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Small Pratincole
Glareola lactea,Small Pratincole,
Small Pratincole is a small waterside bird with no subspecies.The plover often moves in groups, is agile and fast in flight, and i···
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Limicola falcinellus
Limicola falcinellus,Broad-billed Sandpiper
The Broad-billed Sandpiper has two subspecies.The broad-billed snipe is mainly a traveller bird in China, and some are winter migr···
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Eurynorhynchus pygmeus
Eurynorhynchus pygmeus,Broad-billed Sandpiper,Spoon-billed snipe. Spoon-billed snipe
Spoon-billed Sandpiper is a small wading bird with no subspecies.The snipe is found alone near water in shallow waters and in loos···
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Calidris tenuirostris
Calidris tenuirostris,Great Knot
The Great Knot is a small wading bird with no subspecies.The giant Sandpiper feeds mainly on crustaceans, mollusks, insects, and i···
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Arenaria interpres
Arenaria interpres,Ruddy Turnstone, Turnstone,Red turncock, brown turncock
The foreign name Ruddy Turnstone, no subspecies.The turnstone snipe is a traveller and winter migrant in China. Spring migrates in···
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Tringa guttifer
Tringa guttifer,Spotted Greenshank,Nordmann's GreenshankNordstrom's Snipe
Spotted Greenshank is a small wading bird with no subspecies.The little greenshank is a rare traveler in China. Spring is more tha···
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Numenius madagascariensis
Numenius madagascariensis,Far Eastern Curlew,Redback Snipe, Redback Snipe, 黦 Snipe, Hausen
The foreign name is Far Eastern Curlew, and there are no subspecies.Curlews are mainly travellers in China. Some breed in northeas···
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Numenius minutus
Numenius minutus,Little Curlew,Little old oil can
Little Curlew is a small wading bird with no subspecies.The curlew usually moves mostly alone or in small groups, but it also join···
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Limnodromus semipalmatus
Limnodromus semipalmatus,Asian Dowitcher, Asiatic Dowitcher,Limnodrome semipalmé
The semi-webbed snipe (ban p Giryu), also known as Asian Dowitcher, is a small wading bird.They live alone or in small groups. Sex···
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Gallinago nemoricola
Gallinago nemoricola,Wood Snipe
Wood Snipe, small wading bird, no subspecies.It is timid and withdrawn, often living alone on the banks of forests and rivers and ···
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Metopidius indicus
Metopidius indicus,Bronze-winged Jacana
Bronze-winged Jacana is a small wading bird with no subspecies.Copper-winged pheasant is a resident bird, active during the day, m···
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Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Hydrophasianus chirurgus,Pheasant-tailed Jacana,Pheasant-tailed pheasant-tailed pheasant
Pheasant-tailed Jacana is a small to medium sized bird with no subspecies.Water pheasants prefer to live alone or in small groups,···
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Vanellus gregarius
Vanellus gregarius,Sociable Lapwing, Sociable Plover,Vanneau sociable,Chettusia gregaria ssp. gregaria,lar and Andrew,Chettusia gregaria ssp. gregaria,amp and Simmons,Long legged lapis
The Sociable Lapwingm is a medium-sized wading bird.Yellow-cheeked laphens are migratory birds with great flying abilities. They i···
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Ibidorhyncha struthersii
Ibidorhyncha struthersii,Ibisbill
Ibisbill is a gray, black and white sandpiper with no subspecies.Ibisbill is a resident and vertical migratory bird. They often mo···
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Esacus magnirostris
Esacus magnirostris,Great Thick-knee
Great Thick-knee is a medium-sized wading bird with no subspecies.Great Thick-knee is a coastal bird that usually moves alone or i···
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Grus antigone
Grus antigone,Sarus Crane
Sarus Crane is a large wading bird with three subspecies.Sarus Crane often moves alone or in pairs or family groups. In autumn and···
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Grus vipio
Grus vipio,White-naped Crane, red-faced crane, white-crowned crane, native crane
White-naped Crane is a large wading bird with no subspecies.White-naped Crane mainly feeds on plant seeds, grass roots, young leav···
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Porphyrio porphyrio
Porphyrio porphyrio,Purple Swamphen, Purple Gallinule, Purple Swamp-Hen,Poule sultane
Purple moorhen is called pukeko in foreign language. It is a medium-sized wading bird with 13 subspecies.Purple moorhen often move···
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Grus canadensis
Grus canadensis,Brown Crane, Canada Crane
Sandhill Crane is a large wading bird with the largest number of cranes in the world. It is divided into 6 subspecies with a total···
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Grus leucogeranus
Grus leucogeranus,Siberian Crane ,Siberian White Crane, Snow Crane,Siberian Crane, Nun Crane, Snow Crane
The Siberian Crane is a large wading bird. Although it is divided into three populations, namely the eastern, central and western ···
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Porzana paykullii
Porzana paykullii,Band-bellied Crake
Band-bellied Crake, whose foreign name is Band-bellied Crake, is a small wading bird with no subspecies.Spotted frogs migrate to N···
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Zapornia parva
Zapornia parva,Porzana parva,Little Crake
Little Crake is a small wading bird with no subspecies.The frog often moves alone or in family groups. It is good at swimming and ···
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Zapornia bicolor
Zapornia bicolor,Black-tailed Crake,Amaurornis bicolor,Porzana bicolor,Black-tailed bittern
The brown-backed frog is called Black-tailed Crake in foreign language, and has no subspecies.The brown-backed frog is a resident ···
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Crex crex
Crex crex,Corncrake, Corn Crake
The foreign name of the long-legged rail is Corncrake, Corn Crake, which is a small wading bird with no subspecies.The long-legged···
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