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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.

Aythya affinis

Aythya affinis

Aythya affinis,Lesser Scaup

The Lesser Pochard is a migratory bird that forms a flock of 25-50 birds whe···

Histrionicus histrionicus

Histrionicus histrionicus

Morning Duck,Histrionicus histrionicus,Harlequin Duck,Harlequin

The ugly duck lives and inhabits streams, deep recesses between rocks and bu···

Mergus squamatus

Mergus squamatus

Scaly-sided Merganser,Mergus squamatus,Chinese Merganser,Scaly-sided Merganser

The Chinese merganser is a winter guest in Suzhou, China. In late autumn, it···

Anthropoides virgo

Anthropoides virgo

Anthropoides virgo,Demoiselle Crane,Lady Crane

The Demoiselle Crane is the smallest crane. It is blue-gray in color, with b···

Grus japonensis

Grus japonensis

Grus japonensis,Red-crowned Crane, Japanese Crane, Manchurian Crane,Crane, Red-crowned Crane, White Crane, Mantilla

The red-crowned crane is a large wading bird with a bright red head and dist···

Grus grus

Grus grus

Grus grus,Common Crane,Thousand-year-old crane, black crane, sweet potato crane

Grey cranes are large wading birds with obvious identification characteristi···

Grus monacha

Grus monacha

Grus monacha,Hooded Crane,Pot Crane, Black Crane, Nun Crane

The white-headed crane is a large wading bird with a long neck, beak, and le···

Grus nigricollis

Grus nigricollis

Grus nigricollis,Black-necked Crane, Tibetan Crane, Grulla Cuellinegra,,Tibetan crane, wild goose, black goose, dry goose

Black-necked cranes are large flying wading birds. Except for the breeding s···

Porphyrio indicus

Porphyrio indicus

Porphyrio indicus,Black-backed Swamphen,Rodhoue Purple Swamphen, Reunion White Dodo

Purple moorhen is a bird of the family Raccoon of the order Gruiformes. It i···

Short-tailed Parrot

Short-tailed Parrot

Vernal hanging parrot, Indian parrot

The short-tailed parrot is a typical climbing bird, with a small body and a ···

Blue-rumped Short-tailed Parrot

Blue-rumped Short-tailed Parrot

Blue-rumped Parrot, Mexican Parrot, Blue-rumped Parrot

The Blue-rumped Short-tailed Parrot is a small parrot, also known as the Mex···

Palaeornis eupatria

Palaeornis eupatria

Palaeornis eupatria,Alexandrine Parakeet,Psittacula eupatria (Linnaeus, 1766),Psittacus Eupatria Linneaus, 1766,Alexan Parrot

Alexandrine parrots look a bit like ring-necked parrots, but are much larger···

Amazona auropalliata

Amazona auropalliata

Amazona auropalliata,Amazona auropalliata,Yellow-necked Amazon Parrot, Yellow-necked Amazon Parrot

The yellow-necked Amazon parrot is a typical climbing bird, with two toes fa···

Amazona ochrocephala

Amazona ochrocephala

Amazona ochrocephala,Yellow-crowned Amazon,Single hat, small yellow hat, yellow crowned parrot

Parrots come in many different types, with different shapes and colorful fea···

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Small Budan, Large Sunflower Cockatoo, Large Sunflower Cockatoo, Sunflower Budan

Like many cockatoos, the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo requires a lot of time as ···

Melopsittacus undulatus

Melopsittacus undulatus

Melopsittacus undulatus,Budgerigar、Budgie,Jiao Feng, Cai Feng, Asu Er, Parrot

Budgies are the most common pet birds in the world. They come in many variet···

Eclectus roratus

Eclectus roratus

Eclectus roratus,Eclectus Parrot,Red-flanked Green Parrot

The name of the Eclectic Parrot "Eclectic" comes from the word &qu···

Psittacus erithacus

Psittacus erithacus

Psittacus erithacus,Grey Parrot,Grey Parrot, Grey Parrot

African Gray ParrotIt is a large parrot, a typical climbing bird, with a pai···

Acridotheres cristatellus

Acridotheres cristatellus

Acridotheres cristatellus,Crested Myna,Black starling, thrush, cold starling, crested starling, liaogezi

Starlings are common in southern my country. They are not only important agr···

Gracula religiosa

Gracula religiosa

Gracula religiosa,Common Hill Myna,, Qinjile, Jiugong bird, Hainan myna, Hainan starling, Indian grek

The characteristic of the myna is the orange-yellow wattles and hems on the ···

Psittacula krameri

Psittacula krameri

Psittacula krameri,Rose-ringed Parakeet,Rose-ringed parakeet, Ring-necked parakeet, Moon-ringed parakeet

Red-collared green parrots are resident birds, often moving in groups, somet···