Shenzhen is well known for having a lot of different kinds of local birds as well as some visiting birds. Sometimes our city receives special and unexpected animal visitors, such as the lovely green magpie (鹊) from Southeast Asia.
The beautiful green bird, which is 35cm long, will take anyone's breath away. The green magpie has a very loud call that will catch any wild animal's attention quickly; however, its green color makes the bird quite difficult to be found, as it has perfectly the same color as the vegetation (植被) around it. In fact, this lovely bird has a lot of different color types that go from being totally blue to having a yellow belly (腹部) and a green back.
Green magpies are known for being social birds, usually flying together in a large number. Male and female green magpies also like to build their home together. The female bird will lay up to four eggs each time and it usually lasts three weeks before baby magpies come out of the eggs. These beautiful birds feed on almost any animal they can find and that they can eat, including insects, frogs, and even snakes.
It is quite unbelievable to have these amazing creatures visiting Shenzhen since this kind of bird is not a bird that will always come here. So it is lucky to have them around and enjoy the new visitors to our city. If we continue protecting Shenzhen's green areas, it is very likely that in the near future we may have even more kinds of animals not only passing by, but staying among us forever.
