A baby hornbill was photographed coming out of its nest in Yunnan. Where exactly? What level of animal protection is it?

In nature, there is a kind of bird with a big beak of 20 or 30 centimeters, called the double-horned hornbill. Recently, a baby double-horned hornbill was photographed coming out of its nest in Yunnan. Where exactly is it? What level of animal protection is it?

First, Yunnan photographed the baby hornbill coming out of the nest in the wild. Where exactly?

Recently, in Yingjiang County, Tongbiguan Provincial Nature Reserve in Dehong, Yunnan Province, photographers captured valuable images of # bihorned hornbill chicks flying into the rainforest at the moment of leaving their nests. The double-horned hornbill is one of the iconic species of the tropical rain forest, which is pointed out by some experts as proof of the protection of the rainforest and the continuous improvement of the ecological environment.

Second, what level of protected animal is the double-horned hornbill?

The double-horned hornbill is listed in the World Conservation Union (IUCN) 2016 Red list of Endangered species ver3.1-- near Endangered (NT).

Although this species has a wide range of distribution, it has a low density and is a massive distribution. The moderate quantity is small, and it is likely to decline rapidly within its distribution, so it is listed as near danger. It is rare in China and has been included in the list of national key protected wildlife.

And the double-horned hornbill is one of the iconic species of the tropical rain forest, is an extremely rare wild bird, some experts pointed out that this is the rainforest protection in place, the ecological environment continues to be good proof!

Third, the introduction of double-horned hornbill!

1. What does it look like?

The double-horned hornbill is a large bird with a length of 119-128 cm, a wingspan of 146-160 cm and a weight of 2.15-4 kg. The male is bigger. The back and neck are white, the rest of the upper body is black. The tail is white, with broad black secondary spots. The wing cover feather has white end spot, and the primary feather is white, forming obvious white wing spot on the wing, which is very eye-catching on the black wing. Lower body chest black, the rest of the lower body white. The mouth and helmet process are large, the base is black, the tip of the mouth and the top of the helmet process are orange-red, the side of the mouth is orange-yellow, and the lower mouth is milky white.

two。 Where did you grow up?

It mainly lives in the evergreen broad-leaved forests in the low mountains and mountain plains below 1500 meters above sea level, especially in the forest valleys near swift streams. Distributed in China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China Peninsula, Malaysia and Indonesia.

3. What kind of food do you eat?

The double-horned hornbill eats a lot of food, and its food habits are also very miscellaneous. It mainly feeds on the fruits and seeds of various tropical plants, as well as large insects, reptiles, rodents and other animal foods. They usually look for food in trees, sometimes on the ground.

It mainly eats all kinds of wild fruits, as well as snakes, lizards, large insects, rats and grains. The breeding habit is similar to that of the crowned hornbill. Feed and inhabit the top canopy of primitive forests.

The above is the introduction to the wild baby hornbill coming out of the nest in Yunnan. As our country pays more and more attention to nature conservation, the environment is getting better and better, and various species have also been well developed, which is a hated thing for us.