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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.

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···

Pitta oatesi

Pitta oatesi

Pitta oatesi,Rusty-naped Pitta,Guoba Que

The Rusty-naped Pitta is called Rusty-naped Pitta in English, and has 4 subs···

Pitta soror

Pitta soror

Pitta soror,Blue-rumped Pitta

Blue-rumped Pitta, also known as Blue-rumped Pitta, has 5 subspecies.Blue-ru···

Pitta nipalensis

Pitta nipalensis

Pitta nipalensis,Blue-naped Pitta

Blue-naped Pitta, also known as Blue-naped Pitta, is a medium-sized bird of ···

Pitta phayrei

Pitta phayrei

Pitta phayrei,Eared Pitta,Magpie Yellow Oriole

Double-braided Pitta, with no subspecies.Double-braided Pitta forages in bam···

Psittinus cyanurus

Psittinus cyanurus

Psittinus cyanurus,Blue-rumped Parrot

Blue-rumped Parrot, also known as Blue-rumped Parrot, is a small parrot and ···

Falco peregrinus

Falco peregrinus

Falco peregrinus,Peregrine Falcon,Rosewood eagle, pigeon tiger, duck tiger, blue swallow

Raptor LC

Peregrine falcon is called Peregrine Falcon in foreign language, and it has ···

Great slaty woodpecker

Great slaty woodpecker

Great slaty woodpecker,Mulleripicus pulverulentus

Great Slaty Woodpecker is a large gray woodpecker with two subspecies.Great ···

Picus rabieri

Picus rabieri

Picus rabieri,Red-collared woodpecker

Red-collared Woodpecker, no subspecies.Red-necked Woodpecker is a resident b···