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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.

Lanius

Lanius

Lanius,Brown Shirk,Butcher Bird,Butcher bird, Hubula, quail, shrike, shrike, shrike

Brown Shirk or Butcher Bird (scientific name Lanius) is a small carnivorous ···

Apus nipalensis

Apus nipalensis

Apus nipalensis,Little Swift

The small white-rumped swift lives and moves in groups. Sometimes it also fl···

Apus acuticauda

Apus acuticauda

Apus acuticauda,Dark-backed Swift

Dark-backed swift, Latin name Apus acuticauda, is distributed in the Indian ···

Apus pacificus

Apus pacificus

Apus pacificus,Fork-tailed Swift

White-rumped swifts are summer migratory birds. They migrate here in spring ···

Apodidae

Apodidae

Apodidae,House swift, common swift

Apodidae (scientific name) is commonly known as swifts. In animal taxonomy, ···

Tachymarptis melba

Tachymarptis melba

Tachymarptis melba

The Alpine Swift is a species of swift. Swifts are air-dwelling birds that o···

Asian Palm-swift

Asian Palm-swift

Asian Palm-swift,Cypsiurus balasiensis

Palm Swifts use the crowns of palm trees and their drooping dead leaves and ···

Hirundapus giganteus

Hirundapus giganteus

Hirundapus giganteus,Brown-backed Spinetail

Brown-backed needle-tailed swift, Latin name: Hirundapus giganteus, is a lar···

White-throated Needletail

White-throated Needletail

White-throated Needletail,Hirundapus caudacutus

The White-throated Needle-tailed Swift is a bird of the genus Apodidae. It l···

Germain's Swiftlet

Germain's Swiftlet

Germain's Swiftlet

The Gouldian Swiftlet belongs to the Swiftidae family. The population is rar···

Aerodramus brevirostris

Aerodramus brevirostris

Aerodramus brevirostris,Himalayan Swiftlet

The short-billed swiftlet is a small bird that often flies in groups over it···

Struthio camelus

Struthio camelus

ostrich、Struthio camelus

The largest bird on earth is the African ostrich, which is also a flightless···

swift

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 ···

Egretta garzetta

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···

Podiceps cristatus

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 Qing···

Tachybaptus ruficollis

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 Gr···

Pavo cristatus

Pavo cristatus

Pavo cristatus

The scientific name of the white peacock is Pavo cristatus. It generally ref···

Goura victoria

Goura victoria

Victoria Crowned Pigeon,Goura victoria,Victoria Crowned-pigeon

Victoria Crowned Pigeon (scientific name: Goura victoria) is also known as V···

Calidris pygmaea

Calidris pygmaea

Calidris pygmaea,Shoveler,Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Spoon-billed Sandpiper breeds in the tundra, and is more common in coastal w···

Emberiza koslowi

Emberiza koslowi

Tibetan Bunting,Emberiza koslowi,

Tibetan Bunting is a small songbird with no subspecies.Tibetan Bunting usual···

Yellow-breasted Bunting

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-breas···