Animals by Scientific Class Names

Carpodacus roseus,Pallas's Rosefinch,Tit

Features：With beautiful feathers, pleasant singing voice, and easy to raise and tame, it is one of the most common cage birds in China.

Pallas's Rosefinch, also known as Pallas's Rosefinch, has two subspecies.Except for the breeding season, the Northern Redbirds usually live in groups in other seasons, but the groups are not large, with small groups of 5-8 or more than 10 birds. Sometimes they are seen in mixed groups and fo...

Carpodacus roborowskii,Tibetan Rosefinch,Tibetan Vermilion Bird, Tibetan Vermilion Bird

Features：The male bird has a deep red head with a bright glow, a dark red throat with white spots, a grayish white back, and rose-red feather tips on each feather, forming many stripes.

Tibetan Rosefinch is a high mountain and plateau desert bird with no subspecies.Tibetan Rosefinch is a resident bird. It moves alone or in pairs, and in autumn, it also moves and forages on the ground in family groups or small groups. It is good at running on the ground and rarely sings. It mainly f...

Carpodacus sillemi,Sillem's Rosefinch,White-rumped rosefinch, White-rumped ridgefinch, Red-headed ridgefinch, Salem rosefinch

Features：The head to the back of the neck is tea yellow and osmanthus red, and the back is dirty gray

Brown-headed Rosefinch, also known as Sillem's Rosefinch in English, is a small bird with no subspecies.Similar species of Brown-headed Rosefinch, Alpine Sparrow, has a smoky gray forehead and head, and a rose-red waist. The lower body is light gray without cinnamon yellow. The difference betwee...

Prunella koslowi,Mongolian Accentor,Desert Pipit,

Features：Chin and throat are smoky gray, with narrow white feather edges on fresh feathers, forming scaly spots on the chin and throat

The Helan Mountain Rock Pipit, also known as the Mongolian Accentor, is a small bird of the family Pyroptidae and the genus Pyroptera, with no subspecies.It is said that in 1893, a Russian biologist rode a camel from Ulaanbaatar to investigate southwestwards. When he arrived in the Alxa region, he d...

Large Niltava，Niltava grandis

Features：The difference between the female and the Rufous-bellied Flycatcher is that they have different body shapes and do not have a white neck stripe.

The foreign name of the large niltava is Large Niltava, and there are 4 subspecies.The large niltava often moves alone or in pairs, is bold, and is not very afraid of people. It is mostly in the undergrowth and small trees under the forest, and also frequently moves and forages on the ground. The ca...

Niltava davidi,Fujian Niltava,Fujian Flycatcher

Features：A small, brightly colored flycatcher.

The foreign name of the brown-bellied great flycatcher is Fujian Niltava, and there is no subspecies.The brown-bellied great flycatcher often moves alone or in pairs, and has the habit of running along thick branches. It is relatively quiet, often quietly resting on shrubs or young branches. When it...

White-gorgetted Jungle Flycatcer,Rhinomyias brunneatus,Rhinomyias brunneata

Features：The eye circles are yellow; the wings and back are the same color, the first primary flight feather is very long, not shorter than half of the second one

White-throated Jungle Flycatcer is also known as White-gorgetted Jungle Flycatcer. It is a bird of the family Flycatcher and genus Jungle Flycatcher. Male and female birds are the same color and there is no subspecies.The outer edge of the primary flight feathers of the White-throated Flycatcher is...

Saxicola insignis,Hodgson's Stonechat,Ho's Tree Rock Bird

Features：The male has a black upper body with large white wing spots, white upper tail coverts, white chin and throat, and the rest of the lower body is rusty red.

The white-throated stonechat is also known as Hodgson's Stonechat. It is a small bird of the family Flycatcher and the genus Stonechat. It has no subspecies.The black-throated rockfish (Saxicola torquatus), a similar species to the white-throated rockfish, is smaller in size, with black chin and...

Rhombomys opimus,Great Gerbil,Yellow rat, Greater sand rat

Features：The giant gerbil is the largest species in the gerbil subfamily. It has a thick tail that is slightly shorter than its body, with a tuft of hair at the end of its tail. The hair on its head and the center of its back is light sandy yellow with a slight luster.

Gerbils live in colonies, often active during the day, and do not hibernate. In winter, the daily activity rhythm is unimodal, and its activity range generally does not exceed 2.5m; in summer, it is bimodal. As the temperature rises, outdoor activities gradually decrease. They do not go out at noon,...

Meriones unguiculatus,Meriones unguiculatus unguiculatus,Long-clawed gerbil, Mongolian gerbil, black-clawed Mongolian gerbil, yellow rat, sand rat

Features：A small to medium-sized rodent with a long, thick tail covered with dense hair. The hair at the end of the tail is longer, forming a "hair tuft" at the end.

The long-clawed gerbil is a small grassland animal, between the size of a large rat and a small rat, a small to medium-sized rodent, and its appearance is very similar to that of the meridian gerbil. It belongs to the subfamily Gerbillinae. The species-level classification status is stable, and only...

Meriones tamariscinus,Tamarisk gerbil,Sand rat

Features：It is large in size, has a short tail, short ears, and a brown back.

Tamarix gerbils belong to the Gerbillinae subfamily. The species-level classification status is stable, with 5 subspecies. Tamarix gerbils are the largest species of the genus Gerbil, mainly active in semi-desert meadows and grass, and also more in dry riverbeds and abandoned farmland. In the living...

Meriones meridianus,Yellow rat, noon gerbil, midday gerbil

Features：The color of the body hair varies greatly, ranging from sandy yellow to dark brown. The tail hair is brownish yellow above and below, with long black or dark brown hair near the tail tip.

Merionis meridianus is a gerbil unique to my country, belonging to the Gerbillinae subfamily. The species-level classification status is stable, with many subspecies, 15 in total. At least 7 subspecies have been described in China, but whether they are all valid needs further study. It mainly lives...

Meriones erythrourus,,Meriones libycus,Red-tailed gerbil

Features：It has a large and sturdy body, a gray-brown back, a gray hair base, a tail that is nearly the same length as the body, and the color of the tail is obviously different from the back color, being brown-yellow.

Red-tailed gerbils belong to the Gerbillinae subfamily. The species-level classification status is stable, and there are many subspecies, up to 15. Xinjiang is the eastern edge of the distribution of red-tailed gerbils. It is a common species in desert oases, often cohabiting with giant gerbils (<...

Brachiones przewalskii,Short—eared gerbil,Short-eared mouse

Features：The ears are small, the back of the body is light sandy brown, and the base of the hair is gray.

Short-eared gerbils belong to the Gerbillinae subfamily. This genus has only one species, which is only distributed in China. The species-level taxonomic unit is stable, with 3 subspecies. It is an important member of the desert ecosystem, but the number is small, there is little research on it, and...

Phodopus roborovskii,Roborovsky hamster, desert hairy rat, bean rat, and mother-in-law rat

Features：It is the smallest species in the hamster subfamily and has a characteristic short tail.

Phodopus roborovskii is a species of the genus Phodopus in the subfamily Cricetinae. The origin of the species is Nanshan in Inner Mongolia, China. The species-level classification status is stable, with 3 synonyms, one of which (<P. r. przewalskii>) is sometimes listed as a species, and somet...

Phodopus campbelli,Campbell's desert hamster,Campbell hamster, first-line hamster

Features：The hairy-footed hamster is the smallest group in the subfamily of hamsters, and its main identifying feature is its very short tail.

Campbell's hairy-footed mouse belongs to the subfamily Cricetinae. Hairy-footed mouse is the smallest group in the subfamily Cricetinae. Its main identification feature is that its tail is very short, less than 14mm, and the soles of its feet are covered with dense hair. The tail length of other...

Phoenicurus alaschanicus,Ala Shan Redstart

Features：A bird with a beautiful singing voice that can be seen in the wild

Helanshan Redstart, also known as Ala Shan Redstart, is a medium-sized redstart.Helanshan Redstart is very similar to the Red-backed Redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus). Vauri (1959), Etchecopar et al. (1983) and de Schauensce (1984) believed that it was or may be a subspecies of the red-backed reds...

Tarsiger hyperythrus,Rufous-breasted Bush Robi

Features：Similar to the red-flanked bluetail, it is not afraid of people.

Rufous-breasted Bush Robin, also known as Rufous-breasted Bush Robin, is a bird of the family Cyprinidae, similar to the Red-flanked Blue-tailed Robin.The call of the brown-bellied robin is duk-duk-duk-squeak; the song is a vague trembling zeew…zee…zwee…zwee. It breeds in southeastern Tibet and w...

Luscinia megarhynchos,Common NightingaleNightingale,Night Robin

Features：The tail is longer than that of other thrushes. The upper body, including the wings and tail, is brown, and the lower body is dirty white or yellowish white with no markings.

Xinjiang Nightingale is a small bird of the family Flycatcher and the genus Nightingale, with 3 subspecies.Xinjiang Nightingale is called "Nightingale" in English, because it is good at singing and is often heard at night. In literary works and Chinese-English dictionaries, this bird is of...

Luscinia svecica,Bluethroat,Bluethroat, Bluegrass, Bluethroat, Bluethroat, Blue-throated

Features：The chin and throat are brilliant blue, with black horizontal stripes underneath

Bluethroat, also known as Bluethroat in English, has 10 subspecies.Bluethroat is timid and often runs short distances underground, stopping for a while, twisting or spreading its tail feathers from time to time. It likes to hide under reeds or low bushes, flying very low, usually only for short dist...

Luscinia pectardens,Firethroat

Features：The long sound is loud, beautiful and varied

The Firethroat, also known as the Golden-breasted Robin, is a species of bird in the family Firethroat, and is endemic to China.The Golden-breasted Robin hides in dense bushes and bamboo forests. It feeds on insects on the forest floor. Its tail often twitches.The long call of the golden-breasted ro...