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Ptilinopus leclancheri

Ptilinopus leclancheri

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

Features:The purple horizontal bands on the chin and chest are the identifying features of this species

Black-chinned Fruit Dove, also known as Black-chinned Fruit Dove, has 4 subspecies.Black-chinned Fruit Dove is a resident bird, often acting alone, rarely in groups. It is timid and always stops for a while before taking off when in danger. It flies fast and powerfully. They often move in the canopy...

Treron formosae

Treron formosae

Taiwan Green Pigeon,Treron formosae,Whistling Green Pigeon

Features:The forehead, top of the head and nape of the male bird are orange-red.

The Whistling Green Pigeon has four subspecies.The Whistling Green Pigeon often moves alone, in pairs or in small groups, especially in the morning and evening. It mainly moves and forages in the tree canopy. It is a frugivorous bird: it mainly consumes a variety of fruits, seeds and berries, howeve...

Treron sieboldii

Treron sieboldii

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

Features:There are large purple-red chestnut spots on the wings, and the abdomen and the rest of the lower body are milky white or light brown, which is lighter than the abdomen of other green pigeons.

The foreign name of the Red-winged Green-pigeon is White-bellied Green-pigeon, and there are 4 subspecies.The Red-winged Green-pigeon often moves in small groups or alone. It flies fast and straight, and can suddenly change direction during flight. When flying, its wings flap quickly and powerfully,...

Treron sphenura

Treron sphenura

Green Pigeon,Treron sphenura,Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon

Features:The tail is wedge-shaped, with the two outermost pairs of tail feathers having black subterminal spots.

Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon has four subspecies.Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon is a resident bird, often moving alone, in pairs or in small groups. It is especially active in the morning and evening, mainly moving and foraging in the tree canopy. The call is very pleasant, full of flute-like sounds. It mai...

Treron apicauda

Treron apicauda

Treron apicauda,Pin-tailed Green-pigeon

Features:The tail feathers are dark grape gray or pearl gray, and the central pair of tail feathers are particularly elongated and pointed.

Pin-tailed Green-pigeon, also known as Pin-tailed Green-pigeon, has three subspecies.The Pin-tailed Green Pigeon is a resident bird. It often forms small groups and moves on tall trees. It often flies between trees or stands on branches and sings. The sound is mostly a whistle with rich changes, ric...

Treron phoenicoptera

Treron phoenicoptera

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

Features:Its feet are yellow and its claws are grey, which is one of the characteristics that distinguishes it from other green pigeons.

Yellow-footed Green Pigeon, also known as Yellow-footed Green Pigeon, has 5 subspecies.Yellow-footed Green Pigeon often moves alone or in pairs, sometimes in small groups of 5-6, with a maximum of more than 10. In the early morning and evening, they like to stand on the branches at the top of the tr...

reron curvirostra

reron curvirostra

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

Features:The bill is short and thick, pale yellowish green or lead white

Thick-billed Green Pigeon, also known as Thick-billed Green Pigeon, has 9 subspecies.Thick-billed Green Pigeon is fond of eating the fruits of banyan trees, so it often appears in fruit trees, especially banyan trees. Places with abundant old banyan trees often attract a large number of Thick-billed...

Treron pompadora

Treron pompadora

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

Features:The back of the neck to the upper back is dark green, and the lower back and shoulders are dark purple chestnut, forming a wide "V"

Grey-headed green pigeons are called Pompadour Green-pigeon in foreign language, and there are 8 subspecies.Grey-headed green pigeons like to live in lowland evergreen rainforests in small or large groups. They often visit saline land. They often move in groups, starting to move and forage after day...

Treron bicinctus

Treron bicinctus

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

Features:A wide reddish-purple band runs across the upper chest, followed by another wider brownish-orange band.

Orange-breasted Green-pigeon has four subspecies.Orange-breasted Green-pigeon is mainly a resident bird, usually alone or in small groups of 5-6, and sometimes mixed with other birds. It is most active in the morning and evening. Likes to live on the top branches of dead trees. Its call is a beautif...

Macropygia ruficeps

Macropygia ruficeps

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

Features:Has a brown head

Little Cuckoo-dove is called Little Cuckoo-dove in English, and there are 8 subspecies.Little Cuckoo-dove is a resident bird, usually moving in groups. It moves calmly, and always stays for a while before taking off when it encounters danger. It has a low voice. It mainly feeds on plant fruits, seed...

Barred Cuckoo-dove

Barred Cuckoo-dove

Pied coffee chase,Macropygia unchall,Barred Cuckoo-dove

Features:A large, long-tailed turtle with black or brown markings on its back and tail

Barred Cuckoo-dove has three subspecies.Cuckoo doves are resident birds, partially wandering. Usually in pairs, occasionally alone, rarely in groups. Land with your tail up. Action is calm, not afraid of people, do not fly away immediately after seeing people, always stay and look at each other for...

Columba punicea

Columba punicea

Columba punicea,Pale-capped Pigeon

Features:It is a medium sized tawny and grey pigeon

The foreign name of the purple forest Pigeon is Pale-capped Pigeon, no subspecies.Purple pigeons often live alone or in pairs. Occasionally in small groups, sexually active, fast and powerful flight. It mainly feeds on berries, figs and other plant fruits and seeds, and also eats crop seeds. It ofte...

Green Imperial-pigeon

Green Imperial-pigeon

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

Features:Similar in size to the wild pigeon, the body is gray, with a white collar, and the wings have white stripes

There are 6 subspecies of Green Imperial pigeon. Columba palumbus casiotis (Columba palumbus casiotis) is the only one in China. It is found in Kashgar and Tianshan Mountains in western Xinjiang. Rare resident bird.Zebra pigeons like to travel in groups, especially during the non-breeding season. Te...

Pale-backed Pigeon

Pale-backed Pigeon

Pale-backed Pigeon,Columba eversmanni

Features:It resembles a European dove, but has a white back

The Central Asian Pigeon is known as Pale-backed Pigeon and has no subspecies. Central Asian pigeons Often live alone or in pairs. Occasionally in small groups, sexually active, fast and powerful flight. It mainly feeds on berries, figs and other plant fruits and seeds, and also eats crop seeds. It...

Podiceps nigricollis

Podiceps nigricollis

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

Features:The wing color is fiery red, the neck is black, and the overall plumage distribution color difference is particularly obvious

The Black-necked Grebe, with 4 subspecies, is a medium-sized water bird.Similarly, the horned grebe has a straight mouth and a flat forehead; The front neck and chest of the summer feather are red, and the feathers behind the eyes are not fanned out but in a family shape. The winter feather below th...

Podiceps auritus

Podiceps auritus

Podiceps auritus,Horned Grebe

Features:Starting from the front of the eyes to the back of the eyes, there is a cluster of golden chestnut feathers on each side extending to the back of the head, forming a double horn shape, hence the name.

Horned Grebe has two subspecies.Horned Grebes move in small groups in winter. It breeds in freshwater areas throughout the northern temperate zone. Parent birds often carry their chicks on their backs when swimming. In winter, it disperses to the south of about 30° north latitude, including coastal...

Podiceps grisegena

Podiceps grisegena

Podiceps grisegena,Red-necked Grebe,Great red grebe

Features:They stay together for life

pit Grebe (pit) foreign name red-necked grebe, there are 2 subspecies in the world, that is, Red necked Grebe named subspecies P. g. Grisegena (Boddaert, 1783) and the Red Necked Grebe Northern subspecies P. g. holboellii (Reinhardt, 1854). China has only a northern subspecies, which breeds in Heilo...

Asarcornis scutulata

Asarcornis scutulata

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

Features:The head and neck were white, covered with black spots, and the wings were covered with white feathers

Cairina scutulata is a white-winged duck with no subspecies.The white-winged duck is classified together with the wart-nosed duck in the genus Periscopus. However, analysis of cytochrome b and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 in mitochondrial DNA and biogeographical distribution patterns indicate that t...

Mergellus albellus

Mergellus albellus

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

Features:A duck that looks a bit like a panda

Merganser maculata is Smew, no subspecies.In spring, a large number of March-headed mergansers migrate north from their southern wintering grounds from mid-March to early April, while a small number migrate as late as early to mid-April. Autumn begins to move away from the breeding grounds in early...

Tadorna cristata

Tadorna cristata

Chicken head and duck,Tadorna cristata,Crested Shelduck

Features:Dimorphism. The male has a black-green crown, the female has white eye circles, and the head has prominent feathers.

The crested duck (Tadorna cristata) is a group of birds of the family Anatidae, inhabiting lakes, rivers, ponds, salt ponds, estuarine marshes, and grasslands. Mixing with other duck species. They live in pairs during breeding period and in family groups and small groups during non-breeding period....

Gadwall

Gadwall

Green edge boy, beautiful scenery,Anas strepera,Gadwall

Features:The male has a black bill and orange-yellow feet. The female beak is orange and the peak black.

Anas strepera (Anas strepera) is a medium-sized duck that is slightly smaller than domestic ducks, often living in small flocks, and likes to mingle with other wild ducks. Sex timid and alert, when there is danger immediately rushed out of the water grass. Flying extremely fast, the wings flap fast...