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Birds are advanced vertebrates that are adapted to life on land and in the air. Birds in China are divided into six categories: waterfowl, wading birds, climbing birds, land birds, raptors, 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, and more than 1,400 species in China.

Pycnonotus taivanus

Pycnonotus taivanus

Pycnonotus taivanus,Styan's Bulbul,Aconitum

Taiwan Bulbul [bēi] is a medium-sized bulbul with no subspeciesTaiwan Bulbu···

Acrocephalus sorghophilus

Acrocephalus sorghophilus

Speckled Reed Warbler,Acrocephalus sorghophilus

The Speckled Reed Warbler is a medium-sized reed warbler with no subspecies.···

Alauda arvensis

Alauda arvensis

Alauda arvensis, Eurasian Skylark, Sky Lark, Skylark, Alouette des champs,Alauda japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1848,Great pipit, sky pipit, lark, bird of paradise, alan

Skylark is a small songbird with 11 subspecies.Skylarks often migrate in gro···

Melanocorypha mongolica

Melanocorypha mongolica

Melanocorypha mongolica,Mongolian Sky Lark

Mongolian Sky Lark, a small songbird with no subspecies.Mongolian Sky Lark o···

Mirafra javanica

Mirafra javanica

Mirafra javanica,Australasian Lark

The Australasian Lark is a small songbird with 16 subspecies.The song lark o···

Parus davidi

Parus davidi

Parus davidi,Rusty-breasted Tit

Rusty-breasted Tit, a small bird with no subspecies.Except for the breeding ···

Parus superciliosus

Parus superciliosus

Parus superciliosus

White-browed Tit is a species endemic to China with no subspecies.White-brow···

Podoces biddulphi

Podoces biddulphi

Podoces biddulphi,Xinjiang Ground-jay,Xinjiang ground crow, Biddulph ground crow, sand magpie, desert bird

White-tailed Ground-jay is called Xinjiang Ground-jay in foreign language, a···

Podoces hendersoni

Podoces hendersoni

Podoces hendersoni,Mongolian Ground-jay

The black-tailed ground jay is called Mongolian Ground-jay in foreign langua···

Cissa hypoleuca

Cissa hypoleuca

Cissa hypoleuca,Yellow-breasted Magpie,Oriental green magpie, Indochinese green magpie, Indochinese green blue magpie

Yellow-breasted Magpie, also known as Yellow-breasted Magpie, has 5 subspeci···

Cissa chinensis

Cissa chinensis

Cissa chinensis,Common Green Magpie

Common Green Magpie, with 5 subspecies.Common Green Magpie is a resident bir···

Perisoreus internigrans

Perisoreus internigrans

Perisoreus internigrans,Black-hcoled Jay

Black-headed Jay, no subspecies.Black-headed Jay usually moves alone or in p···

Dicrurus paradiseus

Dicrurus paradiseus

Dicrurus paradiseus,Greater Racket-tailed Drongo,Large drongo, long-tailed drongo, arrow-bearing bird

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo has 13 subspecies.Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ···

Dicrurus remifer

Dicrurus remifer

Dicrurus remifer,Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo,Small tennis ball

Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo has four subspecies.Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo ···

Oriolus mellianus

Oriolus mellianus

Oriolus mellianus,Silver Oriole,Magpie oriole, magpie-colored oriole, magpie-colored oriole

Silver Oriole, a medium-sized songbird, is a single species with no subspeci···

Serilophus lunatus

Serilophus lunatus

Sliver-breasted Broadbill,Serilophus lunatus,Hainan broadbill, Silver-breasted silky broadbill

Silver-breasted Broadbill, also known as Silver-breasted Broadbill, has 10 s···

Psarisomus dalhousiae

Psarisomus dalhousiae

Psarisomus dalhousiae,Long-tailed Broadbill

The foreign name of the long-tailed broadbill is Long-tailed Broadbill, and ···

Pitta brachyura

Pitta brachyura

Pitta brachyura,Indian Pitta,Five-colored bird, Indian Pitta

The blue-winged pitta is called Indian Pitta in foreign language, and has no···

Pitta nympha

Pitta nympha

Pitta nympha,Fairy Pitta

Fairy Pitta, also known as Fairy Pitta, has two subspecies.Fairy Pitta is a ···

Pitta sordida

Pitta sordida

Pitta sordida,Hooded Pitta

The green-breasted pitta is called Hooded Pitta in English, and has 12 subsp···

Pitta cyanea

Pitta cyanea

Pitta cyanea,Blue Pitta,

Blue Pitta, also known as Blue Pitta, has three subspecies.Blue Pitta runs o···