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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.

Ducula badia

Ducula badia

Ducula badia ,Mountain Imperial Pigeon,Millet-backed imperial pigeon, Grey-headed southern pigeon

Mountain Imperial Pigeon is called Mountain Imperial Pigeon in foreign langu···

Ducula aenea

Ducula aenea

Green dove, big green dove, big green pigeon,Ducula aenea,Green Imperial Pigeon

Green Imperial Pigeon, also known as Green Imperial Pigeon, has 15 subspecie···

Ptilinopus leclancheri

Ptilinopus leclancheri

Black-chinned Green Pigeon, Little Green Pigeon,Ramphiculus leclancheri,Black-chinned Fruit Dove,Ptilinopus leclancheri

Black-chinned Fruit Dove, also known as Black-chinned Fruit Dove, has 4 subs···

Treron formosae

Treron formosae

Taiwan Green Pigeon,Treron formosae,Whistling Green Pigeon

The Whistling Green Pigeon has four subspecies.The Whistling Green Pigeon of···

Treron sieboldii

Treron sieboldii

White-bellied Wedge-tailed Pigeon, White-bellied Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon,Treron sieboldii,White-bellied Green-pigeon

The foreign name of the Red-winged Green-pigeon is White-bellied Green-pigeo···

Treron sphenura

Treron sphenura

Green Pigeon,Treron sphenura,Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon

Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon has four subspecies.Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon is a···

Treron apicauda

Treron apicauda

Treron apicauda,Pin-tailed Green-pigeon

Pin-tailed Green-pigeon, also known as Pin-tailed Green-pigeon, has three su···

Treron phoenicoptera

Treron phoenicoptera

Common Green Pigeon,Treron phoenicoptera,Yellow-footed Green Pigeon

Yellow-footed Green Pigeon, also known as Yellow-footed Green Pigeon, has 5 ···

reron curvirostra

reron curvirostra

Rough-billed Green Pigeon,Treron curvirostra,Thick-billed Green Pigeon

Thick-billed Green Pigeon, also known as Thick-billed Green Pigeon, has 9 su···

Treron pompadora

Treron pompadora

Gray-headed green pigeon, Gray-headed mountain pigeon,Treron pompadora,Pompadour Green-pigeon

Grey-headed green pigeons are called Pompadour Green-pigeon in foreign langu···

Treron bicinctus

Treron bicinctus

Red-breasted Green Pigeon, Orange-breasted Pigeon, Yellow-breasted Green Pigeon,Treron bicinctus,Orange-breasted Green-pigeon

Orange-breasted Green-pigeon has four subspecies.Orange-breasted Green-pigeo···

Macropygia ruficeps

Macropygia ruficeps

Brown-headed cuckoo dove, Lesser red cuckoo dove,Macropygia ruficeps,Little Cuckoo-dove

Little Cuckoo-dove is called Little Cuckoo-dove in English, and there are 8 ···

Barred Cuckoo-dove

Barred Cuckoo-dove

Pied coffee chase,Macropygia unchall,Barred Cuckoo-dove

Barred Cuckoo-dove has three subspecies.Cuckoo doves are resident birds, par···

Columba punicea

Columba punicea

Columba punicea,Pale-capped Pigeon

The foreign name of the purple forest Pigeon is Pale-capped Pigeon, no subsp···

Green Imperial-pigeon

Green Imperial-pigeon

Wood pigeon, common wood pigeon,Columba palumbus,Green Imperial-pigeon

There are 6 subspecies of Green Imperial pigeon. Columba palumbus casiotis (···

Pale-backed Pigeon

Pale-backed Pigeon

Pale-backed Pigeon,Columba eversmanni

The Central Asian Pigeon is known as Pale-backed Pigeon and has no subspecie···

Podiceps nigricollis

Podiceps nigricollis

Black-necked grebe, tranche board,Podiceps nigricollis,Black-necked Grebe, Grèbe à cou noir

The Black-necked Grebe, with 4 subspecies, is a medium-sized water bird.Simi···

Podiceps auritus

Podiceps auritus

Podiceps auritus,Horned Grebe

Horned Grebe has two subspecies.Horned Grebes move in small groups in winter···

Podiceps grisegena

Podiceps grisegena

Podiceps grisegena,Red-necked Grebe,Great red grebe

pit Grebe (pit) foreign name red-necked grebe, there are 2 subspecies in the···

Asarcornis scutulata

Asarcornis scutulata

Asarcornis scutulata,White wing forest duck,White-winged Duck,White-winged Wood Duck,Cairina scutulata

Cairina scutulata is a white-winged duck with no subspecies.The white-winged···

Mergellus albellus

Mergellus albellus

White merganser duck, small merganser duck, Sichuan merganser duck, Panda duck,Mergellus albellus,Smew

Merganser maculata is Smew, no subspecies.In spring, a large number of March···