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Falco peregrinusLC

Falco peregrinus

Falco peregrinus,Peregrine Falcon,Rosewood eagle, pigeon tiger, duck tiger, blue swallow

RaptorAbout 11 years

Peregrine falcon is called Peregrine Falcon in foreign language, and it has 18 subspecies. The three types of peregrine falcons di···

Great slaty woodpeckerLC

Great slaty woodpecker

Great slaty woodpecker,Mulleripicus pulverulentus

Climbing birdsAbout 10-15 years

Great Slaty Woodpecker is a large gray woodpecker with two subspecies.Great Slaty Woodpecker is a resident bird, often in small gr···

Picus rabieriLC

Picus rabieri

Picus rabieri,Red-collared woodpecker

Climbing birdsNo verification information

Red-collared Woodpecker, no subspecies.Red-necked Woodpecker is a resident bird, mainly inhabiting low mountain evergreen broad-le···

Picus chlorolophusLC

Picus chlorolophus

Picus chlorolophus,Lesser yellownape

Climbing birdsAbout 10-15 years

The Yellow-crowned Woodpecker, also known as the Lesser Yellownape, is a small bird with three subspecies.The Yellow-crowned Woodp···

Picus flavinuchaLC

Picus flavinucha

Picus flavinucha,Greater yellownape

Climbing birdsAbout 10-15 years

The Greater Yellownape is a larger green woodpecker. The difference between it and the Yellow-crowned Green Woodpecker is that it ···

Dryocopus martiusLC

Dryocopus martius

Dryocopus martius,Black Woodpecker

Climbing birdsAbout 11 years

The black woodpecker is called Black Woodpecker in foreign language, and has 2 subspecies.The black woodpecker's flight is not···

Dryocopus javensisLC

Dryocopus javensis

Dryocopus javensis,White-bellied woodpecker

Climbing birds20-30years

White-bellied Black Woodpecker is a medium-sized bird of the Picidae family and the genus Black Woodpecker, with 15 subspecies.Whi···

Picoides tridactylusLC

Picoides tridactylus

Picoides tridactylus,Eurasian three-toed woodpecker

Climbing birdsAbout 11 years

The three-toed woodpecker is called Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker in English. It is a small bird with 8 subspecies.The three-toed···

Dendrocopos leucopterusLC

Dendrocopos leucopterus

Dendrocopos leucopterus,White-winged Woodpecker

Climbing birds20-30years

White-winged Woodpecker is a small bird with no subspecies.White-winged Woodpecker is a resident bird, often acting alone, and in ···

Alcedo herculesLC

Alcedo hercules

Alcedo hercules,Blyth's Kingfisher

Climbing birds2-5years

Blyth's Kingfisher is a resident bird. It is timid and often acts alone. It often lives on low branches of trees on the shore ···

Alcedo menintingLC

Alcedo meninting

Fish tiger, water dog, fish dog,Alcedo meninting,Blue-eared Kingfisher

Climbing birds2-5years

Blue-eared Kingfisher is a small bird with 6 subspecies. There is only the Yunnan subspecies in China, which is distributed in Men···

Halcyon smyrnensisLC

Halcyon smyrnensis

White-breasted fish dog,Halcyon smyrnensis, White-throated kingfisher

Climbing birdsNo verification information

White-throated Kingfisher is a medium-sized bird with 4 subspecies.White-throated Kingfisher often moves alone, often standing on ···

Pelargopsis capensisLC

Pelargopsis capensis

Fish-catching man, stork-billed kingfisher,Pelargopsis capensis,Stork-billed Kingfisher

Climbing birdsNo verification information

Stork-billed Kingfisher is a medium-sized bird with 13 subspecies.The similar species of Stork-billed Kingfisher, the Blue Kingfis···

Merops leschenaultiLC

Merops leschenaulti

Black-breasted Bee-eater,Merops leschenaulti,Chestnut-headed Bee-eater

Climbing birdsNo verification information

Chestnut-headed Bee-eater, also known as Chestnut-headed Bee-eater, has 3 subspecies.The chestnut-headed bee-eater migrates to sou···

Merops viridisLC

Merops viridis

Red-headed hummingbird,Merops viridis,Blue-throated bee-eater

Climbing birdsNo verification information

Blue-throated bee-eater, also known as Blue-throated bee-eater, has 2 subspecies.Blue-throated bee-eaters often move alone or in s···

Merops ornatusLC

Merops ornatus

Rainbow Bee-eater,Merops ornatus,Rainbow Bee-eater

Climbing birdsNo verification information

Rainbow Bee-eater, also known as Rainbow Bee-eater, is a medium-sized green bee-eater with no subspecies.Rainbow Bee-eater mainly ···

Little gopherLC

Little gopher

Little gopher, hamsters, gophers

Rodents

The ground squirrel belongs to the Allactaginae subfamily. There are 3 species in the world, and only 1 in China. The number is re···

Allactaga elaterLC

Allactaga elater

Allactaga elater,Jerboa, jumping rabbit, donkey jump, hard jump

Rodents

The small five-toed jerboa belongs to the subfamily Allactaginae. Jerboas are distributed in deserts and arid areas in North Afric···

Allactaga sibiricaLC

Allactaga sibirica

Allactaga sibirica,Mongolian five-toed Jerboa,Five-toed jumping rabbit, jumping rabbit, jumping mouse

Rodents

Five-toed jerboas belong to the Allactaginae subfamily. The species-level classification of five-toed jerboas is stable, and the s···

CastorLC

Castor

Castor,Beaver, nutria

Rodents

There are only two species of beavers in the world. The other is the American beaver, which is distributed in Canada and Alaska, U···

Dryomys nitedulaLC

Dryomys nitedula

Dryomys nitedula,Dormouse,Dyromys milleri,Mus nitedula Pallas,Eliomys angelus

Rodents

There are 9 genera and 28 species of forest dormouse in the world. They belong to 3 subfamilies. There are 2 genera and 2 species ···

Aeretes melanopterusLC

Aeretes melanopterus

Aeretes melanopterus,North Chinese flying squirrel,Black-winged flying squirrel

Rodents

Grooved-toothed flying squirrels like to build nests in tree holes of tall trees. The nests are built in dead tree holes, with the···

Pteromys volansLC

Pteromys volans

Pteromys volans,Siberian Flying Squirrel,Flying squirrel, flying squirrel, flying tiger, small flying squirrel

Rodents

Flying squirrels do not hibernate. They are nocturnal and are active after dusk, but can occasionally be seen during the day. When···

Petaurista xanthotisLC

Petaurista xanthotis

Petaurista xanthotis , Highland Flying Squirrel, Yellow-eared Flying Squirrel

Rodents

Gray flying squirrels are nocturnal and active at dawn and dusk. They live in subalpine coniferous forests or mixed coniferous and···

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