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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.

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···

Emberiza jankowskii

Emberiza jankowskii

Emberiza jankowskii,Jankowski's Bunting,Rufous-backed Bunting,Red-bellied Sparrow

The foreign name of the Chestnut-bellied Bunting is Jankowski's Bunting,···

Latoucheornis siemsseni

Latoucheornis siemsseni

Latoucheornis siemsseni,Slaty Bunting

Slaty Bunting is a small songbird, endemic to China, with no subspecies.Slat···

Loxia curvirostra

Loxia curvirostra

Loxia curvirostra,Common Crossbill,Crossbill, Green Crossbill

Common Crossbill, also known as Common Crossbill, is a small swallow with 19···

Carpodacus roseus

Carpodacus roseus

Carpodacus roseus,Pallas's Rosefinch,Tit

Pallas's Rosefinch, also known as Pallas's Rosefinch, has two subspe···

Carpodacus roborowskii

Carpodacus roborowskii

Carpodacus roborowskii,Tibetan Rosefinch,Tibetan Vermilion Bird, Tibetan Vermilion Bird

Tibetan Rosefinch is a high mountain and plateau desert bird with no subspec···

Carpodacus sillemi

Carpodacus sillemi

Carpodacus sillemi,Sillem's Rosefinch,White-rumped rosefinch, White-rumped ridgefinch, Red-headed ridgefinch, Salem rosefinch

Brown-headed Rosefinch, also known as Sillem's Rosefinch in English, is ···

Prunella koslowi

Prunella koslowi

Prunella koslowi,Mongolian Accentor,Desert Pipit,

The Helan Mountain Rock Pipit, also known as the Mongolian Accentor, is a sm···

Niltava grandis

Niltava grandis

Large Niltava,Niltava grandis

The foreign name of the large niltava is Large Niltava, and there are 4 subs···

Niltava davidi

Niltava davidi

Niltava davidi,Fujian Niltava,Fujian Flycatcher

The foreign name of the brown-bellied great flycatcher is Fujian Niltava, an···

Rhinomyias brunneatus

Rhinomyias brunneatus

White-gorgetted Jungle Flycatcer,Rhinomyias brunneatus,Rhinomyias brunneata

White-throated Jungle Flycatcer is also known as White-gorgetted Jungle Flyc···

Saxicola insignis

Saxicola insignis

Saxicola insignis,Hodgson's Stonechat,Ho's Tree Rock Bird

The white-throated stonechat is also known as Hodgson's Stonechat. It is···

Phoenicurus alaschanicus

Phoenicurus alaschanicus

Phoenicurus alaschanicus,Ala Shan Redstart

Helanshan Redstart, also known as Ala Shan Redstart, is a medium-sized redst···

Tarsiger hyperythrus

Tarsiger hyperythrus

Tarsiger hyperythrus,Rufous-breasted Bush Robi

Rufous-breasted Bush Robin, also known as Rufous-breasted Bush Robin, is a b···