(Painting: Laili, Script: Zhang Shijie/ Tianshannet)

As a bird species under first-class national protection, the white-headed duck belongs to the order Anseriformes and the family Anatidae. In Xinjiang, this species is distributed across the Tianshan Mountains, Junggar Basin, and certain areas of eastern Xinjiang.

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