Cute, black-headed birds spotted in Dehong

Local photographers have recently spotted a pair of long-tailed broadbills in the woods in west Yunnan’s Dehong prefecture. The black and yellow feathers on their heads look like a helmet, so they are nicknamed as “traffic rule-abiders” in the wilderness.

A bird species under the 2nd-class state protection in China, the long-tailed broadbill is about 25 cm in length and weighs between 47 and 80 grams. It is also found in the Himalayas, extending east through Northeastern India to Southeast Asia.

Reporting by Yao Bing and Zhang Rentao (Xinhua); Trans-editing by Wang Shixue