Chaffinch，Tragopan satyra，Satyr Tragopan，Crimson Horned-pheasant，Indian Tragopan

Features：A gorgeous crimson tragopan native to the Himalayas.

The foreign name of the red-breasted tragopan is Satyr Tragopan, and there is no subspecies.The red-breasted tragopan mainly forages in the early morning and dusk, and likes to hide. Most of the time, it hides in the deep mountains and dense forests where few people go. It is cautious in its movemen...

Western Tragopan，Tragopan melanocephalus，Western Tragopan，Black-headed Tragopan，Western Horned-pheasant

Features：The call is like a sheep, and the male bird's courtship display is complex (often ignored)

The foreign name of the black-headed tragopan is Western Tragopan, and there is no subspecies.The black-headed tragopan likes to move alone and forms small groups in winter. It has weak flying and dispersal abilities, and relatively poor ability to avoid natural enemies. It lives in dense forests, a...

Songhua chicken, Taibai chicken, blood chicken, bush chicken, green chicken, willow chicken，Ithaginis cruentus，Blood Pheasant

Features：Strong character, born with a stubborn temper

Blood Pheasant is called Blood Pheasant in foreign language, and has 12 subspecies. Also known as Blood Chicken and Songhua Chicken, the male Blood Pheasant has red large coverts, undertail coverts, uppertail coverts, feet, head sides, and wax membrane, so it is called Blood Pheasant. It has many al...

Alectoris magna,Rusty-necklaced Partridge, Przevalski's Partridge,Gala Chicken

Features：The white patches on the face, chin and throat have a black line on the outer edge, like a partridge, and a characteristic chestnut line

The foreign name of the large stone partridge is Rusty-necklaced Partridge, and there is no subspecies.The large stone partridge does not have extensive migration habits, but vertical migration with seasonal changes is more obvious on the Qinghai Plateau. In spring and summer, as the weather warms u...

Himalayan Snowcock，Tetraogallus altaicus，Altai Snowcock

Features：Known as the "climbing" expert in the pheasant family

Altai Snowcock, also known as Altai Snowcock, has two subspecies.Altai Snowcock often moves in groups except during the breeding season. It likes to run on the ground, and often swings its tail feathers up and down while walking, which is its unique behavior. It runs fast on the ground, especially w...

Tibetan snow chicken, pale-bellied snow chicken, snow chicken，Tetraogallus tibetanus，Tibetan Snowcock

Features：A relative of the dark-bellied snowcock

Tibetan Snowcock, also known as Tibetan Snowcock in English, has 6 subspecies and is similar in shape to domestic chickens.Tibetan snow chickens like to gather in groups, mostly in small groups of 3-5. In areas with high density, you can see large groups of 10-20 or even nearly 100. They are active...

Alpine snowcock, Himalayan snowcock，Tetraogallus himalayensis，Himalayan Snowcock

Features：Diurnal bird with short, strong legs, good at running and rarely flying

The Himalayan Snowcock is divided into five subspecies. The nominate subspecies has the darkest color of feathers, the southern Xinjiang subspecies has the lightest color, and the Qinghai subspecies has a color between the above two subspecies.Dark-bellied snowcocks like to gather in groups, often f...

Yellow-throated pheasant, Sichuan pheasant quail, sheep-horn chicken，Tetraophasis szechenyii，Buff-throated Partridge，Szechenyi's Monal-Partridge

Features：There is a hint of yellow in the throat, and it will keep calling before the rain or snow.

The foreign name of the yellow-throated pheasant quail is Buff-throated Partridge or Szechenyi's Monal-Partridge. It has no subspecies and is a rare resident bird.Yellow-throated pheasant quail roosts on low branches at night. Except for the breeding season when they mostly move in pairs or alon...

Red-throated Pheasant, Xikang Pheasant Quail, Sichuan Pheasant Quail, Muping Pheasant Ptarmigan，Tetraophasis obscurus，Chestnut-throated Partridge，Verreaux's Monal-Partridge

Features：Good at walking and running on the ground, and also good at gliding between valleys, but poor at flying.

Chestnut-throated Partridge, no subspecies.Chestnut-throated Partridge is usually found alone or in pairs, foraging in open areas near the forest line. They are good at walking and running on the ground, and also good at gliding in the valleys, but their flying ability is poor, and they rarely take...

Lagopus lagopus,Willow Ptarmigan, Willow Grouse And Red Grouse,Ptarmigan, Willow Chicken, Suir, Snow Chicken

Features：Birds that know how to hide

Willow Ptarmigan, with 17 subspecies, is a medium-sized bird in the grouse family.Willow Ptarmigan likes to move in the woods and sometimes in farmland. Except for the breeding season, they mostly move in groups, and in winter there can be more than a hundred. The range of activities is wide, and th...

snow cock，Lagopus muta，Rock Ptarmigan，Ptarmigan

Features：The name sounds domineering, but the animal is actually weak

Rock Ptarmigan has 25 subspecies.Rock Ptarmigan is mostly active in groups except during the breeding season, mostly in small groups of 3-5, and sometimes even up to 100 in winter. It mainly moves on the ground, and roosts in snow caves at night in winter. It flies quickly, but not far. It lives in...

Black pheasant, black chicken，Lyrurus tetrix，Black Grouse

Features：It is named after its shape, which is very similar to the guqin.

The Black Grouse is divided into 7 subspecies according to feather color and body shape. There are 3 subspecies in China, namely Xinjiang subspecies, northern subspecies and northeastern subspecies. There are differences in the body feathers of these 3 subspecies. The difference in the body feathers...

Grouse, wood chicken，Tetrao parvirostris，Black-billed Capercaillie

Features：The male and female have black beaks, feet and toes, and cinnamon irises, but the plumage is quite different.

The black-billed grouse is called Black-billed Capercaillie in foreign language, and there are 3 subspecies.The activities and foraging of black-billed grouse are all during the day, starting at dawn and not stopping until dusk. They are good at walking on the ground, and generally seldom fly except...

Common Grouse, Western Grouse，Tetrao urogallus，Western Capercaillie, Capercaillie

Features：It was first discovered in the mountains of the extreme north of Xinjiang, my country in 1975. It is the largest species of grouse.

The grouse is called Western Capercaillie in foreign language. It has 12 subspecies. It is a large grouse that lives in forest areas. It is the same size as a turkey. Grouse rarely fly except when they go up and down trees. Due to their clumsy bodies, they flap their wings violently when they take o...

Falcipennis falcipennis,Siberian Grouse

Features：The rarest and most endangered species in the grouse family

Siberian Grouse has no subspecies.Siberian Grouse has no obvious migration behavior in autumn and winter, but the altitude of its habitat decreases slightly. They usually move in pairs during the breeding season, and form small groups of 3-10 during the non-breeding season, with a maximum of more th...

Lamb horn chicken，Bonasa sewerzowi，Chinese Grouse

Features：The iris is brown, the beak is dark brown, and the feet are yellow

The foreign name of the spotted-tailed hazel pheasant is Chinese Grouse, which is divided into two subspecies, namely the nominative subspecies (T.s.sewerzowi) and the Sichuan subspecies (T.s.secunda). The difference between the two is that the Sichuan subspecies has a thicker chestnut head and blac...

Flying dragon, grouse, tree chicken，Bonasia bonasia，Tetrastes bonasia，Hazel Grouse

Features：Hazel Grouse is a typical forest bird

The Hazel Grouse, also known as the Hazel Grouse in English, has 12 subspecies. It lives in Northeast China. In Manchu, it is called "Feiye Lenggu", which means "chicken on the tree". Later, it was called "Flying Dragon" based on its homonym.Hazel grouse is a forest-dwe...

Tropicoperdix chloropus,Green-legged Partridge, Green-legged Hill-partridge, Scaly-breasted Partridge,Arborophila chloropus,Scaly-breasted Partridge, Green-legged Mountain Partridge

Features：The iris is reddish brown, the beak is horny yellow, and the feet are green

The green-footed tree partridge was previously classified as the mountain partridge genus (Arborophila) and was called the green-footed mountain partridge. Based on multi-gene sequence analysis, this species and the chestnut-breasted tree partridge (T. charltonii) should be classified as an independ...

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

Features：It is a pheasant species that is unique to China and is only found in Hainan Province.

Hainan Partridge is called Hainan Partridge in foreign language, and has no subspecies.Hainan Partridge often forages in pairs or small groups of 4-5, at the bottom of the ditch, at the foot of the slope, or where fallen leaves are piled up on the hillside. They roost in trees at night. It is alert...

Arborophila crudigularis,Deep Mountain Bamboo Chicken

Features：It is a rare species unique to Taiwan Island, China

Taiwan Partridge is known as Taiwan Partridge in foreign languages, and has no subspecies.Taiwan Partridge is good at hiding. Except for the breeding season when it moves in pairs, it usually moves in small groups of 2-3. It moves mostly on the forest floor and roosts on branches at night. Every mor...

Arborophila mandellii

Features：The upper chest is chestnut, the lower chest to the anus is gray, and the ribs have chestnut and white spots

The Red-breasted Partridge is called Collared Partridge in English. It has no subspecies and is a medium-sized nearly gray partridge. It is an extremely rare resident bird in China.Red-breasted Partridge often lives and moves in small groups, mostly near streams. It is extremely timid, often hiding...