"Giant Panda in Bird" Chinese Merganser Found in Nanling, Guangdong

"Giant Panda in Bird" Chinese Merganser Found in Nanling, Guangdong

"Giant panda in bird" Chinese Merganser found in Nanling, Guangdong Province "Giant panda in bird" Chinese Merganser found in Nanling

China News Service, Shaoguan, November 23 (Cheng Jingwei Linyin) According to the Guangdong Provincial Forestry Bureau on the 23rd, the first Nanling Bird Watching Festival and Carnival was recently held in Nanling, Guangdong.
A team participating in the bird watching competition found it here.
This is the first time that this bird species has been recorded in Nanling
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As one of the branch events of the 3rd Guangdong Forest Culture Week, the first Nanling Bird Watching Festival and Carnival has the theme of "Meeting in Nanling and Sharing Nature", carrying out bird watching competitions, bird photography exhibitions, pictures/listenings Bird-watching and big coffee sharing sessions, etc.
, carry out various research courses, create a natural ecological forest culture feast, promote the development of forest green industry, and help create Nanling National Park
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It is understood that a total of 15 professional bird watching teams participated in this bird watching competition, and 30 public groups participated in the experience
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From the 20th to the 22nd, members of the bird watching team explored forests, rivers, wetlands, farmland and other different habitats of birds in Guangdong Nanling National Nature Reserve, Xijing Ancient Road Bridge, and around Nanshui Lake.

In the end, after review by 5 experts, the “Nan Tian Yizhu” team from the Bird Ecology and Evolution Research Group of Sun Yat-sen University recorded a total of 92 bird species, and won the best bird watching competition with the largest number of bird species and the highest accuracy rate.
Observe the first prize
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The "variegated tits" team from Chebaling National Nature Reserve and the "Fern Heart Taotian" team from Shenzhen won the second and third prizes respectively

The Chinese Merganser is a national first-level protected wild animal and is listed as an endangered species by the World Conservation Union.
It has survived for more than 10 million years and is known as "living fossil in water, giant panda in bird"
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Guangdong Nanling National Nature Reserve is the nature reserve with the richest biological resources in Guangdong Province.
It is one of the 14 biodiversity hotspots in China, the largest biological species gene bank in Guangdong Province, and the most bird resources in Guangdong Province.
Rich area
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Relying on abundant forest and biological resources, Nanling Nature Reserve strives to build a base for popular science education and natural education, and organizes "Nanling Green Ribbon Action", "Wildlife Conservation Month", "Nanling Bird Watching Competition", and "Nanling Bird Ecology" Thematic publicity and education activities such as "Photographic Exhibition" have continuously raised the public's awareness of protection

The person in charge of the Guangdong Provincial Forestry Bureau stated that, driven by the construction of Nanling National Park, Guangdong Nanling National Nature Reserve is planning to build a series of natural science popularization such as Nanling Natural Museum, Nanling Natural Science Garden, and Nanling Medicinal Botanical Garden.