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Threskiornis melanocephalusLC

Threskiornis melanocephalus

Threskiornis melanocephalus,Black-headed Ibis,White Ibis

Wading birdsAbout 10-20 years

Black-headed Ibis is a large wading bird.Black-headed Ibis usually moves in small groups, and sometimes they are seen alone by the···

Phalacrocorax pelagicusLC

Phalacrocorax pelagicus

Phalacrocorax pelagicus,Pelagic Cormorant,Black Pelican

Waterfowl5-10years

Pelagic Cormorant is a large water bird with two subspecies.Most of the sea cormorants are resident birds, active near the breedin···

Little CormorantLC

Little Cormorant

Phalacrocorax niger

Waterfowl10-20year

Little Cormorant, a medium-sized cormorant, is much smaller than the general cormorant and has no subspecies.Little Cormorant is r···

Brown BoobyLC

Brown Booby

Sula leucogaster

Waterfowl10-20year

Brown Booby, also known as Brown Booby, is a waterfowl and large seabird with 5 subspecies.Brown Booby often lives in groups and h···

Red-footed BoobyLC

Red-footed Booby

Sula sula

Waterfowl10-20year

Red-footed Booby is a black and white or smoky brown booby with three subspecies.Red-footed Booby is a resident bird and does not ···

Sula dactylatraLC

Sula dactylatra

Sula dactylatra,Masked Booby

WaterfowlAbout 15 years

The Masked Booby is a black and white booby with 6 subspecies.Except for the breeding season, the blue-faced booby spends most of ···

Lesser FrigatebirdLC

Lesser Frigatebird

Fregata ariel

Waterfowl10-16year

Lesser Frigatebird, also known as Lesser Frigatebird, has three subspecies.Lesser Frigatebird is a resident bird, wandering over l···

Great FrigatebirdLC

Great Frigatebird

Fregata minor

Waterfowl10-16year

Great Frigatebird is a large seabird with 5 subspecies.The Great Frigatebird is a resident bird, some of which migrate. It is good···

Christmas Island FrigatebridLC

Christmas Island Frigatebrid

Fregata andrewsi

Waterfowl10-16year

The white-bellied frigatebird is also known as Christmas Island Frigatebrid. It is a tropical marine bird with no subspecies.The w···

Lesser AdjutantLC

Lesser Adjutant

Leptoptilos javanicus

Wading birds40year

Lesser Adjutant, also known as Lesser Adjutant in English, is a large and bulky wading bird with no subspecies.The bald stork main···

White StorkLC

White Stork

Ciconia ciconia,red-billed white, European white stork, western white stork

Wading birds26year

White Stork is a large wading bird, which is the common name for European white stork and Oriental white stork. There are three su···

Ciconia nigraLC

Ciconia nigra

Black stork, black stork, pot stork

Wading birds30year

Black Stork is a large wading bird with no subspecies.The black stork is a migratory bird, but most of them stay in Spain, and onl···

Painted storkLC

Painted stork

Mycteria leucocephala

Wading birds28year

Painted Stork is also known as White-headed Stork in English. There is no subspecies differentiation.White-headed Stork usually br···

Phoebastria albatrusLC

Phoebastria albatrus

Petrel, albatross, Short-tailed Albatross

Waterfowl40-60year

Short-tailed Albatross is a large seabird with no subspecies.Short-tailed Albatross usually moves alone or in pairs. Smaller group···

Phoebastria nigripesLC

Phoebastria nigripes

Phoebastria nigripes,Black-footed Albatross

WaterfowlAbout 30 years

The Black-footed Albatross (footed Albatross) is a large seabird of the family Albatross of the order Petrel, footed.The black-foo···

Synthliboramphus wumizusumeLC

Synthliboramphus wumizusume

Synthliboramphus wumizusume,Japanese Murrelet, Crested Murrelet,Mérgulo japonés,Crested auklet

Wading birds10-20 years or so

The Japanese Murrelet is a small seabird with characteristics typical of small puffins, without subspecies.The crested flat-billed···

Chlidonias nigerLC

Chlidonias niger

Chlidonias niger

Wading birds20-30years

The Black Tern has two subspecies. The call is a short, nasal scream called kyeh, and the liaison is called klit.The black-floatin···

Sterna acuticaudaLC

Sterna acuticauda

Sterna acuticauda,Black-bellied Tern

Waterfowl20-30years

The Black-bellied Tern is a small waterbird with no subspecies.Black-bellied terns often fly over the waters. It's very rare t···

Sterna aurantiaLC

Sterna aurantia

Sterna aurantia,River Tern, Indian River Tern,Yellow-billed tern, Indus Tern

Waterfowl20-30years

River Tern is a medium-sized waterfowl with no subspecies.River terns are resident birds. They often live alone or in small groups···

Thalasseus bernsteiniLC

Thalasseus bernsteini

Thalasseus bernsteini,Chinese Crested Tern,Sterna bernsteini,Crested tern with black bill

Wading birds15 years or so

The Chinese Crested Tern is a medium-sized waterbird with no subspecies.The Chinese crested tern is a summer migrant in northeaste···

Sterna bergiiiLC

Sterna bergiii

Thalasseus bergii,Great Crested Tern

Wading birds15 years or so

The Great Crested Tern has six subspecies.Large crested terns are resident birds and often travel in flocks. They frequently fly o···

Larus relictusLC

Larus relictus

Larus relictus,Relict Gull,angler

WaterfowlNo textual research information is available

Relict Gull is a medium-sized waterfowl with no subspecies.In 1931, zoologist Ejnar Lonnberg, then director of the Swedish Museum ···

Larus minutusLC

Larus minutus

Larus minutus,Little Gull,Hydrocoloeus minutus

Waterfowl25 years or so

Little Gull is a small waterfowl with no subspecies.Little gulls are partly summer birds, partly travellers. Often move in groups.···

Larus saundersiLC

Larus saundersi

Larus saundersi,Saunders's Gull,Chinese Black-headed Gull,Samson's gull. Wandering gull

Wading birds15-20years

Black-billed gull Saunders' s Gull, medium water bird, no subspecies.It is said that during the late Tang Dynasty, the famous ···

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