The Dashanbao Black-necked Crane National Nature Reserve () is a state-level nature reserve located in Dashanbao Township,

Zhaoyang District Zhaoyang District () is the only district and the seat of the city of Zhaotong, in the northeast of Yunnan Province, China. It borders the provinces of Guizhou to the southeast and Sichuan to the west. Administrative divisions Zhaoyang County has ...

Zhaotong Zhaotong () is a prefecture-level city located in the northeast corner of Yunnan province, China, bordering the provinces of Guizhou to the south and southeast and Sichuan to the northeast, north, and west. History Zhaotong has historic and ...

prefecture-level city, Yunnan Province, China. The reserve has been set up to protect a total area of 19,200 hectares of plateau marshland at altitudes between 2,200 and 3,300 meters that provide winter habitat for the

Black-necked crane The black-necked Crane (''Grus nigricollis'') is a medium-sized crane in Asia that breeds on the Tibetan Plateau and remote parts of India and Bhutan. It is 139 cm (55 in) long with a 235 cm (7.8 ft) wingspan, and it weighs ...

. The reserve has been designated as a Ramsar site since 2004.

References

{{Yunnan-geo-stub Nature reserves in China Ramsar sites in China Geography of Zhaotong