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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.

Platalea leucorodia

Platalea leucorodia

Platalea leucorodia,Eurasian Spoonbill,Spoonbilled Heron, Spoonbilled Heron

The Eurasian Spoonbill is a large wading bird with three subspecies.The popu···

Plegadis falcinellus

Plegadis falcinellus

Plegadis falcinellus,Glossy Ibis

The Glossy Ibis, also known as the Glossy Ibis in English, is a dark chestnu···

Nipponia nippon

Nipponia nippon

Nipponia nippon,JapaneseCrestedIbis ,Crested IbisAsian Crested Ibis, Japanese Crested Ibis,,Ibis sinensis(synonym)、Ibis nippon(synonym),Crested Ibis、Asian Crested Ibis、Japanese Crested Ibis

The foreign names of Crested Ibis, Asian Crested Ibis, Japanese Crested Ibis···

Pseudibis davisoni

Pseudibis davisoni

Pseudibis davisoni,White-shouldered Ibis,Oriental Black Ibis

White-shouldered Ibis is called White-shouldered Ibis in foreign language. T···

Threskiornis melanocephalus

Threskiornis melanocephalus

Threskiornis melanocephalus,Black-headed Ibis,White Ibis

Black-headed Ibis is a large wading bird.Black-headed Ibis usually moves in ···

Phalacrocorax pelagicus

Phalacrocorax pelagicus

Phalacrocorax pelagicus,Pelagic Cormorant,Black Pelican

Pelagic Cormorant is a large water bird with two subspecies.Most of the sea ···

Little Cormorant

Little Cormorant

Phalacrocorax niger

Little Cormorant, a medium-sized cormorant, is much smaller than the general···

Brown Booby

Brown Booby

Sula leucogaster

Brown Booby, also known as Brown Booby, is a waterfowl and large seabird wit···

Red-footed Booby

Red-footed Booby

Sula sula

Red-footed Booby is a black and white or smoky brown booby with three subspe···

Sula dactylatra

Sula dactylatra

Sula dactylatra,Masked Booby

The Masked Booby is a black and white booby with 6 subspecies.Except for the···

Lesser Frigatebird

Lesser Frigatebird

Fregata ariel

Lesser Frigatebird, also known as Lesser Frigatebird, has three subspecies.L···

Great Frigatebird

Great Frigatebird

Fregata minor

Great Frigatebird is a large seabird with 5 subspecies.The Great Frigatebird···

Christmas Island Frigatebrid

Christmas Island Frigatebrid

Fregata andrewsi

The white-bellied frigatebird is also known as Christmas Island Frigatebrid.···

Lesser Adjutant

Lesser Adjutant

Leptoptilos javanicus

Lesser Adjutant, also known as Lesser Adjutant in English, is a large and bu···

White Stork

White Stork

Ciconia ciconia,red-billed white, European white stork, western white stork

White Stork is a large wading bird, which is the common name for European wh···

Ciconia nigra

Ciconia nigra

Black stork, black stork, pot stork

Black Stork is a large wading bird with no subspecies.The black stork is a m···

Painted stork

Painted stork

Mycteria leucocephala

Painted Stork is also known as White-headed Stork in English. There is no su···

Phoebastria albatrus

Phoebastria albatrus

Petrel, albatross, Short-tailed Albatross

Short-tailed Albatross is a large seabird with no subspecies.Short-tailed Al···

Phoebastria nigripes

Phoebastria nigripes

Phoebastria nigripes,Black-footed Albatross

The Black-footed Albatross (footed Albatross) is a large seabird of the fami···

Synthliboramphus wumizusume

Synthliboramphus wumizusume

Synthliboramphus wumizusume,Japanese Murrelet, Crested Murrelet,Mérgulo japonés,Crested auklet

The Japanese Murrelet is a small seabird with characteristics typical of sma···

Chlidonias niger

Chlidonias niger

Chlidonias niger

The Black Tern has two subspecies. The call is a short, nasal scream called ···