BEIJING, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Two rare red pheasants have been caught on camera in the Duheyuan National Nature Reserve in central China's Hubei Province.
The red pheasant, Tragopan temminckii, is a medium-sized stocky, red pheasant with white, spotted plumage, a black bill and pink legs.
The images, taken by an infrared camera, feature two tragopans strolling in the forest looking for food. They are China's second-class protected animals and are listed as one of the world's endangered birds.
In recent years, the national reserve has adopted a series of protection measures, such as ecological restoration, natural forest management and protection, small hydropower station shutdown and ecological migration, attracting an increasing number of rare animals to inhabit here. ■
