Rare bird spotted in main urban area of Nanchang, China

STORY: Rare bird spotted in main urban area of Nanchang, China DATELINE: Oct. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:27 LOCATION: NANCHANG, China CATEGORY: ENTERTAINMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the yellow-breasted bunting (courtesy of Nanchang TV) STORYLINE: The images of a rare bird were captured by a resident recently near the Wusha River in Honggutan District of Nanchang City, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province. The bird has been identified as a yellow-breasted bunting, which is under first-class national protection. This was the first sighting of the bird in the main urban area of Nanchang. Native to northeast China and Siberia, Russia, its population was not under threat in 2000, but numbers have decreased sharply in recent years. The yellow-breasted bunting was rated "critically endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2017 and listed as a national top-level protected wildlife in China in 2021. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanchang, China. (XHTV)

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