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Nomascus leucogenys

Nomascus leucogenys

Nomascus leucogenys,White-cheeked gibbon,Northern White-cheeked Gibbon, White-cheeked Gibbon, Gibbon à favoris blancs du Nord , vượn bạc má, vượn má trắng bắc, vượn đen má trắng,Hylobates le

Features:The male's fur is mainly black with a faint silver color, while the female's fur is orange to milky white, with no black hair on the abdomen.

The northern white-cheeked gibbon is a species of primate, family Hylobates. It inhabits tall primary and degraded evergreen and semi-evergreen forests. In northwestern Vietnam and northern Laos, these animals live in a subtropical climate with short and not too cold winters without frost. In Vietna...

Haliaeetus leucogaster (Gmelin, 1788)

Haliaeetus leucogaster (Gmelin, 1788)

Haliaeetus leucogaster (Gmelin, 1788),White-bellied Sea Eagle,White-bellied Eagle, White-tailed Eagle

Features:It has a simple call and is an excellent hunter both at sea and on land.

White-bellied Sea Eagle is a large bird of prey with no subspecies.White-bellied Sea Eagle usually flies alone or in pairs along the coast at low altitudes over the water, flapping its wings slowly and powerfully, and sometimes soaring and gliding in the sky. When soaring or gliding in the sky, the...

Echinotriton chinhaiensis

Echinotriton chinhaiensis

Echinotriton chinhaiensis,Zhenhai warty newt

Urodela LC

Features:The back and sides of the body are black with a waxy sheen, the abdomen is vermilion with irregular black spots, the head is large, and the limbs are slender.

Zhenhai Acanthus is an amphibian of the genus Acanthus of the family Salamandridae. It is endemic to China and has no subspecies. It lives in hilly areas at an altitude of 100-200 meters and lives by streams all year round. The environment where it lives is densely vegetated, with many permanent pon...

Aquila heliaca

Aquila heliaca

Aquila heliaca,Asian Imperial Eagle,Asian Imperial Eagle Eastern Imperial Eagle Imperial Eagle,Royal carving

Features:There is a distinct white spot on the shoulder, which is very eye-catching on the dark brown body feathers.

The white-shouldered eagle is also known as the Asian Imperial Eagle. It is a large bird of prey with no subspecies.The white-shouldered eagle is a migratory bird in China. It is a summer migratory bird in Xinjiang and a winter migratory bird and a traveling bird in other regions. The time of migrat...

Aquila nipalensis

Aquila nipalensis

Aquila nipalensis,Steppe Eagle,Aigle des steppes, عقاب البادية, عقاب السهول,Flower Eagle, Horned Eagle

Features:A dark brown vulture with a fierce appearance.

The Steppe Eagle is also known as the Steppe Eagle. It is slightly smaller than the Golden Eagle and the White-shouldered Eagle. It is also a large bird of prey. It is a dark brown eagle with two subspecies.The steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) was once classified as a subspecies of the same species...

Adrian Toomes

Adrian Toomes

Adrian Toomes,Cinereous Vulture,Griffon vulture, Griffon vulture, Griffon vulture, Mountain vulture, Eurasian black vulture

Features:The color of the body changes when fighting for food

Vulture is a large bird of prey with no subspecies.Vultures are resident birds, some of which migrate or wander after nesting. They are resident birds in Northeast China, northern North China, Northwest China and northwestern Sichuan. It is an occasional winter migratory bird in Taiwan, Hong Kong, t...

Sarcogyps calvus

Sarcogyps calvus

Sarcogyps calvus,Red-headed Vulture,,Indian Black Vulture

Features:Red head, neck and legs and white ruff are the distinguishing features

The black vulture, also known as the Red-headed Vulture, is a large bird of prey with no subspecies.The black vulture is bold and aggressive, often acting alone or in pairs. It usually does not fly in the early morning, but stands still on branches or rock peaks, quietly waiting for the sun to heat...

Gyps bengalensis

Gyps bengalensis

Gyps bengalensis,White-rumped Vulture,White-rumped vulture, white-rumped vulture

Features:Its claws are not sharp, so it cannot catch prey alive, and its head and neck are completely exposed.

White-rumped vulture is a medium-sized vulture, which is only found in Asia and has no subspecies.White-rumped vulture is a gregarious animal that feeds on the ground or on rocky slopes, often in small groups. It is active during the day and rests in trees at night. The flight speed is generally 50...

Manis javanica

Manis javanica

Manis javanica, pangolin, dace carp

Features:There is a white scale on the tail and dark brown scales all over the body.

Malayan pangolins are nocturnal animals that rest during the day curled up in tree holes or burrows and come out to forage throughout the night, using their prehensile tails to climb trees in pursuit of prey. The diet consists mainly of ants and termites. They can easily locate ant nests with their...

Manis crassicaudata

Manis crassicaudata

Manis crassicaudata,Thick-tailed pangolin, scaly anteater

Features:The head is small and triangular, and the body is slender and long.

Although it is a ground-dwelling animal, it is good at climbing using its prehensile tail. It lives alone most of the time, except during the mating season. It mainly feeds on ants and termites. It spends most of its time in caves or rocks. When frightened, it curls up into a ball. It usually gives...

Manis pentadactyla

Manis pentadactyla

Manis pentadactyla,Pangolin, anteater

Features:Slender. Large, conical skull. Small eyes. Long and narrow body. Scales all over the body. Short and thick limbs. Long and flat tail.

The Chinese pangolin is a specialized species with basically degenerated vision and a particularly keen sense of smell. The pangolin has a small liver, weak liver detoxification function, and a weak immune system. It has a single-chamber stomach covered with a keratin membrane, and the mucous membra...

Gypaetus barbatus

Gypaetus barbatus

Gypaetus barbatus,Bearded Vulture,Bearded vulture, bearded vulture, bearded vulture, bearded vulture

Features:It is named after the black "beard" hanging under its mouth.

Bearded Vulture, also known as Bearded Vulture, has three subspecies.Bearded Vultures often move alone or in pairs, and rarely mix with other birds of prey. They often fly and soar slowly over the top of a mountain or hillside, with their heads hanging down and turning left and right from time to ti...

Pelecanus crispus

Pelecanus crispus

Pelecanus crispus,Dalmatian Pelican

Features:The neck is often bent into an "S" shape and tucked into the shoulders

The Dalmatian Pelican, whose foreign name is Dalmatian Pelican, is a large white waterbird with no subspecies.Curly-feathered pelicans like to live in groups. The sound is low and hoarse. It likes to live in groups and swim, but it cannot dive and is good at walking on land. The neck is often bent i...

Pelecanus philippensis

Pelecanus philippensis

Pelecanus philippensis,Spot-billed Pelican,Pied-billed pelican, pelican, river escaping, goose, gannet, river escaping

Features:The edges of the upper and lower mouth have a row of blue-black spots

Spot-billed Pelican, also known as Spot-billed Pelican, has two subspecies.Spot-billed Pelican usually lives alone or in small groups. It is good at swimming and has strong flying ability. It flaps its wings slowly and powerfully, and often soars over the water. When swimming, the neck is stretched...

Pelecanus onocrotalus

Pelecanus onocrotalus

Pelecanus onocrotalus,Eastern White Pelican,pelican, troll, gannet, pelican

Features:The beak is long, thick, straight, lead blue, with an orange-yellow sac under the beak.

White Pelican is called Eastern White Pelican in foreign language. It is a large waterfowl with no subspecies.White Pelicans mainly feed on fish. They often live in groups. They are good at flying, swimming, and walking well on the ground. When flying, the head is retracted, the neck is bent into an...

Egretta eulophotes

Egretta eulophotes

Egretta eulophotes,Chinese Egret,White cocoon, Shiraoi

Features:It has the habit of breeding in mixed groups with other egrets.

The Chinese Egret is a medium-sized wading bird with no subspecies.The Chinese Egret has the habit of nesting in groups, repairing old nests, and breeding in mixed groups with pond herons, night herons, and cattle egrets. It can fly to the breeding grounds in late April and lay eggs in May, with 2-5...

Ardea insignis

Ardea insignis

Ardea insignis,White-bellied Heron,Imperial Heron

Features:Timid and alert, flies away when seeing people

White-bellied Heron is a large migratory wading bird with no subspecies.White-bellied Heron is a migratory species. It often moves alone or in small groups of 4-5. It is timid and alert, and will fly away when it sees people. Although the flapping of its wings is slow during flight, the speed is ver...

Onychodactylus zhaoermii

Onychodactylus zhaoermii

Onychodactylus zhaoermii

Urodela LC

Features:The ridge groove from the back of the head to the base of the tail is more obvious, the skin on the back of the body is smooth, and there is a shallow longitudinal groove from the back corner of the eye to the neck fold;

Liaoning clawed salamander is endemic to China. It is found in densely vegetated mountainous areas at an altitude of about 600m. It often lives near the source of streams or springs with cool water and many stones. It comes out of hibernation in early April and lives on land, but not far from the wa...

Protohynobius puxiongensis

Protohynobius puxiongensis

Protohynobius puxiongensis

Urodela LC

Features:The head is flat, the eyes are large and protruding, the limbs are well developed, the forelimbs are thinner, and the hind limbs are thicker.

Puxiong Prosaurus is a tailed amphibian of the family Hynantheidae and genus Prosaurus. In 1965, scholars from the Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, collected specimen No. 1 of Prosaurus in an abandoned cellar for storing potatoes beside a stream at an altitude of 2,900 mete...

Hynobius maoershanensis

Hynobius maoershanensis

Hynobius maoershanensis,Maoershan Hynobiid

Urodela LC

Features:The head is large and slightly flat, and its color varies when alive. When in water, the back is black or yellow-green. When out of water, the back of the body is yellow-green or light purple-brown with no spots.

The Maoershan Small Salamander lives in the swamps and surrounding areas of the mountainous areas with an altitude of 1978 to 2015 meters. The vegetation nearby is mainly southern hemlock and mountaintop dwarf forests. It likes to eat a lot of small invertebrate aquatic organisms, such as earthworms...

Hynobius guabangshanensis

Hynobius guabangshanensis

Hynobius guabangshanensis,South Henan Small Salamander, Qishan Little Elf, Qiyang Small Salamander, Giant Salamander

Urodela LC

Features:It is similar to the Anji Hypsilophis davidianus, but this species is smaller in size. Its back is black or dark brown when alive, and slightly yellow-green under sunlight.

The Guabangshan Small Salamander lives in Guabangshan in Qiyang, Hunan. The highest peak of the mountain is 788 meters above sea level. Below 400 meters above sea level is the rice field area, and a few rice fields can reach about 600 meters. The salamander mainly lives in small mountain ponds, swam...