2020年10月10日6:40时,在云南省大理州无量山国家级自然保护区南涧管护局凤凰山鸟类环志站环志点(100°19′47″E,24°53′58″N,海拔2360 m)网捕到1只鸠鸽。该鸠鸽体型、形态与针尾绿鸠(Treron apicauda)雄鸟相似,但颈背部羽毛为灰绿色,翼上腕部具紫红色小斑块,腹部白色,尾下覆羽鲜黄色夹杂橄榄绿色。经查阅Pigeons and Doves(Gibbs et al.2001)、Field Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia(Robson 2014),判定该鸟应为白腹针尾绿鸠(T.seimundi)。当日下午,环志工作结束后在野外放飞该鸟。
On 11 June 2001, at the hinterland of Taklaimakan Desert ( 39°10`N ,83°40`E, 1100 m a.s.l.) in Xinjiang, west China, we observed one Chinese pond heron (Ardeola bacchus) in a small pond with reed (Phragmites communis) near the Tarim Desert Highway . It may be migrating from south to north. We took some photos to record it. It is an unmistakable species: its head and neck are reddish brown, back is slaty blue, and white wings are distinctive in flight. It is a new species record in Xinjiang, an extremely arid region in Central Asia. According to Cheng(1987), the west and southwest distribution boundaries of this species in China are Qinghai Lake and south Xizang respectively. Chinese Pond Herons inhabit the wetlands generally. Most of the wetlands in the Taklamakan Desert exist in a small area (about 200 m 2 in general), and the interval distance between the wetlands is mostly about 250 km (e.g. the distance between the Tarim, Niya and Hotan rivers). Therefore the apperance of the Chinese Pond Heron at the hinterland of Taklamakan Desert, the largest mobile desert in China, is really a surprise event.
