Climbing birds

Apus apus，Common Swift，European Swift，Swift，Martinet noir

Features：The white throat and chest are separated by a dark brown band

The Common swallow (Apus apus) has two subspecies: common Swift, European Swift, Swift, and Martinet noir. The common louver was one of the many species described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. He introduced the binomial name "Hirund...

Apus alexandri，Alexander's Swift

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Its scientific name is Apus alexandri, its foreign name is Alexander' s Swift, whose behavior is unknown.Protect wild animals and eliminate wild meat.Maintaining ecological balance is everyone's responsibility!...

Apus affinis，Little Swift，House Swift，Martinet des maisons

Features：The tail looks round when fully unfolded

The small Swift (Apus affinis) has six subspecies: Little Swift, House Swift, Martinet des maisons.Small swift populations in the far western Palaearctic region and southern Africa are partially or entirely migratory, but populations in the tropics are resident birds. The young swifts that live in T...

Aerodramus maximus

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The Greater Swiftlet (Aerodramus maximus) is a species of animal in the genus Swiftlet.Large swiftlets can fly around dark caves like bats by echolocation. Its "sonar" is audible to the human ear and consists of "clicks" at a frequency of 1,500 to 5,500 Hertz, about six times per...

Eurostopodus macrotis，Great Eared Nightjar,Lyncornis macrotis

Features：The Hairy-legged Nightjar is the largest species of Chinese nightjar and the only one with ear tufts.

The hairy-legged nightjar is a medium-sized bird of the family Viperidae and the genus Viperidae. It often moves alone or in pairs. It is the largest species of nightjar in China and the only one with ear feather tufts. It is nocturnal and often crouches on the grass in the forest or lies on the dar...

Hodgson's Frogmouth,Batrachostomus hodgsoni

Features：The whole body feathers are covered with black-brown, brown and white moth-like markings.

The black-capped frogmouth is a small bird. It is similar in shape to a nighthawk. It often moves alone or in pairs. It is nocturnal and hides in dense forests during the day, lying or standing on horizontal branches along the trunks of large trees. Because its body color is similar to that of branc...

Apus nipalensis，Little Swift

Features：The back and tail are dark brown with a slight bluish green sheen. The tail is flat and slightly concave in the middle.

The small white-rumped swift lives and moves in groups. Sometimes it also flies in the air with house swallows. It flies fast, often with a period of rapid flapping wings followed by a period of gliding, and the two are often performed alternately. It will make a relatively sharp call in the evening...

Apus acuticauda,Dark-backed Swift

Features：Very similar to the White-rumped Swift, but with a darker throat and no white spots on the waist.

Dark-backed swift, Latin name Apus acuticauda, is distributed in the Indian subcontinent and southwest China (including India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives and southeastern Tibet, China, etc.), Indochina Peninsula and southeastern coastal areas of China (including...

Apus pacificus，Fork-tailed Swift

Features：The waist is white with fine dark brown feather shaft patterns.

White-rumped swifts are summer migratory birds. They migrate here in spring from April to May. They migrate away in autumn from September to October. Some of them stay in Hong Kong and Taiwan.White-rumped swifts like to fly in groups, often flying back and forth in groups over their habitats. In the...

Apodidae,House swift, common swift

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Apodidae (scientific name) is commonly known as swifts. In animal taxonomy, it is a family in the order Apodidae of the class Aves. Swifts are the fastest flying birds, often preying on insects in the air, with long wings and weak legs. Swifts are widely distributed. Some species breed in high latit...

Tachymarptis melba

Features：Characteristically, the white throat and chest are separated by a dark brown horizontal band.

The Alpine Swift is a species of swift. Swifts are air-dwelling birds that often fly in groups for long periods of time, preying on insects in the air. They are similar to the common house swallows, but belong to a different order in evolution. They rarely live in trees, but rest on cliffs and build...

Asian Palm-swift，Cypsiurus balasiensis

Features：The body is dark brown and the tail is deeply forked.

Palm Swifts use the crowns of palm trees and their drooping dead leaves and palm mantle as their nests and resting places. The nests are close to the leaves of palm trees. They can be found up to 1,500 meters above sea level. They often fly in groups over open fields. They fly higher in clear weathe...

Hirundapus giganteus,Brown-backed Spinetail

Features：The white part from the flank to the tail forms a V shape

Brown-backed needle-tailed swift, Latin name: Hirundapus giganteus, is a large and strong needle-tailed swift of the genus Hirundapus in the family Apodidae. There is one record in Hong Kong, China. Abroad, it is found in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Andaman Island, Philippines, and Southeast Asia....

White-throated Needletail，Hirundapus caudacutus

Features：The top of the head to the back of the neck is dark brown, and the chin and throat are white

The White-throated Needle-tailed Swift is a bird of the genus Apodidae. It lives in high-altitude cold forests with many cliffs. It flies quickly over forests and ridges in groups. It is found in mixed groups with other swifts such as the White-rumped Swift abroad, and sometimes flies low over the w...

Germain's Swiftlet

Features：Similar to the black swiftlet. Its wings are long and blunt.

The Gouldian Swiftlet belongs to the Swiftidae family. The population is rare. The nominate subspecies breeds in Kalimantan Island, Indonesia, Sulawesi Island, Malaysian Borneo, Hoi An, Vietnam, and Dazhou Island in the southeast of Hainan Island. There are more than 200 nests in three caves at most...

Aerodramus brevirostris，Himalayan Swiftlet

Features：The upper body is smoky gray, and the wings are very long, protruding clearly from the tail tip when folded.

The short-billed swiftlet is a small bird that often flies in groups over its habitat to hunt during the day. When flying, it often makes a "di-di-di-di" sound, singing while flying. The sound is monotonous and rapid, and it seems to be more chaotic. It mainly feeds on various moths and fl...

swift,Guanyin swallow, swallow, clumsy swallow, house swallow, wild swallow, brown swift, European swift

Features：The fastest long-distance flyer on Earth

The fastest animal on earth that can fly long distances is the Spine-tailed Swift. The Spine-tailed Swift is the champion of long-distance flight, with a normal flying speed of 170 kilometers per hour; the fastest speed can reach 352.5 kilometers per hour, or 100 meters per second. The Spine-tailed...

Psittinus cyanurus,Blue-rumped Parrot

Features：The body is mainly green, with bright red feathers in the underwing coverts, slightly reddish shoulders, and yellow edges on the wing coverts.

Blue-rumped Parrot, also known as Blue-rumped Parrot, is a small parrot and the only species in the genus Psittinus.Blue-rumped Parrots sometimes have a flock of up to 20 birds. They eat seeds, fruits and flowers.The Red List of Endangered Species of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) is near threa...

Great slaty woodpecker，Mulleripicus pulverulentus

Features：Slate grey throughout, yellow throat skin

Great Slaty Woodpecker is a large gray woodpecker with two subspecies.Great Slaty Woodpecker is a resident bird, often in small groups of 4 to 6. They live mostly in trees, often moving from one tree to another. They fly clumsily, flapping their wings vigorously, often making loud noises. They also...

Picus rabieri，Red-collared woodpecker

Features：The top of the head, nape, collar and whiskers are all red, and the body feathers are mainly green

Red-collared Woodpecker, no subspecies.Red-necked Woodpecker is a resident bird, mainly inhabiting low mountain evergreen broad-leaved forests and forest margins, and also appears in bamboo forests and secondary forests. Often active alone. They move and forage mostly on trees and on the ground. The...

Picus chlorolophus，Lesser yellownape

Features：The forehead and eyebrows are bright red, the top of the head and ear feathers are olive green, and the nape has a bright yellow crest, which is very eye-catching.

The Yellow-crowned Woodpecker, also known as the Lesser Yellownape, is a small bird with three subspecies.The Yellow-crowned Woodpecker is a jungle bird, mostly found in forests with higher terrain, and less common in plains. It often moves alone or in pairs, and is sometimes seen flying with other...