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| ↑Kestrel Falco tinnunculus at the Top of Food Chain |
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| ↑Ipomoea pescaprae |
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The records of Kaohsiung Wild Bird
Society indicate that there are more than
110 kinds of birds in this wetland including
birds of conservation such as Black-faced
Spoonbill, Chinese Egret, Osprey, Peregrine
Falcon, Common Kestrel, Magpie, Brown
Shrike as well as rare migrants wryneck,
Broad-billed Roller and Black Bird.
There are at least 75 kinds of plants and the
dominant trees are Avicennia marina,
Lumnitzera racemosa by the sea, horsetail
tree and portia trees in the woods, paypyrus
and lalang grass at the bottom layer and
creeping sky flower. The landscape of
cover plant is composed of Cynodon,
Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.), Sporobolus and Chenopodiaceae.
There is no in-depth investigation
conducted on insects and common insects
are Fabricius, Pantala flavescens,
Crocothemis servilia and Ischnura
senegalenisis. Commonly seen Amphibian
reptiles include Mabuya longicaudata and Hemidactylus.
Fiddler crab lives in the ditches among
mangroves including the species of Uca
lactea perplexa, Uca dussumieri dussumieri,
Cardisoma carnifex and Helice formosensis. It is easy to see Cardisoma carnifex on the
banks offish ponds. |