000 meters above sea level. Generally live in mountainous or hilly areas, especially the cliffs of valleys and nesting in the mountain wall protrusion. Famous for its agile and powerful flight; feeds on large and medium-sized birds and animals. Distributed in temperate, subfrigid and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

10, Brown Horse Chicken

Brown Horse Chicken is China's specialty rare birds, body height of about 60 cm, body length of 1-1.2 meters, weighing 5 kg, the whole body is a rich brown, the head and neck is gray-black, the top of the head is like a crown of fluffy black short feathers, the face and cheeks are bare without feathers, was bright red, the tail is high up. The wings are short and flightless, and the legs are stout and good at running.

The brown marmot mainly inhabits forest areas dominated by second-growth forests of larch and spruce in North China and second-growth mixed coniferous and broad forests of larch, spruce, poplar and birch in North China. It is only found in Shanxi, northwestern Hebei, Huanglong Mountain in Shaanxi, and Dongling Mountain in Beijing, and the wild population was only a few hundred in 1987, and according to the literature report in 2009, the number of wild Brown Horse Cockerel in China is around 17,900. It is classified as a national-level protected animal in China.

The world is going to end up in a mess, so letting endangered animals go is also letting ourselves go. 2020's bat incident illustrates this point. So, let us take nature as our home, and animals as relatives, *** with the care of our *** with the home, *** create a harmonious blue sky!