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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.
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Sharp-tailed duck, long-tailed duck, long-tailed duck, gun-towed duck, Chinese duck，Clangula hyemalis，American Wigeon
Long-tailed ducks begin to migrate to their breeding grounds in early March. A small number of them are still seen in Dalian Bay, ···
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Golden-eyed duck, Magpie duck, White-faced duck，Bucephala clangula，Common Goldeneye
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.···
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Silver pheasant, silver pheasant, Vietnamese bird, Vietnamese bird, white pheasant，Lophura nycthemera，silver pheasant
Silver pheasant, also known as silver pheasant, has 17 subspecies and is a large chicken of the genus Pheasant of the family Phasi···
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Pheasant, black chicken，Lophura leucomelanos，Kalij Pheasant
The black pheasant is called Kalij Pheasant in foreign language, and it is divided into 9 subspecies. There are 2 subspecies in Ch···
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Gallus gallus,Red Junglefowl,Camellia Chicken
Red Junglefowl, also known as "junglefowl", has 5 subspecies and is a tropical forest bird.Except during the breeding se···
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Fritillaria chicken, hawk chicken, charcoal chicken, lamb chicken，Lophophorus lhuysii，Chinese Monal，Chinese Impeyan
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 1···
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Alpine Snow Goose，Lophophorus sclateri，Sclater's Monal，Crestless Monal
The white-tailed pheasant is called Sclater's Monal in English. It has three subspecies and is a large chicken.White-tailed ph···
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Nine-color bird，Lophophorus impejanus
The foreign name of the brown-tailed rainbow pheasant is Himalayan Monal, and there is no subspecies.The brown-tailed rainbow phea···
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Willow leaf chicken, tricky chicken，Pucrasia macrolopha，Koklass Pheasant
The Koklass Pheasant has 10 subspecies.Male and female spoonbills move alone or in pairs. They are alert and rarely form groups. T···
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Horned chicken, turkey, longevity chicken，Tragopan caboti，Cabot's Tragopan，Yellow-billed Tragopan
The foreign name of the yellow-bellied tragopan is Cabot's Tragopan, and there are 2 subspecies.The yellow-bellied tragopan is···
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Shou chicken, red chicken, baby chicken，Tragopan temminckii，Temminck's tragopan
The foreign name of the red-bellied tragopan is Temminck's tragopan, and there is no subspecies.The red-bellied tragopan likes···
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Longevity chicken, gray-spotted pheasant，Tragopan blythii，Blyth's Tragopan，Grey-bellied Tragopan
The Blyth's Tragopan is called Blyth's Tragopan in English, and has two subspecies.The Blyth's Tragopan is alert by na···
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Chaffinch，Tragopan satyra，Satyr Tragopan，Crimson Horned-pheasant，Indian Tragopan
The foreign name of the red-breasted tragopan is Satyr Tragopan, and there is no subspecies.The red-breasted tragopan mainly forag···
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Western Tragopan，Tragopan melanocephalus，Western Tragopan，Black-headed Tragopan，Western Horned-pheasant
The foreign name of the black-headed tragopan is Western Tragopan, and there is no subspecies.The black-headed tragopan likes to m···
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Songhua chicken, Taibai chicken, blood chicken, bush chicken, green chicken, willow chicken，Ithaginis cruentus，Blood Pheasant
Blood Pheasant is called Blood Pheasant in foreign language, and has 12 subspecies. Also known as Blood Chicken and Songhua Chicke···
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Alectoris magna,Rusty-necklaced Partridge, Przevalski's Partridge,Gala Chicken
The foreign name of the large stone partridge is Rusty-necklaced Partridge, and there is no subspecies.The large stone partridge d···
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Himalayan Snowcock，Tetraogallus altaicus，Altai Snowcock
Altai Snowcock, also known as Altai Snowcock, has two subspecies.Altai Snowcock often moves in groups except during the breeding s···
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Tibetan snow chicken, pale-bellied snow chicken, snow chicken，Tetraogallus tibetanus，Tibetan Snowcock
Tibetan Snowcock, also known as Tibetan Snowcock in English, has 6 subspecies and is similar in shape to domestic chickens.Tibetan···
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Alpine snowcock, Himalayan snowcock，Tetraogallus himalayensis，Himalayan Snowcock
The Himalayan Snowcock is divided into five subspecies. The nominate subspecies has the darkest color of feathers, the southern Xi···
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Yellow-throated pheasant, Sichuan pheasant quail, sheep-horn chicken，Tetraophasis szechenyii，Buff-throated Partridge，Szechenyi's Monal-Partridge
The foreign name of the yellow-throated pheasant quail is Buff-throated Partridge or Szechenyi's Monal-Partridge. It has no su···
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Red-throated Pheasant, Xikang Pheasant Quail, Sichuan Pheasant Quail, Muping Pheasant Ptarmigan，Tetraophasis obscurus，Chestnut-throated Partridge，Verreaux's Monal-Partridge
Chestnut-throated Partridge, no subspecies.Chestnut-throated Partridge is usually found alone or in pairs, foraging in open areas ···
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Lagopus lagopus,Willow Ptarmigan, Willow Grouse And Red Grouse,Ptarmigan, Willow Chicken, Suir, Snow Chicken
Willow Ptarmigan, with 17 subspecies, is a medium-sized bird in the grouse family.Willow Ptarmigan likes to move in the woods and ···
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snow cock，Lagopus muta，Rock Ptarmigan，Ptarmigan
Rock Ptarmigan has 25 subspecies.Rock Ptarmigan is mostly active in groups except during the breeding season, mostly in small grou···
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Black pheasant, black chicken，Lyrurus tetrix，Black Grouse
The Black Grouse is divided into 7 subspecies according to feather color and body shape. There are 3 subspecies in China, namely X···