10K views · 493 reactions | Four glossy ibises, a rare bird under national first-class protection, have been spotted in lotus fields in Zhejiang Province. Glossy ibises were once thought to be extinct in China. They are social animals, mainly inhabiting areas near warm rivers, lakes and swamps and sometimes in rice fields. Due to the reduction of habitat, the water birds disappeared in the country, but were spotted again in 2009. #EcoFuture | China Plus Culture | Facebook

81K views · 231 reactions | Experience the grace of glossy ibises, a bird species under first-class state protection in China, in the stunning wetlands of Luzhou City in southwest China's Sichuan Province. #MorningChina | CGTN | Facebook