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Arborophila ardensLC

Arborophila ardens

Arborophila ardens,Hainan Partridge, Hainan Hill-partridge, White-eared Hill-partridge, White-eared Partridge,Yamaaka

LandfowlNo verification information

Hainan Partridge is called Hainan Partridge in foreign language, and has no subspecies.Hainan Partridge often forages in pairs or ···

Arborophila crudigularisLC

Arborophila crudigularis

Arborophila crudigularis,Deep Mountain Bamboo Chicken

LandfowlNo verification information

Taiwan Partridge is known as Taiwan Partridge in foreign languages, and has no subspecies.Taiwan Partridge is good at hiding. Exce···

Arborophila mandelliiLC

Arborophila mandellii

Arborophila mandellii

LandfowlNo verification information

The Red-breasted Partridge is called Collared Partridge in English. It has no subspecies and is a medium-sized nearly gray partrid···

Arborophila brunneopectusLC

Arborophila brunneopectus

Arborophila brunneopectus

LandfowlAbout 20 years

Brown-breasted Hill Partridge has three subspecies.Arborophila brown breast temperament is relatively quiet, also good at hiding, ···

Arborophila atrogularisLC

Arborophila atrogularis

Arborophila atrogularis

Landfowl5-7years

White-cheeked Partridge has no subspecies.Partridges often move in groups, consisting of 5-8 or more than 10 individuals. Good at ···

Arborophila gingicaLC

Arborophila gingica

Arborophila gingica,White-browed Hill Partridge ,Rickett's Hill Partridge,White-browed partridge, pheasant, Hsinchu Chicken

Landfowl5-7years

There are two subspecies of White-browed Hill Partridge.The white-fronted arboridge lives in trees at night. hu-u-u, a long, plain···

Arborophila rufogularisLC

Arborophila rufogularis

Arborophila rufogularis

Landfowl5-7years

Rufous-throated Hill Partridge has six subspecies.The red-throated arboridge is a resident bird. Like clusters, often form small g···

Arborophila rufipectusLC

Arborophila rufipectus

Arborophila rufipectus,Sichuan Partridge,Bamboo shoot chicken, bamboo shoot chicken, and Tuo Tuo chicken

Landfowl5-7years

Sichuan Partridge, also known as Sichuan Partridge in English, has no subspecies and is a rare and endemic pheasant native to sout···

Arborophila torqueolaLC

Arborophila torqueola

Arborophila torqueola

Landfowl5-7years

Hill Partridge, there are 5 subspecies.Hill Partridge is a resident bird. They often move in pairs or small groups of 3-5 or famil···

Berardius bairdiiLC

Berardius bairdii

Berardius bairdii,Baird's beaked whale,Bell's beaked whale, Bell's beaked whale, North Pacific bottlenose whale, North Pacific four-toothed whale

Cetacea84years

Baird's beaked whale, whose foreign name is Baird's beaked whale, may be the largest of all beaked whales.The appearance o···

Mesoplodon densirostrisLC

Mesoplodon densirostris

Mesoplodon densirostris,Bryde's beaked whale, Bryde's beaked whale, Blunt beaked whale

CetaceaNo verification yet

Blainville's beaked whale is the most common species in the genus Blainville.Blainville's beaked whales usually move alone···

Harpactes erythrocephalusLC

Harpactes erythrocephalus

Red Pigeon,Harpactes erythrocephalus,Red-headed Trogon

Climbing birds

Red-headed Trogons are mostly single or in pairs; they live in trees, either climbing on the top branches of small trees to eat wi···

Harpactes wardiLC

Harpactes wardi

Harpactes wardi,Ward's Trogon

Climbing birds

The red-bellied trogon is a crimson and dark chestnut trogon. It has an orange-yellow eyebrow pattern; the central tail feathers a···

Batrachostomus hodgsoniLC

Batrachostomus hodgsoni

Batrachostomus hodgsoni,Black-capped Frogmouth, Black-capped Frogmouth, Old Fearful,Batrachostomus hodgsoni hodgsoni

Climbing birds14years

The body shape of the Black-capped Frogmouth is similar to that of a nighthawk. However, the beak is wide, and the upper beak is v···

Lyncornis macrotisLC

Lyncornis macrotis

Lyncornis macrotis,Eurostopodus macrotis

Climbing birds8years

The hairy-legged nightjar is a medium-sized bird of the family Viperidae and genus Viperidae. It has dark brown horizontal stripes···

Caprimulgus indicusLC

Caprimulgus indicus

Caprimulgus indicus,Jungle Nightjar,Nighthawk, mosquito-bird, bark-sticking bird, ghost bird, night swallow

Climbing birds8years

Common nighthawk is a resident bird in Tibet, China, and a summer migratory bird in other places. It moves alone or in pairs. It i···

Caprimulgus europaeusLC

Caprimulgus europaeus

European Nightjar, Eurasian Nightjar,Caprimulgus europaeus,Eurasian Nightjar

Climbing birds8years

The European Nightjar was formerly known as the goatsucker because farmers believed that the bird sucked goat's milk at night.···

Caprimulgus aegyptiusLC

Caprimulgus aegyptius

Mosquitobird,Caprimulgus aegyptius,Egyptian Nightjar

Climbing birds8years

The Egyptian Nightjar is a small bird of the family Viperidae and the genus Viper. It looks very similar to the European Nightjar,···

Caprimulgus macrurusLC

Caprimulgus macrurus

Sticking bark, mosquito-bird,Caprimulgus macrurus,Large-tailed Nightjar

Climbing birds8years

The long-tailed nighthawk lives in evergreen broad-leaved forests, shrubs, scrub belts, mangroves, savannas and wetlands. During t···

Caprimulgus affinisLC

Caprimulgus affinis

Nighthawk, bark-sticking, mosquito-bird,Savannah Nightjar,Allied Nightjar

Climbing birds8year

The nighthawk is a small bird of the family Noctilucentidae. Its upper body is mostly gray-brown, and its two pairs of outer tail ···

Ziphius cavirostrisLC

Ziphius cavirostris

Ziphius cavirostris,Cuvier's beaked Whale,Cuvier's beaked whale, goose-billed whale, Cuvier's beaked whale, goose-billed whale, Cuvier's beaked whale

Cetacea40-60years

Cuvier's beaked whale, whose foreign name is Cuvier's beaked Whale, is the most widely distributed species in the beaked w···

Kogia simaLC

Kogia sima

Kogia sima,Kogia simus (Owen, 1866),Physeter simus Owen, 1866, Dwarf Sperm Whale, Dwarf Sperm Whale, Cachalot nain, Cachalot nain,Cachalote Enano, Cachalote Enano,,Owen's sperm whale

Cetacea20-30years

Dwarf Sperm Whale, no subspecies.The species of Dwarf Sperm Whale was not widely recognized until 1966, so it was often unclear in···

Kogia brevicepsLC

Kogia breviceps

Kogia breviceps,Pygmy sperm whale

Cetacea20-25years

Pygmy sperm whale, foreign name, no subspecies.Pygmy sperm whales move alone or in small groups, sometimes up to about 6 in a grou···

Physeter macrocephalusLC

Physeter macrocephalus

Physeter macrocephalus,Sperm Whale, Cachelot, Pot Whale, Spermacet Whale ,Cachalot , Ballena Esperma, Cachalote, Giant Sperm Whale, Kacherat Whale

CetaceaUp to 70 years

Sperm Whale, with no subspecies, has the largest brain in the animal kingdom.Sperm whales like to live in groups, often with a few···

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