The hot spring snake, whose Latin name is Thermophis baileyi, is the only snake species with the highest vertical distribution (4,350 m) in my country and is unique to the Tibetan Plateau in my country.Currently, little is known about the living habits of hot spring snakes. It is only known that it...
Common Water Monitor, with 5 subspecies.Unlike other animals, Common Water Monitor is active both day and night, but it goes out most frequently in the early morning and evening, swimming in the water or climbing up trees to find food. The round-nosed monitor has a wide range of diets, from fish, fr...
Bengal Monitor Lizard, also known as Bengal Monitor Lizard, has 3 subspecies.Bengal Monitor Lizard mainly lives on the ground and also climbs trees. Males are more active than females (males: 4.5 hours/day, females: 2.85 hours/day). The male has an activity range of 53,000m2 and the female has an ac...
The big-eared sand lizard is called Toad-headed Agama in English, and there are 2 subspecies.The big-eared sand lizard runs very fast, and when it encounters danger, it quickly burrows into the sand dunes and disappears. When being chased, it often keeps its body swaying close to the ground, digging...
Yellow-breasted Bunting is a small songbird with two subspecies.Yellow-breasted Buntings often move alone or in pairs during the breeding season, but prefer to gather in groups during the non-breeding season, especially during migration and winter, when they gather in large groups of hundreds to tho...
The foreign name of the Chestnut-bellied Bunting is Jankowski's Bunting, a small songbird with no subspecies.Most chestnut-bellied buntings wander around in winter, reaching as far as Harbin in China in the north and occasionally as far as Shenyang and Beidaihe in the south. Only a few stay in t...
The Rufous-headed Robin is a very rare endangered species.The Rufous-headed Robin sings more in May. It is very good at singing. The song is loud and melodious, like other robins. The song is loud and powerful, with a heavy guttural sound, pleasant and intermittent, with a short interlude at the beg...
The foreign name of the Gray-breasted Bush Babbler is Omei Shan Liocichla, and there is no subspecies.Deignan (1964) believed that the gray-breasted bush thrush may be the same species as the yellow-spotted bush thrush (Liocichla steerii) distributed in Taiwan, China. Delacour (1933, 1946) believed...
Blue-crowned laughingthrush is a small-bodied bird of the family Timalis, with no subspecies.There are dozens of species of Laughingthrush distributed in southern China. Although there are also rare species such as Chestnut-necked Laughingthrush and Brown Laughingthrush, the Indigo-crowned Laughingt...
Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush, no subspecies.Black-cheeked Laughingthrush often moves in pairs, mostly foraging in the leaf litter and moss under the forest. Male and female birds stay together all year round, and almost always move in the moss and dry leaves under the forest, never leaving the fores...
Gold-fronted Fulvetta is a species endemic to central and southern China.Gold-fronted Fulvetta was discovered and named by Mr. Ren Guorong in 1932. It is also the first wild bird named by a Chinese, and is a milestone in the history of bird research. The origin of the golden-fronted thrush is Dayao...
Rusty-throated Parrotbill is a small bird of the family Oriole and the genus Parrotbill, with no subspecies. The Grey-crowned Parrotbill was named by Berezovsky and Bianco in 1891 based on the specimens collected by the Russian Central Asian Expedition in southern Gansu Pro...
Black-headed Jay, no subspecies.Black-headed Jay usually moves alone or in pairs. When they move in pairs, they fly in a line in the woods, one in front of the other, not far from each other, and occasionally chirp to respond to each other. The chirping sounds like "ga-a, ga-a", with the f...
There are only two species of beavers in the world. The other is the American beaver, which is distributed in Canada and Alaska, USA. Beavers are highly adapted to aquatic life and can move underwater for a long time. They have the habit of building dams with branches and trunks and nesting next to...
The wreathed hornbill is called wreathed hornbill in foreign language, and has 2 subspecies.The wreathed hornbill often moves in small groups of 3 to 5. The call is monotonous, hoarse, and like a dog barking, and sometimes it can also make a low two-syllable sound. It appears to be rather clumsy whe...
Rufous-necked hornbill is a large bird with no subspecies.Rufous-necked hornbill nests in tree holes. They often move in pairs or small groups of more than 10. They mainly feed on fleshy wild fruits such as banyan fruit.The brown-necked hornbill is a resident bird. Both males and females make a soft...
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...
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...
Sichuan wood owl, also known as Sichuan wood owl in English, is a large gray-brown owl with no subspecies.The Sichuan Forest Owl is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Long-tailed Forest Owl, but due to long-term geographical isolation from other Long-tailed Forest Owl subspecies, more and more...
Blakiston's Eagle-owl is a large owl with two subspecies.The Hairy-legged Eagle Owl (Bubo blakistoni) was classified as Ketupa before 2014, and was classified as Bubo in 2014.The Hairy-legged Eagle Owl is nocturnal. It hides in trees by the river or on cliffs along the river during the day. It c...