Four communities of Erythropsis kwangsiensis, an endangered plant species, have recently been discovered in Tengchong city, southwest China’s Yunnan province, according to the city’s forestry and grassland bureau. They are mainly distributed on mountain slopes with an altitude ranging from 1,000 to 1,650 meters.
The pied kingfisher, a rare bird with black and white plumage and a crest, has recently been photographed for the first time at the Xiaoheishan Provincial Nature Reserve in Longling county, southwest China’s Yunnan province, bringing the number of wild bird species already identified in the county to 299. The bird was discovered by photographer Li Fafang, a local shutterbug.
