Endangered thin beak vulture first spotted in Jinggu, Yunnan

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Endangered thin beak vulture first spotted in Jinggu, Yunnan

Source: InKunming | 2020-07-08 | Editor:Rachel

On July 4th ,the PSB Forest Police Brigade received a telephone notification from local police station at 4 p.m. around that that a policeman took back a big bulky birds with uncertain species,the brigade then hurried to the station.

The experts said it’s a thin beak vulture(also called Gyps tenuirostris), which is extremely endangered. It’s the first time this kind of bird is spotted in Yunnan.

When found by a local who was fishing at the Xiangshui Reservoir, the vulture looked very weak. Fortunately, the examination showed it’s not injured. After eating some meat,it slowly recovered its strength.