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China is the most important distribution area of birds in the family Ravenidae, with a total of 19 species, known to the public as brown-headed jay finches and Aurora jay finches. This article mainly introduces the three-toed crow finch, the white-eyed jay finch, the gray-crowned jay finches and the dark jay finches, which are endemic to China.
China's unique bird and sparrow, because they are ignored by the media and the public, their living conditions are worrying.
Grey-crowned jays
Endangered
The grey-crowned jay, small in size, is endemic to north-central China, distributed only in the Songpan area from Wen County in southern Gansu to northwestern Sichuan, and is a typical narrow distribution species.
Its grey overhead feathers with pronounced eyebrow lines make it easily distinguishable from other species of birds.
In 2007, Chinese wildlife photographers recorded the grey-crowned jay for the first time.
Dark sparrows
Vulnerable
It is endemic to China, distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou and other places, mainly living at an altitude of 2500-3200 meters above sea level between arrow bamboo or shrubland.
This species is mainly distributed in The Washan Mountains in Sichuan.
Three-toed crows
Near-term danger
The three-toed jay is endemic to China. It is distributed in Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi and other places.
It is commonly found in mountainous areas at altitudes of 1500-2300 m, in trees or bushes such as hawthorn, barberry, begonia, rose, pentagram and pine bamboo.
White-eyed jays
The white-eyed jay is also endemic to China. It is distributed from Qinghai, east to Shaanxi, south to Sichuan and Hubei, mainly living in higher mountain bamboo forests and shrublands.
Some friends will definitely ask, how is it that the Aurora bird is not endemic to China?
The named subspecies of the Aurora jay is endemic to China, note that it is a subspecies! The Heilongjiang subspecies is distributed in Siberia and Heilongjiang, Chinese mainland. As shown in the figure, it is also found in the Russian Far East.
Faced with a characteristic crisis
As the author of the article "'Silent' is not us, we are a natural joy of the crow family", "many nature reserves are being destroyed, many precious wild animals are facing unprecedented great threats, and no crows and birds have been listed as key protected wild animals in China." However , due to their narrow range and fragmented habitat , grey-crowned and dark-coloured finches are assessed as vulnerable by BirdLife International.
In recent years, the well-known Aurora Jay has been assessed as near-threatened because of the rapid loss of reed habitats on which it depends. Based on the downward trend in the number, the three-toed jay has also been assessed as near-threatened. These cute guys may not be aware of the crisis they are in, but many ornithologists have noticed this group of cute, magically beautiful wild animals and wish them the protection they deserve soon! ”
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