Bird-watching festival in Yunnan unveils new avian discoveries

Over the course of 60 hours, a bird-watching event in Lancang Lahu autonomous county in Southwest China's Yunnan province documented 273 bird species, setting new records for the area.

The second Yunnan Lancang Bird-watching Festival concluded with the announcement that seven bird species were newly recorded in the area, including the spot-winged starling, which marked a new record for Pu'er city, the jurisdiction that administers Lancang.