“Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai” - Asian Paradise Flycatcher
(陜西省級保護)
(Shaanxi Province Level Protected Animal)
壽帶鳥(學名:Terpsiphone paradisi)又名綬帶鳥、練鵲﹑長尾鹟﹑一枝花等異名。雄鳥有兩種色形,體長連尾羽約30厘米,頭﹑頸和羽冠均具深藍輝光,身體其馀部分白色而具黑色羽干紋。中央兩根尾羽長達身體的四﹑五倍,最主要特征是雄性有著非常長的兩條中央尾羽,像綬帶一樣。它體色帶有金屬閃光的藍黑色,頭頂伸出一簇冠羽;兩只壽帶拖著曼妙的長尾翩翩起舞,飄然若仙,形影不離,于是便聯想到它們是“梁山伯與祝英臺”的化身,是幸福和長壽的象征。食物中幾乎全為昆蟲,還是森林中非常好的消滅害蟲的能手。
Asian Paradise Flycatcher (Scientific Latin Name: Terpsiphone paradisi) is also known as paradise flycatcher, practice magpie, long-tailed flycatcher, “a spray of flower”, etc. The length of the male is about 30cm including tail feathers. Except for its dark blue head, neck and crest, the bird is white with black feather rachis. The two central tail feathers are four or five times the length of the body. The most important feature of the male is two long central tail feathers, like a ribbon.Its body color is a metallic flash of blue and black, and a tuft of crown feathers topped the head. The twoAsian Paradise Flycatchers are always together, dancing with their graceful long tails like fairies, so people regard them as the embodiment of "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", standing for happiness and longevity.They mostly eat insects and are very good experts at destroying forest pests.