Among the 10 species of birds, the red-crowned crane won 64.92% of the votes of 5 million netizens, far ahead of other competitors. The State Forestry Administration of China reported the red-crowned crane as the only national bird candidate to the State Council. China has established a number of nature reserves such as Zhalong, Xianghai and Yancheng in the breeding areas and wintering areas of cranes such as red-crowned cranes.
Red-crowned crane:
Red-crowned cranes are also called cranes and white cranes (in fact, white cranes are another kind of cranes and birds). ? Kun, there are many names for red-crowned cranes in China ancient books, such as "fairy bird" in Er Ya Yi and "fetal bird" in Compendium of Materia Medica. It is a kind of crane, a large wading bird with a body length of 120- 160 cm.
The neck and feet are long, 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, the tail feathers and feet are black when standing, the top of the head is red, and the rest are white; When flying, only the second and third flight feathers, neck and feet are black, and the rest are white, which is extremely obvious and easy to identify. A symbol of longevity, a national first-class protected animal.
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