Birdlover Fang Qiaoran started to pack her things when she learned the news that a stable population of a bird species named spectacled barwing has been discovered in a nature reserve in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. As an experienced birdwatcher, she has grown used to working like emergency response.
This is her collection of the bird species that she caught on her lens in the reserve.
Spectacled barwing. /Fang Qiaoran
Spectacled barwing. /Fang Qiaoran
Rufous-capped Babbler. /Fang Qiaoran
Streak-breasted scimitar babbler. /Fang Qiaoran
Small niltava. /Fang Qiaoran
Grey-cheeked fulvetta. /Fang Qiaoran
Chestnut-collared Yuhina. /Fang Qiaoran
Gray-throated Babbler. /Fang Qiaoran
Orange-bellied leafbird. /Fang Qiaoran
Rusty-capped fulvetta. /Fang Qiaoran
Red-billed leiothrix. /Fang Qiaoran
Red-faced liocichla. /Fang Qiaoran
A red-faced liocichla that lost its tail. /Fang Qiaoran
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(All photoes by Fang Qiaoran)
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