Zhenniao

Poisonous birds in Chinese mythology

Zhenniao, often simply zhen, is a name given in many Chinese myths, annals, and poetry to poisonous birds that are said to have existed in what is now southern China. The Classic of Mountains and Seas's fifth chapter, which relates details about the country's central mountains, describes the zhen as resembling an eagle, and lists it as living on Mount Nüji (女幾) in Lianyungang, Jiangsu, as well as on Mount Qingu (琴鼓), Jade Mountain, and Mount Yaobi (瑤碧)—all in southern China. According to Eastern Jin scholar Guo Pu, two different kinds of birds were called zhen: a poisonous, snake-eating bird of prey, and a pheasant-like species—purportedly the one dwelling on Mount Yaobi—which preyed instead on malodorous bugs called 蜚; fěi.

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