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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.

Sterna acuticauda

Sterna acuticauda

Sterna acuticauda,Black-bellied Tern

The Black-bellied Tern is a small waterbird with no subspecies.Black-bellied···

Sterna aurantia

Sterna aurantia

Sterna aurantia,River Tern, Indian River Tern,Yellow-billed tern, Indus Tern

River Tern is a medium-sized waterfowl with no subspecies.River terns are re···

Thalasseus bernsteini

Thalasseus bernsteini

Thalasseus bernsteini,Chinese Crested Tern,Sterna bernsteini,Crested tern with black bill

The Chinese Crested Tern is a medium-sized waterbird with no subspecies.The ···

Sterna bergiii

Sterna bergiii

Thalasseus bergii,Great Crested Tern

The Great Crested Tern has six subspecies.Large crested terns are resident b···

Larus relictus

Larus relictus

Larus relictus,Relict Gull,angler

Relict Gull is a medium-sized waterfowl with no subspecies.In 1931, zoologis···

Larus minutus

Larus minutus

Larus minutus,Little Gull,Hydrocoloeus minutus

Little Gull is a small waterfowl with no subspecies.Little gulls are partly ···

Larus saundersi

Larus saundersi

Larus saundersi,Saunders's Gull,Chinese Black-headed Gull,Samson's gull. Wandering gull

Black-billed gull Saunders' s Gull, medium water bird, no subspecies.It ···

Small Pratincole

Small Pratincole

Glareola lactea,Small Pratincole,

Small Pratincole is a small waterside bird with no subspecies.The plover oft···

Limicola falcinellus

Limicola falcinellus

Limicola falcinellus,Broad-billed Sandpiper

The Broad-billed Sandpiper has two subspecies.The broad-billed snipe is main···

Eurynorhynchus pygmeus

Eurynorhynchus pygmeus

Eurynorhynchus pygmeus,Broad-billed Sandpiper,Spoon-billed snipe. Spoon-billed snipe

Spoon-billed Sandpiper is a small wading bird with no subspecies.The snipe i···

Calidris tenuirostris

Calidris tenuirostris

Calidris tenuirostris,Great Knot

The Great Knot is a small wading bird with no subspecies.The giant Sandpiper···

Arenaria interpres

Arenaria interpres

Arenaria interpres,Ruddy Turnstone, Turnstone,Red turncock, brown turncock

The foreign name Ruddy Turnstone, no subspecies.The turnstone snipe is a tra···

Tringa guttifer

Tringa guttifer

Tringa guttifer,Spotted Greenshank,Nordmann's GreenshankNordstrom's Snipe

Spotted Greenshank is a small wading bird with no subspecies.The little gree···

Numenius madagascariensis

Numenius madagascariensis

Numenius madagascariensis,Far Eastern Curlew,Redback Snipe, Redback Snipe, 黦 Snipe, Hausen

The foreign name is Far Eastern Curlew, and there are no subspecies.Curlews ···

Numenius minutus

Numenius minutus

Numenius minutus,Little Curlew,Little old oil can

Little Curlew is a small wading bird with no subspecies.The curlew usually m···

Limnodromus semipalmatus

Limnodromus semipalmatus

Limnodromus semipalmatus,Asian Dowitcher, Asiatic Dowitcher,Limnodrome semipalmé

The semi-webbed snipe (ban p Giryu), also known as Asian Dowitcher, is a sma···

Gallinago nemoricola

Gallinago nemoricola

Gallinago nemoricola,Wood Snipe

Wood Snipe, small wading bird, no subspecies.It is timid and withdrawn, ofte···

Metopidius indicus

Metopidius indicus

Metopidius indicus,Bronze-winged Jacana

Bronze-winged Jacana is a small wading bird with no subspecies.Copper-winged···

Hydrophasianus chirurgus

Hydrophasianus chirurgus

Hydrophasianus chirurgus,Pheasant-tailed Jacana,Pheasant-tailed pheasant-tailed pheasant

Pheasant-tailed Jacana is a small to medium sized bird with no subspecies.Wa···

Vanellus gregarius

Vanellus gregarius

Vanellus gregarius,Sociable Lapwing, Sociable Plover,Vanneau sociable,Chettusia gregaria ssp. gregaria,lar and Andrew,Chettusia gregaria ssp. gregaria,amp and Simmons,Long legged lapis

The Sociable Lapwingm is a medium-sized wading bird.Yellow-cheeked laphens a···

Ibidorhyncha struthersii

Ibidorhyncha struthersii

Ibidorhyncha struthersii,Ibisbill

Ibisbill is a gray, black and white sandpiper with no subspecies.Ibisbill is···