NANNING, July 25 (Xinhua) -- A recent video recorded in Encheng National Nature Reserve in Daxin County, south China's Guangxi shows an oriental pied hornbill fledgling flying into the sky from its nest on a cliff.
Before the fledgling spread its wings to fly, the hornbill father flew back to the nest with food for feeding, as captured on the video.
Since 2019, a pair of hornbills have bred in this same cave for 5 consecutive years.
The oriental pied hornbill is under national-level top-class protection and has a scarce population in China.
Thanks to efforts in ecological restoration, the number of such hornbills in Guangxi has doubled in recent years, reaching about 200 from less than 100 in 2010.
Produced by Xinhua Global Service
