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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.

Pterocles senegallus

Pterocles senegallus

Pterocles senegallus,Spotted Sandgrouse

斑沙鸡学名Pterocles senegallus,外文名Spotted Sandgrouse,具体习性不详。保护···

Pterocles exustus

Pterocles exustus

Pterocles exustus

Pterocles exustus (Pterocles exustus) is a medium-sized bird with a beak sim···

Pterocles namaqua

Pterocles namaqua

Pterocles namaqua,Namaqua Sandgrouse

Its scientific name is Pterocles namaqua and its foreign name is Namaqua San···

Pterocles alchata

Pterocles alchata

Pterocles alchata

Pterocles alchata, or Pterocles alchata, lives in flat, dry areas, and the d···

Syrrhaptes tibetanus

Syrrhaptes tibetanus

Syrrhaptes tibetanus

Syrrhaptes tibetanus (Syrrhaptes tibetanus) has no subspecies.Tibetan sandgr···

Syrrhaptes paradoxus

Syrrhaptes paradoxus

Syrrhaptes paradoxus,Pallas's Sandgrouse

Feather-legged sandfowl (Syrrhaptes paradoxus) Foreign name Pallas' s Sa···

Numida meleagris

Numida meleagris

Numida meleagris,Helmeted Guineafowl

The Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) has nine subspecies.Helmeted bead···

Guttera verreauxi

Guttera verreauxi

Guttera verreauxi,Western Crested Guineafowl

Western Crested Guineafowl (Guttera verreauxi), no subspecies.The West Afric···

Guttera pucherani

Guttera pucherani

Guttera pucherani,Eastern Crested Guineafowl

The Eastern Crested Guineafowl (Guttera pucherani) has three subspecies.East···

Guttera plumifera

Guttera plumifera

Guttera plumifera,Plumed Guineafowl

The Central African crested Guineafowl (Guttera plumifera) is known as the P···

Guttera edouardi

Guttera edouardi

Guttera edouardi,Southern Crested Guineafowl

The Guttera edouardi, also known as the Southern Crested Guineafowl, was onc···

Agelastes niger

Agelastes niger

Agelastes niger,Black Guineafowl

The Black Guineafowl (scientific name: Agelastes niger) has no subspecies.Th···

Agelastes meleagrides

Agelastes meleagrides

Agelastes meleagrides,White-breasted Guineafowl

The White-breasted Guineafowl, known as the Agelastes meleagrides or White-b···

Acryllium vulturinum

Acryllium vulturinum

Acryllium vulturinum,Vulturine Guineafowl

Vulturine Guineafowl (scientific name: Acryllium vulturinum), no subspecies.···

Xenoperdix udzungwensis

Xenoperdix udzungwensis

Xenoperdix udzungwensis,Udzungwa Forest-partridge

Xenoperdix udzungwensis is Udzungwa Forest-partridge, no subspecies. Specifi···

Tetraophasis caucasicus

Tetraophasis caucasicus

Tetraophasis caucasicus,Caucasian Snowcock

Tetraophasis caucasicus, Caucasian Snowcock, likes to form groups, usually i···

Tetraophasis caspius

Tetraophasis caspius

Tetraophasis caspius,Caspian Snowcock

Tetraophasis caspius, Caspian Snowcock, eats seeds and plants. During the no···

Syrmaticus soemmerringii

Syrmaticus soemmerringii

Syrmaticus soemmerringii

The pheasant soemmerringii has five subspecies. It feeds on insects, roots, ···

Synoicus ypsilophorus

Synoicus ypsilophorus

Synoicus ypsilophorus,Brown Quail

Synoicus ypsilophorus (Brown Quail) has 10 subspecies. It is mainly active a···

Synoicus chinensis

Synoicus chinensis

Synoicus chinensis

Synoicus chinensis has 10 subspecies, including Blue-breasted Quail, King Qu···

Synoicus adansonii

Synoicus adansonii

Synoicus adansonii,African Blue Quail,Blue Quail

African blue-breasted Quail (Synoicus adansonii) : African Blue Quail, Blue ···