La historia
The shot
I photographed this Oriental Magpie (Pica serica) at the Zhangye National Wetland Park in Zhangye, Gansu, China on March 28, 2018. It was long treated as a subspecies of the Eurasian Magpie and has only recently been recognized as a species of its own. Like other magpies it is a black-and-white bird with a long graduated tail and green- or blue-glossed flight feathers, and males and females look alike. Because it was overlooked for so long, its natural history is still poorly known. The Zhangye National Wetland Park was established in 2009 on the edge of the city and covers about 4,600 hectares. The park lies along the Heihe, the second-longest inland-draining river in China, at about 1,440 to 1,470 meters above sea level.
I took this with a Pentax K-1 and the HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW, at 1/800 sec, f/10, ISO 400. Wetlands like this one are a stopover for migrating birds in the dry Hexi Corridor, and their protection depends on keeping water in the Heihe.
©2018 Adam Rainoff Photographer
El ave
The Oriental Magpie (Pica serica) pertenece a la familia Corvidae (Crows, Jays, and Magpies) en la taxonomía eBird/Clements.
Fuente: eBird.org (se abre en una pestaña nueva)
