Birds: different species, definitions, photos, and more

Leiothrix lutea,Red-billed Leiothrix,Pekin Robin,Lovebird, red-billed jade, colorful lovebird, red-billed bird

Features：With its colorful feathers and melodious singing voice, it is one of the famous caged ornamental birds around the world.

Red-billed Leiothrix has 5 subspecies. Red-billed Leiothrix is a resident bird. Except for the breeding period, it usually moves in pairs or alone. In other seasons, it usually moves in small groups of 3-5 or more than 10, and sometimes it also moves in mixed groups with other small birds. It...

Leiothrix argentauris,Silver-eared Mesia,Yellow-billed Jade, Colorful Lovebird

Features：Lively and bold, not afraid of people

Silver-eared Mesia has 9 subspecies.Silver-eared Mesia often moves alone or in pairs, and sometimes in groups, especially in autumn and winter. It is lively and bold, not afraid of people, often jumping in the undergrowth or bamboo groves and in the open space in the forest. It rarely rests on trees...

Liocichla omeiensis,Omei Shan Liocichla

Features：Timid and fearful, uses different habitats in different seasons

The foreign name of the Gray-breasted Bush Babbler is Omei Shan Liocichla, and there is no subspecies.Deignan (1964) believed that the gray-breasted bush thrush may be the same species as the yellow-spotted bush thrush (Liocichla steerii) distributed in Taiwan, China. Delacour (1933, 1946) believed...

Garrulax milnei,Red-tailed Laughingthrush,Trochalopteron milnei,Red-tailed Laughing Babbler

Features：The top of the head to the back of the neck is reddish brown, the wings and tail are bright red, the front of the eyes, eyebrow pattern, cheeks, chin and throat are black, and there is a gray spot behind the eyes

Red-tailed Laughingthrush, also known as Red-tailed Laughingthrush, has 4 subspecies.Red-tailed Laughingthrush often moves in pairs or in small groups of 3 to 5. It is timid and good at singing. Its singing is noisy. It hides in dense bushes at the slightest movement. You can often hear its voice bu...

Garrulax formosus,Red-winged Laughingthrush

Features：The head is gray olive brown with thick black vertical stripes, the wings have large bright red spots, and the tail is also bright red.

Red-winged Laughingthrush has two subspecies.Red-winged Laughingthrush often moves in pairs or small groups of several individuals, often shuttling and jumping between the undergrowth, and also frequently moving and foraging on the ground under the forest. It mainly feeds on insects and plant foods....

Trochalopteron elliotii，Elliot's Laughingthrush，Garrulax elliotii (Verreaux, 1870)

Features：The outer tail feathers are green with orange-yellow edges and white tip spots.

The orange-winged laughingthrush is also known as Elliot's Laughingthrush in English. It has two subspecies.In 2016, the Orange-winged Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron elliotii) was included in the Laughingthrush family and the "Colored-winged Laughingthrush" (Trochalopteron) from the Ga...

Pterorhinus berthemyi,Rusty Laughingthrush,Bamboo bird, Eight-tone bird

Features：Fear of life, dislike open areas

The foreign name of the brown babbler is Rusty Laughingthrush, and there are three subspecies. Dickinson (2003) divided the brown babbler (G.poecilorhynchus) into three subspecies. Some scholars believe that the named subspecies of Brown Noisy Babbler (G.p. poecilorhynchus) is significantly differen...

Pterorhinus courtoisi,Blue-crowned laughingthrush,Chinese Yellow-throated Laughingthrush, Blue-crowned Laughingthrush, Wuyuan Yellow-throated Laughingthrush, Blue-throated Laughingthrush

Features：It is one of the few birds with brightly colored feathers among the thrushes.

Blue-crowned laughingthrush is a small-bodied bird of the family Timalis, with no subspecies.There are dozens of species of Laughingthrush distributed in southern China. Although there are also rare species such as Chestnut-necked Laughingthrush and Brown Laughingthrush, the Indigo-crowned Laughingt...

Garrulax chinensis,Pterorhinus chinensis,Black-throated Laughingthrush,,Dryonastes chinensisBlack-throated Laughing Thrush, Mountain Bird, Coral Bird

Features：The forehead, front of the eyes, around the eyes, chin and throat are black, with a white spot on the black forehead

Black-throated Laughingthrush, also known as Black-throated Laughingthrush, has 5 subspecies.Black-throated Laughingthrush is a resident bird. It often moves in small groups of several or more than 10 individuals, and occasionally it is seen moving alone or in pairs. They often jump around in the bu...

Ianthocincla ocellata,Garrulax ocellatus,Spotted Laughingthrush

Features：Black throat, brownish-yellow chest with black horizontal stripes

Spotted Laughingthrush, also known as Spotted Laughingthrush, has 4 subspecies.Eye-striped Laughingthrush often moves in pairs or small groups, mostly moving and foraging among the bushes under the forest or on the ground, and occasionally making calls of "Kagui, Gui, Gui..." During the br...

Ianthocincla maxima,Giant Laughingthrush,Garrulax maximus,Flower-backed Laughing Babbler

Features：The forehead to the top of the head is dark brown, and the back is chestnut brown with white spots

Giant Laughingthrush, foreign name, no subspecies.The Great Laughingthrush is smaller than the similar species, the Eye-striped Laughingthrush, and has a shorter tail. It has a black throat and neck, and black and white horizontal stripes on its chest. The difference is obvious and it is not difficu...

Garrulax lunulatus,Barred Laughingthrush,Ianthocincla lunulata

Features：The lines before, around and behind the eyes are all white, forming a wide white eye circle, like an eye mask.

Barred Laughingthrush, also known as Barred Laughingthrush in English, is a medium-sized bird of the family Noctuidae and the genus Laughingthrush, with two subspecies.There is still controversy about the subspecies differentiation of Barred Laughingthrush. Deignan (1964), Zheng Zuoxin (1976), Zheng...

Garrulax sukatschewi,Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush

Features：The cheek and ear feathers are white with black eye and zygomatic stripes, which are very eye-catching on the light-colored head. The nose feathers are black and cover the forehead, hence the name.

Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush, no subspecies.Black-cheeked Laughingthrush often moves in pairs, mostly foraging in the leaf litter and moss under the forest. Male and female birds stay together all year round, and almost always move in the moss and dry leaves under the forest, never leaving the fores...

Garrulax maesi,Grey Laughingthrush,Red-eared Laughingthrush

Features：The ear feathers are light grey with white edges above and behind them.

Grey Laughingthrush is known as Grey Laughingthrush in English and has 3 subspecies.Grey Laughingthrush often hides in the dense undergrowth of evergreen forests in mountainous areas. Some authors consider this species to be a subspecies of White-necked Laughingthrush G. Strepitans. The call is loud...

Garrulax taewanus,Taiwan Hwamei

Features：Very territorial, song similar to that of the mainland thrush

Taiwan Hwamei, no subspecies.Taiwan Hwamei males are very territorial, and the territory they occupy will not be invaded by males of the same species. If someone who does not know invades, he will be strongly driven away. They are sexually independent, and they gather in small groups in winter. It i...

Babax koslowi,Tibetan Babax,Pterorhinus koslowi

Features：It is a species endemic to China, has scientific research value, and loves to eat harmful insects

The brown babbler's foreign name is Tibetan Babax, and there are two subspecies.The brown meadowlark and the speared meadowlark are very similar in body size and plumage color, making it difficult to identify them in the wild. However, the body feathers of the Spear-striped Babbler are grayish-b...

Babax waddelli,Giant Babax

Features：The upper body is gray with thick dark brown stripes, and the vertical stripes on the waist and tail coverts are not obvious.

Giant Babax, also known as Giant Babax, has two subspecies.Except during the breeding season, Giant Babax often moves in small groups of 5 to 6. It is mainly terrestrial, mostly active on the ground or in low bushes, and sometimes enters the vicinity of human residences. It is lively and good at hid...

Pseudominla variegaticeps,Gold-fronted Fulvetta,Schoeniparus variegaticeps

Features：A smaller, brightly colored sparrow

Gold-fronted Fulvetta is a species endemic to central and southern China.Gold-fronted Fulvetta was discovered and named by Mr. Ren Guorong in 1932. It is also the first wild bird named by a Chinese, and is a milestone in the history of bird research. The origin of the golden-fronted thrush is Dayao...

Stachyris nonggangensis,Nonggang Babbler,

Features：Very rare, with a total population of less than 2,000 individuals

Nonggang Babbler, with no subspecies.In 2004, Professor Zhou Fang of the College of Animal Science and Technology of Guangxi University, funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, went to different regions of Guangxi for field investigations many times. In February, July, and October 2005 to...

Zosterops erythropleurus,Chestnut-flanked White-eye,White eyes, pink eyes, brown eyes, red eyes with white eyes, red eyes with pink eyes

Features：The upper body is mostly gray, with chestnut on the flanks (sometimes not visible)

Chestnut-flanked White-eye, no subspecies.Chestnut-flanked White-eye often moves alone, in pairs or in small groups. They like to move in groups during the migration season and winter, sometimes with up to 50-60 birds. It shuttles and jumps between branches and flowers in secondary forests and shrub...

Calamornis heudei，Reed Parrotbill，Paradoxornis heudei David, 1872

Features：It is a rare bird species unique to China, known as the "panda among birds" and a globally endangered species.

The Chinese Parrotbill is a rare bird species in China with 2 subspecies.The Chinese Parrotbill is a bird with great research value. It is known as the "panda among birds" and is a globally near-threatened species. In fact, the Chinese Parrotbill was not really known to the world until 187...