Jianchuan County, Dali, Yunnan Jianhu 云南大理剑川县剑湖 Wetland Management Bureau rangers monitored more than 10 chestnut-throated bee tigers 栗喉蜂虎 along with the gray-throated mountain pepper bird 灰喉山椒鸟 , blue-throated song robins 蓝喉歌鸲 , 3 new species . The chestnut-throated bee tiger is a bird of the genus Bee Tiger in the family Bee Tiger. In 2013, it was listed on the Red List of Endangered Species of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), which is also a national protected species in China, and belongs to the List of Terrestrial Wildlife of National Conservation Beneficial or Important Economic and Scientific Value. Most of the chestnut-throated bee tigers are in cluster of a few to dozens, can make gliding, hovering, rapid turning and pitching and other difficult movements to catch prey in the air. They live mainly in southeast Asia, as residents in southwest Yunnan and Hainan Island, and as summer migratory birds in other areas. They migrate in April and May to breed in the Jinshan River Valley each year and leave in September and October. In recent years, as the ecological environment of the Sword Lake wetland continues to improve, new species of birds continue to be discovered, the number of birds continues to increase, the birds in the protected area (established in 2006) has increased from 32 families, 62 genera and 94 speciesto the present 42 families, 94 genera and 149 species.
