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Egretta eulophotes
Egretta eulophotes,Chinese Egret,White cocoon, Shiraoi
The Chinese Egret is a medium-sized wading bird with no subspecies.The Chinese Egret has the habit of nesting in groups, repairing···
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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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Egretta sacra
Egretta sacra,Pacific Reef-egret,Pacific Reef Heron, Eastern Reef Egret
Pacific Reef-egret is a medium-sized wading bird with two subspecies.Pacific Reef-egret is a species with a high sense of territor···
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Ardea insignis
Ardea insignis,White-bellied Heron,Imperial Heron
White-bellied Heron is a large migratory wading bird with no subspecies.White-bellied Heron is a migratory species. It often moves···
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Gorsachius goisagi
Gorsachius goisagi,Japanese Night-heron,Chestnut-headed Night Bittern, Chestnut-headed Tiger Bittern, Heron
The Japanese Night-heron is a migratory bird that breeds in Japan. Except for some that stay in the southern part of the breeding ···
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Gorsachius magnificus
Gorsachius magnificus,White-eared Night-heron,Hainan night bittern, Hainan tiger bittern, white-eared night heron
Hainan bittern is called White-eared Night-heron in foreign language. It is similar in shape and size to a heron. It is a medium-s···
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Ixobrychus minutus
Ixobrychus minutus,Little Bittern
Little Bittern, also known as Little Bittern in English, is a small wading bird with 5 subspecies.Little Bitterns move in pairs du···
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Platalea minor
Platalea minor,Black-faced Spoonbill,Black-faced Spoonbill, Spoonbill, Spoon-billed Spoonbill, Spoon-billed Spoonbill, Little Spoonbill, Spoon-billed Goose
Black-faced Spoonbill is a medium-sized wading bird with no subspecies.The Black-faced Spoonbill looks very similar to the White S···
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Platalea leucorodia
Platalea leucorodia,Eurasian Spoonbill,Spoonbilled Heron, Spoonbilled Heron
The Eurasian Spoonbill is a large wading bird with three subspecies.The populations of Eurasian Spoonbill that breed in northern C···
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Plegadis falcinellus
Plegadis falcinellus,Glossy Ibis
The Glossy Ibis, also known as the Glossy Ibis in English, is a dark chestnut ibis with a shimmering color. It looks like a large ···
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Nipponia nippon
Nipponia nippon,JapaneseCrestedIbis ,Crested IbisAsian Crested Ibis, Japanese Crested Ibis,,Ibis sinensis（synonym）、Ibis nippon（synonym）,Crested Ibis、Asian Crested Ibis、Japanese Crested Ibis
The foreign names of Crested Ibis, Asian Crested Ibis, Japanese Crested Ibis, anciently known as Crested Ibis and Red Crested Ibis···
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Pseudibis davisoni
Pseudibis davisoni,White-shouldered Ibis,Oriental Black Ibis
White-shouldered Ibis is called White-shouldered Ibis in foreign language. There are two subspecies of black ibis, and most of the···
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Threskiornis melanocephalus
Threskiornis melanocephalus,Black-headed Ibis,White Ibis
Black-headed Ibis is a large wading bird.Black-headed Ibis usually moves in small groups, and sometimes they are seen alone by the···
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Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Phalacrocorax pelagicus,Pelagic Cormorant,Black Pelican
Pelagic Cormorant is a large water bird with two subspecies.Most of the sea cormorants are resident birds, active near the breedin···
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Little Cormorant
Phalacrocorax niger
Little Cormorant, a medium-sized cormorant, is much smaller than the general cormorant and has no subspecies.Little Cormorant is r···
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Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
Brown Booby, also known as Brown Booby, is a waterfowl and large seabird with 5 subspecies.Brown Booby often lives in groups and h···
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Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
Red-footed Booby is a black and white or smoky brown booby with three subspecies.Red-footed Booby is a resident bird and does not ···
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Sula dactylatra
Sula dactylatra,Masked Booby
The Masked Booby is a black and white booby with 6 subspecies.Except for the breeding season, the blue-faced booby spends most of ···
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Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
Lesser Frigatebird, also known as Lesser Frigatebird, has three subspecies.Lesser Frigatebird is a resident bird, wandering over l···
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Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
Great Frigatebird is a large seabird with 5 subspecies.The Great Frigatebird is a resident bird, some of which migrate. It is good···
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Christmas Island Frigatebrid
Fregata andrewsi
The white-bellied frigatebird is also known as Christmas Island Frigatebrid. It is a tropical marine bird with no subspecies.The w···
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Lesser Adjutant
Leptoptilos javanicus
Lesser Adjutant, also known as Lesser Adjutant in English, is a large and bulky wading bird with no subspecies.The bald stork main···
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White Stork
Ciconia ciconia,red-billed white, European white stork, western white stork
White Stork is a large wading bird, which is the common name for European white stork and Oriental white stork. There are three su···
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Ciconia nigra
Black stork, black stork, pot stork
Black Stork is a large wading bird with no subspecies.The black stork is a migratory bird, but most of them stay in Spain, and onl···
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Painted stork
Mycteria leucocephala
Painted Stork is also known as White-headed Stork in English. There is no subspecies differentiation.White-headed Stork usually br···
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