Discovering the "more precious than gold" red-bellied pitta handed over in Hue

A student in Hue voluntarily handed over a red-bellied pitta to the authorities. This is a rare and endangered species.

On April 14, the Hue City Forest Protection Department in coordination with the Phu Vang District Forest Protection Department (Hue) received a red-bellied pitta bird voluntarily handed over by Nguyen Van Anh Kiet, a 9/2 grade student at Phu Thuan Secondary School (Phu Thuan Commune, Phu Vang District). Kiet discovered the bird while he was on his way to school. Photo: Tien Phong.

After identifying and realizing that it was a strange bird, Kiet contacted the authorities via the hotline and voluntarily handed over the red-bellied pitta to release it back into the wild. Photo: eBird.

At the time of handover, the red-bellied pitta was in stable health. After receiving it, the authorities took care of it, monitored its health, and completed the necessary procedures according to regulations before releasing the bird back into the wild. Photo: Pitta nymph.

The scientific name of the red-bellied pitta is Pitta nympha. When fully grown, the individual is about 16 - 19 cm long and has colorful plumage. Photo: wikipedia.

Belonging to the group of rarest birds in Vietnam today, the red-bellied pitta is currently listed as an endangered species according to the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Photo: wikipedia.

The Red-bellied Pitfall is one of the few migratory pitfall birds. Photo: jamiun.com.

Readers are invited to watch the video : Amazingly, birds sleep more than 10,000 times a day.

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