Giang sen bird, a kind of endangered bird, successfully propagated

ABO - Engineer Tran Van Bac, working at Dong Thap Muoi Ecological Reserve, has successfully propagated Giang Sen bird in semi-wild rearing conditions with 11/14 individuals raised to maturity.

This topic has just been awarded the 2nd prize at the 13th Technical Innovation Contest of Tien Giang province (2018 - 2019).

Giang sen child bird

According to engineer Bac, Giang sen bird (as Mycteria leucocephala) is a kind of endangered bird listed in Viet Nam's Red Book, which was collected and preserved in Dong Thap Muoi Ecological Reserve in particular and in Vietnam in general.

Over the past years, the Dong Thap Muoi Ecological Reserve collected 12 individual parents. Although this bird lives and adapts to semi-wild conditions, they does not breed so the task of collecting and conserving this rare species faces many difficulties.

The research result of the Tran Van Bac’s project has successfully reproduced seven bird nests with fourteen child birds, of which, the number lived to adult as eleven child birds.

The successful breeding of Giang Sen bird in semi-wild conditions has contributed to the conservation of the rare and precious species listed in Vietnam's Red Book at risk of extinction as well as contributing to the conservation of biodiversity of the province.

By HUYNH VAN XI – Translated by HUU TAM