Rodentia, Sciuridae, Flying Squirrel，Buceros bicornis，Great Hornbill

Features：The beak and casque are both large, black at the base, orange-red at the tip of the beak and the top of the casque, orange-yellow at the sides of the beak, and milky white at the lower beak.

Great Hornbill has two subspecies.Great Hornbill often moves alone during the breeding season, and likes to move in groups on tall banyan trees during the non-breeding season. When the fruits are ripe, most hornbills feed in one place until all the food is eaten. They often fly in groups, one after...

Anthracoceros coronatus,Malabar pied hornbill,Crowned Hornbill, Airplane Bird

Features：The mouth has a large helmet process, which is waxy yellow or ivory white in color. There is a significant black spot in front of the helmet process.

The Malabar pied hornbill is called Malabar pied hornbill in English, and has 2 subspecies.The Malabar pied hornbill is a resident bird. It often moves in groups except during the breeding season. It often lives and moves in trees, and sometimes forages on the ground. The call is "Gak, Gak, Gak...

Harpactes oreskios，Orange-breasted Trogon

Features：Poor flying ability, fast but not far

Orange-breasted Trogon, also known as Orange-breasted Trogon, has 5 subspecies.Orange-breasted Trogons often move alone or in pairs; they are arboreal, either climbing on the top branches of small trees to eat wild fruits, or standing quietly on tree branches waiting for an opportunity to pounce on...

Centropus bengalensis,Lesser Coucal,Little Chicken,Little Crow Pheasant,Little Pheasant Cock,Little Wasp

Features：It looks similar to the brown-winged cuckoo, but is smaller in size and has reddish-brown or chestnut underwing feathers.

Lesser Coucal is a medium-sized bird with three subspecies.Lesser Coucal is a resident bird, often moving alone or in pairs. It is smart and secretive, and will immediately run into dense bushes or grass if it is slightly disturbed. It mainly feeds on insects and other small animals such as locusts,...

Centropus sinensis,Big hairy chicken, hairy chicken, red hairy chicken, red pheasant, wasp, green knot chicken, Luogu

Features：The whole body is black except for the wings, shoulders and inner side of the shoulders which are chestnut.

The Greater Coucal is a medium-sized bird with 6 subspecies.The Greater Coucal prefers to move alone or in pairs, rarely in groups. It usually moves on the ground, and when resting, it also perches on small branches or basks in the sun on the top of reeds, especially after rain. It is good at hiding...

Hirundapus cochinchinensis，Silver-backed Needletail

Features：The shoulders, back and waist are brown-gray, forming an inconspicuous saddle-shaped gray-brown spot on the back.

Grey-throated Needle-tailed Swift often flies in open areas and over forests. It flies very fast. It mainly catches flying insects in the air for food.Grey-throated Needle-tailed Swift's breeding season is between February and March. It nests in rock caves and tree holes. The nest is made of mos...

Aerodramus fuciphagus，Edible-nest Swiftlet

Features：Black tail, the whole body is black or brown, the large tail is fan-shaped and not forked

The Java Swiftlet is called Edible-nest Swiftlet in English, and has 8 subspecies.The Java Swiftlet flies along the coast and islands all day long to catch flying insects, and rarely rests. When flying, it does not make sharp turns like the house swallow, because its tail feathers are not forked. Mo...

Hemiprocne coronata，Crested Treeswift,Crested Tree Swift

Features：It has a long crest on its head, shining with green luster, very beautiful and unique.

The Crested Treeswift is called Crested Treeswift in English. There are 6 subspecies in total, and only 1 subspecies is distributed in my country. The distribution range is very limited. It is a rare bird and is a second-level protected animal in my country.None of the Crested Swifts are truly migra...

Batrachostomus hodgsoni,Hodgson's Frogmouth,Black-crowned Frogmouth, Black-crowned Frogmouth

Features：The mouth is wide like a frog

The Black-capped Frogmouth Nightjar, also known as Hodgson’s Frogmouth in foreign languages, is an internationally endangered species. Its full name is the Black-capped Frogmouth Nightjar. According to the China Forestry Science Data Center, the scientific name of the Black-capped Frogmouth Nightja...

Red Pigeon，Harpactes erythrocephalus，Red-headed Trogon

Features：The male bird is distinguished by its red head, and the female bird is distinguished from other female trogons by its red abdomen.

Red-headed Trogons are mostly single or in pairs; they live in trees, either climbing on the top branches of small trees to eat wild fruits, or standing quietly on tree branches waiting for an opportunity to attack flying insects, and occasionally following flying insects. They have poor flying abil...

Harpactes wardi，Ward's Trogon

Features：Very beautiful bird

The red-bellied trogon is a crimson and dark chestnut trogon. It has an orange-yellow eyebrow pattern; the central tail feathers are black. The outer tail feathers of the wedge tail are crimson on the ventral side as a distinguishing feature.The red-bellied trogon often moves alone or in pairs; it i...

Batrachostomus hodgsoni,Black-capped Frogmouth, Black-capped Frogmouth, Old Fearful,Batrachostomus hodgsoni hodgsoni

Features：It has a wide mouth and is the only frog-mouthed owl in China.

The body shape of the Black-capped Frogmouth is similar to that of a nighthawk. However, the beak is wide, and the upper beak is very curved with a hooked tip. The whiskers on the forehead and head are very developed, and the nostrils are covered by whiskers, which distinguishes it from birds of the...

Lyncornis macrotis,Eurostopodus macrotis

Features：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 genus Viperidae. It has dark brown horizontal stripes on its body, very conspicuous ear feathers, and a yellow-brown crown, which is lighter than the rest of the head. The top of the head is sandy yellow with very fine blac...

Caprimulgus indicus,Jungle Nightjar,Nighthawk, mosquito-bird, bark-sticking bird, ghost bird, night swallow

Features：The feather color is very similar to the bark, which helps the animal hide itself and more effectively avoid enemies and catch food.

Common nighthawk is a resident bird in Tibet, China, and a summer migratory bird in other places. It moves alone or in pairs. It is nocturnal, and it often crouches on the grass in the forest or lies on the dark tree trunks during the day, hence the name "sticking to the bark". Because its...

European Nightjar, Eurasian Nightjar，Caprimulgus europaeus，Eurasian Nightjar

Features：The beak is short, the mouth is very large, and the tips of the wings are rounded.

The European Nightjar was formerly known as the goatsucker because farmers believed that the bird sucked goat's milk at night. Its broad beak is a reflection of this legend. In reality, the short, broad beak is used to catch prey such as moths at night.The plumage of an adult European Nightjar i...

Mosquitobird，Caprimulgus aegyptius，Egyptian Nightjar

Features：Nocturnal, phototactic

The Egyptian Nightjar is a small bird of the family Viperidae and the genus Viper. It looks very similar to the European Nightjar, but its body color is lighter. The upper body is mostly light gray, sandy gray or leathery gray, with less obvious dark spots. The throat is white, and the white spots o...

Sticking bark, mosquito-bird，Caprimulgus macrurus，Large-tailed Nightjar

Features：The beak is surrounded by a circle of bristle-like feathers, like a brush.

The long-tailed nighthawk lives in evergreen broad-leaved forests, shrubs, scrub belts, mangroves, savannas and wetlands. During the day, it often crouches in dense forests or grasslands, and is sometimes seen standing on rocks by the roadside. Because of its small claws, it often moves by jumping o...

Nighthawk, bark-sticking, mosquito-bird，Savannah Nightjar，Allied Nightjar

Features：It particularly likes to eat pests such as beetles, moths and mosquitoes, so it is nicknamed the "mosquito bird".

The nighthawk is a small bird of the family Noctilucentidae. Its upper body is mostly gray-brown, and its two pairs of outer tail feathers are almost pure white, with only a small dark tip, which is clearly visible when flying.The nighthawk often moves alone or in pairs. It is nocturnal and mostly r...

Vernal hanging parrot, Indian parrot

Features：It often hangs itself vertically, so it is also called a hanging parrot or a hanging parrot.

The short-tailed parrot is a typical climbing bird, with a small body and a tail shorter than the wings; a thin beak, short, strong and powerful legs, two toes forward and two toes backward, suitable for grasping and climbing. The body feathers are mainly green, with a red beak and red waist, and th...

Blue-rumped Parrot, Mexican Parrot, Blue-rumped Parrot

Features：Strong beak

The Blue-rumped Short-tailed Parrot is a small parrot, also known as the Mexican Parrot, with mainly green feathers and blue wings. It is a typical climbing bird with a strong and powerful beak, a hooked beak, a movable joint in the upper jaw, and a wax membrane at the base of the beak. The mu...

Palaeornis eupatria,Alexandrine Parakeet,Psittacula eupatria (Linnaeus, 1766),Psittacus Eupatria Linneaus, 1766,Alexan Parrot

Features：Asia's largest parakeet

Alexandrine parrots look a bit like ring-necked parrots, but are much larger in size and have obvious red spots on their wings. They have good ability to learn to talk and are gentle by nature. They can be trained to learn some tricks in captivity and have many color variants. They live in various t...