A recent video recorded in Encheng National Nature Reserve in Daxin County, south China's Guangxi shows an oriental pied hornbill fledgling flying into the sky from its nest on a cliff.

Before the fledgling spread its wings to fly, the hornbill father flew back to the nest with food for feeding, as captured on the video.

Since 2019, a pair of hornbills have bred in this same cave for 5 consecutive years.

The oriental pied hornbill is under national-level top-class protection and has a scarce population in China.

Thanks to efforts in ecological restoration, the number of such hornbills in Guangxi has doubled in recent years, reaching about 200 from less than 100 in 2010.

STORY: Camera captures rare hornbill fledgling flying into sky from cave
DATELINE: July 25, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:52
LOCATION: NANNING, China
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT
 
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the oriental pied hornbills
 
STORYLINE:
 
A recent video recorded in Encheng National Nature Reserve in Daxin County, south China's Guangxi shows an oriental pied hornbill fledgling flying into the sky from its nest on a cliff.
 
Before the fledgling spread its wings to fly, the hornbill father flew back to the nest with food for feeding, as captured on the video.
 
Since 2019, a pair of hornbills have bred in this same cave for 5 consecutive years.
 
The oriental pied hornbill is under national-level top-class protection and has a scarce population in China.
 
Thanks to efforts in ecological restoration, the number of such hornbills in Guangxi has doubled in recent years, reaching about 200 from less than 100 in 2010.
 
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanning, China.
(XHTV)