Purple water chicken is a national second-class protected animal, whose shape is summarized as? Red hat, blue and purple clothes? With a very high face value, it is called. The most beautiful waterfowl in the world? . Usually living in lakes and wetlands with aquatic plants, it is a gentle and timid medium-sized wading bird. I seldom swim and can only fly short distances, but I am good at walking, wading and running. It mainly eats plants, but it can also eat many pests. When eating, it will grab food with its front toes and chop it up, and open the stone with its beak to find food.

First, although the highly valuable waterfowl Purple Waterbird has a chicken in its name, it belongs to the Crane family and has no blood relationship with the chicken.

It has very beautiful feather colors, bright red forehead and beak, shiny blue-purple body feathers and white tail feathers. In addition, when walking in shallow water for food, the gait is elegant, so it is known as a high-value species among waterfowl.

Second, there is an urgent need for protection? Koji? Purple water chicken includes 13 subspecies, among which the named subspecies of purple water chicken only appear in some areas of Yunnan, Fujian, Guangxi and other provinces in China. The number of wild populations is not too large, so it is included? Koji? Animals that should be protected are prohibited from hunting.

Because this bird itself lacks fierce fighting power and is very timid, it has higher requirements for its habitat. At present, in addition to Dianchi Lake in Yunnan, wild purple water chicken was also observed in Jianhu Lake in Dali.

Third, plants are staple food, but they also prey on a large number of pests. Purple water chicken is a kind of bird whose main food is plants. Mainly eat the tender stems, leaves and flowers of aquatic plants, and also eat some animal foods, such as eggs of various insects, mollusks, leeches, fish and frogs.

In addition, local farmers like this bird very much because most insects in its diet are pests. Its predation on insects objectively protects the crops planted by farmers.

At present, more than 15 purple water chickens have been observed in Dianchi Lake, Kunming, which is closely related to the ecological restoration work that Dianchi Lake has adhered to for many years. The environment around Dianchi Lake has become more suitable for waterfowl to survive, so this is called? The most beautiful waterfowl? Birds appeared.