Rare birds spotted in North China's wetland
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Updated: 2024-04-07 14:43
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HOHHOT -- Six Baer's pochards, a critically endangered diving duck, were recently spotted in Dengkou county, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, for the first time.
A species under first-class state protection in China, the ducks were spotted during a police patrol at a wetland in the Dengkou section of the Yellow River.
The Baer's pochard mainly inhabits China, Mongolia and Bangladesh.
The duck sighting indicates remarkable improvements to the wetland eco-environment in the region, said local authorities.
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