Black-necked Crane – bird produced in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Black-necked Crane – bird produced in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Black-necked crane is the rarest one among the 15 species of precious cranes and also a unique kind of bird produced in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is a national grade A protected animal and called one of the “national treasures” together with panda and golden monkey.

Most of them live in the plateau marshy lands of 2100~5000m above the sea level in groups of three to five cranes. They fly to Qinghai-Tibet Plateau from Yunnan and Guizhou in each middle March and return to Yunnan and Guizhou in October to spend winter.