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Brown - headed gulls: the freely flying sky messengers

Source:xzxw.com 2025-06-13

In the vast expanse of the Ngari Plateau in Xizang, there is a kind of fairy that seems to be messengers sent by the sky, writing poetic verses of nature with their figures. They are brown - headed gulls, the most common waterbirds in Ngari. You can spot them by lakeshores and in valleys. 

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Photo: Ngari Media

Editor: Ni Weijing, Luo Rongting

Translator: Peng Qing, Liu Fang

Review: Dong Xiuli, Pan Lu


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