LookAtVietnam – Mi Liang Biang, a bird indigenous to Vietnam and considered extremely endangered, has been discovered in three sites in Lam Dong province.

This species of bird (Crocias Langbianis) has been found in Da Nhim, D’Ran and Don Duong, all within Lam Dong province.

Previously, Mi Liang Biang birds had only been sighted in the Lam Vien nature reserve, Ta Nung valley and the Chu Yang Sin National Park in Lam Dong.

Experts from BirdLife, Lam Dong’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Gia Bi Doup – Nui Ba national park, said that they found Mi Lang Biang birds in an area of the Da Nhim forest scheduled to be felled to make way for a hydroelectric power plant.

Researchers witnessed how the Da Nhim forest is also being chopped down to grow coffee and Japanese mustard, threatening the life of these endangered birds.

They also discovered three pairs of birds in the D’Ran forest and seven pairs in a forest in Don Duong, also under threat by human use.

BirdLife is working with partners to define such forests as highly worthy of preservation as part of a project funded by the Tropical Forest Foundation, an initiative of the Vietnamese government.

VietNamNet/VNE