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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.

Ptilopachus petrosus

Ptilopachus petrosus

Ptilopachus petrosus

Ptilopachus petrosus usually lives in pairs or small groups of up to four qu···

Ptilopachus nahani

Ptilopachus nahani

Ptilopachus nahani,Nahan's Partridge

Ptilopachus nahani, foreign name Nahan' s Partridge is a traditional bir···

Pternistis swierstrai

Pternistis swierstrai

Pternistis swierstrai,Swierstra's Francolin

Swierstra (scientific name: Pternistis swierstrai) foreign name Swierstra···

Swainson's Francolin

Swainson's Francolin

Swainson's Francolin,Pternistis swainsonii

The colored partridge (scientific name: Pternistis swainsonii) foreign name ···

Scaly Francolin

Scaly Francolin

Scaly Francolin,Pternistis squamatus

The Partridge squamatus (Pternistis squamatus) has six subspecies, Scaly Fra···

Grey-breasted Francolin

Grey-breasted Francolin

Grey-breasted Francolin,Pternistis rufopictus

The Grey-breasted Francolin (Pternistis rufopictus) has no subspecies.The pa···

Djibouti Francolin

Djibouti Francolin

Djibouti Francolin

Pternistis ochropectus (Pternistis ochropectus) foreign name Djibouti Franco···

Handsome Francolin

Handsome Francolin

Handsome Francolin,Pternistis nobilis

Colorful partridge (scientific name: Pternistis nobilis) foreign name Handso···

Pternistis natalensis

Pternistis natalensis

Pternistis natalensis,Natal Francolin

Natal Francolin (Pternistis natalensis) has two subspecies.The Natal colored···

Pternistis leucoscepus

Pternistis leucoscepus

Pternistis leucoscepus,Yellow-necked Francolin

Yellow-necked Francolin (Pternistis leucoscepus), no subspecies.Sedge tubers···

Jackson's Francolin

Jackson's Francolin

Jackson's Francolin,Pternistis jacksoni

Kenya colored partridge (scientific name: Pternistis jacksoni) foreign name ···

Pternistis icterorhynchus

Pternistis icterorhynchus

Pternistis icterorhynchus,Heuglin's Francolin

Yellow beak colored partridge (scientific name: Pternistis icterorhynchus) f···

francolinus hildebrandti

francolinus hildebrandti

francolinus hildebrandti,Hildebrandt's Francolin

francolinushildebrandti (scientific name: Francolinus Hildebrandti) foreign ···

Pternistis harwoodi

Pternistis harwoodi

Pternistis harwoodi,Harwood's Francolin

Hai's colored partridge (scientific name: Pternistis harwoodi) foreign n···

Pternistis hartlaubi

Pternistis hartlaubi

Pternistis hartlaubi,Hartlaub's Francolin

Hartlaub (scientific name: Pternistis hartlaubi) foreign name Hartlaub' ···

Pternistis griseostriatus

Pternistis griseostriatus

Pternistis griseostriatus,Grey-striped Francolin

The Grey-striped Francolin (Pternistis griseostriatus) has no subspecies.The···

Pternistis erckelii

Pternistis erckelii

Pternistis erckelii,Erckel's Francolin

Brown top colored partridge (scientific name: Pternistis erckelii) foreign n···

Pternistis clappertoni

Pternistis clappertoni

Pternistis clappertoni,Clapperton's Francolin

The red-orbital colored Partridge (scientific name: Pternistis clappertoni) ···

Pternistis castaneicollis

Pternistis castaneicollis

Pternistis castaneicollis,Chestnut-naped Francolin

Chestnut-naped Francolin (Pternistis castaneicollis) has three subspecies.Th···

Pternistis capensis

Pternistis capensis

Pternistis capensis,Cape Francolin

South African colored partridge (Pternistis capensis) foreign name Cape Fran···

Pternistis camerunensis

Pternistis camerunensis

Pternistis camerunensis,Cameroon Francolin

The camerunensis species is Cameroon Francolin (Pternistis camerunensis), wi···