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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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Black-chinned Green Pigeon, Little Green Pigeon，Ramphiculus leclancheri，Black-chinned Fruit Dove,Ptilinopus leclancheri
Black-chinned Fruit Dove, also known as Black-chinned Fruit Dove, has 4 subspecies.Black-chinned Fruit Dove is a resident bird, of···
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Taiwan Green Pigeon，Treron formosae，Whistling Green Pigeon
The Whistling Green Pigeon has four subspecies.The Whistling Green Pigeon often moves alone, in pairs or in small groups, especial···
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White-bellied Wedge-tailed Pigeon, White-bellied Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon，Treron sieboldii，White-bellied Green-pigeon
The foreign name of the Red-winged Green-pigeon is White-bellied Green-pigeon, and there are 4 subspecies.The Red-winged Green-pig···
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Green Pigeon，Treron sphenura，Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon
Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon has four subspecies.Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon is a resident bird, often moving alone, in pairs or in sma···
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Treron apicauda，Pin-tailed Green-pigeon
Pin-tailed Green-pigeon, also known as Pin-tailed Green-pigeon, has three subspecies.The Pin-tailed Green Pigeon is a resident bir···
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Common Green Pigeon，Treron phoenicoptera，Yellow-footed Green Pigeon
Yellow-footed Green Pigeon, also known as Yellow-footed Green Pigeon, has 5 subspecies.Yellow-footed Green Pigeon often moves alon···
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Rough-billed Green Pigeon，Treron curvirostra，Thick-billed Green Pigeon
Thick-billed Green Pigeon, also known as Thick-billed Green Pigeon, has 9 subspecies.Thick-billed Green Pigeon is fond of eating t···
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Gray-headed green pigeon, Gray-headed mountain pigeon，Treron pompadora，Pompadour Green-pigeon
Grey-headed green pigeons are called Pompadour Green-pigeon in foreign language, and there are 8 subspecies.Grey-headed green pige···
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Red-breasted Green Pigeon, Orange-breasted Pigeon, Yellow-breasted Green Pigeon，Treron bicinctus，Orange-breasted Green-pigeon
Orange-breasted Green-pigeon has four subspecies.Orange-breasted Green-pigeon is mainly a resident bird, usually alone or in small···
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Brown-headed cuckoo dove, Lesser red cuckoo dove，Macropygia ruficeps，Little Cuckoo-dove
Little Cuckoo-dove is called Little Cuckoo-dove in English, and there are 8 subspecies.Little Cuckoo-dove is a resident bird, usua···
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Pied coffee chase，Macropygia unchall，Barred Cuckoo-dove
Barred Cuckoo-dove has three subspecies.Cuckoo doves are resident birds, partially wandering. Usually in pairs, occasionally alone···
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Columba punicea，Pale-capped Pigeon
The foreign name of the purple forest Pigeon is Pale-capped Pigeon, no subspecies.Purple pigeons often live alone or in pairs. Occ···
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Wood pigeon, common wood pigeon，Columba palumbus，Green Imperial-pigeon
There are 6 subspecies of Green Imperial pigeon. Columba palumbus casiotis (Columba palumbus casiotis) is the only one in China. I···
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Pale-backed Pigeon,Columba eversmanni
The Central Asian Pigeon is known as Pale-backed Pigeon and has no subspecies. Central Asian pigeons Often live alone or in pairs.···
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Black-necked grebe, tranche board，Podiceps nigricollis，Black-necked Grebe, Grèbe à cou noir
The Black-necked Grebe, with 4 subspecies, is a medium-sized water bird.Similarly, the horned grebe has a straight mouth and a fla···
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Podiceps auritus,Horned Grebe
Horned Grebe has two subspecies.Horned Grebes move in small groups in winter. It breeds in freshwater areas throughout the norther···
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Podiceps grisegena,Red-necked Grebe,Great red grebe
pit Grebe (pit) foreign name red-necked grebe, there are 2 subspecies in the world, that is, Red necked Grebe named subspecies P. ···
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Asarcornis scutulata,White wing forest duck，White-winged Duck，White-winged Wood Duck，Cairina scutulata
Cairina scutulata is a white-winged duck with no subspecies.The white-winged duck is classified together with the wart-nosed duck ···
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White merganser duck, small merganser duck, Sichuan merganser duck, Panda duck，Mergellus albellus，Smew
Merganser maculata is Smew, no subspecies.In spring, a large number of March-headed mergansers migrate north from their southern w···
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Chicken head and duck，Tadorna cristata，Crested Shelduck
The crested duck (Tadorna cristata) is a group of birds of the family Anatidae, inhabiting lakes, rivers, ponds, salt ponds, estua···
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Green edge boy, beautiful scenery，Anas strepera，Gadwall
Anas strepera (Anas strepera) is a medium-sized duck that is slightly smaller than domestic ducks, often living in small flocks, a···
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Lapwing, Sickle duck, Flathead duck, early duck, three duck, Sickle feather duck，Anas falcata，Falcated Teal，Falcated Duck
Ribbed ducks (Anas falcata) are medium-sized ducks, slightly smaller than domestic ducks, and often live in pairs or small flocks,···
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Anas penelope，Eurasian Wigeon，European Wigeon，Wigeon,Crane duck, Red duck, Red necked duck, goose duck, sacrificial duck
Red-necked ducks are medium-sized ducks, smaller than domestic ducks and about the same size as ribbed ducks. They often move in g···
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Grape-breasted duck，American Wigeon，Anas americana
Green brow duck is a river duck, also known as grape breast duck. Medium sized, much like the red-necked duck but slightly larger.···