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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.

ketupa flavipes

ketupa flavipes

ketupa flavipes,Tawny Fish-owl

Raptor LC

Yellow-legged Fish Owl, also known as Tawny Fish-owl, is a large owl with no···

Ketupa zeylonensis

Ketupa zeylonensis

Ketupa zeylonensis,Brown Fish-Owl

Raptor LC

Brown Fish-Owl is a large owl with 4 subspecies.Brown Fish-Owl often moves a···

Bubo blakistoni

Bubo blakistoni

Bubo blakistoni,Blakiston's Eagle-owl

Raptor LC

Blakiston's Eagle-owl is a large owl with two subspecies.The Hairy-legge···

Bubo nipalensis

Bubo nipalensis

Bubo nipalensis,Spot-bellied Eagle-owl

Raptor LC

Spot-bellied Eagle-owl, also known as Spot-bellied Eagle-owl, is a large owl···

Bubo bubo

Bubo bubo

Eurasian Eagle-owl,Eagle owl, eagle owl, horned owl, eagle owl, fish owl

Raptor LC

The eagle owl is called Eurasian Eagle-owl in foreign language. It is a noct···

Bubo scandiacus

Bubo scandiacus

Bubo scandiacus,Snowy Owl,Snowy Owl, White Owl, White Owl, Snow Eagle

Raptor LC

Snowy Owl, also known as Snowy Owl in English, is a bird of prey with no sub···

Otus elegan

Otus elegan

Otus elegan,Ryukyu Scops-owl,Elegant Scops-Owl,Okinawa Scops Owl, Ryukyu Scops Owl

Raptor LC

The elegant scops-owl, also known as the Ryukyu Scops-owl, is a nocturnal bi···

Otus sunia

Otus sunia

Otus sunia,Oriental Scops-owl,Common horned owl, Eastern owl

Raptor LC

The Oriental Scops-owl is a small bird of prey with 9 subspecies.The Red Sco···

Otus scops

Otus scops

Otus scops,Eurasian Scops-owl,Eurasian scops owl, Common scops owl, Ulabaul-Ulba, night owl, cacophonous bird

Raptor LC

The Western Red Scops Owl, whose foreign name is Eurasian Scops-owl, has 5 s···

Otus brucei

Otus brucei

Otus brucei,Pallid Scops Owl

Raptor LC

Pallid Scops Owl is a small osprey with 4 subspecies.Pallid Scops Owl usuall···

Otus semitorques

Otus semitorques

Otus semitorques,Japanese Scops-owl

Raptor LC

The Japanese Scops-owl is called Japanese Scops-owl in English and has three···

Otus lettia

Otus lettia

Otus lettia,Collared Scops Owl

Raptor LC

Collared Scops Owl, also known as Collared Scops Owl, is a small bird with 5···

Otus spilocephalus

Otus spilocephalus

Otus spilocephalus,Mountain Scops-owl

Raptor LC

The Yellow-billed Scops Owl is a small bird with 8 subspecies.The Yellow-bil···

Buteo refectus

Buteo refectus

Buteo refectus,Himalayan Buzzard,Buteo buteo burmanicus Hume, 1875,Buteo japonicus refectus Portenko, 1935,Buteo refectus Portenko, 1935,Buteo buteo refectus Portenko, 1935

Raptor LC

Himalayan Buzzard, also known as Himalayan Buzzard in English, is a medium-s···

Buteo japonicus

Buteo japonicus

Buteo japonicus,Eastern Buzzard,Japanese buzzard, East Asian buzzard

Raptor LC

Common buzzard is a medium-sized bird of prey with three subspecies.Common b···

Buteo hemilasius

Buteo hemilasius

Buteo hemilasius,Upland Buzzard,Leopard, egret leopard

Raptor LC

The Upland Buzzard is a large bird of prey with no subspecies.The Upland Buz···

Buteo lagopus

Buteo lagopus

Buteo lagopus,Rough-legged Buzzard, Snow Leopard, Hairy-footed Buzzard

Raptor LC

Rough-legged Buzzard is a medium-sized bird of prey with 4 subspecies.Rough-···

Butastur indicus

Butastur indicus

Butastur indicus,Grey-faced Buzzard,Gray-faced hawk, Gray-faced hawk, Gray-faced buzzard

Raptor LC

Grey-faced Buzzard is a medium-sized bird of prey with no subspecies.Grey-fa···

Butastur liventer

Butastur liventer

Butastur liventer,Rufous-winged Buzzard Eagle

Raptor LC

Rufous-winged Buzzard Eagle, foreign name Rufous-winged Buzzard Eagle, no su···

Butastur teesa

Butastur teesa

Butastur teesa,White-eyed Buzzard,

Raptor LC

White-eyed Buzzard is a medium-sized bird of prey with no subspecies.White-e···

Icthyophaga humilis

Icthyophaga humilis

Icthyophaga humilis,Lesser Fish-eagle,Small fish sculpture,Haliaeetus humilis (Müller & Schlegel, 1841),Pigarguillo Menor,Falco humilis Muller & Schlegel, 1841,Ichthyophaga humilis (Müller &am

Raptor LC

Lesser Fish-eagle, also known as the Lesser Fish-eagle, is a large bird of p···