Wild crested ibis habitat extends northward 160 km! What kind of environment do they like to live in?

Not long ago, a crowd who likes photography photographed an extremely rare bird-Zhu Bird in Hulu River, Fuxian County, Yan 'an. This crested ibis is foraging by the river. You can see that there is an obvious yellow artificial mark on its leg, the number is 06 1. Confirmed by relevant experts, it is a male crested ibis released by Tongchuan 20 15 rescuers. Six years later, this crested ibis appeared in Hulu River basin, indicating that the habitat of wild crested ibis expanded northward by 160 km. It also shows that the animal protection work in Shaanxi has not been done in vain in recent years, and the living environment of crested ibis has been well maintained. What kind of environment does Zhu Xi, an extremely rare bird, like to live in? Let's have a look.

Zhu's favorite living environment Zhu likes to live in hills, forests and woodlands in temperate regions. It is best to have a good wetland environment next to it and provide it with the food it needs. Therefore, crested ibis often appears in places where there are not only Woods or forests, but also many rice fields, beaches, streams, swamps or ponds. It will only appear where there is water and food. In fact, Zhu Xi has high requirements for the living environment. In addition to swamps and paddy fields, it needs a clean environment with relatively little interference in order to thrive here. There need to be some tall trees nearby, so that crested ibis can rest in the tall trees at night after hard foraging during the day to avoid the attack of natural enemies, and at the same time, it is necessary to nest and breed in higher trees, which is safe.

What are the foods of crested ibis? There are many kinds of food for crested ibis. All kinds of loaches, eels, salamanders, small fish, frogs and tadpoles, shrimps and crabs, and even shells, snails and snails like crested ibis very much. Many crickets, locusts, beetles, earthworms, etc. Zhu in aquatic insects and the grasslands along the river will not let go; There is really no meat to eat. When crested ibis is hungry, it will be vegetarian, including cereals, adzuki beans and celery in the field, as well as young leaves and grass seeds in the field. It's just that Zhu Xi will be particular about eating. It will look for food in cleaner streams. In some fields, if it has been applied with fertilizers or pesticides, it will not look for food.

The appearance and morphology of crested ibis have long been listed as the first-class protected animals in China. Its weight is generally 1.8 kg, its body length is about 80 cm, and its bare mouth length is 17 cm. The face is red and the feathers on the body are mostly white, but sometimes a gray pigment secreted by the neck is smeared on the body, so sometimes the upper body is gray. There are several long feathers in the shape of willow leaves behind the crested ibis, which form a unique crest and are very beautiful.