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Climbing birds

Climbing birds are one of the six major ecological groups of birds, covering the order Psittaciformes, Cuckooriformes, Swifts, Mystriformes, Trogons, Nighthawks, Dharmamonformes, and Grebes in the traditional classification system of birds. , climbing birds include nightjars, parrots, cuckoos, swifts, emeralds, kingfishers, woodpeckers, pseudo-woodpeckers and other secondary ecological groups.

Buceros bicornis

Buceros bicornis

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

Great Hornbill has two subspecies.Great Hornbill often moves alone during th···

Anthracoceros coronatus

Anthracoceros coronatus

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

The Malabar pied hornbill is called Malabar pied hornbill in English, and ha···

Harpactes oreskios

Harpactes oreskios

Harpactes oreskios,Orange-breasted Trogon

Orange-breasted Trogon, also known as Orange-breasted Trogon, has 5 subspeci···

Centropus bengalensis

Centropus bengalensis

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

Lesser Coucal is a medium-sized bird with three subspecies.Lesser Coucal is ···

Centropus sinensis

Centropus sinensis

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

The Greater Coucal is a medium-sized bird with 6 subspecies.The Greater Couc···

Hirundapus cochinchinensis

Hirundapus cochinchinensis

Hirundapus cochinchinensis,Silver-backed Needletail

Grey-throated Needle-tailed Swift often flies in open areas and over forests···

Aerodramus fuciphagus

Aerodramus fuciphagus

Aerodramus fuciphagus,Edible-nest Swiftlet

The Java Swiftlet is called Edible-nest Swiftlet in English, and has 8 subsp···

Hemiprocne coronata

Hemiprocne coronata

Hemiprocne coronata,Crested Treeswift,Crested Tree Swift

The Crested Treeswift is called Crested Treeswift in English. There are 6 su···

Batrachostomus hodgsoni

Batrachostomus hodgsoni

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

The Black-capped Frogmouth Nightjar, also known as Hodgson’s Frogmouth in f···

Harpactes erythrocephalus

Harpactes erythrocephalus

Red Pigeon,Harpactes erythrocephalus,Red-headed Trogon

Red-headed Trogons are mostly single or in pairs; they live in trees, either···

Harpactes wardi

Harpactes wardi

Harpactes wardi,Ward's Trogon

The red-bellied trogon is a crimson and dark chestnut trogon. It has an oran···

Batrachostomus hodgsoni

Batrachostomus hodgsoni

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

The body shape of the Black-capped Frogmouth is similar to that of a nightha···

Lyncornis macrotis

Lyncornis macrotis

Lyncornis macrotis,Eurostopodus macrotis

The hairy-legged nightjar is a medium-sized bird of the family Viperidae and···

Caprimulgus indicus

Caprimulgus indicus

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

Common nighthawk is a resident bird in Tibet, China, and a summer migratory ···

Caprimulgus europaeus

Caprimulgus europaeus

European Nightjar, Eurasian Nightjar,Caprimulgus europaeus,Eurasian Nightjar

The European Nightjar was formerly known as the goatsucker because farmers b···

Caprimulgus aegyptius

Caprimulgus aegyptius

Mosquitobird,Caprimulgus aegyptius,Egyptian Nightjar

The Egyptian Nightjar is a small bird of the family Viperidae and the genus ···

Caprimulgus macrurus

Caprimulgus macrurus

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

The long-tailed nighthawk lives in evergreen broad-leaved forests, shrubs, s···

Caprimulgus affinis

Caprimulgus affinis

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

The nighthawk is a small bird of the family Noctilucentidae. Its upper body ···

Short-tailed Parrot

Short-tailed Parrot

Vernal hanging parrot, Indian parrot

The short-tailed parrot is a typical climbing bird, with a small body and a ···

Blue-rumped Short-tailed Parrot

Blue-rumped Short-tailed Parrot

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

The Blue-rumped Short-tailed Parrot is a small parrot, also known as the Mex···

Palaeornis eupatria

Palaeornis eupatria

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

Alexandrine parrots look a bit like ring-necked parrots, but are much larger···