Explore birds by lifestyle and ecological group, from waterfowl and waders to parrots, raptors, landfowl, and songbirds.
Use these shortcuts to move into more specific animal groups.
Birds are advanced vertebrates that are adapted to life on land and in the air. Birds are classified into six categories: waterfowl, wading birds, climbing birds, land birds, birds of prey, and songbirds.These six categories are collectively referred to as the six major ecological groups of birds. There are many species of birds, spread all over the world, and the ecology is diverse. There are more than 9,020 known bird species in existence.
Search the animals shown on this page or narrow them by IUCN conservation code.
LC
Zhai bird, ground chicken, long-tailed chicken, mountain pheasant，Syrmaticus reevesii，Reeves's Pheasant
The white-crowned long-tailed pheasant is also known as Reeves's Pheasant. It has no subspecies and is a beneficial bird in th···
LC
Imperial Pheasant，Syrmaticus mikado，Mikado Pheasant
The black long-tailed pheasant is called Mikado Pheasant in English. It has no subspecies and is a large chicken.The black-tailed ···
LC
Ground Chicken，Syrmaticus humiae，Mrs. Hume’s Pheasant
Mrs. Hume’s Pheasant, also known as Mrs. Hume’s Pheasant, has two subspecies.Mrs. Hume’s Pheasant is a resident bird. It often ···
LC
Striped back chicken，Syrmaticus ellioti，Elliot's Pheasant，Chinese Barred-backed Pheasant
Elliot's Pheasant, also known as the White-necked Pheasant, has no subspecies and is a large chicken.Elliot's Pheasant is ···
LC
Crossoptilon auritum,grouse
Blue Eared-pheasant, no subspecies.Blue pheasants like to live in groups of 10-30. They usually start to move at dawn and go to th···
LC
Crossoptilon mantchuricum,Horned chicken, pheasant, Yi bird
Brown Eared-pheasant, with no subspecies, is a bird that inhabits mountain forests.Brown Eared-pheasant is the most precious speci···
LC
Crossoptilon harmani, Hamman Pheasant
Tibetan Eared-pheasant, no subspecies.There are two kinds of pheasants in Tibet, China: one is covered with snow-white feathers, w···
LC
Crossoptilon crossoptilon,White Eared-pheasant,Snow Pheasant
White Eared-pheasant is divided into four subspecies. The Changdu subspecies is the real white eared pheasant. Except for the blac···
LC
Crossoptilon crossoptilon,Blue-bellied Pheasant, Chinese Chicken, Taiwan Blue-bellied Pheasant，Lophura swinhoii，Taiwan Blue Pheasant，Swinhoe's Pheasant
Taiwan Blue Pheasant, with no subspecies, is a large pheasant.The blue pheasant is the same as the white pheasant. The local peopl···
LC
Pintail duck, long-tailed duck, long-tailed duck, rifle duck, middle duck, northern pintail duck，Anas acuta，Northern Pintail
Pintail duck is a medium-sized waterfowl of the class Aves and the family Anatidae, belonging to the family of water ducks. It lik···
LC
Spatula querquedula,Anas querquedula，Garganey,Ducklings, little stone ducks, brook ducks
White-browed ducks often move in pairs or small groups, and also gather in large groups during migration and wintering. They are t···
LC
Ba duck, black-rimmed duck, spectacled duck, yellow-tipped duck, king duck, shaking duck, Yuan duck，Sibirionetta formosa，Baikal Teal
The Mandarin duck is a kind of duck that likes to gather in groups, especially in winter, and often gathers in large groups, and o···
LC
Little duck, little teal, little mallard, duck, duckling, clam duck,Anas crecca，Common Teal，Green-winged，Teal Eurasian Teal
Green-winged ducks like to gather in groups, especially during the migration season and winter, often gathering in large groups of···
LC
Anascaro linensis,Anas carolinensis
The American Green-winged Duck (Anascaro linensis) was discovered by birdwatchers Philip Hyde and Paul Hyde at Dongtan, Nanhui, Sh···
LC
Marmaronetta angustirostris，Marbled Teal，Marbled Duck
The Clouded Duck often moves in small groups. It often gathers in large groups in some important waters during the non-breeding se···
LC
Big red head, red-billed pochard，Netta rufina，Red-crested Pochard
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 ···
LC
American Rock Goose，Aythya valisineria，Canvasback
Sailback ducks are migratory birds. They migrate regularly between their breeding grounds and wintering grounds in spring and autu···
LC
Red-headed duck, sandpiper, sandpiper，Aythya ferina，Common Pochard，Pochard，Northern Pochard
Commonly seen in open waters with reeds and good cover, they live in open lakes and reservoirs during the winter. They often form ···
LC
White-eyed duck, Oriental white-eye duck, Mallard duck，Aythya baeri，Baer's Pochard
The blue-headed duck is a migratory bird. It migrates from the wintering grounds in the south to the north for breeding in mid-Mar···
LC
Marsh duck, crested duck, black-headed duck，Aythya fuligula，Tufted Duck
The Crested Pochard is a migratory bird. Every year in late March and early April, it migrates from its wintering grounds in the s···
LC
Bell duck, Oriental clam duck，Aythya marila，Greater Scaup，Scaup
The Spotted Duck is a migratory bird. It begins to migrate to China for wintering in early October every autumn and leaves in earl···
LC
Eider duck，Polysticta stelleri，Przevalski's Partridge
Little eider ducks like to live in groups. Except for the period of nesting and laying eggs, they live in groups almost all year r···
LC
Strange-billed duck, Scoter，Melanitta fusca，White-winged Scoter，Velvet Scoter
The Spotted-faced Muscovy is a medium-sized, dark, short, flat sea duck. It belongs to the diving duck family. It can dive underwa···
LC
American black duck，Melanitta nigra，Black Scoter，Common Scoter
The Black Sea Muscovy Duck likes to gather in groups, and almost always moves in groups throughout the year. Sometimes males and f···