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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.

Crossoptilon mantchuricum

Crossoptilon mantchuricum

Crossoptilon mantchuricum,Horned chicken, pheasant, Yi bird

Brown Eared-pheasant, with no subspecies, is a bird that inhabits mountain f···

Crossoptilon harmani

Crossoptilon harmani

Crossoptilon harmani, Hamman Pheasant

Tibetan Eared-pheasant, no subspecies.There are two kinds of pheasants in Ti···

Crossoptilon crossoptilon

Crossoptilon crossoptilon

Crossoptilon crossoptilon,White Eared-pheasant,Snow Pheasant

White Eared-pheasant is divided into four subspecies. The Changdu subspecies···

Crossoptilon crossoptilon

Crossoptilon crossoptilon

Crossoptilon crossoptilon,Blue-bellied Pheasant, Chinese Chicken, Taiwan Blue-bellied Pheasant,Lophura swinhoii,Taiwan Blue Pheasant,Swinhoe's Pheasant

Taiwan Blue Pheasant, with no subspecies, is a large pheasant.The blue pheas···

Anas acuta

Anas acuta

Pintail duck, long-tailed duck, long-tailed duck, rifle duck, middle duck, northern pintail duck,Anas acuta,Northern Pintail

Pintail duck is a medium-sized waterfowl of the class Aves and the family An···

Spatula querquedula

Spatula querquedula

Spatula querquedula,Anas querquedula,Garganey,Ducklings, little stone ducks, brook ducks

White-browed ducks often move in pairs or small groups, and also gather in l···

Sibirionetta formosa

Sibirionetta formosa

Ba duck, black-rimmed duck, spectacled duck, yellow-tipped duck, king duck, shaking duck, Yuan duck,Sibirionetta formosa,Baikal Teal

The Mandarin duck is a kind of duck that likes to gather in groups, especial···

Anas crecca

Anas crecca

Little duck, little teal, little mallard, duck, duckling, clam duck,Anas crecca,Common Teal,Green-winged,Teal Eurasian Teal

Green-winged ducks like to gather in groups, especially during the migration···

Anas carolinensis

Anas carolinensis

Anascaro linensis,Anas carolinensis

The American Green-winged Duck (Anascaro linensis) was discovered by birdwat···

Marmaronetta angustirostris

Marmaronetta angustirostris

Marmaronetta angustirostris,Marbled Teal,Marbled Duck

The Clouded Duck often moves in small groups. It often gathers in large grou···

Netta rufina

Netta rufina

Big red head, red-billed pochard,Netta rufina,Red-crested Pochard

Red-billed Pochards are slow-witted and not very afraid of people. They are ···

Aythya valisineria

Aythya valisineria

American Rock Goose,Aythya valisineria,Canvasback

Sailback ducks are migratory birds. They migrate regularly between their bre···

Aythya ferina

Aythya ferina

Red-headed duck, sandpiper, sandpiper,Aythya ferina,Common Pochard,Pochard,Northern Pochard

Commonly seen in open waters with reeds and good cover, they live in open la···

Aythya baeri

Aythya baeri

White-eyed duck, Oriental white-eye duck, Mallard duck,Aythya baeri,Baer's Pochard

The blue-headed duck is a migratory bird. It migrates from the wintering gro···

Aythya fuligula

Aythya fuligula

Marsh duck, crested duck, black-headed duck,Aythya fuligula,Tufted Duck

The Crested Pochard is a migratory bird. Every year in late March and early ···

Aythya marila

Aythya marila

Bell duck, Oriental clam duck,Aythya marila,Greater Scaup,Scaup

The Spotted Duck is a migratory bird. It begins to migrate to China for wint···

Polysticta stelleri

Polysticta stelleri

Eider duck,Polysticta stelleri,Przevalski's Partridge

Little eider ducks like to live in groups. Except for the period of nesting ···

Melanitta fusca

Melanitta fusca

Strange-billed duck, Scoter,Melanitta fusca,White-winged Scoter,Velvet Scoter

The Spotted-faced Muscovy is a medium-sized, dark, short, flat sea duck. It ···

Melanitta nigra

Melanitta nigra

American black duck,Melanitta nigra,Black Scoter,Common Scoter

The Black Sea Muscovy Duck likes to gather in groups, and almost always move···

Clangula hyemalis

Clangula hyemalis

Sharp-tailed duck, long-tailed duck, long-tailed duck, gun-towed duck, Chinese duck,Clangula hyemalis,American Wigeon

Long-tailed ducks begin to migrate to their breeding grounds in early March.···

Bucephala clangula

Bucephala clangula

Golden-eyed duck, Magpie duck, White-faced duck,Bucephala clangula,Common Goldeneye

The magpie duck is a common wild duck in the eastern coastal areas and inlan···