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Balaeniceps rex
Balaeniceps rex,Scorpion Stork, Shoe-billed Stork, Zootropod
The largest bird on earth is the Shoebill, the only species in the genus Shoebill of the family Shoebill. The name of the Shoebill···
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Birds are advanced vertebrates that are adapted to life on land and in the air. Birds are classified into six categories: waterfowl, wading birds, climbing birds, land birds, birds of prey, 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.
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Arundinax aedon
Arundinax aedon,Tree warbler, reed warbler, reed warbler, large-billed warbler
Thick-billed reed warbler is a bird of the family Albizia and genus Albizia. Like other reed warblers, it often moves and forages ···
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Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Acrocephalus scirpaceus,Large-billed Warbler
Reed warblers are small in size and often move alone or in pairs. They like to perch on reed stems and small willow branches. They···
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Acrocephalus dumetorum
Acrocephalus dumetorum,Reed Warbler
Brandt's reed warbler is a small bird. The male and female have similar plumage. It may be a summer migratory bird in Xinjiang···
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Acrocephalus agricola
Acrocephalus agricola,Double-browed reed warbler, willow warbler, reed warbler, round-winged reed warbler
The rice field reed warbler is a small bird with similar plumage for males and females. It often moves alone or in pairs. It also ···
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Acrocephalus tangorum
Acrocephalus tangorum
The Far Eastern Reed Warbler is a medium-sized, dull grey-brown reed warbler. The new winter plumage is very brown, with brown bre···
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Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus,Sedge Warbler
The water reed warbler is a small bird with similar plumage for males and females. It often moves alone or in groups. It is alert ···
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Acrocephalus concinens
Acrocephalus concinens,Blunt-winged Warbler
Blunt-winged reed warbler (scientific name: Acrocephalus concinens) is a bird of the family Acrocephalus. In mainland China, it is···
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Acrocephalus sorghophilus
Acrocephalus sorghophilus,Spotted Reed Warbler
The Fine-striped Reed Warbler is a summer and migratory bird in my country, and perhaps a winter migratory bird. It migrates to He···
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Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
Acrocephalus bistrigiceps,Willow leaves, mouth lashes
The black-browed reed warbler often moves alone or in pairs. It is alert and agile. It can nimbly jump and shuttle between the ste···
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Acrocephalus stentoreus
Acrocephalus stentoreus,Southern Great Reed Warbler
The Noisy Great Reed Warbler is similar to the Great Reed Warbler. It often moves alone or in pairs. It is agile and quick, often ···
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Acrocephalus orientalis
Acrocephalus orientalis,Reed strings, quacking, splitting reeds, chirping
Oriental Great Reed Warbler is a summer migratory bird in China, and some are resident birds. In spring, they migrate to China to ···
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Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Acrocephalus arundinaceus,Large reed bundle, reed string, reed katydid
The Great Reed Warbler is a small bird, commonly known as the Great Reed Warbler, the Reed Casper and the Reed Grasshopper. It is ···
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Lanius
Lanius,Brown Shirk,Butcher Bird,Butcher bird, Hubula, quail, shrike, shrike, shrike
Brown Shirk or Butcher Bird (scientific name Lanius) is a small carnivorous bird, most of which are migratory birds in my country.···
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Apus nipalensis
Apus nipalensis，Little Swift
The small white-rumped swift lives and moves in groups. Sometimes it also flies in the air with house swallows. It flies fast, oft···
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Apus acuticauda
Apus acuticauda,Dark-backed Swift
Dark-backed swift, Latin name Apus acuticauda, is distributed in the Indian subcontinent and southwest China (including India, Ban···
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Apus pacificus
Apus pacificus，Fork-tailed Swift
White-rumped swifts are summer migratory birds. They migrate here in spring from April to May. They migrate away in autumn from Se···
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Apodidae
Apodidae,House swift, common swift
Apodidae (scientific name) is commonly known as swifts. In animal taxonomy, it is a family in the order Apodidae of the class Aves···
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Tachymarptis melba
Tachymarptis melba
The Alpine Swift is a species of swift. Swifts are air-dwelling birds that often fly in groups for long periods of time, preying o···
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Asian Palm-swift
Asian Palm-swift，Cypsiurus balasiensis
Palm Swifts use the crowns of palm trees and their drooping dead leaves and palm mantle as their nests and resting places. The nes···
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Hirundapus giganteus
Hirundapus giganteus,Brown-backed Spinetail
Brown-backed needle-tailed swift, Latin name: Hirundapus giganteus, is a large and strong needle-tailed swift of the genus Hirunda···
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White-throated Needletail
White-throated Needletail，Hirundapus caudacutus
The White-throated Needle-tailed Swift is a bird of the genus Apodidae. It lives in high-altitude cold forests with many cliffs. I···
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Germain's Swiftlet
Germain's Swiftlet
The Gouldian Swiftlet belongs to the Swiftidae family. The population is rare. The nominate subspecies breeds in Kalimantan Island···
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Aerodramus brevirostris
Aerodramus brevirostris，Himalayan Swiftlet
The short-billed swiftlet is a small bird that often flies in groups over its habitat to hunt during the day. When flying, it ofte···
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