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Struthio camelus
ostrich、Struthio camelus
The largest bird on earth is the African ostrich, which is also a flightless bird. In biological classification, it is the only sp···
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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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swift
swift,Guanyin swallow, swallow, clumsy swallow, house swallow, wild swallow, brown swift, European swift
The fastest animal on earth that can fly long distances is the Spine-tailed Swift. The Spine-tailed Swift is the champion of long-···
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Egretta garzetta
Egretta garzetta,Great Egret, Middle Egret, Little Egret, Yellow-billed Egret
Egrets are a general term for medium-sized wading birds of the genus Egretta. There are 13 species of birds in the genus Egretta, ···
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Podiceps cristatus
Podiceps cristatus,Langlibai, Langhuaer, Langli, Shui Laogua, Shui donkey
The Crested Grebe is a summer bird that lives from the northeast to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and winters in most areas south of t···
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Tachybaptus ruficollis
Tachybaptus ruficollis,Oil duck, water hyacinth, oil gourd, turtle duck
The small grebe (pì) is a species of the genus Small grebe of the family Gruidae. Because of its short and round body shape, it f···
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Pavo cristatus
Pavo cristatus
The scientific name of the white peacock is Pavo cristatus. It generally refers to a variant of the wild blue peacock bred under a···
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Goura victoria
Victoria Crowned Pigeon，Goura victoria，Victoria Crowned-pigeon
Victoria Crowned Pigeon (scientific name: Goura victoria) is also known as Victoria Crowned-pigeon in English. Male and female are···
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Calidris pygmaea
Calidris pygmaea,Shoveler,Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Spoon-billed Sandpiper breeds in the tundra, and is more common in coastal wetlands during migration and wintering. If the first c···
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Emberiza koslowi
Tibetan Bunting,Emberiza koslowi,
Tibetan Bunting is a small songbird with no subspecies.Tibetan Bunting usually moves alone or in pairs, and forms small groups in ···
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Yellow-breasted Bunting
Yellow-breasted Bunting,Yellow bile, Java sparrow, yellow belly sac, yellow bean, wheat sparrow, old ironback, golden bunting, white-shouldered bunting, yellow-breasted bunting
Yellow-breasted Bunting is a small songbird with two subspecies.Yellow-breasted Buntings often move alone or in pairs during the b···
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Emberiza jankowskii
Emberiza jankowskii，Jankowski's Bunting，Rufous-backed Bunting，Red-bellied Sparrow
The foreign name of the Chestnut-bellied Bunting is Jankowski's Bunting, a small songbird with no subspecies.Most chestnut-bel···
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Latoucheornis siemsseni
Latoucheornis siemsseni，Slaty Bunting
Slaty Bunting is a small songbird, endemic to China, with no subspecies.Slaty Bunting usually moves alone, but sometimes forms sma···
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Loxia curvirostra
Loxia curvirostra,Common Crossbill,Crossbill, Green Crossbill
Common Crossbill, also known as Common Crossbill, is a small swallow with 19 subspecies.Common Crossbill wanders in winter and som···
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Carpodacus roseus
Carpodacus roseus,Pallas's Rosefinch,Tit
Pallas's Rosefinch, also known as Pallas's Rosefinch, has two subspecies.Except for the breeding season, the Northern Redb···
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Carpodacus roborowskii
Carpodacus roborowskii,Tibetan Rosefinch,Tibetan Vermilion Bird, Tibetan Vermilion Bird
Tibetan Rosefinch is a high mountain and plateau desert bird with no subspecies.Tibetan Rosefinch is a resident bird. It moves alo···
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Carpodacus sillemi
Carpodacus sillemi,Sillem's Rosefinch,White-rumped rosefinch, White-rumped ridgefinch, Red-headed ridgefinch, Salem rosefinch
Brown-headed Rosefinch, also known as Sillem's Rosefinch in English, is a small bird with no subspecies.Similar species of Bro···
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Prunella koslowi
Prunella koslowi,Mongolian Accentor,Desert Pipit,
The Helan Mountain Rock Pipit, also known as the Mongolian Accentor, is a small bird of the family Pyroptidae and the genus Pyropt···
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Niltava grandis
Large Niltava，Niltava grandis
The foreign name of the large niltava is Large Niltava, and there are 4 subspecies.The large niltava often moves alone or in pairs···
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Niltava davidi
Niltava davidi,Fujian Niltava,Fujian Flycatcher
The foreign name of the brown-bellied great flycatcher is Fujian Niltava, and there is no subspecies.The brown-bellied great flyca···
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Rhinomyias brunneatus
White-gorgetted Jungle Flycatcer,Rhinomyias brunneatus,Rhinomyias brunneata
White-throated Jungle Flycatcer is also known as White-gorgetted Jungle Flycatcer. It is a bird of the family Flycatcher and genus···
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Saxicola insignis
Saxicola insignis,Hodgson's Stonechat,Ho's Tree Rock Bird
The white-throated stonechat is also known as Hodgson's Stonechat. It is a small bird of the family Flycatcher and the genus S···
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Phoenicurus alaschanicus
Phoenicurus alaschanicus,Ala Shan Redstart
Helanshan Redstart, also known as Ala Shan Redstart, is a medium-sized redstart.Helanshan Redstart is very similar to the Red-back···
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Tarsiger hyperythrus
Tarsiger hyperythrus,Rufous-breasted Bush Robi
Rufous-breasted Bush Robin, also known as Rufous-breasted Bush Robin, is a bird of the family Cyprinidae, similar to the Red-flank···
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Luscinia megarhynchos
Luscinia megarhynchos,Common NightingaleNightingale,Night Robin
Xinjiang Nightingale is a small bird of the family Flycatcher and the genus Nightingale, with 3 subspecies.Xinjiang Nightingale is···
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