Symbol of longevity, national-level protected bird. It is also called immortal crane, white crane (actually white crane is another bird of the genus Crane), and quail.
There are many titles for the Danding Crane in ancient Chinese literature, such as "Erya Wings", which calls it an immortal bird, and "Compendium of Materia Medica", which calls it a fetal bird. The Danding Crane is a species of crane, named for the red fleshy crown on its head. It is a bird species endemic to East Asia, and because of its elegant body and distinctive colors, it carries the symbols of good fortune, fidelity and longevity in the culture of this region.
Appearance
The Danding Crane possesses the characteristics of cranes, i.e., three lengths - long beak, long neck, and long legs. Adults are white except for the black neck and the back end of the flight feathers, the skin on the top of the head is bare and bright red, and the tail blubber glands of the Danding Crane are powdered (Ran feathers). Juvenile body plumage brownish-yellow, bill yellow. Sub-adult body plumage dull color, 2 years old after the bare area of the head red more and more bright.
Distribution
The Danding Crane breeds in the Songnen Plain of China, the Far East of Russia and Japan. It winters throughout the southeast coast of China and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the Gulf of Korea, and Japan.
Habitat
The whooping crane has to migrate between its breeding and wintering grounds every year. Only in Hokkaido, Japan, it is a local resident bird and does not migrate, which may be related to the fact that the locals feed food in winter in an organized manner and have sufficient food sources. The habitat of the Whooping Crane is swamps and marshy meadows, and its diet consists mainly of fish and shrimp, mollusks and certain plant roots in shallow water, which varies seasonally. Adult Whooping Cranes change their plumage twice a year, in the spring for summer plumage and in the fall for winter plumage, which is a complete change of plumage and will temporarily lose the ability to fly. The cranes' song is very loud and clear, serving as a signal to clarify territory and an important way of communication during the rutting season.
Breeding
The Whooping Crane is a monogamous bird that can last a lifetime if there are no special circumstances. The annual breeding season begins in March and lasts for six months, ending in September. They make their nests in shallow water or watery wetlands, and the nesting material is mostly reeds and other grasses. The Dandilion Crane lays one clutch of eggs per year, and the eggs laid are usually two to four. Incubation is carried out by male and female birds in turn, and the incubation period is 31~32 days. The chicks are early fledglings.
Breeding courtship accompanied by dancing, chirping, nesting in the briny reeds and grasses with a certain depth of water, each laying 1-2 eggs, incubation period of 30-33 days, the early adult birds, 2 years old, sexually mature, life expectancy of up to 50-60 years.
In mid- and late April, the nest began to lay eggs, nesting in the surrounding water around the shallows on the dead grass, each nest laid 2 eggs, male and female birds take turns incubating eggs, incubation period of 20-33 days. When the young birds learn to fly, in the fall, the red-crowned crane from the northeastern breeding grounds to fly south for the winter. China has established a number of nature reserves such as Zalong, Xianghai and Yancheng in the breeding and wintering areas of cranes.
Cultural significance
The legendary crane is the Danding Crane, a large wading bird that lives in swamps or shallow waters and is often called the "God of Wetlands". It has nothing to do with the pine trees growing in the high hills. Residents of East Asia use the crane to symbolize happiness, good fortune, longevity and fidelity. It appears repeatedly in the literature and art works of various countries. In the tombs of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, there are images of cranes in sculptures. In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, bronze bells in the shape of cranes have appeared in ceremonial vessels. The floating image of the crane in Taoism has become a symbol of longevity and immortality. The life span of the topping crane is as long as 50 years and 60 years, and people often paint it together with pine trees as a symbol of longevity. The Dan Ding Crane is so rare that it has been listed as a first-class protected animal in China. The State Forestry Administration of China has reported the Danding Crane to the State Council as the only national bird candidate. Morphological featuresA medium-sized (125 cm) gray crane. The front crown is black, the center skin is bare and red, and the head and neck are dark greenish-gray. There is a wide white stripe from behind the eyes to the back of the neck. The remainder of the body plumage is gray, with the back and long, dense tertiary flight feathers slightly tinged with brown. Juveniles are yellowish brown all over, gradually changing to adult body color from body to head and neck as they age. Iris - brown; beak - dirty green with yellowish tips; feet - black.
Calls: Mate's duet is a clear, persistent Kaw-Kaw-Kaw bugle call. Migrates in large flocks, emitting a horn sound like a krraw.
Population status
Global extant **** about 220,000, in our country is classified as a second-class protected animal. It is a crane widely distributed in Eurasia, more numerous and more common. There are two subspecies: one of them is distributed in the east and north of Europe, east to the Soviet Union's Bzaura River and Ust-Usa; the other subspecies is distributed in Central Asia to parts east of Assam. Large flocks of gray cranes cross the central Himalayas into India each winter to overwinter. The eastern subspecies of the gray crane can be found in China, breeding in the Tianshan Mountains of Xinjiang, Hulunbeier in Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang and Jilin. It migrates through western Xinjiang, northeastern and northern China, and winters in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, western Sichuan and throughout southern China.
Distribution
Distribution status: Breeds in northeast and northwest China. In winter, it moves southward to southern China and Indochina. Prefers wetlands, swamps and shallow lakes. Increasingly rare.
Habitat
Gray cranes are very afraid of people, and they breed in isolated marshes. Nests are built in reed or moss-covered meadows. There are two eggs in a clutch, which are greenish-brown with purplish-red spots, and the volume of the eggs is about 99 x 64 centimeters. The normal incubation period is 28 days, with the male and female switching. The fledglings are able to follow both parents away from the nest at an early age and take food from their mouths, eating all worms and insects. Gray cranes are quite excited when they first meet other cranes during the breeding season, and it is a special habit for the male to stand side by side with the female and make noisy calls.
Habitat range is wide, near horizontal plains, grasslands, beaches, hilly land and other places can be seen. To water plants, shoots, weed seeds, grains. Insects as well as aquatic animals for food. Breeding period in April to May, nesting on uncultivated fields or in the grass of marshes, mostly choosing dry land far from water.
Breeding Habits
The nest is very simple, laying two eggs per clutch, light brown or reddish brown. The male and female parents take turns incubating the eggs, which last for about a month. The chicks grow up in the summer and roam with both parents, then migrate south in the fall to overwinter. There are more than 1,100 gray cranes wintering in Yancheng Nature Reserve in Jiangsu Province in a single year.
Breeds in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia; winters in the Yangtze River basin and areas south of it; and is widely seen in inland wetlands (e.g., southern China and the Indochina Peninsula) during migration.
Related Literature
The Gray Crane is an early recognized species of crane. The ancient book "Ancient and Modern Notes" contains: "The crane becomes pale when it is a thousand years old, and the son becomes black when it is two thousand years old, the so-called Yuan Crane". Three talents will be", "Lei Shan has a crane, pure black as paint, *** life of 360 years old, is pure black. Five, there is a music festival is to, the former Yellow Emperor Xi music in Kunhua Mountain, there are Yuan crane flying." These accounts deify this bird. In Europe, the gray crane was already mentioned in the Bible; it is also depicted in Egyptian temples and prehistoric cave paintings. Aristotle, who lived from 384-322 B.C., kept precise records of the migration, resting, mating, and hatching of the gray crane. Characteristics
Large wading bird. Total length is about 140 centimeters. Body feathers are mostly blue-gray. The exposed skin of the forehead and face is ruddy red; there is a tuft of black feathers in the ear area; the top of the head, chin, throat and nape of the neck are white, and the white feathered portion of the throat, which narrows downward in width, is in the shape of a "V". Outer flight feathers gray, inner flight feathers white; front neck, lower body, tail feathers gray-black. Beak yellowish green. Feet dark red.
The White-naped Crane is a graceful crane slightly smaller than the Dandilion Crane. The body feathers are blue-gray, darker on the belly, lighter on the back, and red on both sides of the cheeks, which are especially bright during the breeding season; the back of the head and neck and the upper back are white. Skin of forehead, anterior part of head, eye-first, and periocular part of head and side of head naked and bright red, with sparse black downy plumes; ear-plumes smoky-gray; posterior part of head, occiput, hind-neck, side of neck, and upper part of fore-neck, chin, and throat white; side of neck and lower part of fore-neck, and underparts dark slate-gray; upperparts slate-gray; underparts, loins, and overparts of tail dark slate-gray; tail-plumes dark gray, with broad black transverse spot at the end; primary wing flight-feathers black-brown with white feather trunk lines; secondary flight feathers also brown with white bases; tertiary flight feathers pale grayish-white, extending into a bow; upper wing coverts grayish-white, primary coverts black with white ends. Males and females are similar. The iris is dark brown, the beak yellow-green, and the feet red.
Habitat
The White-naped Crane inhabits reed marshes and watercress swamps in open plains, as well as the shores of open rivers and lakes, and neighboring marshy meadows. It is also sometimes found in farmland and woodland. It mainly feeds on plant seeds, roots, young leaves, shoots, grains, fish, frogs, lizards, tadpoles, shrimps, mollusks and insects. When feeding, they mainly peck with their beaks, or use their beaks to first pluck away the surface soil and then peck at the seeds and roots buried underneath, pecking as they go. Most of the time during the day for foraging, very alert, usually after pecking a few times to look up and look around, a disturbed, then immediately avoid or fly away.
Colonial period May-July. A female and a male system, the end of March when they arrive at the breeding site is more pairs or family group activities, the male bird from time to time to show courtship behavior. When courting, the male bird runs and jumps back and forth excitedly around the female bird, with both wings half-open or completely open, accompanied by 'kou-kou-kou' high pitched calls. If the female accepts the male's courtship, she dances and chirps along with him, and then the female spreads her wings and squats, and the male jumps onto the female's back to mate; if the female is indifferent to the male's courtship or walks away, the male stops the courtship performance. Nesting in reed marshes or aquatic grass marshes, water depth 10-30cm, sometimes up to 80cm. by male and female parent birds **** with the nest, the female is the main. Nests are shallow disk-shaped, mainly composed of dead reeds, tussock grass, sedge and reed flowers and leaves. The size of the nest is 80-120cm in diameter, and the height of the nest exposed to the water is 7-16cm.The domain is very strong, and both male and female birds show their possession and defense of the nest domain by calling, flying on patrol, and chasing flights within the domain. The size of the field is 4.5-6.5km2, and the distance between nests averages 2,683 m. Egg-laying begins as early as early April and continues until late May, with one clutch per year and two eggs per clutch. Eggs are round, gray or lavender, densely covered with purple-brown spots, especially at the blunt end. Egg size is 90-98mm × 56-63mm, average 92.9mm × 60.9mm, weighing 150-205g, average 167g. Incubation of eggs begins after the first egg is laid, and is carried out by both male and female parent birds***, with females predominating. When incubating the eggs, the other bird is on the alert while foraging near the nest, and the incubating parent bird is also very alert, often stretching its head and watching, and when it is slightly alarmed, it will quietly come down from the nest, and then suddenly take off after walking 50m away from the nest, making it difficult for people to find the nest. Usually fly to a higher place than 300m away from the nest to peep, and fly back to the nest to incubate the eggs after the intruder leaves, the incubation period is 29-30 days. The chicks are early fledglings and can stand and walk on the same day they hatch.
In addition to breeding pairs of activities, mostly family groups or small groups of activities, and occasionally see the activities of a single, migration and wintering period by several or more than 10 family groups composed of large groups of activities. Action alert, very far to see people fly, take off in the ground first run a few steps, and then rise in the air, fly to a certain height, neck and feet were straight forward and back, the two wings flapped strong, flying fast.
Distribution range
The breeding area of this kind of crane is in the north of China and the south of Siberia's southeast wind. China's white-naped cranes mostly breed in Heilongjiang, Jilin and Inner Mongolia, almost overlapping with the breeding area of the Danding Crane. These two kinds of cranes breeding in the same area live in harmony with each other without aggression. The white-naped crane's range extends further west than the red-crowned crane into the dry steppe zone of eastern Mongolia.
Every year in March, the white-naped crane flies back to its breeding grounds from the south, and moves in small family groups in the area where it will be nesting. From mid-April to early May, the crane builds a humble nest in the shape of a shallow disk three or four hours before laying its eggs, and lays three grayish-white eggs with brownish-brown spots in each nest. During the incubation period, the parent birds are inactive, with a decreased appetite, but they are highly vigilant, and they turn over the eggs every hour or so for one to two minutes. The incubation period of the white-naped crane is 29-30 days. Before the chick comes out of the shell, it makes a "chirping, chirping" sound inside the egg. From chiseling to shelling there are fourteen or five hours, the crane can waddle in three hours, after eight hours can eat.
The white-naped crane migrates south in October every year, wintering in the wetlands of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, as well as in Fujian and Taiwan, and also in the vicinity of Wazumi City in southern Japan. It is a national class II protected animal. Common name: Pot Crane, Xuan Crane, Nun Crane
Geographic distribution: wintering in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China, and breeding in the Ussuri River basin in the northeast.
National Key Conservation Level: Grade I
Range:
Breeds in northern Siberia and northeastern China; winters in southern Japan and eastern China.
Morphological Characteristics
It belongs to the large wading birds, it is small, gentle, alert and timid, not easy to domesticate. It is about 1 meter high, weighs about 3.5 kilograms, and is about 90 centimeters long. It in addition to the forehead and two eyes in front of a more dense black bristles, from head to neck is snow-white pilose, the rest of the body feathers are slate gray.
Habitat
Inhabiting estuaries, lakes and swampy wetlands, it feeds on fish, crustaceans, polyps, mollusks, insects, and plants of the wheat and sedge families, etc. It begins to reproduce in April, and builds its nests in swampy wetlands. Two eggs are laid in each nest. The incubation period is about 30 days, and the young cranes have the ability to fly after 80 days.
Population status
The wild population is more than 7,000, which has been listed in the Red Book of the World's Endangered Species, and is a class of protected animals in China.
Breeding Habits
White-headed cranes breed in the Vilyuy River basin and along the Bikin River in the Ussuri River basin in Siberia, USSR. According to the literature, a small number of whooping cranes breed in the area of Manchuria and the Songhua River Basin in China, and winter mainly in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China and Japan, migrating through Xianghai, Momog National Nature Reserve and the Korean Peninsula.
White-headed cranes nest in vast moss-covered swamps, laying eggs from late April to early May and hatching them in early June. When courting, white-headed cranes have a mating ritual of wedding dances and duets. The male crane's call is a two-voice call, while the female crane's call is one long and one short. During the antiphonal singing, they open their tertiary flight feathers and repeatedly extend their heads and necks. These cranes lay two eggs per nest. Incubation is mainly by female cranes, male cranes only in the morning and evening for the female crane incubation 40 minutes to 1 hour. late May, the little cranes hatch one after another, chattering shells after 24 hours, chicks weighing 85-93.5 grams, hatching 3 days of chicks can be away from the nest of 30 meters, male cranes to take a walk, the female crane to take care of the nest of the other one. The two chicks can walk 250 meters away from the nest with their parents on the fifth day, and on the seventh day they can forage for food within 6 square kilometers. late August to the end of September, they left the breeding grounds to migrate south.
White-headed cranes eat large quantities of sorrel vines on their breeding grounds, especially the lingonberry, a plant found in swamps, and mosquito larvae and fluffy aquatic plants on whooping crane stomach tests. It also eats insects, frogs, and salamanders in the summer, but its main diet remains plant-based. In the wintering grounds mainly eat rice, wheat, barley and other grains, but also mollusks and insects. Whooping cranes sometimes nest in the same area as gray cranes and **** migrate together, and despite ecological segregation, hybridization can still be seen. In Izumi City, Japan, the wintering grounds of the Whooping Crane, in 1965, a male gray crane and a female Whooping Crane hybridization was seen, according to the 1968-1975 eight consecutive years of observation, they have been seven batches of hybrid offspring. Swans are the largest waterfowl.
The swan has a beautiful body shape, with a long neck, solid body, large feet, gliding in the water with a dignified demeanor, flying with a long neck stretched out in front of the slow slice of the wings. When flying, they form a diagonal line or "V" formation in the air. Other waterfowl are not as fast as swans in the water or in the air.
The swan burrows its head into shallow water to feed on aquatic plants. When swimming or standing, trumpeter swans and black swans tend to put one foot behind their backs. Swans of both sexes are similar. Different sounds can be produced from the trachea. In some species, the trachea is looped inside the sternum. Even mute swans, called mute swans, often hiss or make soft snoring or shrill purring sounds. Swans live in flocks except during the breeding season. They form lifelong mates. Courtship behavior consists of touching beaks or resting their heads against each other. Eggs are incubated by the female swan, which lays an average of six eggs per clutch, which are pale white and unmarked. Males stand guard near the nest; in some species, the males also incubate the eggs instead. After repelling an adversary, the swan gives a triumphant cry like a goose. The young have short necks and dense downy feathers; they can run and swim a few hours after emerging from their shells, but are carefully cared for by both parents for several months; in some species, they can lie on their mothers' backs.
The immature birds have gray or brown feathers with mixed markings until they reach two years of age or more. Sexual maturity is reached in the third or fourth year. In nature, swans can live 20 years can live more than 50 years. There are seven to eight species of swans.
Living environment
The swan is a winter bird, preferring to roost in lakes and marshes, mainly feeding on aquatic plants. Every year in March and April, they fly from the south to the north in large groups to lay eggs and breed in the northern border provinces of China. The female swans all lay two or three eggs in May each year, and then the females incubate the eggs while the males stand guard, never leaving for a moment. Once October passes, they migrate south in groups. Overwintering in the warmer climates of the south to recuperate.
Life Habits
The swans maintain a rare "lifelong companionship system" in which they stay together in pairs, whether they are feeding or resting. When the female swan is laying eggs, the male swan guards the side, and when it encounters enemy, it flaps its wings to meet the enemy and bravely fights with each other. They not only help each other during the breeding season, but also in pairs, and if one dies, the other one will be able to "keep the peace" and live alone for the rest of its life.
Growth and reproduction
Mid-March to mid-April each year, the northward migration, May to June for breeding, the nests are mostly placed on dry ground or on the shallow reeds among the reeds, each nest laying 4-7 eggs.
Swan culture
The four white swans distributed in the northern hemisphere have long been recognized by the people, due to the white plumage of the swan, the beautiful body, the call is moving, the behavior of the loyal, the development of the [[Eurasian continent]] in the Eastern and Western cultures, coincidentally the white swan as a symbol of purity, loyalty, nobility. In ancient China, swans were called swan, hong, crane, hongqiu, white honghe, yellow swan, yellow crane, etc. Many place names still contain these words, such as Yanmen Pass, Bird's Ridge, Bird's Zephyr, and Yellow Crane Tower, etc. To this day, some places continue to be an important corridor for the migration of swans and other geese-like birds. In the Book of Songs, it is written that "the white bird is white and fat", which is still the case today. The word "swan" first appeared in a poem by Li Shangyin in the Tang Dynasty, which reads, "Pulling out the strings to warn the fire phoenix, and crossing the fans to brush the swans. Japan is one of the swan's wintering grounds, and there are more than 20 ancient names for swans in Japanese, some of which, such as "Hong" and "Swan," were imported from China, some of which are the names of the areas where the swans live, and some of which use onomatopoeia for the swan's song, while others describe the swan's morphology. There are also onomatopoeic words for the swan's calls and descriptions of its form. In Japan, there are many stories about swans, and they are considered to be the messengers of the sky and "sacred birds.
Ancient Greece for the swan's account of many, Aristotle's "Zoology" on the swan's habits and behavior, and swan anatomy of the record. The Greek bird genealogy of the book for the swan's death cry has a moving description, the western culture, the literati's deathbed called "swan song" (swan song) is derived from this. In England, an outstanding poet or singer can be compared to a swan, for example, Shakespeare's nickname is "the swan of Avon". There are also images of swans in Western music and literature. Saint-Sa?ns's "Death of a Swan" and Tchaikovsky's dance drama "Swan Lake" have noble and holy images of swans, and Hans Christian Andersen used the changes in the color of the swan's plumage to interpret a moving piece of "The Ugly Duckling". There are also swans in the constellations of the starry sky (Cygnus), which is the incarnation of [[Zeus]] in Greek mythology, and many artists have created heirloom works of art based on Leda and the swan. There are countless places around the world named after swans, and the Swan in the family name comes from this beautiful, white bird. Morphology:
A large wading bird, (135 cm) with pure white body plumage except for the winglets, primary coverts and primary flight feathers, which are black. The beak is orange, the bare skin on the face scarlet, and the legs pink. Black primary flight feathers evident in flight. Juvenile golden-brown. Iris - yellow; beak - orange; legs - pink. Calls: a cheerful, soft, pleasant koonk koonk sound in flight.
DISTRIBUTION
RANGE: Breeds in southeastern Russia and Siberia, winters in Iran, northwestern India, and eastern China. Distribution status: It migrates through the northeast of China, and more than 2,000 of them gather at Poyang Lake and the lakes in the Yangtze River Basin to overwinter in winter. Poyang Lake Nature Reserve in China is the largest wintering place of whooping cranes in the world. In recent years, 2,896 whooping cranes have been found here, accounting for more than 98% of the total number of whooping cranes in the world. Poyang Lake has become a world-renowned kingdom of whooping cranes.
Habitat
The whooping crane inhabits the reed swamp wetland and is an important species for wetland protection, belonging to our national-level protected animals. It feeds on aquatic plant roots and stems, and also eats a small amount of mussels, fish and snails. Flying with head and neck stretched forward and legs stretched back, the chirping sound is clear and loud, and the pronunciation can cause a strong **** whimper, and the sound can be transmitted to 3 to 5 kilometers away.
White cranes are migratory birds that gather in large flocks in the fall and spring. This also poses a great threat to the lives of whooping cranes. Whooping cranes fly in a zigzag or V-shape when migrating. The main source of energy during migration is body fat. So they have to eat and drink enough before migration, but that's still not enough. At stopovers where food resources are plentiful, whooping cranes can double their weight in just a few days, a foraging efficiency that is amazing.
White cranes don't always use the same foot when resting, but after standing on their right foot for a while, they switch to their left, alternating between the two to avoid fatigue. This allows for relaxation in turn. At the same time, by standing on one foot, one can look farther away to be on guard against a sudden attack by the enemy. If the enemy comes while they are sleeping, they can escape immediately, and if they have to fly away, it is much faster than getting up and flying later. And when they are standing in deeper water in a lake or pond, or when they are looking for food with their heads down, they never have to stand on one foot, but must land on both feet so that they can keep their body in balance. And, of course, during the incubation of their offspring, they dutifully crouch their bodies down, just like any other bird.
Breeding
Breeding takes place in Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang from June to August each year, and in winter they make the long trek to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River to spend the winter. They nest in marshes and mounds or on small islands in the water. Each nest lays two eggs. The male and female take turns incubating the eggs, and the incubation period is about 30 days. The young cranes have the ability to fly only after 85 days. During these 85 days young whooping cranes are very dangerous. The life span is about 50 to 60 years. Morphology:
Dark brown on top of the head, with long pointed, willowy feathers from the back of the head to the back of the neck, dark russet at the base of the plumage, and golden yellow at the tips, with blackish brown feather stem lines. Upper body dark brown, lighter at the shoulders, dorsal shoulders tinged with purple luster; tail feathers light brown, tips nearly black-brown, tail feathers gray-brown, with irregular dark gray-brown transverse spots or mottling, and a broad black-brown end-spot; wing feathers dark russet, lighter at the ends of the feathers, light russet, primary flight feathers black-brown, the inner base of the inner primary flight feathers grayish-white, adorned with messy dark brown transverse spots or mottling; secondary flight feathers dark brown, base with gray-white mottling; secondary flight feathers dark brown, base with gray-white mottling. secondary flight feathers dark brown, base with grayish-white markings, ear feathers blackish-brown. The chin, throat and foreneck of the lower body are black-brown, with white bases; the chest and abdomen are also black-brown, with lighter rachis lines, and the leg, tail, and wing feathers and axillary feathers are dark brown, with ruddy longitudinal stripes on the leg feathers. Distribution:
Range in China: Shangzhi, Zhanhe, Harbin, Qiqihar, Mudanjiang, Jiamusi, Suihua, Yichun, Daxing'anling in Heilongjiang, Baicheng, Tonghua, Yanbian, Jilin in Jilin, Benxi, Dandong, Dalian, Jinzhou, Chaoyang in Liaoning, Hulunbeier in Nei Mongol, Kunlun Mountain and Tianshan Mountain in western Xinjiang, Xining, Menyuan and Qinghai Lake in Qinghai, Wuwei, Wudu, Wuxian, Gannan, Hixi and Lanzhou in Gansu, and Hepei and Hesi in Shanxi. , Hexi, Lanzhou, Shanxi Yanbei, Xinzhou, Taiyuan, Lvliang, Jinzhong, Shangdang, Linfen, Yuncheng, Beijing Fangshan, Huairou, Miyun, Shaanxi, Hubei, Guizhou Guiding, Xingyi, Sichuan Batang, Wanyuan, Fengjie, Wuxi, Jinyang, Kangding, Shiqiu, Maoxian, Wenchuan, Guangyuan, Jintang, western Yunnan, the Himalayas, and other places where the bird stays or travels.
Habitat:
Fierce and strong, it preys on turtledoves, pigeons, pheasants, quails, hares, and even young musk. The golden eagle mainly preys on large birds and small and medium-sized beasts, and the birds it eats are ruddy ducks, spotted geese, fish gulls and snow chickens, and the beasts are rock sheep cubs, Tibetan antelope, sage grouse, rabbits, weasels and Tibetan foxes, etc. It also sometimes preys on domestic animals and fowls.
Breeding:
Breeding period in February to March, mostly nesting in the cliffs difficult to climb the cliffs on the tree, flying speed is very fast, often along the straight line or circle shape gliding in the air. Nesting on the cliffs that are difficult to climb, the nesting materials are mainly made of the root and branch of the cushion-shaped plants piled up, with grass, fur, down and so on. The golden eagle is a precious raptor, which has a very important position in the alpine grassland ecosystem. Scarce in number and especially in need of protection due to its feathers being expensive in the international market.