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Birds

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.

Tadorna cana

Tadorna cana

Tadorna cana,South African Shelduck

Tadorna cana (South African Shelduck), no subspecies.The grey-headed duck st···

Tachyeres pteneres

Tachyeres pteneres

Tachyeres pteneres,Flying Steamerduck

Tachyeres pteneres (Tachyeres pteneres) is a social teal of the family Anati···

Tachyeres patachonicus

Tachyeres patachonicus

Tachyeres patachonicus,Flying Steamerduck

The Flying Steamerduck (Tachyeres patachonicus) is a member of the Flying st···

Tachyeres leucocephalus

Tachyeres leucocephalus

Tachyeres leucocephalus,White-headed Steamerduck,Chubut Steamerduck,Chubut Steamer Duck,White-headed Steamer-duck

White-headed duck (Scientific name: Tachyeres brachypterus) White-headed Ste···

Tachyeres brachypterus

Tachyeres brachypterus

Tachyeres brachypterus,Falkland Steamerduck

The Falkland Steamerduck (Tachyeres brachypterus) is a social duck of the fa···

Stictonetta naevosa

Stictonetta naevosa

Stictonetta naevosa,Freckled Duck,Canvasback,Oatmeal Duck,Speckled Duck, Diamantina Duck

Australian spotted duck (Stictonetta naevosa; Freckled Duck, Canvasback, Oat···

King Eider

King Eider

King Eider,Somateria spectabilis

King Eider (Somateria spectabilis), no subspecies.King Eider ducks are the l···

Somateria mollissima

Somateria mollissima

Somateria mollissima,Common Eider

The Eider duck (Somateria mollissima) is known as Common Eider and has six s···

Somateria fischeri

Somateria fischeri

Somateria fischeri,Spectacled Eider

The white orbital Eider (scientific name: Spectacled Eider), the foreign nam···

Sarkidiornis melanotos

Sarkidiornis melanotos

Sarkidiornis melanotos,Comb Duck

The Comb Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos) has two subspecies.The lumped ducks o···

Salvadori’s Duck

Salvadori’s Duck

Salvadori’s Duck,Salvadori's Teal,Salvadorina waigiuensis

Decorative Duck (scientific name: Salvadorina waigiuensis) foreign names Sal···

Pteronetta hartlaubii

Pteronetta hartlaubii

Pteronetta hartlaubii,Hartlaub’s Duck

Hartlaub's Duck (Pteronetta hartlaubii) is a dark maroon duck found in t···

Plectropterus gambensis

Plectropterus gambensis

Plectropterus gambensis,Spur-winged Wood Goose

Plectropterus gambensis is a type of bird between geese and ducks, and is co···

Oxyura vittata

Oxyura vittata

Oxyura vittata

The South American hard-tailed duck (Oxyura vittata) is a typical social tea···

Oxyura maccoa

Oxyura maccoa

Oxyura maccoa,Maccoa Duck

The Maccoa Duck (Oxyura maccoa) is a typical social teal of the family Anati···

Oxyura jamaicensis

Oxyura jamaicensis

Oxyura jamaicensis,Ruddy Duck

The Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) has three subspecies.In addition to the ···

Oxyura australis

Oxyura australis

Oxyura australis,Blue-billed Duck

The Australian hard-tailed Duck (Oxyura australis) is a Blue-billed Duck, wi···

Nomonyx dominicus

Nomonyx dominicus

Nomonyx dominicus,Masked Duck,Oxyura dominicus

Nomonyx dominicus (Nomonyx dominicus) is a very typical social teal of the f···

Green Pygmy-goose

Green Pygmy-goose

Green Pygmy-goose,Green Pygmy Goose,Nettapus pulchellus

The Green Pygmy Goose (Nettapus pulchellus) is the smallest teal in the fami···

Nettapus auritus

Nettapus auritus

Nettapus auritus,African Pygmy-goose

Nettapus auritus (African pygomy-goose), no subspecies.The pachyptews often ···

Rosy-billed Pochard

Rosy-billed Pochard

Rosy-billed Pochard,Netta peposaca

The pink-billed Pochard (Netta peposaca) is a bird of the Anseriformes famil···