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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.

Cyrtonyx sallei

Cyrtonyx sallei

Cyrtonyx sallei,Spot-breasted Quail

Cyrtonyx sallei: Formerly a subspecies of the Montejo quail, it became a sep···

Ocellated Quail

Ocellated Quail

Ocellated Quail,Cyrtonyx ocellatus

Ocellated Quail (Cyrtonyx ocellatus), no subspecies.Quails are herbivorous b···

Cyrtonyx montezumae

Cyrtonyx montezumae

Cyrtonyx montezumae,Montezuma Quail

Colored Quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) has five subspecies.Painted quails feed ···

Northern Bobwhite

Northern Bobwhite

Northern Bobwhite,Colinus virginianus

Northern Bobwhite Partridge (Colinus virginianus) is a small partridge with ···

Colinus leucopogon

Colinus leucopogon

Colinus leucopogon,Spot-bellied Bobwhite

Spot-bellied Bobwhite (Colinus leucopogon) has six subspecies.Male quail bir···

Colinus nigrogularis

Colinus nigrogularis

Colinus nigrogularis

The name Colinus nigrogularis is unknown.International Union for Conservatio···

Colinus cristatus

Colinus cristatus

Colinus cristatus,Crested Bobwhite

Colinus cristatus, Crested Bobwhite, is an insect eater. In spring and summe···

Callipepla squamata

Callipepla squamata

Callipepla squamata,Scaled Quail

Callipepla squamata is called Scaled Quail and has four subspecies.The quail···

Gambel's Quail

Gambel's Quail

Gambel's Quail,Callipepla gambelii

Callipepla gambelii belongs to the family Callipepla, there are 7 subspecies···

Callipepla douglasii

Callipepla douglasii

Callipepla douglasii,Elegant Quail

The Quail's scientific name is Callipepla douglasii and its foreign name···

Callipepla californica

Callipepla californica

Callipepla californica,California Quail

Callipepla californica (California Quail) has eight subspecies.The quails fe···

Tympanuchus phasianellus

Tympanuchus phasianellus

Tympanuchus phasianellus,Sharp-tailed Grouse

The Sharp-tailed prairie Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) is known as sharp···

Tympanuchus pallidicinctus

Tympanuchus pallidicinctus

Tympanuchus pallidicinctus,Lesser Prairie-chicken

The Lesser Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) has no subspecies.Th···

Tympanuchus cupido

Tympanuchus cupido

Tympanuchus cupido,Greater Prairie-chicken

The Prairie grouse (Tympanuchus cupido), also known as Greater Prairie-chick···

Greater Sage-grouse

Greater Sage-grouse

Greater Sage-grouse,Centrocercus urophasianus

The Sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), also known as Greater Sage-grou···

Centrocercus minimus

Centrocercus minimus

Centrocercus minimus,Gunnison Grouse

The Lesser sage Grouse (Centrocercus minimus) is Gunnison Grouse, no subspec···

Ruffed Grouse

Ruffed Grouse

Ruffed Grouse,Bonasa umbellus

The Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) has 15 subspecies.Shawl hazel chicken is···

Tetrao mlokosiewiczi

Tetrao mlokosiewiczi

Tetrao mlokosiewiczi

Tetrao mlokosiewiczi, the Caucasian black lyric chicken, is active in the mo···

Lagopus leucurus

Lagopus leucurus

Lagopus leucurus,White-tailed Ptarmigan

The White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucurus) has five subspecies.The winter···

Dendragapus canadensis

Dendragapus canadensis

Dendragapus canadensis,Spruce Grouse

The Fir-tree chicken (Dendragapus canadensis), also known as Spruce Grouse, ···

Dendragapus obscurus

Dendragapus obscurus

Dendragapus obscurus,Dusky Grouse

The blue Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus), also known as Dusky Grouse, is a rel···