Wading birds

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...

Egretta sacra,Pacific Reef-egret,Pacific Reef Heron, Eastern Reef Egret

Features：Strong territorial awareness

Pacific Reef-egret is a medium-sized wading bird with two subspecies.Pacific Reef-egret is a species with a high sense of territory. Most of them move alone, sometimes in pairs or in small groups as a family unit, occupying a small reef or coast. It usually only appears on rocky shores, often standi...

Ardea insignis,White-bellied Heron,Imperial Heron

Features：Timid and alert, flies away when seeing people

White-bellied Heron is a large migratory wading bird with no subspecies.White-bellied Heron is a migratory species. It often moves alone or in small groups of 4-5. It is timid and alert, and will fly away when it sees people. Although the flapping of its wings is slow during flight, the speed is ver...

Gorsachius goisagi,Japanese Night-heron,Chestnut-headed Night Bittern, Chestnut-headed Tiger Bittern, Heron

Features：A short, brown heron.

The Japanese Night-heron is a migratory bird that breeds in Japan. Except for some that stay in the southern part of the breeding grounds to overwinter, most of them migrate to Taiwan, China and the Philippines to overwinter. During migration, some of them pass through Shanghai, Hong Kong, Fujian an...

Gorsachius magnificus,White-eared Night-heron,Hainan night bittern, Hainan tiger bittern, white-eared night heron

Features：It is listed as one of the 30 most endangered birds in the world. It is extremely rare and is known as "the most mysterious bird in the world."

Hainan bittern is called White-eared Night-heron in foreign language. It is similar in shape and size to a heron. It is a medium-sized wading bird with no subspecies differentiation.Hainan bittern is partly resident and partly migratory. They usually hide during the day and come out at night, especi...

Ixobrychus minutus,Little Bittern

Features：Can swim in water, but is extremely clumsy

Little Bittern, also known as Little Bittern in English, is a small wading bird with 5 subspecies.Little Bitterns move in pairs during the breeding season, in family activities in the late breeding period, and mostly move alone at other times. It often walks along the shore of the water with big str...

Platalea minor,Black-faced Spoonbill,Black-faced Spoonbill, Spoonbill, Spoon-billed Spoonbill, Spoon-billed Spoonbill, Little Spoonbill, Spoon-billed Goose

Features：The forehead, throat, face, eye area and eye sockets are all black, and blend into the black of the mouth.

Black-faced Spoonbill is a medium-sized wading bird with no subspecies.The Black-faced Spoonbill looks very similar to the White Spoonbill, and they are often confused in the wild. It is slightly smaller than the white spoonbill, and its feathers are all snow-white. In summer, there is a long hair-l...

Platalea leucorodia,Eurasian Spoonbill,Spoonbilled Heron, Spoonbilled Heron

Features：The mouth is long, straight, flat and wide like a pipa

The Eurasian Spoonbill is a large wading bird with three subspecies.The populations of Eurasian Spoonbill that breed in northern China are all summer migrants. They migrate from the southern wintering grounds to the northern breeding grounds in spring from early to late April, and migrate south in a...

Plegadis falcinellus,Glossy Ibis

Features：Good at flying, with green and purple upper body

The Glossy Ibis, also known as the Glossy Ibis in English, is a dark chestnut ibis with a shimmering color. It looks like a large dark curlew and has no subspecies.When flying, the painted ibis stretches its head and neck forward, and its feet extend behind its tail feathers. It mainly relies on the...

Nipponia nippon,JapaneseCrestedIbis ,Crested IbisAsian Crested Ibis, Japanese Crested Ibis,,Ibis sinensis（synonym）、Ibis nippon（synonym）,Crested Ibis、Asian Crested Ibis、Japanese Crested Ibis

Features：Known as the "Oriental Gem" among birds

The foreign names of Crested Ibis, Asian Crested Ibis, Japanese Crested Ibis, anciently known as Crested Ibis and Red Crested Ibis, Crested Ibis is a species endemic to East Asia, with no subspecies.The crested ibis is relatively solitary and quiet. It does not sing except when taking off. It often...

Pseudibis davisoni,White-shouldered Ibis,Oriental Black Ibis

Features：The sound when taking off from the ground is strange and characteristic

White-shouldered Ibis is called White-shouldered Ibis in foreign language. There are two subspecies of black ibis, and most of them are Burmese subspecies active in my country.The call of White-shouldered Ibis when taking off from the ground is strange and characteristic, especially in the breeding...

Threskiornis melanocephalus,Black-headed Ibis,White Ibis

Features：It is one of the world's endangered species.

Black-headed Ibis is a large wading bird.Black-headed Ibis usually moves in small groups, and sometimes they are seen alone by the water or on the grass. It is active during the day, and is silent when active. Usually, its calls are almost unheard, and it walks very lightly and calmly. When flying,...

Leptoptilos javanicus

Features：When flying, it does not stretch its neck forward like other storks, but instead pulls its head down to its shoulders.

Lesser Adjutant, also known as Lesser Adjutant in English, is a large and bulky wading bird with no subspecies.The bald stork mainly feeds on fish, frogs, reptiles, mollusks, crabs, crustaceans, locusts, grasshoppers, lizards, rodents, chicks and insects, and occasionally eats animal carcasses. It o...

Ciconia ciconia,red-billed white, European white stork, western white stork

Features：The feathers are mainly white, with black feathers on the wings. The wings are long and wide, and can glide.

White Stork is a large wading bird, which is the common name for European white stork and Oriental white stork. There are three subspecies, namely: European white stork Central Asian subspecies, European white stork nominate subspecies, and Oriental white stork.White storks often move in groups exce...

Black stork, black stork, pot stork

Features：Beautiful body, bright color, agile movement, alert temperament

Black Stork is a large wading bird with no subspecies.The black stork is a migratory bird, but most of them stay in Spain, and only a few pass through the Strait of Gibraltar to West Africa for wintering; the populations that breed in South Africa do not migrate either, but only spread around after...

Mycteria leucocephala

Features：Beautiful feathers and graceful posture

Painted Stork is also known as White-headed Stork in English. There is no subspecies differentiation.White-headed Stork usually breeds in groups in water and bushes. It feeds by the waterside of ponds, lakes and rivers. It moves slowly. During the day, it often stands in one place for a long time wi...