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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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Podoces biddulphi,Xinjiang Ground-jay,Xinjiang ground crow, Biddulph ground crow, sand magpie, desert bird
White-tailed Ground-jay is called Xinjiang Ground-jay in foreign language, and has no subspecies.White-tailed Ground-jay is a resi···
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Podoces hendersoni,Mongolian Ground-jay
The black-tailed ground jay is called Mongolian Ground-jay in foreign language, and has no subspecies.The black-tailed ground jay ···
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Cissa hypoleuca,Yellow-breasted Magpie,Oriental green magpie, Indochinese green magpie, Indochinese green blue magpie
Yellow-breasted Magpie, also known as Yellow-breasted Magpie, has 5 subspecies.Yellow-breasted Magpie moves in pairs or small grou···
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Cissa chinensis,Common Green Magpie
Common Green Magpie, with 5 subspecies.Common Green Magpie is a resident bird. It often moves alone or in pairs, and sometimes gat···
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Perisoreus internigrans,Black-hcoled Jay
Black-headed Jay, no subspecies.Black-headed Jay usually moves alone or in pairs. When they move in pairs, they fly in a line in t···
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Dicrurus paradiseus,Greater Racket-tailed Drongo,Large drongo, long-tailed drongo, arrow-bearing bird
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo has 13 subspecies.Greater Racket-tailed Drongo is mainly a resident bird, and some are summer migrant···
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Dicrurus remifer,Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo,Small tennis ball
Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo has four subspecies.Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo often stays on the top of isolated trees for a long ti···
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Oriolus mellianus,Silver Oriole,Magpie oriole, magpie-colored oriole, magpie-colored oriole
Silver Oriole, a medium-sized songbird, is a single species with no subspecies differentiation. It was once a subspecies of the re···
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Sliver-breasted Broadbill,Serilophus lunatus,Hainan broadbill, Silver-breasted silky broadbill
Silver-breasted Broadbill, also known as Silver-breasted Broadbill, has 10 subspecies.Silver-breasted Broadbill often moves in sma···
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Psarisomus dalhousiae,Long-tailed Broadbill
The foreign name of the long-tailed broadbill is Long-tailed Broadbill, and there are 5 subspecies.Long-tailed broadbill is often ···
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Pitta brachyura,Indian Pitta,Five-colored bird, Indian Pitta
The blue-winged pitta is called Indian Pitta in foreign language, and has no subspecies.Blue-winged pitta is often seen in groups ···
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Pitta nympha,Fairy Pitta
Fairy Pitta, also known as Fairy Pitta, has two subspecies.Fairy Pitta is a summer migratory bird and a traveling bird. It often m···
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Pitta sordida,Hooded Pitta
The green-breasted pitta is called Hooded Pitta in English, and has 12 subspecies.The green-breasted pitta is mostly seen alone, a···
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Pitta cyanea,Blue Pitta,
Blue Pitta, also known as Blue Pitta, has three subspecies.Blue Pitta runs on the ground, foraging for food, and feeds mainly on i···
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Pitta oatesi,Rusty-naped Pitta,Guoba Que
The Rusty-naped Pitta is called Rusty-naped Pitta in English, and has 4 subspecies.The Chestnut-headed Pitta does not form groups,···
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Pitta soror,Blue-rumped Pitta
Blue-rumped Pitta, also known as Blue-rumped Pitta, has 5 subspecies.Blue-rumped Pitta usually hides in bushes and grasses, and wh···
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Pitta nipalensis,Blue-naped Pitta
Blue-naped Pitta, also known as Blue-naped Pitta, is a medium-sized bird of the Passeriformes family, with two subspecies.Blue-nec···
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Pitta phayrei,Eared Pitta,Magpie Yellow Oriole
Double-braided Pitta, with no subspecies.Double-braided Pitta forages in bamboo forests and bushes, using its powerful claws and b···
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Psittinus cyanurus,Blue-rumped Parrot
Blue-rumped Parrot, also known as Blue-rumped Parrot, is a small parrot and the only species in the genus Psittinus.Blue-rumped Pa···
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Falco peregrinus,Peregrine Falcon,Rosewood eagle, pigeon tiger, duck tiger, blue swallow
Peregrine falcon is called Peregrine Falcon in foreign language, and it has 18 subspecies. The three types of peregrine falcons di···
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Great slaty woodpecker，Mulleripicus pulverulentus
Great Slaty Woodpecker is a large gray woodpecker with two subspecies.Great Slaty Woodpecker is a resident bird, often in small gr···
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Picus rabieri，Red-collared woodpecker
Red-collared Woodpecker, no subspecies.Red-necked Woodpecker is a resident bird, mainly inhabiting low mountain evergreen broad-le···
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Picus chlorolophus，Lesser yellownape
The Yellow-crowned Woodpecker, also known as the Lesser Yellownape, is a small bird with three subspecies.The Yellow-crowned Woodp···
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Picus flavinucha，Greater yellownape
The Greater Yellownape is a larger green woodpecker. The difference between it and the Yellow-crowned Green Woodpecker is that it ···