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...
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...
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...
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...
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 (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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
The Greater Yellownape is a larger green woodpecker. The difference between it and the Yellow-crowned Green Woodpecker is that it does not have a red head. There are 8 subspecies.Woodpeckers knock on trees about 500-600 times a day, pecking at an extremely fast speed, almost twice the speed of sound...
The black woodpecker is called Black Woodpecker in foreign language, and has 2 subspecies.The black woodpecker's flight is not stable, but not as undulating as other woodpeckers. It often acts alone. In the late breeding period, it forms a family group. It mainly feeds on tree branches, thick br...
White-bellied Black Woodpecker is a medium-sized bird of the Picidae family and the genus Black Woodpecker, with 15 subspecies.White-bellied Black Woodpeckers often move alone or in pairs, and occasionally small groups can be seen. They mostly move and forage in the middle and upper parts of tall tr...