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Ibidorhyncha struthersii
Ibidorhyncha struthersii,Ibisbill
Ibisbill is a gray, black and white sandpiper with no subspecies.Ibisbill is a resident and vertical migratory bird. They often mo···
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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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Esacus magnirostris
Esacus magnirostris,Great Thick-knee
Great Thick-knee is a medium-sized wading bird with no subspecies.Great Thick-knee is a coastal bird that usually moves alone or i···
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Grus antigone
Grus antigone,Sarus Crane
Sarus Crane is a large wading bird with three subspecies.Sarus Crane often moves alone or in pairs or family groups. In autumn and···
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Grus vipio
Grus vipio,White-naped Crane, red-faced crane, white-crowned crane, native crane
White-naped Crane is a large wading bird with no subspecies.White-naped Crane mainly feeds on plant seeds, grass roots, young leav···
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Porphyrio porphyrio
Porphyrio porphyrio,Purple Swamphen, Purple Gallinule, Purple Swamp-Hen,Poule sultane
Purple moorhen is called pukeko in foreign language. It is a medium-sized wading bird with 13 subspecies.Purple moorhen often move···
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Grus canadensis
Grus canadensis,Brown Crane, Canada Crane
Sandhill Crane is a large wading bird with the largest number of cranes in the world. It is divided into 6 subspecies with a total···
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Grus leucogeranus
Grus leucogeranus,Siberian Crane ,Siberian White Crane, Snow Crane,Siberian Crane, Nun Crane, Snow Crane
The Siberian Crane is a large wading bird. Although it is divided into three populations, namely the eastern, central and western ···
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Porzana paykullii
Porzana paykullii,Band-bellied Crake
Band-bellied Crake, whose foreign name is Band-bellied Crake, is a small wading bird with no subspecies.Spotted frogs migrate to N···
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Zapornia parva
Zapornia parva,Porzana parva,Little Crake
Little Crake is a small wading bird with no subspecies.The frog often moves alone or in family groups. It is good at swimming and ···
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Zapornia bicolor
Zapornia bicolor,Black-tailed Crake,Amaurornis bicolor,Porzana bicolor,Black-tailed bittern
The brown-backed frog is called Black-tailed Crake in foreign language, and has no subspecies.The brown-backed frog is a resident ···
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Crex crex
Crex crex,Corncrake, Corn Crake
The foreign name of the long-legged rail is Corncrake, Corn Crake, which is a small wading bird with no subspecies.The long-legged···
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Coturnicops exquisitus
Coturnicops exquisitus,Swinhoes Yellow Rail
The foreign name of the Swinhoes Yellow Rail is Swinhoes Yellow Rail, and there is no subspecies.Some of the Swinhoes Yellow Rail ···
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Tetrax tetrax
Tetrax tetrax, Little Bustard,Outarde canepetière, Sisón,Ground
Little Bustard, also known as Little Bustard in English, is a large bird of the family Bustard, with no subspecies.Little Bustards···
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Chlamydotis macqueeni
Spotted Bustard、Chlamydotis macqueeni,Macqueen's Bustard
Houbara Bustard, also known as Macqueen's Bustard, has no subspecies. A large ground-dwelling bird, once a subspecies of the R···
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Otis tarda
Otis tarda,Great Bustard,Avutarda, Avutarda Común,Додук, Մեծ արոս, Дуадақ,Ground quail, old brocade, lone leopard, wild goose
The Great Bustard has two subspecies, both of which are distributed in China. The common subspecies breeds in Qiqihar, Heilongjian···
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Centropus bengalensis
Centropus bengalensis,Lesser Coucal,Little Chicken,Little Crow Pheasant,Little Pheasant Cock,Little Wasp
Lesser Coucal is a medium-sized bird with three subspecies.Lesser Coucal is a resident bird, often moving alone or in pairs. It is···
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Centropus sinensis
Centropus sinensis,Big hairy chicken, hairy chicken, red hairy chicken, red pheasant, wasp, green knot chicken, Luogu
The Greater Coucal is a medium-sized bird with 6 subspecies.The Greater Coucal prefers to move alone or in pairs, rarely in groups···
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Hirundapus cochinchinensis
Hirundapus cochinchinensis，Silver-backed Needletail
Grey-throated Needle-tailed Swift often flies in open areas and over forests. It flies very fast. It mainly catches flying insects···
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Aerodramus fuciphagus
Aerodramus fuciphagus，Edible-nest Swiftlet
The Java Swiftlet is called Edible-nest Swiftlet in English, and has 8 subspecies.The Java Swiftlet flies along the coast and isla···
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Hemiprocne coronata
Hemiprocne coronata，Crested Treeswift,Crested Tree Swift
The Crested Treeswift is called Crested Treeswift in English. There are 6 subspecies in total, and only 1 subspecies is distribute···
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Batrachostomus hodgsoni
Batrachostomus hodgsoni,Hodgson's Frogmouth,Black-crowned Frogmouth, Black-crowned Frogmouth
The Black-capped Frogmouth Nightjar, also known as Hodgson’s Frogmouth in foreign languages, is an internationally endangered spe···
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Pterocles orientalis
Pterocles orientalis，Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Black-bellied Sandgrouse, there are 2 subspecies.Black-bellied Sandgrouse is a summer migratory bird, migrating to the breeding gr···
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Ducula badia
Ducula badia ,Mountain Imperial Pigeon,Millet-backed imperial pigeon, Grey-headed southern pigeon
Mountain Imperial Pigeon is called Mountain Imperial Pigeon in foreign language, and has 6 subspecies.Mountain Imperial Pigeon oft···
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Ducula aenea
Green dove, big green dove, big green pigeon，Ducula aenea，Green Imperial Pigeon
Green Imperial Pigeon, also known as Green Imperial Pigeon, has 15 subspecies.Green Imperial Pigeons often move alone or in pairs,···
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