The World's Endangered Waterbirds purpal galinule

Author: Feng Xiaoping
Language: Chinese, Latin name
ISBN/ISSN: 9787541667237
Published on: 2012-12
Soft Cover

The Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio, locally also known as Purple Galinule is a very rare, large waterbird, found mainly in Africa, southern Asia and Oceania. In China this species is only found in the southwest. This book collects the results of a two-year investigation by the author into the Purple Swamphen in China, and is richly illustrated with colour photos. 
紫水鸡被誉为“世界上最美丽的水鸟”。是一种非常珍贵的大型水鸟。主要分布于非洲、亚洲南部和大洋洲。在中国仅罕见于西南地区，属世界濒危鸟类，19世纪后世界各地都非常罕见。为保护世界湿地濒危水鸟——紫水鸡，作者通过2年的跟踪拍摄调查，拍摄了众多关于紫水鸡及其生存环境、生活习性等的照片。这些照片具有很强的针对性，配合作者收集及整理的相关紫水鸡的资料，编辑成此书。