Features：The Great crested grebe is a medium-sized water bird with a slender,

Table of ContentsPhysical CharacteristicsHabitat and EnvironmentBehavior, Lifestyle, and DietDistribution, Migration Patterns, and HabitsReproduction, Parenting, and LifespanSubspecies and VariationsConservation StatusProtection LevelsPopulation TrendsPredatorsArt and Cultural SignificanceReferences...

Features：a group of large water birds. Known for their distinctive long bills and large, pouched throats

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Ardea herodias

Features：It is easily recognized by its bluish-gray plumage, long legs, and dagger-like yellow bill. The heron’s long, S-shaped neck

Species Scientific ClassificationThe Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) is classified as follows:Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: AvesOrder: PelecaniformesFamily: ArdeidaeGenus: ArdeaSpecies: Ardea herodiasThis classification places the Great Blue Heron in the Ardeidae family, which includes v...

Darter,Snake Bird

Features：It is monogamous, and its belly feathers are dark brown, hence its name. It looks like a snake but is not a snake, especially its long neck that can bend in an "S" shape, so it is commonly known as the "snake bird". This bird is black all over, with a small head and a slender neck. It is good at diving and uses its mouth as a harpoon to catch fish.

The Black-bellied Snake Darter (scientific name: Anhinga melanogaster, foreign name: Darter) is a bird of the family Anhinga in the order Pelecaniformes. Other name: Snake Bird It is large in size, about 850-900 mm long; its belly feathers are dark brown, hence the name; its neck is slender; its hea...

Microcarbo pygmaeus，Pygmy Cormorant

Features：It is the smallest of all cormorants. The pygmy cormorant is 1/3 smaller than the ordinary cormorant. The beak is strong and long. There are grooves on both sides of the upper beak, hooks at the end of the beak, and a throat pouch at the base of the lower beak. The nostrils are small and completely hidden in the adult bird. The eyes are first exposed. The neck is long and slender, the tail is round and hard, the feet are located at the back of the body, the tarsometatarsus is short and featherless, the toes are flat, and the hind toes are long and connected by webs.

The Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmeus) is a seabird of the family Cormoridae. It is the smallest of all cormorants. This species is a partially migratory bird and is also a rare species in Western Europe.The Pygmy Cormorant has a strong and long beak, with grooves on both sides of the upper beak a...

Phalacrocorax capillatus,Temminck et Schlegal,Japanese Cormorant

Features：Very similar to the common cormorant, the back, shoulders and wing coverts of this species are greenish with a metallic sheen, while the feathers of the common cormorant are copper-brown. The white bare skin on the face and throat pouch is larger. The iris is blue, the bill is yellow, and the feet are black.

The dark green-backed cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus, Temminck et Schlegal) is also known as the Teminck's cormorant, the spotted-headed cormorant, the green-backed cormorant, the Dan's cormorant, the green cormorant, and the green-backed cormorant. It is a large water bird. It is 80-84...

Great Cormorant,Black Shag,Cormorant,White-breasted Cormorant,Heron, river cormorant, water crow, osprey, 鷧 (pronunciation meaning), black ghost, black fish man

Features：The whole body is almost completely black with a green-brown metallic luster. During the breeding season, there are white filamentous feathers behind the head and a white spot on the lower flank. These characteristics disappear during the non-breeding season. The body feathers of young birds are brown. The iris is red, the beak is gray-black, and the feet are black-green.

The cormorant (scientific name: Phalacrocorax carbo), also known as heron, river cormorant, water crow, osprey, 鷧 (pronounced and meaning), black ghost, black fish owl, etc., is a widely distributed seabird of the genus Phalacrocorax. It belongs to the genus Phalacrocorax of the family Phalacrocora...

Indian Pond-heron, Indian Pond Heron, Indian Pond-Heron

Features：A medium-sized wading bird, usually hunched, with a body that flashes with contrasting olive and brown markings when in flight, and a pair of bright white wings. A short, thick neck and a short, thick beak of light yellow or brown. Legs are red. In summer, adults grow long frills on their necks. When taking flight, their white wings make them stand out. The Indian Pond Heron is very well camouflaged, often allowing people to approach before quickly flying away, which has led local folk to believe that the bird is short-sighted or has eye problems.

The Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii) is a medium-sized wading bird, a small heron in the family Ardeidae in the order Pelecaniformes. It originates from the Old World, breeding in southern Iran, extending eastwards to the Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka. They are widespread and common,...

Egretta novaehollandiae，White-faced Heron，White-faced Heron

Features：The overall body color is bluish-gray, with white forehead and cheeks, hence the name white-faced heron. During the breeding season, the area between the beak and eyes of the white-faced heron is gray-black, but at other times it is light olive yellow. The white-faced heron has a long, straight, pointed beak, large and long wings, slender feet and toes, partially exposed shins, three toes in front and one toe behind, and a comb-like edge on the claw of the middle toe. Males and females are the same color, and the overall feather color is basically composed of three colors: pale, blue and gray. The forehead, crown, chin and upper throat are white, and the color of the crown is variable, and the white sometimes extends along the neck to the bottom of the neck. The color of the iris can be gray, green, dark yellow or cinnamon, and these changes vary from individual to individual.

The white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae), also known as the white-faced heron, is a common bird found throughout much of Australia and Oceania, including New Guinea, the islands of the Torres Strait, Indonesia, New Zealand, and throughout all of Australia except the most arid regions.It is a...

Egretta picata，Pied Heron

Features：The lower half of the face and upper chest are white, and the rest of the body is metallic blue-black. During the breeding season, there are white needle-like feathers under the neck. The iris is orange-yellow, and the beak and feet are bright yellow.

The spotted egret (Taiwanese white-necked black egret) (scientific name: Egretta picata) is distributed in Sulawesi, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, Indonesia, coastal and sub-coastal areas of the northern monsoon region of Australia, and the Wallace region. In China, birds are only occasionally seen...

Intermediate Egret，Yellow-billed Egret。Plumed Egret，Mesophoyx intermedia、Egretta intermedia

Features：The middle egret is a medium-sized wading bird, characterized by its size, appearance, and behavior. The middle egret is slightly larger, with a thick, short beak that does not exceed the eyes, black legs and toes, and its neck shrinks into an S shape when flying. In appearance, the middle egret's beak and feet are always black, and its toes are yellow-green.

Ardea intermedia (scientific name: Ardea intermedia) is a bird of the genus Heron in the family Ardeidae, and its common name is the spring hoe. Egrets are large wading birds. The body is medium in size, 560~720 mm long, androgynous; the iris is yellow, and the mouth slit does not exceed the eyes, w...

Ardea alba，egret, heron, white floating bird, winter village, great white crane, white crane heron, white village, snow guest

Features：The whole body is pure white. During the breeding period, there are three rows of long and straight feathers with scattered branches on the shoulders and back, extending all the way back to the tail end. The beak can change color with the seasons.

The great egret (scientific name: Ardea alba) is a bird of the genus Egret in the family Ardeidae, order Stork. It is also known as Baizhuang, Gongzi and Baiwa. The feathers of the whole body are white; the eyes are yellow; the beak is orange-yellow (black during the breeding season); the neck has a...

Purple Heron、Purple heron, flower cellar horse, wood heron, long-necked heron

Features：A large wading bird with the characteristics of "three lengths", namely a long beak, a long neck, and long legs.

Ardea purpurea is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family. It is also known as purple heron, commonly known as flower cellar horse, wood heron or long-necked man. It is a widely distributed heron. They breed in Africa, central and southern Europe, and the southern and eastern Palearctic. Populatio...

Phaethon lepturus、White-tailed Tropicbird, Long-tailed tropicbird

Features：Smallest of three closely related seabirds of non-nesting tropical oceans and the smallest member of the order Phaethontiformes

White-tailed grebe (scientific name: Phaethon lepturus) is a bird of the genus Phaethon lepturus in the family Phaethonidae. It is commonly known as white-tailed grebe and long-tailed grebe. It is a tropical bird. Weighing 220-410 grams; body length 370-400 mm, plus extended tail feathers 680-990 mm...

Phoenicopterus roseus,

Features：It is similar in size to a stork, with a short, thick beak, a slender neck that curves into an "S" shape, and extremely long legs.

The Greater Flamingo is a genus of Flamingo in the order Phoenicopteridae, class Aves, phylum Chordata, with 1 genus and 6 species: about 80-160 cm tall, 130-142 cm long, and 2.5-3.5 kg in weight. It is a "lost bird" and is very rare. The Greater Flamingo has a high ornamental value, a gen...

Threskiornis solitarius

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The Reunion pigeon (Threskiornis solitarius), also known as the Reunion dodo, is an extinct species endemic to the Reunion. They may be the same species of dodo (Raphus solitarius) discovered by Portuguese sailors in 1613.The Reunion pigeon was first described by Edmund de Selys-Longchamps in 1848,...

Arctic Tern ,Sterna paradisaea

Features：It has a "black cover" on its head and is the bird that flies the farthest on Earth.

The Arctic tern is a seabird belonging to the tern genus. It is medium-sized and distributed in the Arctic and nearby areas. It is a migratory bird. It experiences two summers each year, migrating from its northern breeding area to the ocean near Antarctica, and then migrating back to the breeding a...

Egretta garzetta,Great Egret, Middle Egret, Little Egret, Yellow-billed Egret

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Egrets are a general term for medium-sized wading birds of the genus Egretta. There are 13 species of birds in the genus Egretta, including the great egret, the middle egret, the little egret and the yellow-billed egret, all of which have all-white feathers and are commonly called "egrets"...

Calidris pygmaea,Shoveler,Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Features：The beak is black, with a flat base and a shovel-shaped tip. Because its beak looks like a small black spoon, it is called "the bird with its own rice spoon".

Spoon-billed Sandpiper breeds in the tundra, and is more common in coastal wetlands during migration and wintering. If the first clutch of eggs is lost in the early breeding period, a second clutch of eggs will be laid, so conservationists are allowed to collect the first clutch of eggs for artifici...

Gorsachius melanolophus,Malayan Night-heron,Black-crowned egret, Black-crowned bittern

Features：It is small but stocky, with a dark reddish brown or black body.

The black-crowned bittern, commonly known as the black-crowned bittern, lives in tropical and subtropical areas in southern and southeastern Asia. Its habitat and activity habits are basically similar to those of the Hainan bittern. In Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, it is mostly found alone in rice...

Egretta eulophotes,Chinese Egret,White cocoon, Shiraoi

Features：It has the habit of breeding in mixed groups with other egrets.

The Chinese Egret is a medium-sized wading bird with no subspecies.The Chinese Egret has the habit of nesting in groups, repairing old nests, and breeding in mixed groups with pond herons, night herons, and cattle egrets. It can fly to the breeding grounds in late April and lay eggs in May, with 2-5...