What does the moorhen eat?

The black water pheasant, which is also known as the black water pheasant, Jiang pheasant, red bone top, etc., is a bird of the genus Pagoda, which lives in bushes, bushes and reeds, is good at diving and moves in pairs, and its body is high above the water surface when swimming, with its tail tilted upwards. you can see the two white spots at the back of the tail, which are widely distributed all over the world except Oceania. Let's take a look at what the black water pheasant eats!

What kind of food does black water pheasant eat?

Black water pheasants mainly eat aquatic plant tender leaves, buds, roots and aquatic insects, worms, spiders, molluscs, snails and insect larvae and other foods, mainly animal food. During the day, they mainly swim along the edge of aquatic plants, carefully search and peck at insects on leaves and stems or insects that fall into the water, and sometimes wade for food in the shallow water near the water.

The habitat of black water pheasant

Black pheasants inhabit freshwater wetlands, swamps, lakes, reservoirs, Reed ponds, canals and rice fields rich in reeds and aquatic plants, as well as lakes and swamps in forest margins and roadside canals and sparse forests. Not hardy, generally do not live in salt water, like trees or water plants cover the waters, do not like very open places, vertical distribution height of 400-1740 meters above sea level.

The living habits of Black Water Pheasant

The black water pheasant is partly summer migratory birds and some resident birds, mainly summer migratory birds to the north of the Yangtze River and mostly resident birds to the south of the Yangtze River. Spring moved to the northern breeding ground in mid-late April, and autumn began to move away from the breeding ground in early October until the end of October. Often in pairs or in small groups, good at swimming and diving, the body floats high above the water when swimming, and the tail is often vertical and swinging frequently. Unless in critical circumstances generally do not take off, especially do not do long-distance flight, the flight speed is slow, but also not high, often close to the surface of the water, do not fly far and fall into the water or water plants.

Population status of Black Water Pheasant

The black water pheasant has a wide range of distribution, is more common, and is not close to the fragile and endangered critical value of species survival (distribution area or fluctuation range is less than 20000 square kilometers, habitat quality, population size, distribution area fragmentation), and the population trend is stable, so it is evaluated as a species without survival crisis. However, the black water pheasant has been included in the World Conservation Union (IUCN) 2012 Red list of Endangered species ver3.1-- low Endangered (LC) and the State Forestry Administration of China issued the list of terrestrial wildlife with beneficial national conservation or important economic and scientific research value.