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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.

Esacus magnirostris

Esacus magnirostris

Esacus magnirostris,Great Thick-knee

Great Thick-knee is a medium-sized wading bird with no subspecies.Great Thic···

Grus antigone

Grus antigone

Grus antigone,Sarus Crane

Sarus Crane is a large wading bird with three subspecies.Sarus Crane often m···

Grus vipio

Grus vipio

Grus vipio,White-naped Crane, red-faced crane, white-crowned crane, native crane

White-naped Crane is a large wading bird with no subspecies.White-naped Cran···

Porphyrio porphyrio

Porphyrio porphyrio

Porphyrio porphyrio,Purple Swamphen, Purple Gallinule, Purple Swamp-Hen,Poule sultane

Purple moorhen is called pukeko in foreign language. It is a medium-sized wa···

Grus canadensis

Grus canadensis

Grus canadensis,Brown Crane, Canada Crane

Sandhill Crane is a large wading bird with the largest number of cranes in t···

Grus leucogeranus

Grus leucogeranus

Grus leucogeranus,Siberian Crane ,Siberian White Crane, Snow Crane,Siberian Crane, Nun Crane, Snow Crane

The Siberian Crane is a large wading bird. Although it is divided into three···

Porzana paykullii

Porzana paykullii

Porzana paykullii,Band-bellied Crake

Band-bellied Crake, whose foreign name is Band-bellied Crake, is a small wad···

Zapornia parva

Zapornia parva

Zapornia parva,Porzana parva,Little Crake

Little Crake is a small wading bird with no subspecies.The frog often moves ···

Zapornia bicolor

Zapornia bicolor

Zapornia bicolor,Black-tailed Crake,Amaurornis bicolor,Porzana bicolor,Black-tailed bittern

The brown-backed frog is called Black-tailed Crake in foreign language, and ···

Crex crex

Crex crex

Crex crex,Corncrake, Corn Crake

The foreign name of the long-legged rail is Corncrake, Corn Crake, which is ···

Coturnicops exquisitus

Coturnicops exquisitus

Coturnicops exquisitus,Swinhoes Yellow Rail

The foreign name of the Swinhoes Yellow Rail is Swinhoes Yellow Rail, and th···

Tetrax tetrax

Tetrax tetrax

Tetrax tetrax, Little Bustard,Outarde canepetière, Sisón,Ground

Little Bustard, also known as Little Bustard in English, is a large bird of ···

Chlamydotis macqueeni

Chlamydotis macqueeni

Spotted Bustard、Chlamydotis macqueeni,Macqueen's Bustard

Houbara Bustard, also known as Macqueen's Bustard, has no subspecies. A ···

Otis tarda

Otis tarda

Otis tarda,Great Bustard,Avutarda, Avutarda Común,Додук, Մեծ արոս, Дуадақ,Ground quail, old brocade, lone leopard, wild goose

The Great Bustard has two subspecies, both of which are distributed in China···

Centropus bengalensis

Centropus bengalensis

Centropus bengalensis,Lesser Coucal,Little Chicken,Little Crow Pheasant,Little Pheasant Cock,Little Wasp

Lesser Coucal is a medium-sized bird with three subspecies.Lesser Coucal is ···

Centropus sinensis

Centropus sinensis

Centropus sinensis,Big hairy chicken, hairy chicken, red hairy chicken, red pheasant, wasp, green knot chicken, Luogu

The Greater Coucal is a medium-sized bird with 6 subspecies.The Greater Couc···

Hirundapus cochinchinensis

Hirundapus cochinchinensis

Hirundapus cochinchinensis,Silver-backed Needletail

Grey-throated Needle-tailed Swift often flies in open areas and over forests···

Aerodramus fuciphagus

Aerodramus fuciphagus

Aerodramus fuciphagus,Edible-nest Swiftlet

The Java Swiftlet is called Edible-nest Swiftlet in English, and has 8 subsp···

Hemiprocne coronata

Hemiprocne coronata

Hemiprocne coronata,Crested Treeswift,Crested Tree Swift

The Crested Treeswift is called Crested Treeswift in English. There are 6 su···

Batrachostomus hodgsoni

Batrachostomus hodgsoni

Batrachostomus hodgsoni,Hodgson's Frogmouth,Black-crowned Frogmouth, Black-crowned Frogmouth

The Black-capped Frogmouth Nightjar, also known as Hodgson’s Frogmouth in f···

Pterocles orientalis

Pterocles orientalis

Pterocles orientalis,Black-bellied Sandgrouse

Black-bellied Sandgrouse, there are 2 subspecies.Black-bellied Sandgrouse is···