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Animals by Scientific Class Names

The scientific names of animals are named and classified using the binomial nomenclature system of biology. This system is based on a series of hierarchical structures, from the broadest to the most specific, including kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. The following is the general structure of the scientific names of animals:

ClassnameExample
KingdomAnimaliaHomo sapiens、Canis lupus familiaris
PhylumChordataBalaenoptera musculus、Aves
ClassMammaliaPanthera tigris、whale
OrderPrimatesGorilla gorilla、Macaca mulatta
FamilyHominidaeHomo sapiens、Gorilla
GenusHomoHomo sapiens、Homo neanderthalensis
SpeciesHomo sapiensModern humans only


This classification method helps biologists clearly understand and study the relationship between species, and promotes various biological studies.

Spatula querquedula

Spatula querquedula

Spatula querquedula,Anas querquedula,Garganey,Ducklings, little stone ducks, brook ducks

Features:The eyebrow lines are white, wide and long, extending all the way to the back of the head, and are extremely eye-catching.

White-browed ducks often move in pairs or small groups, and also gather in large groups during migration and wintering. They are timid and alert, often moving and foraging in places covered by water plants. If there is a sound, they will immediately rush out of the water and rise straight up. They f...

Sibirionetta formosa

Sibirionetta formosa

Ba duck, black-rimmed duck, spectacled duck, yellow-tipped duck, king duck, shaking duck, Yuan duck,Sibirionetta formosa,Baikal Teal

Features:The face is spotted with yellow, green, black, white and other colors, which is very eye-catching.

The Mandarin duck is a kind of duck that likes to gather in groups, especially in winter, and often gathers in large groups, and often mixes with other ducks. Individuals are slightly larger than green-winged teals, and slightly smaller than pintail ducks. The voice is noisy, and the call is loud an...

Anas crecca

Anas crecca

Little duck, little teal, little mallard, duck, duckling, clam duck,Anas crecca,Common Teal,Green-winged,Teal Eurasian Teal

Features:There is a wide green band on both sides of the head starting from the eyes and extending to the sides of the neck, which is very eye-catching.

Green-winged ducks like to gather in groups, especially during the migration season and winter, often gathering in large groups of hundreds or even thousands of them. They fly fast, agile and powerful, with fast and loud wings flapping, and their heads stretched forward, often in a straight line or...

Anas carolinensis

Anas carolinensis

Anascaro linensis,Anas carolinensis

Features:The American Green-winged Duck is similar in size to the native Green-winged Duck, but differs in the distribution of color patches on its feathers.

The American Green-winged Duck (Anascaro linensis) was discovered by birdwatchers Philip Hyde and Paul Hyde at Dongtan, Nanhui, Shanghai, and is a new record for Shanghai birds.The American Green-winged Duck inhabits shallow lakes, wetlands, ponds and winding rivers, feeding on aquatic invertebrates...

Marmaronetta angustirostris

Marmaronetta angustirostris

Marmaronetta angustirostris,Marbled Teal,Marbled Duck

Features:There is a short, hanging crest on the back of the head, which is most obvious in the male bird.

The Clouded Duck often moves in small groups. It often gathers in large groups in some important waters during the non-breeding season. It is active in the early morning and dusk. It spends most of the day floating in the emergent plants or perching on branches that are partially submerged in water....

Netta rufina

Netta rufina

Big red head, red-billed pochard,Netta rufina,Red-crested Pochard

Features:Large duck that is a heavy, slow flyer.

Red-billed Pochards are slow-witted and not very afraid of people. They are not good at calling, and often move in pairs or small groups, sometimes in large groups of hundreds. When resting, they often rest in groups on the sandbanks and islands in the middle of the lake with water plants, and they...

Aythya valisineria

Aythya valisineria

American Rock Goose,Aythya valisineria,Canvasback

Features:A large diving duck, coloured like the red-headed duck, but with a characteristically high head.

Sailback ducks are migratory birds. They migrate regularly between their breeding grounds and wintering grounds in spring and autumn. They often gather in large groups during migration, forming a "V" formation. They fly at a high altitude and occasionally drift to China.They often move in...

Aythya ferina

Aythya ferina

Red-headed duck, sandpiper, sandpiper,Aythya ferina,Common Pochard,Pochard,Northern Pochard

Features:It rarely sings and is a deep-water bird that is good at diving by folding its wings.

Commonly seen in open waters with reeds and good cover, they live in open lakes and reservoirs during the winter. They often form small groups of 10-30 or mixed groups with Crested Pochards, Shovelers, etc. They often move in groups, especially in large groups during the migration season and winter....

Aythya baeri

Aythya baeri

White-eyed duck, Oriental white-eye duck, Mallard duck,Aythya baeri,Baer's Pochard

Features:It rarely sings and is a deep-water bird that is good at diving by folding its wings.

The blue-headed duck is a migratory bird. It migrates from the wintering grounds in the south to the north for breeding in mid-March every year; it starts to migrate to the south in mid-October in autumn, and a few migrate as late as early November. During migration, it gathers in small groups of mo...

Aythya fuligula

Aythya fuligula

Marsh duck, crested duck, black-headed duck,Aythya fuligula,Tufted Duck

Features:A deep-water bird with a crest on its head, good at diving with its wings folded

The Crested Pochard is a migratory bird. Every year in late March and early April, it migrates from its wintering grounds in the south to North China and southern Northeast China, and arrives at Changbai Mountain in the eastern part of Northeast China and Heilongjiang Province in the northern part o...

Aythya marila

Aythya marila

Bell duck, Oriental clam duck,Aythya marila,Greater Scaup,Scaup

Features:There is no crest, and there is a wide white ring at the base of the beak.

The Spotted Duck is a migratory bird. It begins to migrate to China for wintering in early October every autumn and leaves in early April to early May in spring. It moves in pairs during the breeding season and in groups during the non-breeding season. Sometimes it also moves in mixed groups with ot...

Polysticta stelleri

Polysticta stelleri

Eider duck,Polysticta stelleri,Przevalski's Partridge

Features:The males and females are dimorphic and easy to identify. They are small, nearly black sea ducks.

Little eider ducks like to live in groups. Except for the period of nesting and laying eggs, they live in groups almost all year round, especially during molting, migration and wintering, often in large groups of thousands or even tens of thousands. They fly fast and lightly, flap their wings quickl...

Melanitta fusca

Melanitta fusca

Strange-billed duck, Scoter,Melanitta fusca,White-winged Scoter,Velvet Scoter

Features:All black, love diving

The Spotted-faced Muscovy is a medium-sized, dark, short, flat sea duck. It belongs to the diving duck family. It can dive underwater for considerable distances, up to 5 to 10 meters deep, sometimes even more. It likes to gather in groups, often flying in small groups, generally migrating short dist...

Melanitta nigra

Melanitta nigra

American black duck,Melanitta nigra,Black Scoter,Common Scoter

Features:It is a short, fat, dark-colored sea duck with a large yellow tumor at the base of its beak.

The Black Sea Muscovy Duck likes to gather in groups, and almost always moves in groups throughout the year. Sometimes males and females gather separately. Female birds usually winter further north. They often live on the water surface near the coast and islands, and are sometimes seen in inland fre...

Clangula hyemalis

Clangula hyemalis

Sharp-tailed duck, long-tailed duck, long-tailed duck, gun-towed duck, Chinese duck,Clangula hyemalis,American Wigeon

Features:A medium-sized grey, black and white duck with long central tail feathers. It is a very rare winter migrant.

Long-tailed ducks begin to migrate to their breeding grounds in early March. A small number of them are still seen in Dalian Bay, China in mid-March. In some places in the Far East, they continue to migrate northward until mid-May. They often migrate in small groups. When they first arrive at their...

Bucephala clangula

Bucephala clangula

Golden-eyed duck, Magpie duck, White-faced duck,Bucephala clangula,Common Goldeneye

Features:It has a short and thick beak, a short neck and a pointed tail. These features are very obvious and easy to identify.

The magpie duck is a common wild duck in the eastern coastal areas and inland lakes and swamps of China. It is abundant in number. Since 1986, it has been found that it is common in the Songhua River and Yalu River in Jilin Province, the coast of Liaodong Peninsula in Liaoning Province and the lower...

Lophura nycthemera

Lophura nycthemera

Silver pheasant, silver pheasant, Vietnamese bird, Vietnamese bird, white pheasant,Lophura nycthemera,silver pheasant

Features:The representative mascot of the Hani ethnic group in China is also the pattern of the fifth-rank official uniform of the Qing Dynasty.

Silver pheasant, also known as silver pheasant, has 17 subspecies and is a large chicken of the genus Pheasant of the family Phasianidae.Silver pheasant has gorgeous feathers and white body color. Because of its hoarse cry, it is called "dumb luck"; it has been a precious ornamental bird i...

Lophura leucomelanos

Lophura leucomelanos

Pheasant, black chicken,Lophura leucomelanos,Kalij Pheasant

Features:In fact, she is not black at all

The black pheasant is called Kalij Pheasant in foreign language, and it is divided into 9 subspecies. There are 2 subspecies in China. The nominate subspecies is distributed in Nyalam, Jilong, Yadong and other places in southern Tibet; the southern Tibetan subspecies is distributed in Medog, Zayu, B...

Gallus gallus

Gallus gallus

Gallus gallus,Red Junglefowl,Camellia Chicken

Features:The wild ancestor of the domestic chicken

Red Junglefowl, also known as "junglefowl", has 5 subspecies and is a tropical forest bird.Except during the breeding season, red junglefowl often live in groups, mostly in small groups of 3-5 or 6-7, and sometimes in large groups of 10-20. They are alert and timid. When they see people or...

Lophophorus lhuysii

Lophophorus lhuysii

Fritillaria chicken, hawk chicken, charcoal chicken, lamb chicken,Lophophorus lhuysii,Chinese Monal,Chinese Impeyan

Features:Endemic to China, the city bird of Xichang, one of the most difficult birds to keep in the world

The Chinese Monal is a diurnal animal, often moving in pairs or small groups, and sometimes in larger groups of 8-9 to more than 10 in winter.The Chinese Monal is a diurnal animal, often moving in pairs or small groups, and sometimes in larger groups of 8-9 to more than 10 in winter. Active during t...

Lophophorus sclateri

Lophophorus sclateri

Alpine Snow Goose,Lophophorus sclateri,Sclater's Monal,Crestless Monal

Features:The individuals are large, clumsy, and have a strong regularity in daily activities.

The white-tailed pheasant is called Sclater's Monal in English. It has three subspecies and is a large chicken.White-tailed pheasants mostly move alone. In the winter in Gaoligong Mountain, Yunnan, a group of 9 was seen living together. The time period and altitude of male bird activities have c...