List of birds of China
Encyclopedia
This is a list of the bird species recorded in China. The avifauna of China
includes a total of 1314 species, of which 52 are endemic
, two have been introduced
by humans, and 56 species listed are accidental. Eighty seven species are globally threatened.
This list's taxonomic
treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of Clements
's 5th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for China.
The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories. The commonly occurring, native, species do not fall into any of these categories.
. Family: Gaviidae
Loons, known as Divers in Europe, are group of aquatic birds found in many parts of North America and northern Europe. They are the size of a large duck or small goose, which they somewhat resembles in shape when swimming, but they completely unrelated to these waterfowl. There are 5 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in China.
Grebe
s are small to medium-large sized freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes, and are excellent swimmers and divers. However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land. There are 20 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in China.
. Family: Diomedeidae
The albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses from the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspans of any extant birds. There are 21 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in China.
. Family: Procellariidae
The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized 'true petrels', characterised by united nostrils with a medium septum, and a long outer functional primary. There are 75 species worldwide and 7 species which occur in China.
. Family: Hydrobatidae
The storm-petrel
s are relatives of the petrel
s, and are the smallest of sea-birds. They feed on plankton
ic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat
-like. There are 21 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in China.
. Family: Phaethontidae
Tropicbird
s are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their heads and long wings have black markings. There are 3 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
. Family: Pelecanidae
Pelican
s are large water birds with a distinctive pouch under the beak. As with other members of the order Pelecaniformes, they have webbed feet with four toes. There are 8 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
. Family: Sulidae
The sulids comprise the gannet
s and boobies
. Both groups comprise medium-to-large coastal sea-birds that plunge-dive for fish. There are 9 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
. Family: Phalacrocoracidae
The Phalacrocoracidae is a family of medium-to-large coastal, fish-eating sea-birds that includes cormorants and shags. Plumage colouration varies with the majority having mainly dark plumage, some species being black and white, and a few being colourful. There are 38 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in China.
. Family: Anhingidae
Darters are frequently referred to as "snake-birds" because of their long thin neck, which gives a snake-like appearance when they swim with their bodies submerged.
The males have black and dark brown plumage, an erectile crest on the nape and a larger bill than the female. The females have a much paler plumage especially on the neck and underparts. The darters have completely webbed feet, and their legs are short and set far back on the body. Their plumage is somewhat permeable, like that of cormorants, and they spread their wings to dry after diving. There are 4 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
. Family: Fregatidae
Frigatebird
s are large sea-birds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black and white or completely black, with long wings and deeply-forked tails. The males have inflatable coloured throat pouches. They do not swim or walk, and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan to body weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week. There are 5 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
. Family: Ardeidae
The family Ardeidae contains the bittern
s, heron
s and egret
s. Herons and egrets are medium to large sized wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary. Unlike other long-necked birds suck as storks, ibises and spoonbills, members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted. There are 61 species worldwide and 21 species which occur in China.
. Family: Ciconiidae
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked, wading birds with long, stout bills. Storks are mute; bill-clattering is an important mode of stork communication at the nest. Their nests can be large and may be reused for many years. Many species are migratory. There are 19 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in China.
. Family: Threskiornithidae
The Threskiornithidae is a family of large terrestrial and wading birds which includes the ibis
es and spoonbill
s. They have long, broad wings with 11 primary and about 20 secondary feathers. They are strong fliers and despite their size and weight, very capable soarers. There are 36 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in China.
Flamingo
s are gregarious wading birds, usually 3 to 5 feet high, found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. They are more numerous in the latter. Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Their oddly-shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume, and are uniquely used upside-down. There are 6 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
. Family: Anatidae
The family Anatidae includes the duck
s and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese
and swan
s. These are birds that are modified for an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating. There are 131 species worldwide and 48 species which occur in China.
. Family: Pandionidae
The Pandionidae family contains only one species, the Osprey. The Osprey is a medium large raptor
which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution.
. Family: Accipitridae
Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey and include hawk
s, eagle
s, kites
, harriers
and Old World vultures. These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. There are 233 species worldwide and 47 species which occur in China.
. Family: Falconidae
Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey. They differ from hawks, eagles, and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their feet. There are 62 species worldwide and 13 species which occur in China.
. Family: Tetraonidae
Grouse are game birds, similar to quails and partridge. There are 18 species worldwide and 8 species which occur in China.
. Family: Phasianidae
The Phasianidae are a family of terrestrial birds which consists of quail
s, partridge
s, snowcock
s, francolin
s, spurfowls, tragopan
s, monal
s, pheasant
s, peafowl
s and jungle fowls. In general, they are plump (although they may vary in size) and have broad, relatively short wings. There are 156 species worldwide and 51 species which occur in China. China has the greatest diversity of pheasants of any country on earth.
. Family: Turnicidae
The buttonquails are small, drab, running birds which resemble the true quails.The female is the brighter of the sexes, and initiates courtship. The male incubates the eggs and tends the young. There are 16 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
. Family: Gruidae
Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Most have elaborate and noisy courting displays or "dances". There are 15 species worldwide and 9 species which occur in China. China has the greatest diversity of cranes of any country on earth.
. Family: Rallidae
Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coot
s, and gallinule
s. Typically they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps, or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs, and have long toes which are well adapted to soft, uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and be weak fliers. There are 143 species worldwide and 18 species which occur in China.
. Family: Otididae
Bustards are large terrestrial birds mainly associated with dry open country and steppes in the Old World
. They are omnivorous and nest on the ground. They walk steadily on strong legs and big toes, pecking for food as they go. They have long broad wings with "fingered" wingtips, and striking patterns in flight. Many have interesting mating displays. There are 26 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
. Family: Jacanidae
The jacana
s are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are found worldwide in the Tropics. They are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. There 8 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in China.
. Family: Rostratulidae
Painted snipe are short-legged, long-billed birds similar in shape to the true snipes, but more brightly coloured. There are 2 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
. Family: Haematopodidae
The oystercatcher
s are large and noisy plover
-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs. There are 11 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
. Family: Ibidorhynchidae
The Ibisbill is a bird related to the wader
s, but sufficiently distinctive to merit its own family. The adult is grey with a white belly, red legs and long down curved bill, and a black face and black breast band.
. Family: Recurvirostridae
Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds, which includes the avocet
s and the stilt
s. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills. There are 9 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in China.
. Family: Burhinidae
The thick-knees are a group of largely tropical waders in the family Burhinidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone, with some species also breeding in temperate Europe and Australia. They are medium to large waders with strong black or yellow black bills, large yellow eyes and cryptic plumage. Despite being classed as waders, most species have a preference for arid or semi-arid habitats. There are 9 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in China.
. Family: Glareolidae
Glareolidae is a family of wading birds comprising the pratincole
s, which have short legs, long pointed wings and long forked tails, and the courser
s, which have long legs, short wings and long pointed bills which curve downwards. There are 17 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
. Family: Charadriidae
The family Charadriidae includes the plover
s, dotterels, and lapwing
s. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water, although there are some exceptions. There are 66 species worldwide and 18 species which occur in China.
. Family: Scolopacidae
The Scolopacidae are a large diverse family of small to medium sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlew
s, godwit
s, shanks
, tattler
s, woodcock
s, snipe
s, dowitcher
s and phalarope
s. The majority of species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Variation in length of legs and bills enable different species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food. There are 89 species worldwide and 46 species which occur in China.
. Family: Stercorariidae
The family Stercorariidae are, in general, medium to large birds, typically with grey or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They nest on the ground in temperate and arctic regions and are long-distance migrants. There are 7 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
. Family: Laridae
Laridae is a family of medium to large birds seabirds and includes gull
s and kittiwake
s. They are typically grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. There are 55 species worldwide and 19 species which occur in China.
. Family: Sternidae
Tern
s are a group of generally general medium to large sea-birds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species now known to live in excess of 25 to 30 years. There are 44 species worldwide and 18 species which occur in China.
. Family: Rynchopidae
Skimmer
s are a small family of tropical tern-like birds. They have an elongated lower mandible which they use to feed by flying low over the water surface and skimming the water for small fish. There are 3 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
. Family: Alcidae
Alcids are superficially similar to penguins due to their black-and-white colours, their upright posture and some of their habits, however they are not related to the penguins bnd differ in being able to fly. Auks live on the open sea, only deliberately coming ashore to nest. There are 24 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in China.
Sandgrouse have small, pigeon like heads and necks, but sturdy compact bodies. They have long pointed wings and sometimes tails and a fast direct flight. Flocks fly to watering holes at dawn and dusk. Their legs are feathered down to the toes. There are 16 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
. Family: Columbidae
Pigeons and dove
s are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere
. There are 308 species worldwide and 30 species which occur in China.
Parrot
s are small to large birds with a characteristic curved beak shape. Their upper mandibles have slight mobility in the joint with the skull and the have a generally erect stance. All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two back. There are 335 species worldwide and 8 species which occur in China.
. Family: Cuculidae
The family Cuculidae includes cuckoo
s, roadrunner
s and anis
. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs. Unlike the cuckoo species of the Old World, North American cuckoos are not brood parasites. There are 138 species worldwide and 21 species which occur in China.
Barn owl
s are medium to large sized owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons. There are 16 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
Typical owl
s are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk. There are 195 species worldwide and 28 species which occur in China.
. Family: Podargidae
The frogmouths are a group of nocturnal birds related to the nightjar
s. They are named for their large flattened hooked bills and huge frog-like gape, which they use to take insects. There are 12 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
. Family: Caprimulgidae
Nightjar
s are medium-sized nocturnal birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills that usually nest on the ground. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is camouflaged to resemble bark or leaves. There are 86 species worldwide and 7 species which occur in China.
. Family: Apodidae
Swift
s are small aerial birds, spending the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang. There are 98 species worldwide and 10 species which occur in China.
. Family: Hemiprocnidae
The treeswifts or crested swifts are aerial near passerine
bird
s, closely related to the true swifts
. They differ from the other swifts in that they have crests, long forked tails and softer plumage. There are 4 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
The family Trogonidae includes trogons and quetzals. Found in tropical woodlands worldwide, they feed on insects and fruit, and their broad bills and weak legs reflect their diet and arboreal habits. Although their flight is fast, they are reluctant to fly any distance. Trogons have soft, often colourful, feathers with distinctive male and female plumage. There are 33 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
. Family: Alcedinidae
Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. There are 93 species worldwide and 11 species which occur in China.
. Family: Meropidae
The bee-eaters are a group of near passerine
birds in the family Meropidae. Most species are found in Africa but others occur in southern Europe, Madagascar, Australia and New Guinea. They are characterised by richly coloured plumage, slender bodies and usually elongated central tail feathers. All are colorful and have long downturned bills and pointed wings, which give them a swallow-like appearance when seen from afar. There are 26 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in China.
. Family: Coraciidae
Rollers resemble crow
s in size and build, but are more closely related to the kingfisher
s and bee-eater
s. They share the colourful appearance of those groups with blues and browns predominating. The two inner front toes are connected, but the outer toe is not. There are 12 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
. Family: Upupidae
Hoopoes have black, white and orangey-pink colouring with a large erectile crest on their head. There are 2 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
. Family: Bucerotidae
Hornbills are a group of birds whose bill is shaped like a cow's horn, but without a twist, sometimes with a casque on the upper mandible. Frequently, the bill is brightly coloured. There are 57 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in China.
. Family: Capitonidae
The barbets are plump birds, with short necks and large heads. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills. Most species are brightly coloured. There are 84 species worldwide and 8 species which occur in China.
. Family: Indicatoridae
Honeyguides are among the few birds that feed on wax
. They are named for the behaviour of the Greater Honeyguide
which leads large animals to bees' nests and then feeds on the wax once the animal has broken the nest open to get at the honey. There are 17 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
. Family: Picidae
Woodpeckers are small to medium sized birds with chisel like beaks, short legs, stiff tails and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward, and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks. There are 218 species worldwide and 30 species which occur in China.
The broadbills are small, brightly coloured birds that feed on fruit and also take insects in flycatcher fashion, snapping their broad bills. Their habitat is canopies of wet forests. There are 15 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in China.
Pittas are medium-sized by passerine standards, and stocky, with fairly long, strong legs, short tails and stout bills. Many, but not all, are brightly coloured. They are spend the majority of their time on wet forest floors, eating snails, insects and similar invertebrate prey which they find there. There are 32 species worldwide and 9 species which occur in China.
Larks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights. Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. Their food is insects and seeds. There are 91 species worldwide and 15 species which occur in China.
The Hirundinidae family is a group of passerines characterized by their adaptation to aerial feeding. Their adaptations include a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings and short bills with wide gape. The feet are designed for perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base. There are 75 species worldwide and 13 species which occur in China.
The Motacillidae are a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. They are slender, ground feeding insectivores of open country. There are 54 species worldwide and 21 species which occur in China.
The cuckoo-shrikes are small to medium-sized passerine birds. They are predominantly greyish with white and black, although some species are brightly coloured. There are 82 species worldwide and 11 species which occur in China.
Bulbuls are medium-sized songbirds. Some are colourful with yellow, red or orange vents, cheeks, throat or supercilia, but most are drab, with uniform olive brown to black plumage. Some species have distinct crests.There are 130 species worldwide and 20 species which occur in China.
The kinglets or crests are a small group of birds often included in the Old World warblers, but frequently given family status because they also resemble the titmice
. There are 7 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
The Leafbirds are small, bulbul
-like birds. The males are brightly plumaged, usually in greens and yellows. There are 8 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
The ioras are bulbul
-like birds of open forest or thorn scrub, but whereas that group tends to be drab in coloration, ioras are sexually dimorphic, with the males being brightly plumaged in yellows and greens. There are 4 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in China.
The waxwing
s are a group of passerine birds characterized by soft silky plumage and unique red tips to some of the wing feathers. In the Bohemian and Cedar Waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax, and give the group its name. These are arboreal birds of northern forests. They live on insects in summer and berries in winter. There are 3 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in China.
Dippers are a group of perching birds whose habitat includes aquatic environments in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. They are named for their bobbing or dipping movements. There are 5 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in China.
The wren
s are mainly small and inconspicuous except for their loud songs. These birds have short wings and a thin down-turned bill. Several species often hold their tails upright. All are insectivorous. There are 80 species worldwide (of which all but one are New World species) and 1 species which occurs in China.
The accentors are in the only bird family, Prunellidae, which is completely endemic to the Palearctic
. They are small, fairly drab species superficially similar to sparrow
s. There are 13 species worldwide and 9 species which occur in China.
The thrushes
are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs. There are 335 species worldwide and 36 species which occur in China. China has the greatest diversity of thrushes of any country on earth.
The Cisticolidae are warblers found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. They are generally very small birds of drab brown or grey appearance found in open country such as grassland or scrub. There are 111 species worldwide and 10 species which occur in China.
The family Sylviidae is a group of small insectivorous passerine birds. The Sylviidae mainly occur as breeding species, as the common name implies, in Europe, Asia and, to a lesser extent Africa. Most are of generally undistinguished appearance, but many have distinctive songs. There are 291 species worldwide and 98 species which occur in China. China has the greatest diversity of sylvids of any country on earth.
Old World flycatchers are a large group of small passerine birds native to the Old World. They are mainly small arboreal insectivores. The appearance of these birds is very varied, but they mostly have weak songs and harsh calls. There 274 species worldwide and 90 species which occur in China. China has the greatest diversity of old world flycatchers of any country on earth.
The Fantails are small insectivorous birds which are specialist aerial feeders. There are 44 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
The monarch flycatchers are small to medium-sized insectivorous passerines, which hunt by flycatching. There are 99 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
The babblers or timaliids are somewhat diverse in size and coloration, but are characterised by soft fluffy plumage. There are 270 species worldwide and 116 species which occur in China.
The parrotbills are a group of birds native to East and Southeast Asia, though feral populations are known from elsewhere. They are generally small, long-tailed birds which inhabit reedbeds and similar habitats. There are 20 species worldwide and 19 species which occur in China. China has the greatest diversity of parrotbills of any country on earth.
Long-tailed tits are a group of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They make woven bag nests in trees. Most eat a mixed diet that includes insects. There are 9 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in China.
The Paridae are mainly small stocky woodland species with short stout bills. Some have crests. They are adaptable birds, with a mixed diet including seeds and insects. There are species 59 worldwide and 21 species which occur in China. China has the greatest diversity of tits of any country on earth.
Nuthatches are small woodland birds. They have the unusual ability to climb down trees head first, unlike other birds which can only go upwards. Nuthatches have big heads, short tails and powerful bills and feet. There are 24 species worldwide and 12 species which occur in China. China has the greatest diversity of nuthatches of any country on earth.
The Wallcreeper is a small bird with stunning crimson, grey and black plumage, related to the nuthatch
family.
Treecreepers are small woodland birds, brown above and white below. They have thin pointed down-curved bills, which they use to extricate insects from bark. They have stiff tail feathers, like woodpeckers, which they use to support themselves on vertical trees. There are 6 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in China.
The penduline tits are a group of small passerine birds, related to the true tits. They are insectivores. There are 13 species worldwide and 4 species which occur in China.
The sunbirds and spiderhunters are very small passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings. Most species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed. There are 131 species worldwide and 12 species which occur in China.
The flowerpeckers are very small, stout, often brightly coloured birds, with short tails, short thick curved bills and tubular tongues. There are 44 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in China.
The white-eyes are small and are mostly of undistinguished appearance, the plumage above being generally either some dull color like greenish olive, but some species have a white or bright yellow throat, breast or lower parts, and several have buff flanks. As their name suggests many species have a white ring around the eyes. There are 96 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
The Old World Orioles are colourful passerine birds. They are not related to the New World orioles. There are 29 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in China.
The Fairy-bluebirds are bubbul-like birds of open forest or thorn scrub. The males are dark-blue and the females a duller green. There are 2 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
Shrikes are passerine birds known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns. A typical shrike's beak is hooked, like a bird of prey. There are 31 species worldwide and 12 species which occur in China.
The helmetshrikes are similar in build to the shrikes, but tend to be colourful species with distinctive crests or other head ornaments, such as wattles, from which they get their name. There are 12 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
The drongos are mostly are black or dark grey in colour, sometimes with metallic tints. They have long forked tails, and some Asian species have elaborate tail decorations. They have short legs and sit very upright whilst perched, like a shrike. They flycatch or take prey from the ground. There are 24 species worldwide and 7 species which occur in China.
The woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds. They are smooth, agile flyers with moderately large, semi-triangular wings. There are 11 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
The Corvidae family includes crow
s, raven
s, jay
s, chough
s, magpie
s, treepie
s, nutcracker
s, and ground jay
s. Corvids are above average in size for the bird order Passeriformes. Some of the larger species show high levels of learning behavior. There are 120 species worldwide and 30 species which occur in China. China has the greatest diversity of corvids of any country on earth.
Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds. Their flight is strong and direct, and they are very gregarious. Their preferred habitat is fairly open country. They eat insects and fruit. Plumage is typically dark with a metallic sheen. There are 125 species worldwide and 19 species which occur in China.
The weavers are small passerine birds related to the finch
es. They are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills. The males of many species are brightly coloured, usually in red or yellow and black, some species show variation in colour only in the breeding season. There are 116 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in China.
The estrildid finch
es are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia
. They are gregarious and often colonial seed-eaters with short thick but pointed bills. They are all similar in structure and habits, but have a wide variation in plumage colours and pattern. There are 141 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in China.
The emberizids are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill. In Europe, most species are named as buntings. In North America, most of the species in this family are known as Sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae. Many emberizid species have distinctive head patterns. There are species 275 worldwide and 32 species which occur in China.
Finch
es are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have 12 tail feathers and 9 primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. There are 137 species worldwide and 55 species which occur in China. China has the greatest diversity of finches of any country on earth.
Sparrow
s are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small, plump, brown or grey birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed-eaters, and they also consume small insects. There are 35 species worldwide and 12 species which occur in China.
China
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includes a total of 1314 species, of which 52 are endemic
Endemism in birds
An endemic bird area is a region of the world that contains two or more restricted-range species, while a "secondary area" contains one or more restricted-range species. Both terms were devised by Birdlife International....
, two have been introduced
Introduced species
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by humans, and 56 species listed are accidental. Eighty seven species are globally threatened.
This list's taxonomic
Taxonomy
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treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of Clements
James Clements
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's 5th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for China.
The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories. The commonly occurring, native, species do not fall into any of these categories.
- (A) Accidental A species that rarely or accidentally occurs in China.
- (E) Endemic A species endemic to China.
- (I) Introduced A species introduced to China as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions.
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Non-passerines: Loons . Grebes . Albatrosses . Shearwaters and Petrels . Storm petrels . Tropicbirds . Pelicans . Boobies and Gannets . Cormorants . Darters . Frigatebirds . Bitterns, Herons and Egrets . Storks . Ibises and Spoonbills . Flamingos . Ducks, Geese and Swans . Osprey . Hawks, Kites and Eagles . Caracaras and Falcons . Grouse . Pheasants and Partridges . Buttonquails . Cranes . Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, and Coots . Bustards . Jacanas . Painted snipe . Oystercatchers . Ibisbill . Avocets and Stilts . Thick-knees . Pratincoles and Coursers . Plovers and Lapwings . Sandpipers and allies . Skuas and Jaegers . Gulls . Terns . Skimmers . Auks, Murres, and Puffins . Sandgrouse . Pigeons and Doves . Parrots, Macaws and allies . Cuckoos and Anis . Barn owls . Typical owls . Frogmouths . Nightjars . Swifts . Treeswifts . Trogons and Quetzals . Kingfishers . Bee-eaters . Typical Rollers . Hoopoes . Hornbills . Barbets . Honeyguides . Woodpeckers and allies . |
Passerines: Broadbills . Pittas . Larks . Swallows and Martins . Wagtails and Pipits . Cuckoo-shrikes . Bulbuls . Kinglets . Leafbirds . Ioras . Waxwings . Dippers . Wrens . Accentors . Thrushes and allies . Cisticolas and allies . Old World warblers . Old World flycatchers . Fantails . Monarch flycatchers . Babblers . Parrotbills . Long-tailed tits . Chickadees and Titmice . Nuthatches . Wallcreeper . Treecreepers . Penduline tits . Sunbirds and Spiderhunters . Flowerpeckers . White-eyes . Old World Orioles . Fairy-bluebirds . Shrikes . Helmetshrikes . Drongos . Woodswallows . Crows, Jays, Ravens and Magpies . Starlings . Weavers and allies . Waxbills and allies . Buntings, Sparrows, Seedeaters and allies . Siskins, Crossbills and allies . Sparrows . |
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Loons
Order: GaviiformesGaviiformes
Gaviiformes is an order of aquatic birds containing the loons or divers and their closest extinct relatives. Modern gaviiformes are found in many parts of North America and northern Eurasia , though prehistoric species were more widespread.-Classification and evolution:There are five living...
. Family: Gaviidae
Loons, known as Divers in Europe, are group of aquatic birds found in many parts of North America and northern Europe. They are the size of a large duck or small goose, which they somewhat resembles in shape when swimming, but they completely unrelated to these waterfowl. There are 5 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in China.
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Arctic Loon Gavia arctica
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Yellow-billed LoonYellow-billed LoonThe Yellow-billed Loon , also known as the White-billed Diver, is the largest member of the loon or diver family. Breeding adults have a black head, white underparts and chequered black-and-white mantle. Non-breeding plumage is drabber with the chin and foreneck white...
Gavia adamsii (A)
Grebes
Order: Podicipediformes. Family: PodicipedidaeGrebe
Grebe
A grebe is a member of the Podicipediformes order, a widely distributed order of freshwater diving birds, some of which visit the sea when migrating and in winter...
s are small to medium-large sized freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes, and are excellent swimmers and divers. However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land. There are 20 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in China.
- Little GrebeLittle GrebeThe Little Grebe , also known as Dabchick, member of the grebe family of water birds. At 23 to 29 cm in length it is the smallest European member of its family. It is commonly found in open bodies of water across most of its range.-Description:The Little Grebe is a small water bird with a pointed...
Tachybaptus ruficollis - Red-necked GrebeRed-necked GrebeThe Red-necked Grebe is a migratory aquatic bird found in the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. Its wintering habitat is largely restricted to calm waters just beyond the waves around ocean coasts, although some birds may winter on large lakes...
Podiceps grisegena - Great Crested GrebeGreat Crested GrebeThe Great Crested Grebe is a member of the grebe family of water birds.- Description :The Great Crested Grebe is long with a wingspan. It is an excellent swimmer and diver, and pursues its fish prey underwater. The adults are unmistakable in summer with head and neck decorations...
Podiceps cristatus - Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
- Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
Albatrosses
Order: ProcellariiformesProcellariiformes
Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that comprises four families: the albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters, storm petrels, and diving petrels...
. Family: Diomedeidae
The albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses from the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspans of any extant birds. There are 21 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in China.
- Short-tailed AlbatrossShort-tailed AlbatrossThe Short-tailed Albatross or Steller's Albatross, Phoebastria albatrus, is a large rare seabird from the North Pacific. Although related to the other North Pacific albatrosses, it also exhibits behavioural and morphological links to the albatrosses of the Southern Ocean...
Phoebastria albatrus (A) - Black-footed AlbatrossBlack-footed AlbatrossThe Black-footed Albatross, Phoebastria nigripes, is a large seabird from the North Pacific of the albatross family Diomedeidae. It is one of three species of albatross that range in the northern hemisphere, nesting on isolated tropical islands...
Phoebastria nigripes
Shearwaters and petrels
Order: ProcellariiformesProcellariiformes
Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that comprises four families: the albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters, storm petrels, and diving petrels...
. Family: Procellariidae
Procellariidae
The family Procellariidae is a group of seabirds that comprises the fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the prions, and the shearwaters. This family is part of the bird order Procellariiformes , which also includes the albatrosses, the storm-petrels, and the diving petrels.The procellariids are...
The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized 'true petrels', characterised by united nostrils with a medium septum, and a long outer functional primary. There are 75 species worldwide and 7 species which occur in China.
- Northern FulmarNorthern FulmarThe Northern Fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis, Fulmar, or Arctic Fulmar is a highly abundant sea bird found primarily in subarctic regions of the north Atlantic and north Pacific oceans. Fulmars come in one of two color morphs: a light one which is almost entirely white, and a dark one which is...
Fulmarus glacialis (A) - Tahiti PetrelTahiti PetrelThe Tahiti Petrel, Pétrel De Tahiti, or Petrel De Tahití is a species of seabird in the Procellariidae family....
Pterodroma rostrata - Bonin PetrelBonin PetrelThe Bonin Petrel, Pterodroma hypoleuca, is a seabird in the family Procellariidae. It is a small gadfly petrel that lives in the waters of the north west Pacific and nests on islands south of Japan and in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands...
Pterodroma hypoleuca - Bulwer's PetrelBulwer's PetrelThe Bulwer's Petrel is a small petrel in the family Procellariidae, and is one of two species in the genus Bulweria . This bird is named after the Scottish naturalist James Bulwer.- Description :...
Bulweria bulwerii - Streaked ShearwaterStreaked ShearwaterThe Streaked Shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas is a species of seabird. The bird is 48 cm in size, with a 122 cm wingspan. This species is pelagic, but also occurs in inshore waters. It occurs in the Pacific Ocean, nesting in Japan and many of its offshore islands. After breeding, the Streaked...
Calonectris leucomelas - Wedge-tailed ShearwaterWedge-tailed ShearwaterThe Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus pacificus is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It is one of the shearwater species that is sometimes referred to as a Muttonbird, like the Sooty Shearwater of New Zealand and the Short-tailed Shearwater of Australia...
Puffinus pacificus - Sooty ShearwaterSooty ShearwaterThe Sooty Shearwater is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. In New Zealand it is also known by its Māori name tītī and as "muttonbird", like its relatives the Wedge-tailed Shearwater and the Australian Short-tailed Shearwater The Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) is...
Puffinus griseus
Storm-Petrels
Order: ProcellariiformesProcellariiformes
Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that comprises four families: the albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters, storm petrels, and diving petrels...
. Family: Hydrobatidae
The storm-petrel
Storm-petrel
Storm petrels are seabirds in the family Hydrobatidae, part of the order Procellariiformes. These smallest of seabirds feed on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like.Storm petrels have a cosmopolitan...
s are relatives of the petrel
Petrel
Petrels are tube-nosed seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes. The common name does not indicate relationship beyond that point, as "petrels" occur in three of the four families within that group...
s, and are the smallest of sea-birds. They feed on plankton
Plankton
Plankton are any drifting organisms that inhabit the pelagic zone of oceans, seas, or bodies of fresh water. That is, plankton are defined by their ecological niche rather than phylogenetic or taxonomic classification...
ic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat
Bat
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera "hand" and pteron "wing") whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, glide rather than fly,...
-like. There are 21 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in China.
- Leach's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa (A)
- Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma monorhis
Tropicbirds
Order: PelecaniformesPelecaniformes
The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...
. Family: Phaethontidae
Tropicbird
Tropicbird
Tropicbirds are a family, Phaethontidae, of tropical pelagic seabirds now classified in their own order Phaethontiformes. Their relationship to other living birds is unclear, and they appear to have no close relatives. There are three species in one genus, Phaethon...
s are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their heads and long wings have black markings. There are 3 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
- Red-billed TropicbirdRed-billed TropicbirdThe Red-billed Tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus, also known as the Boatswain Bird is a tropicbird, one of three closely related seabirds of tropical oceans.-Distribution and habitat:...
Phaethon aethereus - Red-tailed TropicbirdRed-tailed TropicbirdThe Red-tailed Tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda, is a seabird that nests across the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the rarest of the tropicbirds, yet is still a widespread bird that is not considered threatened. It nests in colonies on oceanic islands....
Phaethon rubricauda - White-tailed TropicbirdWhite-tailed TropicbirdThe White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus, is a tropicbird, smallest of three closely related seabirds of the tropical oceans and smallest member of the order Phaethontiformes. It occurs in the tropical Atlantic, western Pacific and Indian Oceans...
Phaethon lepturus
Pelicans
Order: PelecaniformesPelecaniformes
The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...
. Family: Pelecanidae
Pelican
Pelican
A pelican, derived from the Greek word πελεκυς pelekys is a large water bird with a large throat pouch, belonging to the bird family Pelecanidae....
s are large water birds with a distinctive pouch under the beak. As with other members of the order Pelecaniformes, they have webbed feet with four toes. There are 8 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
- Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
- Spot-billed PelicanSpot-billed PelicanThe Spot-billed Pelican or Grey Pelican is a member of the pelican family. It breeds in southern Asia from southern Pakistan across India east to Indonesia. It is a bird of large inland and coastal waters, especially large lakes...
Pelecanus philippensis - Dalmatian PelicanDalmatian PelicanThe Dalmatian Pelican is a member of the pelican family. It breeds from southeastern Europe to India and China in swamps and shallow lakes. The nest is a crude heap of vegetation....
Pelecanus crispus
Boobies and gannets
Order: PelecaniformesPelecaniformes
The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...
. Family: Sulidae
Sulidae
The bird family Sulidae comprises the gannets and boobies. Collectively called sulidas, they are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish and similar prey. The ten species in this family are often considered congeneric in older sources, placing all in the genus Sula...
The sulids comprise the gannet
Gannet
Gannets are seabirds comprising the genus Morus, in the family Sulidae, closely related to the boobies.The gannets are large black and white birds with yellow heads. They have long pointed wings and long bills. Northern gannets are the largest seabirds in the North Atlantic, with a wingspan of up...
s and boobies
Booby
A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula, part of the Sulidae family. Boobies are closely related to the gannets , which were formerly included in Sula.-Description:...
. Both groups comprise medium-to-large coastal sea-birds that plunge-dive for fish. There are 9 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
- Masked BoobyMasked BoobyThe Masked Booby, Sula dactylatra, is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. This species breeds on islands in tropical oceans, except in the eastern Atlantic; in the eastern Pacific it is replaced by the Nazca Booby, Sula granti, which was formerly regarded as a subspecies of Masked Booby...
Sula dactylatra - Red-footed BoobyRed-footed BoobyThe Red-footed Booby, Sula sula, is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. As suggested by the name, adults always have red feet, but the colour of the plumage varies. They are powerful and agile fliers, but they are clumsy in takeoffs and landings...
Sula sula - Brown BoobyBrown BoobyThe Brown Booby is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. The adult brown booby reaches about in length. Its head and upper body are covered in dark brown, with the remainder being a contrasting white. The juvenile form is gray-brown with darkening on the head, wings and tail...
Sula leucogaster
Cormorants
Order: PelecaniformesPelecaniformes
The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...
. Family: Phalacrocoracidae
The Phalacrocoracidae is a family of medium-to-large coastal, fish-eating sea-birds that includes cormorants and shags. Plumage colouration varies with the majority having mainly dark plumage, some species being black and white, and a few being colourful. There are 38 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in China.
- Great CormorantGreat CormorantThe Great Cormorant , known as the Great Black Cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the Black Cormorant in Australia and the Black Shag further south in New Zealand, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds...
Phalacrocorax carbo - Japanese CormorantJapanese CormorantThe Japanese Cormorant , also known as Temminck's Cormorant, is a cormorant native to East Asia. It lives from Taiwan north through Korea and Japan to the Russian Far East....
Phalacrocorax capillatus - Pelagic CormorantPelagic CormorantThe Pelagic Cormorant , also known as Baird's Cormorant, is a small member of the cormorant family Phalacrocoracidae. Analogous to other smallish cormorants, it is also called Pelagic Shag occasionally...
Phalacrocorax pelagicus - Red-faced CormorantRed-faced CormorantThe Red-faced Cormorant, Red-faced Shag or Violet Shag, Phalacrocorax urile, is a species of cormorant that is found in the far north of the Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, from the eastern tip of Hokkaidō in Japan, via the Kuril Islands, the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Aleutian...
Phalacrocorax urile (A) - Little CormorantLittle CormorantThe Little Cormorant is a member of the Cormorant family of seabirds: Aptly named, the Little Cormorant is small in comparison with other cormorants, only 55 cm in length with an average mass of 442.5 g...
Phalacrocorax niger
Darters
Order: PelecaniformesPelecaniformes
The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...
. Family: Anhingidae
Darters are frequently referred to as "snake-birds" because of their long thin neck, which gives a snake-like appearance when they swim with their bodies submerged.
The males have black and dark brown plumage, an erectile crest on the nape and a larger bill than the female. The females have a much paler plumage especially on the neck and underparts. The darters have completely webbed feet, and their legs are short and set far back on the body. Their plumage is somewhat permeable, like that of cormorants, and they spread their wings to dry after diving. There are 4 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
- DarterDarterThe darters or snakebirds are mainly tropical waterbirds in the family Anhingidae. There are four living species, three of which are very common and widespread while the fourth is rarer and classified as near-threatened by the IUCN. The term "snakebird" is usually used without any additions to...
Anhinga melanogaster (A)
Frigatebirds
Order: PelecaniformesPelecaniformes
The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...
. Family: Fregatidae
Frigatebird
Frigatebird
The frigatebirds are a family, Fregatidae, of seabirds. There are five species in the single genus Fregata. They are also sometimes called Man of War birds or Pirate birds. Since they are related to the pelicans, the term "frigate pelican" is also a name applied to them...
s are large sea-birds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black and white or completely black, with long wings and deeply-forked tails. The males have inflatable coloured throat pouches. They do not swim or walk, and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan to body weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week. There are 5 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
- Christmas Island FrigatebirdChristmas Island FrigatebirdThe Christmas Frigatebird or Christmas Island Frigatebird is a frigatebird endemic to the Christmas Islands in the Indian Ocean...
Fregata andrewsi (A) - Great FrigatebirdGreat FrigatebirdThe Great Frigatebird is a large dispersive seabird in the frigatebird family. Major nesting populations are found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, as well as a population in the South Atlantic....
Fregata minor - Lesser FrigatebirdLesser FrigatebirdThe Lesser Frigatebird, Fregata ariel, is a species of frigatebird.It nests in Australia, among other locations.There is a single record from the Western Palearctic, from Eilat in the Gulf of Aqaba....
Fregata ariel (A)
Bitterns, herons and egrets
Order: CiconiiformesCiconiiformes
Traditionally, the order Ciconiiformes has included a variety of large, long-legged wading birds with large bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, and several others. Ciconiiformes are known from the Late Eocene...
. Family: Ardeidae
The family Ardeidae contains the bittern
Bittern
Bitterns are a classification of birds in the heron family, Ardeidae, a family of wading birds. Species named bitterns tend to be the shorter-necked, often more secretive members of this family...
s, heron
Heron
The herons are long-legged freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae. There are 64 recognised species in this family. Some are called "egrets" or "bitterns" instead of "heron"....
s and egret
Egret
An egret is any of several herons, most of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season. Many egrets are members of the genera Egretta or Ardea which contain other species named as herons rather than egrets...
s. Herons and egrets are medium to large sized wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary. Unlike other long-necked birds suck as storks, ibises and spoonbills, members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted. There are 61 species worldwide and 21 species which occur in China.
- Gray Heron Ardea cinerea
- White-bellied HeronWhite-bellied HeronThe White-bellied Heron is a species of large heron found in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas in India, northeastern Bangladesh, Burma and Bhutan. Records in the past have been from Nepal. It is mostly all dark grey with white throat and underparts. This heron is mostly solitary and is found...
Ardea insignis - Great-billed HeronGreat-billed HeronThe Great-billed Heron, Ardea sumatrana is a wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, resident from southeast Asia to Papua New Guinea and Australia. Its habitats are largely coastal such as islands, coral reefs, mangroves, large rivers. However, occasionally, it can be found inland in shallow...
Ardea sumatrana - Purple HeronPurple HeronThe Purple Heron is a wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Asia. The European populations are migratory, wintering in tropical Africa; the more northerly Asian populations also migrate further south within Asia...
Ardea purpurea - Eastern Great EgretEastern Great EgretThe Eastern Great Egret is a white heron of the genus Ardea, is considered a subspecies of the Great Egret . Although a study argued for full species status in 2005, most taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies...
Ardea modesta - Intermediate EgretIntermediate EgretThe Intermediate Egret, Median Egret, or Yellow-billed Egret is a medium-sized heron. It is a resident breeder from east Africa across tropical southern Asia to Australia. It often nests in colonies with other herons, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs...
Egretta intermedia - Little EgretLittle EgretThe Little Egret is a small white heron. It is the Old World counterpart to the very similar New World Snowy Egret.-Subspecies:Depending on authority, two or three subspecies of Little Egret are currently accepted....
Egretta garzetta - Chinese EgretChinese EgretThe Chinese Egret or Swinhoe's Egret, Egretta eulophotes, is a full-crested, white egret with yellow bill. It breeds in Russia, North Korea, South Korea and mainland China, and then migrates south through Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia...
Egretta eulophotes - Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
- Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Cattle EgretCattle EgretThe Cattle Egret is a cosmopolitan species of heron found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Bubulcus, although some authorities regard its two subspecies as full species, the Western Cattle Egret and the Eastern Cattle Egret...
Bubulcus ibis - Striated HeronStriated HeronThe Striated Heron, Butorides striata, also known as Mangrove Heron, Little Heron or Green-backed Heron, is a small heron. Striated Herons are mostly non-migratory and noted for some interesting behavioral traits. Their breeding habitat is small wetlands in the Old World tropics from west Africa to...
Butorides striata - Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- White-eared Night-HeronWhite-eared Night-heronThe White-eared Night Heron is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family. It is found in China and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss....
Gorsachius magnificus - Japanese Night-Heron Gorsachius goisagi
- Malayan Night-Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Yellow BitternYellow BitternThe Yellow Bittern is a small bittern. It is of Old World origins, breeding in much of the Indian Subcontinent, east to Japan and Indonesia. It is mainly resident, but some northern birds migrate short distances...
Ixobrychus sinensis - Schrenck's BitternSchrenck's BitternVon Schrenck's Bittern , also known as Schrenck's Bittern, is a small bittern. It breeds in China and Siberia from March to July, and Japan from May to August. It winters in Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Laos, passing through the rest of South-east Asia...
Ixobrychus eurhythmus - Cinnamon BitternCinnamon BitternThe Cinnamon Bittern or Chestnut Bittern is a small bittern. It is of Old World origins, breeding in tropical Asia from Pakistan to Sri Lanka east to China and Indonesia. It is mainly resident, but some northern birds migrate short distances.This is a small species at 38 cm length, with a...
Ixobrychus cinnamomeus - Black BitternBlack BitternThe Black Bittern, Ixobrychus flavicollis, is a bittern of Old World origin, breeding in tropical Asia from Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka east to China, Indonesia and Australia. It is mainly resident, but some northern birds migrate short distances....
Ixobrychus flavicollis - Great BitternGreat BitternThe Eurasian Bittern or Great Bittern is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae. It is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds applies.-Etymology:...
Botaurus stellaris
Storks
Order: CiconiiformesCiconiiformes
Traditionally, the order Ciconiiformes has included a variety of large, long-legged wading birds with large bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, and several others. Ciconiiformes are known from the Late Eocene...
. Family: Ciconiidae
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked, wading birds with long, stout bills. Storks are mute; bill-clattering is an important mode of stork communication at the nest. Their nests can be large and may be reused for many years. Many species are migratory. There are 19 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in China.
- Painted StorkPainted StorkThe Painted Stork is a large wading bird in the stork family. It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in South Asia and extending into Southeast Asia. Their distinctive pink tertial feathers give them their name. They forage in flocks in shallow waters...
Mycteria leucocephala - Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans (A)
- Black StorkBlack StorkThe Black Stork Ciconia nigra is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It is a widespread, but rare, species that breeds in the warmer parts of Europe, predominantly in central and eastern regions. This is a shy and wary species, unlike the closely related White Stork. It is seen in...
Ciconia nigra - White StorkWhite StorkThe White Stork is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on its wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average from beak tip to end of tail, with a wingspan...
Ciconia ciconia - Oriental StorkOriental StorkThe Oriental Stork, Ciconia boyciana, is a large, white bird with black wing feathers. It is closely related and resembles the European White Stork, of which it was formerly often treated as a subspecies. It is typically larger than the White Stork, at 100–129 cm long, tall, a weight of and...
Ciconia boyciana - Lesser AdjutantLesser AdjutantThe Lesser Adjutant, Leptoptilos javanicus, is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It is a widespread species which is resident breeder in southern Asia from India east to southern China and Java....
Leptoptilos javanicus
Ibises and spoonbills
Order: CiconiiformesCiconiiformes
Traditionally, the order Ciconiiformes has included a variety of large, long-legged wading birds with large bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, and several others. Ciconiiformes are known from the Late Eocene...
. Family: Threskiornithidae
Threskiornithidae
The family Threskiornithidae includes 34 species of large terrestrial and wading birds, falling into two subfamilies, the ibises and the spoonbills. It was formerly known as Plataleidae. The spoonbills and ibises were once thought to be related to other groups of long-legged wading birds in the...
The Threskiornithidae is a family of large terrestrial and wading birds which includes the ibis
Ibis
The ibises are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae....
es and spoonbill
Spoonbill
Spoonbills are a group of large, long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, which also includes the Ibises.All have large, flat, spatulate bills and feed by wading through shallow water, sweeping the partly opened bill from side to side...
s. They have long, broad wings with 11 primary and about 20 secondary feathers. They are strong fliers and despite their size and weight, very capable soarers. There are 36 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in China.
- Black-headed IbisBlack-headed IbisThe Black-headed Ibis or Oriental White Ibis is a species of wading bird of the ibis family Threskiornithidae which breeds in South Asia and Southeast Asia from Pakistan to India, Sri Lanka east up to Japan...
Threskiornis melanocephalus - White-shouldered IbisWhite-shouldered IbisThe White-shouldered Ibis, Pseudibis davisoni, is a species of wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae. It occurs at a few sites in northern Cambodia, southern Vietnam, extreme southern Laos and East Kalimantan in Indonesia....
Pseudibis davisoni - Crested IbisCrested IbisThe Crested Ibis , also known as the Japanese Crested Ibis or Toki , is a large , white-plumaged ibis of pine forests. Its head is partially bare, showing red skin, and it has a dense crest of white plumes on the nape. This species is the only member of the genus Nipponia.Their habitat is usually...
Nipponia nippon - Glossy IbisGlossy IbisThe Glossy Ibis is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae.This is the most widespread ibis species, breeding in scattered sites in warm regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic and Caribbean region of the Americas...
Plegadis falcinellus - Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Black-faced SpoonbillBlack-faced SpoonbillThe Black-faced Spoonbill has the most restricted distribution of all spoonbills, and it is the only one currently regarded as endangered. Confined to the coastal areas of eastern Asia, it seems that it was once common throughout its area of distribution...
Platalea minor
Flamingos
Order: Phoenicopteriformes. Family: PhoenicopteridaeFlamingo
Flamingo
Flamingos or flamingoes are gregarious wading birds in the genus Phoenicopterus , the only genus in the family Phoenicopteridae...
s are gregarious wading birds, usually 3 to 5 feet high, found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. They are more numerous in the latter. Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Their oddly-shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume, and are uniquely used upside-down. There are 6 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
- Greater FlamingoGreater FlamingoThe Greater Flamingo is the most widespread species of the flamingo family. It is found in parts of Africa, southern Asia , and southern Europe...
Phoenicopterus roseus (A)
Ducks, geese and swans
Order: AnseriformesAnseriformes
The order Anseriformes contains about 150 living species of birds in three extant families: the Anhimidae , Anseranatidae , and the Anatidae, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.All species in the order are highly adapted for an aquatic existence at...
. Family: Anatidae
Anatidae
Anatidae is the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica and on most of the world's islands and island groups...
The family Anatidae includes the duck
Duck
Duck is the common name for a large number of species in the Anatidae family of birds, which also includes swans and geese. The ducks are divided among several subfamilies in the Anatidae family; they do not represent a monophyletic group but a form taxon, since swans and geese are not considered...
s and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese
Goose
The word goose is the English name for a group of waterfowl, belonging to the family Anatidae. This family also includes swans, most of which are larger than true geese, and ducks, which are smaller....
and swan
Swan
Swans, genus Cygnus, are birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. Sometimes, they are considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae...
s. These are birds that are modified for an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating. There are 131 species worldwide and 48 species which occur in China.
- Lesser Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Mute SwanMute SwanThe Mute Swan is a species of swan, and thus a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is native to much of Europe and Asia, and the far north of Africa. It is also an introduced species in North America, Australasia and southern Africa. The name 'mute' derives from it being less...
Cygnus olor - Whooper SwanWhooper SwanThe Whooper Swan , Cygnus cygnus, is a large Northern Hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian counterpart of the North American Trumpeter Swan. An old name for the Whooper Swan is Elk; it is so called in Francis Willughby and John Ray's Ornithology of 1676.-Description:The Whooper Swan is similar in...
Cygnus cygnus - Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Swan GooseSwan GooseThe Swan Goose is a rare large goose with a natural breeding range in inland Mongolia, northernmost China, and southeastern Russia. It is migratory and winters mainly in central and eastern China...
Anser cygnoides - Bean GooseBean GooseThe Bean Goose is a medium to large goose breeding in northern Europe and Asia. It was split into two species by the American Ornithologists' Union in 2007, however it is still regarded as a single species by the British Ornithologists' Union – see below...
Anser fabalis - Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Lesser White-fronted GooseLesser White-fronted GooseThe Lesser White-fronted Goose is a goose closely related to the larger White-fronted Goose .It breeds in northernmost Asia, but it is a scarce breeder in Europe. There is a re-introduction scheme in Fennoscandia....
Anser erythropus - Greylag GooseGreylag GooseThe Greylag Goose , Anser anser, is a bird with a wide range in the Old World. It is the type species of the genus Anser....
Anser anser - Bar-headed GooseBar-headed GooseThe Bar-headed Goose is a goose which breeds in Central Asia in colonies of thousands near mountain lakes and winters in South Asia, as far south as peninsular India. It lays three to eight eggs at a time in a ground nest....
Anser indicus - Snow GooseSnow GooseThe Snow Goose , also known as the Blue Goose, is a North American species of goose. Its name derives from the typically white plumage. The genus of this bird is disputed...
Chen caerulescens (A) - BrantBrent GooseThe Brant or Brent Goose, Branta bernicla, is a species of goose of the genus Branta. The Black Brant is an American subspecies. The specific descriptor bernicla is from the same source as "barnacle" in Barnacle Goose, which looks similar but is not a close relation.-Appearance:The Brant Goose is...
Branta bernicla - Canada GooseCanada GooseThe Canada Goose is a wild goose belonging to the genus Branta, which is native to arctic and temperate regions of North America, having a black head and neck, white patches on the face, and a brownish-gray body....
Branta canadensis - Red-breasted GooseRed-breasted GooseThe Red-breasted Goose is an endangered species of goose in the genus Branta. It is sometimes separated in Rufibrenta but appears close enough to the Brent Goose to make this unnecessary, despite its distinct appearance.- Description :All the species of the Branta genus are distinguished by their...
Branta ruficollis (A) - Ruddy ShelduckRuddy ShelduckThe Ruddy Shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea, is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae...
Tadorna ferruginea - Common ShelduckCommon ShelduckThe Common Shelduck is a waterfowl species shelduck genus Tadorna. It is widespread and common in Eurasia, mainly breeding in temperate and wintering in subtropical regions; in winter, it can also be found in the Maghreb...
Tadorna tadorna - Comb DuckComb DuckThe Knob-billed Duck , or Comb Duck, is an unusual, pan-tropical duck, found in tropical wetlands in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and south Asia from Pakistan to Laos and extreme southern China...
Sarkidiornis melanotos - Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Mandarin DuckMandarin DuckThe Mandarin Duck , or just Mandarin, is a medium-sized perching duck, closely related to the North American Wood Duck. It is 41–49 cm long with a 65–75 cm wingspan.-Description:...
Aix galericulata - Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
- Falcated DuckFalcated DuckThe Falcated Duck or Falcated Teal is a Gadwall-sized dabbling duck.-Distribution and habitat:The Falcated duck breeds in eastern Asia...
Anas falcata - GadwallGadwallThe Gadwall is a common and widespread duck of the family Anatidae.- Description :The Gadwall is 46–56 cm long with a 78–90 cm wingspan. The male is slightly larger than the female, weighing on average 990 g against her 850 g...
Anas strepera - Baikal TealBaikal TealThe Baikal Teal , also called the Bimaculate Duck or Squawk Duck, is a dabbling duck that breeds in eastern Russia and winters in East Asia.- Description :...
Anas formosa - Green-winged TealGreen-winged TealThe Green-winged Teal is a common and widespread duck that breeds in the northern areas of North America except on the Aleutian Islands. It was considered conspecific with the Common Teal The Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis) is a common and widespread duck that breeds in the northern areas of...
Anas carolinensis (A) - Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- MallardMallardThe Mallard , or Wild Duck , is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to New Zealand and Australia....
Anas platyrhynchos - Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Northern PintailNorthern PintailThe Pintail or Northern Pintail is a widely occurring duck which breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migratory and winters south of its breeding range to the equator...
Anas acuta - GarganeyGarganeyThe Garganey is a small dabbling duck. It breeds in much of Europe and western Asia, but is strictly migratory, with the entire population moving to southern Africa, India Santragachi and Australasia in winter, where large flocks can occur. This species was first described by Linnaeus in 1758...
Anas querquedula - Northern ShovelerNorthern ShovelerThe Northern Shoveler , Northern Shoveller in British English, sometimes known simply as the Shoveler, is a common and widespread duck. It breeds in northern areas of Europe and Asia and across most of North America, and is a rare vagrant to Australia...
Anas clypeata - Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Red-crested PochardRed-crested PochardThe Red-crested Pochard is a large diving duck.Their breeding habitat is lowland marshes and lakes in southern Europe and southern and central Asia. They are somewhat migratory, and northern birds winter further south and into north Africa.The adult male is unmistakable. It has a rounded orange...
Netta rufina - Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca
- Baer's PochardBaer's PochardBaer's Pochard is a diving duck found in eastern Asia. It breeds in southeast Russia and northeast China, migrating in winter to southern China, Vietnam, Japan, and India. The name commemorates the Estonian naturalist Karl Ernst von Baer.At 41–46 cm, it is similar in size and stance to its...
Aythya baeri - Tufted DuckTufted DuckThe Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula, is a medium-sized diving duck with a population of close to one million birds.- Description :The adult male is all black except for white flanks and a blue-grey bill. It has an obvious head tuft that gives the species its name.The adult female is brown with paler...
Aythya fuligula - Greater ScaupGreater ScaupThe Greater Scaup , just Scaup in Europe, or colloquially known as "Bluebill", for its bright blue bill, is small compared to other diving ducks, however it is larger than the closely related Lesser Scaup...
Aythya marila - Steller's EiderSteller's EiderThe Steller's Eider is a medium-large sea duck that breeds along the Arctic coasts of eastern Siberia and Alaska. The lined nest is built on tundra close to the sea, and 6-10 eggs are laid....
Polysticta stelleri (A) - Harlequin DuckHarlequin DuckThe Harlequin Duck is a small sea duck. It takes its name from Arlecchino, Harlequin in French, a colourfully dressed character in Commedia dell'arte. The species name comes from the Latin word "histrio", "actor". In North America it is also known as Lords and ladies...
Histrionicus histrionicus - Long-tailed DuckLong-tailed DuckThe Long-tailed Duck or Oldsquaw is a medium-sized sea duck. It is the only living member of its genus, Clangula; this was formerly used for the goldeneyes, with the Long-tailed Duck being placed in Harelda...
Clangula hyemalis - Black ScoterBlack ScoterThe Black or American Scoter is a large sea duck, 43 to 49 centimeters in length. Together with the Common Scoter M. nigra, it forms the subgenus Oidemia; the two are sometimes considered conspecific, the Black Scoter then being referred to as M. nigra americana...
Melanitta nigra - White-winged ScoterWhite-winged ScoterThe White-winged Scoter is a large sea duck.-Description:It is characterised by its bulky shape and large bill. This is the largest species of scoter. Females range from 950-1950 grams and 48–56 cm , averaging 1180 grams and 52.3 cm . She is brown with pale head patches...
Melanitta fusca - Common GoldeneyeCommon GoldeneyeThe Common Goldeneye is a medium-sized sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. Their closest relative is the similar Barrow's Goldeneye....
Bucephala clangula - SmewSmewThe Smew is a small duck, which is somewhat intermediate between the typical mergansers and the goldeneyes . It is the only member of the genus Mergellus; sometimes included in Mergus, this genus is distinct and might actually be a bit closer to the goldeneyes...
Mergellus albellus - Red-breasted MerganserRed-breasted MerganserThe Red-breasted Merganser is a diving duck.-Taxonomy:The Red-breasted Merganser was one of the many species originally described by Linnaeus in his 18th-century work, Systema Naturae.-Description:...
Mergus serrator - Common MerganserCommon MerganserThe Common Merganser or Goosander Mergus merganser is a large duck, of rivers and lakes of forested areas of Europe, northern and central Asia, and North America. It eats fish and nests in holes in trees...
Mergus merganser - Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus
- White-headed DuckWhite-headed DuckThe White-headed Duck is a small stiff-tailed duck.Adult males have a grey and reddish body, a blue bill and a largely white head with a black cap and neck. Adult females have a grey-brown body with a white face and a darker bill, cap and a cheek stripe.This duck breeds in Spain and North Africa,...
Oxyura leucocephala
Osprey
Order: FalconiformesFalconiformes
The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that comprises the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is difficult and the order is treated in several ways.- Classification problems :...
. Family: Pandionidae
The Pandionidae family contains only one species, the Osprey. The Osprey is a medium large raptor
Bird of prey
Birds of prey are birds that hunt for food primarily on the wing, using their keen senses, especially vision. They are defined as birds that primarily hunt vertebrates, including other birds. Their talons and beaks tend to be relatively large, powerful and adapted for tearing and/or piercing flesh....
which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution.
- OspreyOspreyThe Osprey , sometimes known as the sea hawk or fish eagle, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. It is a large raptor, reaching more than in length and across the wings...
Pandion haliaetus
Hawks, kites and eagles
Order: FalconiformesFalconiformes
The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that comprises the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is difficult and the order is treated in several ways.- Classification problems :...
. Family: Accipitridae
Accipitridae
The Accipitridae, one of the two major families within the order Accipitriformes , are a family of small to large birds with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet. They feed on a range of prey items from insects to medium-sized mammals, with a number feeding on carrion and a...
Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey and include hawk
Hawk
The term hawk can be used in several ways:* In strict usage in Australia and Africa, to mean any of the species in the subfamily Accipitrinae, which comprises the genera Accipiter, Micronisus, Melierax, Urotriorchis and Megatriorchis. The large and widespread Accipiter genus includes goshawks,...
s, eagle
Eagle
Eagles are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera which are not necessarily closely related to each other. Most of the more than 60 species occur in Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just two species can be found in the United States and Canada, nine more in...
s, kites
Kite (bird)
Kites are raptors with long wings and weak legs which spend a great deal of time soaring. Most feed mainly on carrion but some take various amounts of live prey.They are birds of prey which, along with hawks and eagles, are from the family Accipitridae....
, harriers
Harrier (bird)
A harrier is any of the several species of diurnal hawks forming the Circinae sub-family of the Accipitridae family of birds of prey. Harriers characteristically hunt by flying low over open ground, feeding on small mammals, reptiles, or birds....
and Old World vultures. These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. There are 233 species worldwide and 47 species which occur in China.
- Jerdon's BazaJerdon's BazaJerdon's Baza is a moderate sized brown hawk with a thin white-tipped black crest usually held erect. It is found in South-east Asia. It inhabits foothills in the terai and is rarer in evergreen forests and tea estates.-Description:...
Aviceda jerdoni - Black BazaBlack BazaThe Black Baza is a small sized bird of prey found in the forests of South Asia and Southeast Asia. Many populations are migratory. The races in the Indian region are migratory, wintering in the south of the Peninsula and Sri Lanka. The Black Bazas have short, stout legs and feet with strong...
Aviceda leuphotes - Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Black-shouldered KiteBlack-shouldered KiteThe Black-shouldered Kite or Australian Black-shouldered Kite is a small raptor found in open habitat throughout Australia and resembles similar species found in Eurasia and North America, which have in the past also been named as Black-shouldered Kites...
Elanus caeruleus - Black KiteBlack KiteThe Black Kite is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors. Unlike others of the group, they are opportunistic hunters and are more likely to scavenge. They spend a lot of time soaring and gliding in thermals in search of food. Their...
Milvus migrans - Brahminy KiteBrahminy KiteThe Brahminy Kite , also known as the Red-backed Sea-eagle, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards and harriers. They are found in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Australia...
Haliastur indus - White-bellied Sea EagleWhite-bellied Sea EagleThe White-bellied Sea Eagle , also known as the White-breasted Sea Eagle, is a large diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Originally described by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1788, it is closely related to Sanford's Sea Eagle of the Solomon Islands, and the two are considered a superspecies...
Haliaeetus leucogaster - Pallas's Fish Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus
- White-tailed EagleWhite-tailed EagleThe White-tailed Eagle , also known as the Sea Eagle, Erne , or White-tailed Sea-eagle, is a large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which includes other raptors such as hawks, kites, and harriers...
Haliaeetus albicilla - Steller's Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus (A)
- Lesser Fish-Eagle Ichthyophaga humilis (A)
- LammergeierLammergeierThe Lammergeier, Lammergeyer, or Bearded Vulture, Gypaetus barbatus , is the only member of the genus Gypaetus. Traditionally considered an Old World vulture, it actually forms a minor lineage of Accipitridae together with the Egyptian Vulture , its closest living relative...
Gypaetus barbatus - White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis
- Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis
- Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
- Red-headed VultureRed-headed VultureThe Red-headed Vulture , also known as the Asian King Vulture, Indian Black Vulture or Pondicherry Vulture,-Description:...
Sarcogyps calvus - Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Crested Serpent EagleCrested Serpent EagleThe Crested Serpent Eagle is a medium-sized bird of prey that is found in forested habitats across tropical Asia. Within its widespread range, there are considerable variations and some authorities prefer to treat several of its subspecies as completely separate species. In the past, several...
Spilornis cheela - Western Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Eastern Marsh-Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Pallid HarrierPallid HarrierThe Pale or Pallid Harrier is a migratory bird of prey of the harrier family. It breeds in southern parts of eastern Europe and central Asia and winters mainly in India and southeast Asia...
Circus macrourus - Pied HarrierPied HarrierThe Pied Harrier is an Asian species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is migratory, breeding from Amur valley in eastern Russia and north-eastern China to North Korea. Wintering individuals can be found in a wide area from Pakistan to Philippines...
Circus melanoleucos - Montagu's HarrierMontagu's HarrierThe Montagu's Harrier is a migratory bird of prey of the harrier family. Its common name commemorates the British naturalist George Montagu.-Plumage:...
Circus pygargus - Crested GoshawkCrested GoshawkThe Crested Goshawk is a bird of prey from tropical Asia. It is related to other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards and harriers, and thus placed in the family Accipitridae.-Description:...
Accipiter trivirgatus - ShikraShikraThe Shikra is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae found widely distributed in Asia and Africa where it is also called the Little Banded Goshawk. The African forms may represent a separate species but have usually been considered as subspecies of the Shikra...
Accipiter badius - Chinese GoshawkChinese GoshawkThe Chinese Sparrowhawk is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards and harriers. Also called Chinese goshawk....
Accipiter soloensis - Japanese SparrowhawkJapanese SparrowhawkThe Japanese Sparrowhawk is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards and harriers....
Accipiter gularis - BesraBesraThe Besra, Accipiter virgatus, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.The Besra is a widespread resident breeder in dense forests throughout south Asia from Pakistan and India to south China and Indonesia. It nests in trees, building a new nest each year...
Accipiter virgatus - Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
- White-eyed BuzzardWhite-eyed BuzzardThe White-eyed Buzzard is a medium sized hawk, unrelated to the true buzzards of the genus Buteo, found in South Asia. Adults are characteristic, having a rufous tail, a distinctive white iris and a white throat with a contrasting mesial stripe and bordered by dark moustachial stripes. The head is...
Butastur teesa - Rufous-winged BuzzardRufous-winged BuzzardThe Rufous-winged Buzzard is an Asian bird of prey. It is a resident breeder in southern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Indonesia. It is a species of deciduous forest and second growth up to 800 m....
Butastur liventer - Gray-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-legged BuzzardLong-legged BuzzardThe Long-legged Buzzard is a bird of prey.-Description:It is similar in appearance to the Rough-legged Buzzard , but larger and more robust. There are many different colour forms, but usually Long-leggeds have a clear orange tint to the plumage, red or orange tail, pale head and largely white...
Buteo rufinus - Upland BuzzardUpland BuzzardThe Upland Buzzard is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family.-Description:This is the largest buzzard, though it is equaled in size by the North American Ferruginous Hawk. The total length is 57-67 cm and wingspan is 143-161 cm . Weight is about 1350 grams on average. with both...
Buteo hemilasius - Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus
- Black EagleBlack EagleThe Black Eagle is a bird of prey. Like all eagles, it is in the family Accipitridae, and is the only member of the genus Ictinaetus. They soar over forests in the hilly regions of tropical Asia and hunt mammals and birds, particularly at their nests...
Ictinaetus malayensis - Greater Spotted EagleGreater Spotted EagleThe Greater Spotted Eagle , occasionally just called the spotted eagle, is a large bird of prey. Like all typical eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae...
Aquila clanga - Steppe EagleSteppe EagleThe Steppe Eagle is a bird of prey. It is about in length and has a wingspan of . Females, weighing 2.3–4.9 kg , are slightly larger than males, at 2–3.5 kg . Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae...
Aquila nipalensis - Imperial EagleEastern Imperial EagleThe Eastern Imperial Eagle is a large species of bird of prey that breeds from southeastern Europe to central Asia. Most populations are migratory and winter in northeastern Africa, and southern and eastern Asia. The Spanish Imperial Eagle, found in Spain and Portugal, was formerly lumped with...
Aquila heliaca - Golden EagleGolden EagleThe Golden Eagle is one of the best known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. Once widespread across the Holarctic, it has disappeared from many of the more heavily populated areas...
Aquila chrysaetos - Bonelli's EagleBonelli's EagleThe Bonelli's Eagle is a large bird of prey. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae.It breeds in southern Europe, Africa both north and south of the Sahara Desert and across southern Asia to Indonesia...
Aquila fasciatus - Booted EagleBooted EagleThe Booted Eagle is a medium-sized bird of prey. It is about in length and has a wingspan of . Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae....
Aquila pennatus - Rufous-bellied EagleRufous-bellied EagleThe Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the buzzards, hawks and Old World vultures. It was earlier placed under the genus Hieraaetus but this eagle may well belong to a separate genus. The name of Kienastur had been suggested.Rufous-bellied...
Aquila kienerii - Mountain Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus nipalensis
Caracaras and falcons
Order: FalconiformesFalconiformes
The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that comprises the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is difficult and the order is treated in several ways.- Classification problems :...
. Family: Falconidae
Falconidae
The falcons and caracaras are around 60 species of diurnal birds of prey that make up the family Falconidae. The family is divided into two subfamiles, Polyborinae, which includes the caracaras and forest falcons, and Falconinae, the falcons, kestrels and falconets.-Description:Falcons and...
Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey. They differ from hawks, eagles, and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their feet. There are 62 species worldwide and 13 species which occur in China.
- Collared FalconetCollared FalconetThe Collared Falconet is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family.It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:* BirdLife...
Microhierax caerulescens - Pied FalconetPied FalconetThe Pied Falconet, Fauconnet Noir-et-blanc, or Falconete Pío is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, and Vietnam....
Microhierax melanoleucus - Lesser KestrelLesser KestrelThe Lesser Kestrel is a small falcon. This species breeds from the Mediterranean across southern central Asia to China and Mongolia. It is a summer migrant, wintering in Africa and Pakistan and sometimes even to India and Iraq. It is rare north of its breeding range, and declining in its European...
Falco naumanni - Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-footed FalconRed-footed FalconThe Red-footed Falcon , formerly Western Red-footed Falcon, is a bird of prey. It belongs to the family Falconidae, the falcons. This bird is found in eastern Europe and Asia although its numbers are dwindling rapidly due to habitat loss and hunting. It is migratory, wintering in Africa...
Falco vespertinus - Amur FalconAmur FalconThe Amur Falcon , formerly Eastern Red-footed Falcon, is a small raptor of the falcon family. It breeds in south-eastern Siberia and Northern China, wintering in Southern Africa...
Falco amurensis - MerlinMerlin (bird)The Merlin is a small species of falcon from the Northern Hemisphere. A bird of prey once known colloquially as a pigeon hawk in North America, the Merlin breeds in the northern Holarctic; some migrate to subtropical and northern tropical regions in winter.-European and North American...
Falco columbarius - Eurasian HobbyEurasian HobbyThe Eurasian Hobby , or just simply Hobby, is a small slim falcon. It belongs to a rather close-knit group of similar falcons often considered a subgenus Hypotriorchis.-Description:...
Falco subbuteo - Oriental HobbyOriental HobbyThe Oriental Hobby is a species of falcon typically 27-30 cm long. It can be found in the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, across the eastern Himalayas and ranges southwards through Indochina to Australasia. It has been recorded as a vagrant from Malaysia.-Diet and habitats:The...
Falco severus - Saker FalconSaker FalconThe Saker Falcon is a very large falcon. This species breeds from eastern Europe eastwards across Asia to Manchuria. It is mainly migratory except in the southernmost parts of its range, wintering in Ethiopia, the Arabian peninsula, northern Pakistan and western China...
Falco cherrug - GyrfalconGyrfalconThe Gyrfalcon — Falco rusticolus — is the largest of the falcon species. The Gyrfalcon breeds on Arctic coasts and the islands of North America, Europe, and Asia. It is mainly resident there also, but some Gyrfalcons disperse more widely after the breeding season, or in winter.Individual vagrancy...
Falco rusticolus - Barbary FalconBarbary FalconThe Barbary Falcon is a medium-sized falcon about the size of a crow. This bird of prey breeds in the Canary Islands and on the coasts of north Africa. It is mainly resident.-Description:...
Falco pelegrinoides - Peregrine FalconPeregrine FalconThe Peregrine Falcon , also known as the Peregrine, and historically as the Duck Hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-gray back, barred white underparts, and a black head and "moustache"...
Falco peregrinus
Grouse
Order: GalliformesGalliformes
Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms...
. Family: Tetraonidae
Grouse are game birds, similar to quails and partridge. There are 18 species worldwide and 8 species which occur in China.
- Siberian GrouseSiberian GrouseThe Siberian Grouse, Falcipennis falcipennis, is a medium-sized grouse.It is very similar to the North American Spruce Grouse, to which it is closely related.The Siberian grouse mostly occurs in forests of spruce, fir, larch and pine...
Dendragapus falcipennis - Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
- Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
- Black-billed CapercaillieBlack-billed CapercaillieThe Black-billed Capercaillie is a large grouse species closely related to the more widespread Western Capercaillie. It is a sedentary species which breeds in the larch taiga forests of eastern Russia as well as parts of northern Mongolia and China.The appearance of the male Black-billed...
Tetrao parvirostris - Eurasian Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus
- Black GrouseBlack GrouseThe Black Grouse or Blackgame is a large bird in the grouse family. It is a sedentary species, breeding across northern Eurasia in moorland and bog areas near to woodland, mostly boreal...
Tetrao tetrix - Hazel GrouseHazel GrouseThe Hazel Grouse or Hazel Hen is one of the smaller members of the grouse family of birds. It is a sedentary species, breeding across northern Eurasia and central and eastern Europe in dense, damp, mixed coniferous woodland, preferably with some spruce.The nest is on the ground, and 3–6 eggs is...
Bonasa bonasia - Severtzov's GrouseSevertzov's GrouseChinese Grouse, also known as the Severtzov's Grouse or Black-breasted Hazel Grouse is a grouse species closely related to the Hazel Grouse....
Bonasa sewerzowi (E)
Pheasants and partridges
Order: GalliformesGalliformes
Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms...
. Family: Phasianidae
Phasianidae
The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae...
The Phasianidae are a family of terrestrial birds which consists of quail
Quail
Quail is a collective name for several genera of mid-sized birds generally considered in the order Galliformes. Old World quail are found in the family Phasianidae, while New World quail are found in the family Odontophoridae...
s, partridge
Partridge
Partridges are birds in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. They are a non-migratory Old World group.These are medium-sized birds, intermediate between the larger pheasants and the smaller quails. Partridges are native to Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East...
s, snowcock
Snowcock
The snowcocks are a group of bird species in the genus Tetraogallus of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. They are ground-nesting birds which breed in the mountain ranges of southern Eurasia from the Caucasus to the Himalayas and western China. The Himalayan Snowcock has been introduced...
s, francolin
Francolin
Francolins are birds that traditionally have been placed in the genus Francolinus, but now commonly are divided into multiple genera , although some of the major taxonomic listing sources have yet to divide them. They are members of the pheasant family, Phasianidae...
s, spurfowls, tragopan
Tragopan
Tragopan is a genus of bird in the family Phasianidae. These birds are commonly called "horny pheasants" because of two brightly-colored, fleshy horns on their heads that they can erect during courtship displays...
s, monal
Monal
A Monal is a bird of genus Lophophorus of the Pheasant family, Phasianidae. There are three species and several sub-species within the genus Lophophorus:* Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus* Sclater's Monal Lophophorus sclateri...
s, pheasant
Pheasant
Pheasants refer to some members of the Phasianinae subfamily of Phasianidae in the order Galliformes.Pheasants are characterised by strong sexual dimorphism, males being highly ornate with bright colours and adornments such as wattles and long tails. Males are usually larger than females and have...
s, peafowl
Peafowl
Peafowl are two Asiatic species of flying birds in the genus Pavo of the pheasant family, Phasianidae, best known for the male's extravagant eye-spotted tail, which it displays as part of courtship. The male is called a peacock, the female a peahen, and the offspring peachicks. The adult female...
s and jungle fowls. In general, they are plump (although they may vary in size) and have broad, relatively short wings. There are 156 species worldwide and 51 species which occur in China. China has the greatest diversity of pheasants of any country on earth.
- Snow PartridgeSnow PartridgeThe Snow Partridge is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae found widely distributed across the high-altitude Himalayan regions of India, Pakistan, Nepal and China. It is the only species within the genus...
Lerwa lerwa - Verreaux's Partridge Tetraophasis obscurus (E)
- Szecheny's Partridge Tetraophasis szechenyii
- Altai SnowcockAltai SnowcockThe Altai Snowcock is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.It is found in China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Russia.Its natural habitat is boreal forests.-References:...
Tetraogallus altaicus - Tibetan SnowcockTibetan SnowcockThe Tibetan Snowcock is a bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. This species is found in high-altitude regions of the Western Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau, where it overlaps in part with the larger Himalayan Snowcock...
Tetraogallus tibetanus - Himalayan SnowcockHimalayan SnowcockThe Himalayan Snowcock is a snowcock in the pheasant family Phasianidae found across the Himalayan ranges and parts of the adjoining Pamir range of Asia. It is found on alpine pastures and on steep rocky cliffs where they will dive down the hill slopes to escape. It overlaps with the slightly...
Tetraogallus himalayensis - ChukarChukarThe Chukar Partridge or Chukar is a Eurasian upland gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It has been considered to form a superspecies complex along with the Rock Partridge, Philby's Partridge and Przevalski's Partridge and treated in the past as conspecific particularly with the first...
Alectoris chukar - Przevalski's PartridgePrzevalski's PartridgeThe Przevalski's Partridge or Rusty-necklaced Partridge is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.It is found only in China.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 10 July 2007....
Alectoris magna (E) - Chinese FrancolinChinese FrancolinThe Chinese Francolin is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Francolinus pintadeanus - Gray Partridge Perdix perdix
- Daurian PartridgeDaurian PartridgeThe Daurian Partridge Perdix daurica is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. The name derives from the "Dauria" region....
Perdix dauurica - Tibetan PartridgeTibetan PartridgeThe Tibetan Partridge is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes. They are found widely across the Tibetan Plateau and have some variations in plumage across populations. They forage on the ground in the sparsely vegetated high altitude regions, moving in pairs...
Perdix hodgsoniae - Japanese QuailJapanese QuailThe Japanese Quail, also known as Coturnix Quail, Coturnix japonica, is a species of Old World Quail found in East Asia. They are a migratory species, breeding in Manchuria, southeastern Siberia, northern Japan, and the Korean Peninsula, and wintering in the south of Japan and southern China. They...
Coturnix japonica - Common QuailCommon QuailThe Common Quail, Coturnix coturnix, is a small bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is widespread and is found in parts of Europe, .- Description :It is a small rotund bird, essentially streaked brown with...
Coturnix coturnix - Blue-breasted Quail Coturnix chinensis
- Hill PartridgeHill PartridgeThe Hill Partridge is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is found in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam...
Arborophila torqueola - Sichuan PartridgeSichuan PartridgeThe Sichuan Partridge is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.It is found only in China.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.- Habitat :...
Arborophila rufipectus (E) - Chestnut-breasted PartridgeChestnut-breasted PartridgeThe Chestnut-breasted Partridge is a species of partridge endemic to the eastern Himalayas north of the Brahmaputra, and is known from Bhutan, West Bengal , Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh, north-east India, Nepal Himalaya and south-east Tibet.It is a distinctive partridge with chestnut breast-band...
Arborophila mandellii - White-necklaced PartridgeWhite-necklaced PartridgeThe White-necklaced Partridge , also known as the Collared Hill-partridge, is a vulnerable species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is endemic to hill and mountain forests in southeastern China. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . .-External links:*...
Arborophila gingica (E) - Rufous-throated PartridgeRufous-throated PartridgeThe Rufous-throated Partridge is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane...
Arborophila rufogularis - White-cheeked PartridgeWhite-cheeked PartridgeThe White-cheeked Partridge is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, and Myanmar....
Arborophila atrogularis - Hainan PartridgeHainan PartridgeThe Hainan Partridge is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.It is endemic to Hainan Island, China.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
Arborophila ardens (E) - Bar-backed PartridgeBar-backed PartridgeThe Bar-backed Partridge is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Arborophila brunneopectus - Scaly-breasted PartridgeScaly-breasted PartridgeThe Green-legged Partridge , also known as the Scaly-breasted Partridge or Green-legged Hill-partridge, is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is found in forests in Indochina, ranging slightly into southernmost China...
Arborophila chloropus - Chestnut-necklaced PartridgeChestnut-necklaced PartridgeThe Chestnut-necklaced Partridge is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is found in forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. It is closely related to the Vietnam Partridge and Scaly-breasted Partridge, and their taxonomy is not entirely settled.The Chestnut-necklaced...
Arborophila charltonii - Mountain Bamboo-PartridgeMountain Bamboo-partridgeThe Mountain Bamboo Partridge is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.The binomial commemorates Major-General Albert Fytche.-References:...
Bambusicola fytchii - Chinese Bamboo-Partridge Bambusicola thoracica
- Blood PheasantBlood PheasantThe Blood Pheasant is the only species in genus Ithaginis of the pheasant family. This relatively small, short-tailed pheasant is widespread and fairly common in northern Southasia...
Ithaginis cruentus - Western TragopanWestern TragopanThe Western Tragopan or Western Horned Tragopan is a medium-sized brightly plumaged pheasant found along the Himalayas from Hazara in northern Pakistan in the west to Uttarakhand within India to the east...
Tragopan melanocephalus - Satyr TragopanSatyr TragopanThe Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra, also known as the Crimson Horned Pheasant, is a pheasant found in the Himalayan reaches of India, Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan. They reside in moist oak and rhododendron forests with dense undergrowth and bamboo clumps. Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, shrubland...
Tragopan satyra - Blyth's TragopanBlyth's TragopanBlyth’s Tragopan or the Grey-bellied Tragopan is a pheasant that is a vulnerable species.-Distribution and Population:...
Tragopan blythii - Temminck's TragopanTemminck's TragopanThe Temminck's Tragopan, Tragopan temminckii is a medium-sized, approximately 64cm long, pheasant in the genus Tragopan. The male is a stocky red-and-orange bird with white-spotted plumage, black bill and pink legs. It has a bare blue facial skin, inflatable dark-blue lappet and horns...
Tragopan temminckii - Cabot's TragopanCabot's TragopanThe Cabot's Tragopan, Tragopan caboti is a pheasant found in south-east China. This large bird is divided into two subspecies, of which the nominate race is found in the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi, Zheijiang, and Guangdong, and T. c. guangxiensis is confined to northeastern Guangxi and southern...
Tragopan caboti (E) - Koklass Pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha
- Himalayan MonalHimalayan MonalThe Himalayan Monal, Lophophorus impejanus also known as the Impeyan Monal or Impeyan Pheasant or Danphe is a bird of genus Lophophorus of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. It is the national bird of Nepal, where it is known as the Danfe, and the state bird of Uttarakhand.Traditionally, the...
Lophophorus impejanus - Sclater's MonalSclater's MonalSclater's Monal, Lophophorus sclateri, also known as the Crestless Monal, is a large, approximately long, pheasant of the east Himalayan region. As other monals, the male is a colorful bird...
Lophophorus sclateri - Chinese MonalChinese MonalThe Chinese Monal, Lophophorus lhuysii, is one of the most brilliant of all pheasants. This monal is restricted to mountains of central China. The plumage is highly iridescent. The male has a large drooping purple crest, a metallic green head, blue bare skin around the eyes, a reddish gold mantle,...
Lophophorus lhuysii (E) - Red JunglefowlRed JunglefowlThe Red Junglefowl is a tropical member of the Pheasant family. They are thought to be ancestors of the domestic chicken with some hybridisation with the Grey Junglefowl...
Gallus gallus - Kalij PheasantKalij PheasantThe Kalij Pheasant, Lophura leucomelanos, is a pheasant found in forests and thickets, especially in the Himalayan foothills, from the Northern India to western Thailand. Males are rather variable depending on the subspecies involved, but all have an at least partially glossy bluish-black plumage,...
Lophura leucomelanos - Silver PheasantSilver PheasantThe Silver Pheasant is a species of pheasant found in forests, mainly in mountains, of mainland Southeast Asia, and eastern and southern China, with introduced populations in Hawaii and various locations in the US mainland. The male is black and white, while the female is mainly brown...
Lophura nycthemera - White Eared-Pheasant Crossoptilon crossoptilon
- Brown Eared-Pheasant Crossoptilon mantchuricum (E)
- Blue Eared-Pheasant Crossoptilon auritum (E)
- Elliot's PheasantElliot's PheasantThe Elliot's Pheasant, Syrmaticus ellioti also known as Bar-backed Pheasant is a large, up to 80 cm long, brown and white pheasant with a black throat, chestnut brown upperparts plumage, white belly, nape and wingbars, red bare facial skin and long rusty-barred whitish tail...
Syrmaticus ellioti (E) - Hume's PheasantHume's PheasantMrs. Hume's Pheasant , also known as Hume's Pheasant or Bar-tailed Pheasant, is a large, up to 90 cm long, forest pheasant with a greyish brown head, bare red facial skin, chestnut brown plumage, yellowish bill, brownish orange iris, white wingbars and metallic blue neck feathers. The male has...
Syrmaticus humiae - Reeves's PheasantReeves's PheasantThe Reeves's Pheasant, Syrmaticus reevesii, is a large pheasant within the genus Syrmaticus. It is endemic to China....
Syrmaticus reevesii (E) - Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Golden PheasantGolden PheasantThe Golden Pheasant or "Chinese Pheasant", is a gamebird of the order Galliformes and the family Phasianidae...
Chrysolophus pictus (E) - Lady Amherst's PheasantLady Amherst's PheasantThe Lady Amherst's Pheasant, Chrysolophus amherstiae, is a bird of the order Galliformes and the family Phasianidae.These are native to south western China and Myanmar, but have been introduced elsewhere, and have established a self-supporting, but now declining, feral population in England, the...
Chrysolophus amherstiae - Gray Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum
- Green PeafowlGreen PeafowlThe Green Peafowl or Javan Peafowl, Pavo muticus is a large Galliform bird that is found in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia...
Pavo muticus
Buttonquails
Order: GruiformesGruiformes
The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....
. Family: Turnicidae
The buttonquails are small, drab, running birds which resemble the true quails.The female is the brighter of the sexes, and initiates courtship. The male incubates the eggs and tends the young. There are 16 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
- Small ButtonquailSmall ButtonquailThe Kurrichane Buttonquail, Small Buttonquail, Common Buttonquail, or Andalusian Hemipode, Turnix sylvaticus, is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails...
Turnix sylvatica - Yellow-legged ButtonquailYellow-legged ButtonquailThe Yellow-legged Buttonquail is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails. This family is peculiar in that the females are more colourful than the males and are polyandrous. Females have a bright rufous nape collar which is moulted during...
Turnix tanki - Barred ButtonquailBarred ButtonquailThe Barred Buttonquail or Common Bustard-Quail is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails...
Turnix suscitator
Cranes
Order: GruiformesGruiformes
The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....
. Family: Gruidae
Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Most have elaborate and noisy courting displays or "dances". There are 15 species worldwide and 9 species which occur in China. China has the greatest diversity of cranes of any country on earth.
- Demoiselle CraneDemoiselle CraneThe Demoiselle Crane, Anthropoides virgo, is a species of crane that breeds in Central Asia and winters in India, with a few found in Cyprus and eastern Turkey as well. The crane annually migrates to Africa and South Asia in winter...
Anthropoides virgo - Siberian CraneSiberian CraneThe Siberian Crane also known as the Siberian White Crane or the Snow Crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes...
Grus leucogeranus - Sandhill CraneSandhill CraneThe Sandhill Crane is a large crane of North America and extreme northeastern Siberia. The common name of this bird references habitat like that at the Platte River, on the edge of Nebraska's Sandhills in the American Midwest...
Grus canadensis (A) - Sarus CraneSarus CraneThe Sarus Crane is a large non-migratory crane found in parts of the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Australia. The tallest of the flying birds, standing at a height of up to 1.8 m , they are conspicuous and iconic species of open wetlands...
Grus antigone - White-naped CraneWhite-naped CraneThe White-naped Crane is a bird of the crane family. It is a large bird, 112–125 cm long, approximately 130 cm tall and weighing about 5.6 kg with pinkish legs, grey and white striped neck, and a red face patch.The White-naped Crane breeds in northeastern Mongolia, northeastern...
Grus vipio - Common CraneCommon CraneThe Common Crane , also known as the Eurasian Crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes.It is a large, stately bird and a medium-sized crane at 100–130 cm long, with a 180–240 cm wingspan and a weight of 4.5–6 kg...
Grus grus - Hooded CraneHooded CraneThe Hooded Crane, Grus monacha is a small, dark crane. It has a grey body. The top of the neck and head is white, except for a patch of bare red skin above the eye...
Grus monacha - Black-necked CraneBlack-necked CraneThe Black-necked Crane is a medium-sized crane that is found on the Tibetan Plateau of Asia. It is 139 cm long with a 235 cm wingspan, and it weighs 5.5 kg . It is whitish-gray, with a black head, red crown patch, black upper neck and legs, and white patch to the rear of the eye...
Grus nigricollis - Red-crowned CraneRed-crowned CraneThe Red-crowned Crane , also called the Japanese Crane or Manchurian Crane , is a large east Asian crane and among the rarest cranes in the world...
Grus japonensis
Rails, crakes, gallinules, and coots
Order: GruiformesGruiformes
The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....
. Family: Rallidae
Rallidae
The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small to medium-sized birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity and the family also includes the crakes, coots, and gallinules...
Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coot
Coot
Coots are medium-sized water birds that are members of the rail family Rallidae. They constitute the genus Fulica. Coots have predominantly black plumage, and, unlike many of the rails, they are usually easy to see, often swimming in open water...
s, and gallinule
Rallidae
The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small to medium-sized birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity and the family also includes the crakes, coots, and gallinules...
s. Typically they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps, or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs, and have long toes which are well adapted to soft, uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and be weak fliers. There are 143 species worldwide and 18 species which occur in China.
- Swinhoe's RailSwinhoe's RailThe Swinhoe's Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Russia.Its natural habitats are swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and arable land...
Coturnicops exquisitus - Red-legged CrakeRed-legged CrakeThe Red-legged Crake is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae.-Description:Medium-large crake . Head, neck and breast red-brown, paler on throat. Upperparts grey-brown. Underparts and underwing barred black and white...
Rallina fasciata (A) - Slaty-legged CrakeSlaty-legged CrakeThe Slaty-legged Crake or Banded Crake is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae.-Distribution and habitat:...
Rallina eurizonoides - Slaty-breasted RailSlaty-breasted RailThe Slaty-breasted Rail is a species of rail found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.Breeding has been recorded from July in the foothills of the Himalayas from Dehradun in the west....
Gallirallus striatus - Water RailWater RailThe Water Rail is a bird of the rail family which breeds in well-vegetated wetlands across Europe, Asia and North Africa. Northern and eastern populations are migratory, but this species is a permanent resident in the warmer parts of its breeding range...
Rallus aquaticus - Corn CrakeCorn CrakeThe Corn Crake, Corncrake or Landrail is a bird in the rail family. It breeds in Europe and Asia as far east as western China, and migrates to Africa for the winter...
Crex crex - Brown CrakeBrown CrakeThe Brown Crake , or Brown Bush-hen, is a waterbird in the rail and crake family found in South Asia....
Amaurornis akool - White-breasted WaterhenWhite-breasted WaterhenThe White-breasted Waterhen is a waterbird of the rail and crake family Rallidae that is widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia. They are dark slaty birds with a clean white face, breast and belly...
Amaurornis phoenicurus - Black-tailed CrakeBlack-tailed CrakeThe Black-tailed Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Amaurornis bicolor - Little CrakeLittle CrakeThe Little Crake is a very small waterbird of the family Rallidae.Their breeding habitat is reed beds in Europe, mainly in the east, and just into western Asia. They nest in a dry location in reed vegetation, laying 4-7 eggs...
Porzana parva - Baillon's CrakeBaillon's CrakeThe Baillon's Crake is a very small waterbird of the family Rallidae.-Distribution:Their breeding habitat is sedge beds in Europe, mainly in the east, and across Asia. They used to breed in Great Britain up to the mid-19th century, but the western European population declined through drainage....
Porzana pusilla - Spotted CrakeSpotted CrakeThe Spotted Crake is a small waterbird, of the family Rallidae.Their breeding habitat is marshes and sedge beds across temperate Europe into western Asia. They nest in a dry location in marsh vegetation, laying 6-15 eggs...
Porzana porzana - Ruddy-breasted CrakeRuddy-breasted CrakeThe Ruddy-breasted Crake , or Ruddy Crake, is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae.Its breeding habitat is swamps and similar wet areas across south Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to south China, Japan and Indonesia. It has been recorded as a vagrant from the Australian...
Porzana fusca - Band-bellied CrakeBand-bellied CrakeThe Band-bellied Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in China, Indonesia, North Korea, South Korea, Malaysia, Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Porzana paykullii - WatercockWatercockThe Watercock Gallicrex cinerea is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae. It is the only member of the genus Gallicrex....
Gallicrex cinerea - Purple SwamphenPurple SwamphenThe Purple Swamphen , also known as the African Purple Swamphen, Purple Moorhen, Purple Gallinule, Pūkeko or Purple Coot, is a large bird in the family Rallidae . From its name in French, talève sultane, it is also known as the Sultana Bird...
Porphyrio porphyrio - Common MoorhenCommon MoorhenThe Common Moorhen is a bird in the Rallidae family with an almost worldwide distribution. The North and South American Committees of the AOU and the IOC have voted on or before July 2011 to split the American forms into a new species Common Gallinule, however, no other committee has voted to...
Gallinula chloropus - Eurasian CootEurasian CootThe Eurasian Coot, Fulica atra, also known as Coot, is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae. The Australian subspecies is known as the Australian Coot.-Distribution:...
Fulica atra
Bustards
Order: GruiformesGruiformes
The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....
. Family: Otididae
Bustards are large terrestrial birds mainly associated with dry open country and steppes in the Old World
Old World
The Old World consists of those parts of the world known to classical antiquity and the European Middle Ages. It is used in the context of, and contrast with, the "New World" ....
. They are omnivorous and nest on the ground. They walk steadily on strong legs and big toes, pecking for food as they go. They have long broad wings with "fingered" wingtips, and striking patterns in flight. Many have interesting mating displays. There are 26 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
- Great BustardGreat BustardThe Great Bustard is in the bustard family, the only member of the genus Otis. It breeds in southern and central Europe, where it is the largest species of bird, and across temperate Asia...
Otis tarda - Macqueen's BustardMacqueen's BustardThe MacQueen's Bustard, Chlamydotis macqueenii, is a large bird in the bustard family. It breeds in southwestern Asia. It has recently been split as a separate species from the Houbara Bustard, Chlamydotis undulata of the Canary Islands and north Africa...
Chlamydotis macqueenii - Little BustardLittle BustardThe Little Bustard is a large bird in the bustard family, the only member of the genus Tetrax. It breeds in southern Europe and in western and central Asia. Southernmost European birds are mainly resident, but other populations migrate further south in winter...
Tetrax tetrax
Jacanas
Order: CharadriiformesCharadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...
. Family: Jacanidae
The jacana
Jacana
The jaçanas are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone. See Etymology below for pronunciation....
s are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are found worldwide in the Tropics. They are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. There 8 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in China.
- Pheasant-tailed JacanaPheasant-tailed JacanaThe Pheasant-tailed Jacana is a jacana in the monotypic genus Hydrophasianus. Jacanas are a group of waders in the family Jacanidae that are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in shallow lakes, their preferred habitat...
Hydrophasianus chirurgus - Bronze-winged JacanaBronze-winged JacanaThe Bronze-winged Jacana is a jacana. It is the only member of the genus Metopidius. The jacanas are a group of waders in the family Charadriidae, which are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred...
Metopidius indicus
Painted snipe
Order: CharadriiformesCharadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...
. Family: Rostratulidae
Painted snipe are short-legged, long-billed birds similar in shape to the true snipes, but more brightly coloured. There are 2 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
Oystercatchers
Order: CharadriiformesCharadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...
. Family: Haematopodidae
The oystercatcher
Oystercatcher
The oystercatchers are a group of waders; they form the family Haematopodidae, which has a single genus, Haematopus. They are found on coasts worldwide apart from the polar regions and some tropical regions of Africa and South East Asia...
s are large and noisy plover
Plover
Plovers are a widely distributed group of wading birds belonging to the subfamily Charadriinae. There are about 40 species in the subfamily, most of them called "plover" or "dotterel". The closely related lapwing subfamily, Vanellinae, comprises another 20-odd species.Plovers are found throughout...
-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs. There are 11 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
- Eurasian OystercatcherEurasian OystercatcherThe Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus, also known as the Common Pied Oystercatcher, or just Oystercatcher, is a wader in the oystercatcher bird family Haematopodidae. It is the most widespread of the oystercatchers, with three races breeding in western Europe, central Eurasia,...
Haematopus ostralegus
Ibisbill
Order: CharadriiformesCharadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...
. Family: Ibidorhynchidae
The Ibisbill is a bird related to the wader
Wader
Waders, called shorebirds in North America , are members of the order Charadriiformes, excluding the more marine web-footed seabird groups. The latter are the skuas , gulls , terns , skimmers , and auks...
s, but sufficiently distinctive to merit its own family. The adult is grey with a white belly, red legs and long down curved bill, and a black face and black breast band.
- IbisbillIbisbillThe Ibisbill is a bird related to the waders, but sufficiently distinctive to merit its own family Ibidorhynchidae. It is grey with a white belly, red legs and long down-curved bill, and a black face and black breast band...
Ibidorhyncha struthersii
Avocets and stilts
Order: CharadriiformesCharadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...
. Family: Recurvirostridae
Recurvirostridae
Recurvirostridae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii. It contains two distinct groups of birds, the avocets and the stilts .-Description and diet:...
Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds, which includes the avocet
Avocet
The four species of Avocets are a genus, Recurvirostra, of waders in the same avian family as the stilts.Avocets have long legs and long, thin, upcurved bills which they sweep from side to side when feeding in the brackish or saline wetlands they prefer...
s and the stilt
Stilt
Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates....
s. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills. There are 9 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in China.
- Black-winged StiltBlack-winged StiltThe Black-winged Stilt or Common Stilt is a widely distributed very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family . Opinions differ as to whether the birds treated under the scientific name H. himantopus ought to be treated as a single species and if not, how many species to recognize...
Himantopus himantopus - Pied AvocetPied AvocetThe Pied Avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta, is a large black and white wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae. They breed in temperate Europe and western and Central Asia. It is a migratory species and most winter in Africa or southern Asia...
Recurvirostra avosetta
Thick-knees
Order: CharadriiformesCharadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...
. Family: Burhinidae
The thick-knees are a group of largely tropical waders in the family Burhinidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone, with some species also breeding in temperate Europe and Australia. They are medium to large waders with strong black or yellow black bills, large yellow eyes and cryptic plumage. Despite being classed as waders, most species have a preference for arid or semi-arid habitats. There are 9 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in China.
- Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus (A)
- Great Thick-kneeGreat Thick-kneeThe Great Stone-curlew or Great Thick-knee is a large wader which is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka into South-east Asia....
Burhinus recurvirostris
Pratincoles and coursers
Order: CharadriiformesCharadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...
. Family: Glareolidae
Glareolidae
Glareolidae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadri. It contains two distinct groups, the pratincoles and the coursers. The coursers include the atypical Egyptian Plover, Pluvianus aegyptius, which has sometimes been placed in its own family...
Glareolidae is a family of wading birds comprising the pratincole
Pratincole
The Pratincoles or Greywaders are a group of birds which together with the coursers and Egyptian Plover make up the family Glareolidae. They have short legs, very long pointed wings and long forked tails....
s, which have short legs, long pointed wings and long forked tails, and the courser
Courser
The Coursers are a group of birds which together with the pratincoles make up the family Glareolidae. They have long legs, short wings and long pointed bills which curve downwards...
s, which have long legs, short wings and long pointed bills which curve downwards. There are 17 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
- Collared PratincoleCollared PratincoleThe Collared Pratincole or Common Pratincole, Glareola pratincola, is a wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae.Pratincoles are unusual among waders in that they typically hunt their insect prey on the wing like swallows, although they can also feed on the ground.The Collared Pratincole is a...
Glareola pratincola - Oriental PratincoleOriental PratincoleThe Oriental Pratincole , also known as the Grasshopper-Bird or Swallow-Plover is a wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae....
Glareola maldivarum - Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
Plovers and lapwings
Order: CharadriiformesCharadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...
. Family: Charadriidae
Charadriidae
The bird family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings, about 64 to 66 species in all.- Morphology :They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings, but most species of lapwing may have more rounded wings...
The family Charadriidae includes the plover
Plover
Plovers are a widely distributed group of wading birds belonging to the subfamily Charadriinae. There are about 40 species in the subfamily, most of them called "plover" or "dotterel". The closely related lapwing subfamily, Vanellinae, comprises another 20-odd species.Plovers are found throughout...
s, dotterels, and lapwing
Lapwing
Vanellinae are any of various crested plovers, family Charadriidae, noted for its slow, irregular wingbeat in flight and a shrill, wailing cry. Its length is 10-16 inches. They are a subfamily of medium-sized wading birds which also includes the plovers and dotterels. The Vanellinae are...
s. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water, although there are some exceptions. There are 66 species worldwide and 18 species which occur in China.
- Northern LapwingNorthern LapwingThe Northern Lapwing , also known as the Peewit, Green Plover or just Lapwing, is a bird in the plover family. It is common through temperate Eurasia....
Vanellus vanellus - River LapwingRiver LapwingThe River Lapwing, Vanellus duvaucelii, is a lapwing species which breeds in Southeast Asia from northeastern India to Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. It appears to be entirely sedentary...
Vanellus duvaucelii - Gray-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Red-wattled LapwingRed-wattled LapwingThe Red-wattled Lapwing is a lapwing or large plover, a wader in the family Charadriidae. It has characteristic loud alarm calls which are variously rendered as did he do it or pity to do it leading to colloquial names like the did-he-do-it bird...
Vanellus indicus - Sociable LapwingSociable LapwingThe Sociable Lapwing or Sociable Plover is a wader in the lapwing family of birds.It breeds on open grassland in Russia and Kazakhstan. Three to five eggs are laid in a ground nest...
Vanellus gregarius (A) - Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
- American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula (A)
- Long-billed PloverLong-billed PloverThe Long-billed Plover is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.- References...
Charadrius placidus - Little Ringed PloverLittle Ringed PloverThe Little Ringed Plover is a small plover. Adults have a grey-brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with one black neckband. They have a brown cap, a white forehead, a black mask around the eyes with white above and a short dark bill...
Charadrius dubius - Snowy PloverSnowy PloverThe Snowy Plover is a small wader in the plover bird family. It breeds in Ecuador, Peru, Chile, the southern and western USA and the Caribbean...
Charadrius alexandrinus - Malaysian PloverMalaysian PloverThe Malaysian Plover is a small wader that nests on beaches and salt flats in Southeast Asia.-Description:...
Charadrius peronii - Lesser Sandplover Charadrius mongolus
- Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii
- Caspian PloverCaspian PloverThe Caspian Plover is a wader in the plover family of birds.It breeds on open grassland in central Asia, mainly to the north and east of the Caspian Sea. This bird breeds in loose colonies, with three eggs being laid in a ground nest. These birds migrate south in winter to east Africa, usually...
Charadrius asiaticus - Oriental PloverOriental PloverThe Oriental Plover, Charadrius veredus, also known as the Oriental Dotterel, is a medium-sized Charadriine plover closely related to the Caspian Plover.- Description :...
Charadrius veredus - Eurasian DotterelEurasian DotterelThe Eurasian Dotterel , or in Europe just Dotterel, is a small wader in the plover family of birds.It breeds in the Arctic tundra of northern Eurasia, from Norway to eastern Siberia, and on suitable mountain plateaus such as the Scottish highlands and the Alps...
Charadrius morinellus
Sandpipers and allies
Order: CharadriiformesCharadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...
. Family: Scolopacidae
Scolopacidae
The sandpipers are a large family, Scolopacidae, of waders or shorebirds. They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil...
The Scolopacidae are a large diverse family of small to medium sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlew
Curlew
The curlews , genus Numenius, are a group of eight species of birds, characterised by long, slender, downcurved bills and mottled brown plumage. They are one of the most ancient lineages of scolopacid waders, together with the godwits which look similar but have straight bills...
s, godwit
Godwit
The godwits are a group of large, long-billed, long-legged and strongly migratory wading birds of the genus Limosa. They form large flocks on coasts and estuaries in winter....
s, shanks
Tringa
Tringa is a genus of waders, containing the shanks and tattlers. They are mainly freshwater birds, often with brightly coloured legs as reflected in the English names of six species, as well as the specific names of two of these and the Green Sandpiper. They are typically associated with northern...
, tattler
Tattler (bird)
The tattlers are the two very similar bird species in the shorebird genus Tringa. They formerly had their own genus, Heteroscelus. The old genus name means "different leg" in Greek, referring to the leg scales that differentiate the tattlers from their close relatives, the shanks.The species are:*...
s, woodcock
Woodcock
The woodcocks are a group of seven or eight very similar living species of wading birds in the genus Scolopax. Only two woodcocks are widespread, the others being localized island endemics. Most are found in the Northern Hemisphere but a few range into Wallacea...
s, snipe
Snipe
A snipe is any of about 25 wading bird species in three genera in the family Scolopacidae. They are characterized by a very long, slender bill and crypsis plumage. The Gallinago snipes have a nearly worldwide distribution, the Lymnocryptes Jack Snipe is restricted to Asia and Europe and the...
s, dowitcher
Dowitcher
The three dowitchers are medium-sized long-billed wading birds. They resemble godwits in body and bill shape, and the reddish underparts in summer, but are much shorter legged, more like snipe to which they are also somewhat closer related...
s and phalarope
Phalarope
A phalarope or wadepiper is any of three living species of slender-necked shorebirds in the genus Phalaropus of the bird family Scolopacidae. They are close relatives of the shanks and tattlers, the Actitis and Terek Sandpipers, and also of the turnstones and calidrids...
s. The majority of species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Variation in length of legs and bills enable different species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food. There are 89 species worldwide and 46 species which occur in China.
- Eurasian WoodcockEurasian WoodcockThe Eurasian Woodcock, Scolopax rusticola, is a medium-small wading bird found in temperate and subarctic Eurasia. It has cryptic camouflage to suit its woodland habitat, with reddish-brown upperparts and buff-coloured underparts...
Scolopax rusticola - Jack SnipeJack SnipeThe Jack Snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus is a small stocky wader. It is the smallest snipe, and the only member of the genus Lymnocryptes...
Lymnocryptes minimus - Solitary SnipeSolitary SnipeThe Solitary Snipe, Gallinago solitaria, is a small stocky wader. It breeds discontinuously in the mountains of eastern Asia, in eastern Russia, Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. Many birds are sedentary in the high mountains, or just move downhill in hard weather, but others are migratory,...
Gallinago solitaria - Latham's SnipeLatham's SnipeLatham's Snipe, Gallinago hardwickii, also known as Japanese Snipe, is a medium-sized , long-billed, migratory wader.-Identification:...
Gallinago hardwickii (A) - Wood SnipeWood SnipeThe Wood Snipe is a species of snipe which breeds in the Himalayas of northern India, Nepal, Bhutan and southern China. In winter, it occurs at lower altitudes in the Himalayas, as a regular visitor in small numbers to north Vietnam...
Gallinago nemoricola - Pintail SnipePintail SnipeThe Pin-tailed Snipe, Gallinago stenura, also known as the Pintail Snipe, is a small stocky wader. It breeds in northern Russia and migrates to spend the non-breeding season in southern Asia from Pakistan to Indonesia. It is the most common migrant snipe in southern India, Sri Lanka and much of...
Gallinago stenura - Swinhoe's SnipeSwinhoe's SnipeSwinhoe's Snipe, Gallinago megala, also known as Forest Snipe or Chinese Snipe, is a medium-sized , long-billed, migratory wader.-Identification:...
Gallinago megala - Common SnipeCommon SnipeThe Common Snipe is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World. The breeding habitat is marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows throughout northern Europe and northern Asia...
Gallinago gallinago - Long-billed DowitcherLong-billed DowitcherThe Long-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus, is a medium-sized shorebird.Adults have yellowish legs and a long straight dark bill. The body is dark brown on top and reddish underneath with spotted throat and breast, bars on flanks. The tail has a black and white barred pattern...
Limnodromus scolopaceus (A) - Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Black-tailed GodwitBlack-tailed GodwitThe Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa limosa, is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird first described by Carolus Linnaeus in 1758. It is a member of the Limosa genus, the godwits...
Limosa limosa - Bar-tailed GodwitBar-tailed GodwitThe Bar-tailed Godwit is a large wader in the family Scolopacidae, which breeds on Arctic coasts and tundra mainly in the Old World, and winters on coasts in temperate and tropical regions of the Old World...
Limosa lapponica - Little CurlewLittle CurlewThe Little Curlew, Numenius minutus, is a wader in the large bird family Scolopacidae. It is a very small curlew, which breeds in the far north of Siberia. It is closely related to the North American Eskimo Curlew....
Numenius minutus - WhimbrelWhimbrelThe Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the mostwidespread of the curlews, breeding across much of subarctic North America, Europe and Asia as far south as Scotland....
Numenius phaeopus - Eurasian CurlewEurasian CurlewThe Eurasian Curlew, Numenius arquata, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across temperate Europe and Asia...
Numenius arquata - Far Eastern CurlewFar Eastern CurlewThe Far Eastern Curlew or Eastern Curlew is a large shorebird most similar in appearance to the Long-billed Curlew, but slightly larger. It is mostly brown in color, differentiated from other curlews by its plain, unpatterned brown underwing...
Numenius madagascariensis - Spotted RedshankSpotted RedshankThe Spotted Redshank, Tringa erythropus, is a wader in the large bird family Scolopacidae. It breeds across northern Scandinavia and northern Asia and migrates south to the Mediterranean, the southern British Isles, France, tropical Africa, and tropical Asia for the winter...
Tringa erythropus - Common RedshankCommon RedshankThe Common Redshank or simply Redshank is an Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae.- Description and systematics :...
Tringa totanus - Marsh SandpiperMarsh SandpiperThe Marsh Sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis, is a small wader. It is a rather small shank, and breeds in open grassy steppe and taiga wetlands from easternmost Europe to central Asia....
Tringa stagnatilis - Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Nordmann's Greenshank Tringa guttifer
- Green SandpiperGreen SandpiperThe Green Sandpiper is a small wader of the Old World. It represents an ancient lineage of the genus Tringa; its only close living relative is the Solitary Sandpiper . They both have brown wings with little light dots and a delicate but contrasting neck and chest pattern...
Tringa ochropus - Wood SandpiperWood SandpiperThe Wood Sandpiper, Tringa glareola, is a small wader. This Eurasian species is the smallest of the shanks, which are mid-sized long-legged waders of the family Scolopacidae.- Description and systematics :...
Tringa glareola - Terek SandpiperTerek SandpiperThe Terek Sandpiper is a small migratory Palearctic wader species, the only member of the genus Xenus.- Description and systematics :...
Xenus cinereus - Common SandpiperCommon SandpiperThe Common Sandpiper is a small Palearctic wader. This bird and its American sister species, the Spotted Sandpiper , make up the genus Actitis. They are parapatric and replace each other geographically; stray birds of either species may settle down with breeders of the other and hybridize...
Actitis hypoleucos - Gray-tailed Tattler Heterosceles brevipes
- Wandering TattlerWandering TattlerThe Wandering Tattler, Tringa incana , is a medium-sized wading bird. It is similar in appearance to the closely related Gray-tailed Tattler, T. brevipes...
Heterosceles incanus (A) - Ruddy TurnstoneRuddy TurnstoneThe Ruddy Turnstone is a small wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria. It is now classified in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae but was formerly sometimes placed in the plover family Charadriidae...
Arenaria interpres - Great KnotGreat KnotThe Great Knot, Calidris tenuirostris, is a small wader. It is the largest of the calidrid species.Their breeding habitat is tundra in northeast Siberia. They nest on the ground laying about four eggs in a ground scrape. They are strongly migratory wintering on coasts in southern Asia through to...
Calidris tenuirostris - Red KnotRed KnotThe Red Knot, Calidris canutus , is a medium sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the Calidris sandpipers, second only to the Great Knot...
Calidris canutus - SanderlingSanderlingThe Sanderling is a small wader. It is a circumpolar Arctic breeder, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to South America, South Europe, Africa, and Australia...
Calidris alba - Western SandpiperWestern SandpiperThe Western Sandpiper, Calidris or Erolia mauri, is a small shorebird.Adults have dark legs and a short thin dark bill, thinner at the tip. The body is brown on top and white underneath. They are reddish-brown on the crown. This bird can be difficult to distinguish from other similar tiny...
Calidris mauri (A) - Red-necked StintRed-necked StintThe Red-necked Stint is a small migratory wader.- Description :These birds are among the smallest of waders, very similar to the Little Stint, Calidris minuta, with which they were once considered conspecific...
Calidris ruficollis - Little StintLittle StintThe Little Stint, Calidris minuta , is a very small wader. It breeds in arctic Europe and Asia, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to Africa and south Asia...
Calidris minuta - Temminck's StintTemminck's StintTemminck's Stint, Calidris or Erolia temminckii, is a small wader.This stint's breeding habitat is bogs and marshes in the taiga of Arctic northern Europe and Asia. It will breed in southern Scandinavia and occasionally Scotland. It has a distinctive hovering display flight. It nests in a scrape...
Calidris temminckii - Long-toed StintLong-toed StintThe Long-toed Stint, Calidris or Erolia subminuta, is a small wader bird. It breeds across northern Asia and is strongly migratory, wintering in south and south east Asia and Australasia...
Calidris subminuta - Pectoral SandpiperPectoral SandpiperThe Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos, is a small wader. It is sometimes separated with the "stint" sandpipers in Erolia. This may or may not represent a good monophyletic group, depending on the placement of the phylogenetically enigmatic Curlew Sandpiper , the type species of Erolia...
Calidris melanotos (A) - Sharp-tailed SandpiperSharp-tailed SandpiperThe Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Calidris acuminata is a small wader.- Taxonomy :More recently, a review of new data has indicated that this bird should perhaps better be placed into the genus Philomachus- as P...
Calidris acuminata - Curlew SandpiperCurlew SandpiperThe Curlew Sandpiper is a small wader that breeds on the tundra of Arctic Siberia. It is strongly migratory, wintering mainly in Africa, but also in south and southeast Asia and in Australasia...
Calidris ferruginea - DunlinDunlinThe Dunlin, Calidris alpina, is a small wader, sometimes separated with the other "stints" in Erolia. It is a circumpolar breeder in Arctic or subarctic regions. Birds that breed in northern Europe and Asia are long-distance migrants, wintering south to Africa, southeast Asia and the Middle East...
Calidris alpina - Rock SandpiperRock SandpiperThe Rock Sandpiper is a small shorebird.Adults have short yellow legs and a medium thin dark bill. The body is dark on top with a slight purplish gloss and mainly white underneath. The breast is smeared with grey and the rump is black...
Calidris ptilocnemis (A) - Spoon-billed SandpiperSpoon-billed SandpiperThe Spoon-billed Sandpiper , is a small wader which breeds in northeastern Russia and winters in Southeast Asia.- Taxonomy and systematics :...
Eurynorhynchus pygmeus - Broad-billed SandpiperBroad-billed SandpiperThe Broad-billed Sandpiper is a small wading bird. It is the only member of the genus Limicola; some have proposed that it should be placed in the genus Erolia with the "stint" sandpipers, but more recent research suggests that it is should rather go into the genus Philomachus with the ruff and...
Limicola falcinellus - Ruff Philomachus pugnax
- Red-necked PhalaropeRed-necked PhalaropeThe Red-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus, is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a wader, winters at sea on tropical oceans....
Phalaropus lobatus - Red PhalaropeRed PhalaropeThe Red Phalarope , Phalaropus fulicarius, is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia...
Phalaropus fulicarius (A)
Skuas and jaegers
Order: CharadriiformesCharadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...
. Family: Stercorariidae
The family Stercorariidae are, in general, medium to large birds, typically with grey or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They nest on the ground in temperate and arctic regions and are long-distance migrants. There are 7 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus (A)
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus (A)
Gulls
Order: CharadriiformesCharadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...
. Family: Laridae
Laridae is a family of medium to large birds seabirds and includes gull
Gull
Gulls are birds in the family Laridae. They are most closely related to the terns and only distantly related to auks, skimmers, and more distantly to the waders...
s and kittiwake
Kittiwake
The kittiwakes are two closely related seabird species in the gull family Laridae, the Black-legged Kittiwake and the Red-legged Kittiwake . The epithets "Black-legged" and "Red-legged" are used to distinguish the two species in North America, but in Europe, where R...
s. They are typically grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. There are 55 species worldwide and 19 species which occur in China.
- Black-tailed GullBlack-tailed GullThe Black-tailed Gull is a medium-sized gull, with a wingspan of 126-128 cm. The bird is resident in East Asia, including China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea. It is a vagrant to Alaska and northeastern North America....
Larus crassirostris - Mew GullCommon GullThe Common Gull or Mew Gull Larus canus is a medium-sized gull which breeds in northern Asia, northern Europe and northwestern North America. It migrates further south in winter...
Larus canus - Glaucous-winged GullGlaucous-winged GullThe Glaucous-winged Gull, Larus glaucescens, is a large, white-headed gull residing from the western coast of Alaska to the coast of Washington. It also breeds on the northwest coast of Alaska. During non-breeding seasons they can be found along the coast of California...
Larus glaucescens (A) - Glaucous GullGlaucous GullThe Glaucous Gull is a large gull which breeds in the Arctic regions of the northern hemisphere and the Atlantic coasts of Europe. It is migratory, wintering from in the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans as far south as the British Isles and northernmost states of the USA, also on the Great...
Larus hyperboreus - Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Heuglin's GullHeuglin's GullHeuglin's Gull or Siberian Gull, Larus heuglini, is a seabird in the genus Larus. It is closely related to the Lesser Black-backed Gull, Larus fuscus, and is often classified as a subspecies of it...
Larus heuglini - East Siberian GullEast Siberian GullThe Vega Gull or East Siberian Gull, Larus vegae, is a large gull of the Herring Gull/Lesser Black-backed Gull complex which breeds in North-east Asia. Its classification is still controversial and uncertain. It is variously treated as a separate species, as a subspecies of American Herring Gull...
Larus vegae - Caspian GullCaspian GullCaspian Gull is a name applied to the gull taxon Larus cachinnans, a member of the Herring Gull/Lesser Black-backed Gull complex.- Description :...
Larus cachinnans - Great Black-headed GullGreat Black-headed GullThe Pallas's Gull or Great Black-headed Gull, Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus, is a large gull. As is the case with many gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus Larus....
Larus ichthyaetus - Slaty-backed GullSlaty-backed GullThe Slaty-backed Gull , is a large white-headed gull that breeds on the western coast of Alaska but travels widely during nonbreeding seasons. Claims have been made as to its presence throughout North America as well as the eastern coast of Asia. It is similar in appearance to the Western Gull...
Larus schistisagus (A) - Brown-headed GullBrown-headed GullThe Brown-headed Gull, Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus, is a small gull which breeds in the high plateaus of central Asia from Turkmenistan to Mongolia. It is migratory, wintering on the coasts and large inland lakes of tropical southern Asia...
Larus brunnicephalus - Black-headed GullBlack-headed GullThe Black-headed Gull is a small gull which breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and also in coastal eastern Canada. Most of the population is migratory, wintering further south, but some birds in the milder westernmost areas of Europe are resident...
Larus ridibundus - Slender-billed GullSlender-billed GullThe Slender-billed Gull, Chroicocephalus genei, is a mid-sized gull which breeds very locally around the Mediterranean and the north of the western Indian Ocean on islands and coastal lagoons. Most of the population is somewhat migratory, wintering further south to north Africa and India, and a...
Larus genei - Saunders's GullSaunders's GullSaunders's Gull is a species of gull in the Laridae family.It is found in China, Hong Kong, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Macau, Russia, Taiwan, and Vietnam....
Larus saundersi - Relict GullRelict GullThe Relict Gull, Ichthyaetus relictus, is a medium-sized gull. It was believed to be an eastern race of the Mediterranean Gull until 1971 and was traditionally placed in the genus Larus.-Description:...
Larus relictus - Franklin's GullFranklin's GullThe Franklin's Gull is a small gull.-Description:It breeds in central provinces of Canada and adjacent states of the northern United States...
Larus pipixcan (A) - Little GullLittle GullThe Little Gull, Hydrocoloeus minutus or Larus minutus, is a small gull which breeds in northern Europe and Asia. It also has small colonies in parts of southern Canada. It is migratory, wintering on coasts in western Europe, the Mediterranean and the northeast USA. As is the case with many gulls,...
Larus minutus (A) - Ross's GullRoss's GullThe Ross's Gull is a small gull, the only species in its genus, although it has been suggested it should be moved to the genus Hydrocoloeus, which otherwise only includes the Little Gull....
Rhodostethia rosea (A) - Black-legged KittiwakeBlack-legged KittiwakeThe Black-legged Kittiwake is a seabird species in the gull family Laridae.This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 as Larus tridactylus....
Rissa tridactyla
Terns
Order: CharadriiformesCharadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...
. Family: Sternidae
Tern
Tern
Terns are seabirds in the family Sternidae, previously considered a subfamily of the gull family Laridae . They form a lineage with the gulls and skimmers which in turn is related to skuas and auks...
s are a group of generally general medium to large sea-birds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species now known to live in excess of 25 to 30 years. There are 44 species worldwide and 18 species which occur in China.
- Gull-billed TernGull-billed TernThe Gull-billed Tern formerly Sterna nilotica , is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae...
Sterna nilotica - Caspian TernCaspian TernThe Caspian Tern is a species of tern, with a subcosmopolitan but scattered distribution. Despite its extensive range, it is monotypic of its genus, and has no subspecies accepted either...
Sterna caspia - Lesser Crested TernLesser Crested TernThe Lesser Crested Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae...
Sterna bengalensis (A) - Chinese Crested TernChinese Crested TernThe Chinese Crested Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae, closely related to Sandwich Tern T. sandvicensis and Lesser Crested Tern T. bengalensis...
Sterna bernsteini - Great Crested Tern Sterna bergii
- River TernRiver TernThe River Tern is a river in Shropshire, England. It rises north-east of Market Drayton in the north of the county. The source of the Tern is considered to be the lake in the grounds of Maer Hall, Staffordshire...
Sterna aurantia - Roseate TernRoseate TernThe Roseate Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a number of geographical races, differing mainly in bill colour and minor plumage details....
Sterna dougallii - Black-naped TernBlack-naped TernThe Black-naped Tern is an oceanic tern mostly found in tropical and subtropical areas of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is rarely found inland....
Sterna sumatrana - Common TernCommon TernThe Common Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, breeding in temperate and sub-Arctic regions of Europe, Asia and east and central North America. It is strongly migratory, wintering in coastal tropical and subtropical regions. It is sometimes...
Sterna hirundo - Little TernLittle TernThe Little Tern, Sternula albifrons or Sterna albifrons, is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It was formerly placed into the genus Sterna, which now is restricted to the large white terns . The former North American and Red Sea S. a...
Sterna albifrons - Black-bellied TernBlack-bellied TernThe Black-bellied Tern is a tern found near large rivers in South Asia. They have a black belly in the summer and a deep forked tail. They can sometimes resemble Whiskered Terns but the deeper fork and the black on the lower belly distinguish it from the shallow fork and black closer to the breast...
Sterna acuticauda - Bridled TernBridled TernThe Bridled Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It is a bird of the tropical oceans.-Description:...
Sterna anaethetus - Sooty TernSooty TernThe Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscatus , is a seabird of the tern family . It is a bird of the tropical oceans, breeding on islands throughout the equatorial zone. Colloquially, it is known as the Wideawake Tern or just wideawake...
Sterna fuscata - Whiskered TernWhiskered TernThe Whiskered Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a number of geographical races, differing mainly in size and minor plumage details....
Chlidonias hybridus - White-winged TernWhite-winged TernThe White-winged Tern, or White-winged Black Tern, Chlidonias leucopterus, is a small tern generally found in or near bodies of fresh water across from Southeastern Europe east to Australia....
Chlidonias leucopterus - Black TernBlack TernThe Black Tern, Chlidonias niger, is a small tern generally found in or near inland water in Europe and North America. As its name suggests, it has predominantly dark plumage.- Description :...
Chlidonias niger - Brown NoddyBrown NoddyThe Brown Noddy or Common Noddy is a seabird from the tern family. The largest of the noddies, it can be told from the closely related Black Noddy by its larger size and plumage, which is dark brown rather than black...
Anous stolidus - White TernWhite TernThe White Tern is a small seabird found across the tropical oceans of the world. It is sometimes known as the Fairy Tern although this name is potentially confusing as it is the common name of the Fairy Tern Sternula nereis...
Gygis alba
Skimmers
Order: CharadriiformesCharadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...
. Family: Rynchopidae
Skimmer
Skimmer
The Skimmers, Rynchopidae, are a small family of tern-like birds in the order Charadriiformes, which also includes the waders, gulls and auks. The family comprises three species found in South Asia, Africa, and the Americas....
s are a small family of tropical tern-like birds. They have an elongated lower mandible which they use to feed by flying low over the water surface and skimming the water for small fish. There are 3 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
- Indian SkimmerIndian Skimmer (bird)The Indian Skimmer is a one of the three species that belong to the skimmer family. They are somewhat tern like but like other skimmers, have a short upper mandible and the longer lower mandible that is ploughed along the surface of water as the bird flies over the water to pick aquatic prey...
Rynchops albicollis (A)
Auks, Murres, and Puffins
Order: CharadriiformesCharadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...
. Family: Alcidae
Alcids are superficially similar to penguins due to their black-and-white colours, their upright posture and some of their habits, however they are not related to the penguins bnd differ in being able to fly. Auks live on the open sea, only deliberately coming ashore to nest. There are 24 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in China.
- Marbled MurreletMarbled MurreletThe Marbled Murrelet is a small seabird from the North Pacific. It is a member of the auk family. It nests in old-growth forests or on the ground at higher latitudes where trees cannot grow...
Brachyramphus marmoratus - Long-billed MurreletLong-billed MurreletThe Long-billed Murrelet is a small seabird from the North Pacific. It is an unusual member of the auk family, often nesting far inland in old growth forests...
Brachyramphus perdix - Ancient MurreletAncient MurreletThe Ancient Murrelet, Synthliboramphus antiquus, is a bird in the auk family. It breeds from the Yellow Sea , through the Russian Pacific coast and the Aleutian Islands to the Haida Gwaii archipelago of British Columbia, where about half of the world population breeds.These birds breed in colonies,...
Synthliboramphus antiquus - Japanese MurreletJapanese MurreletThe Japanese Murrelet, Synthliboramphus wumizusume also known as Crested Murrelet is a small bird that inhabits rocky islets and reefs in the warm waters of Japan, Russia and South Korea...
Synthliboramphus wumizusume - Rhinoceros AukletRhinoceros AukletThe Rhinoceros Auklet is a seabird and a close relative of the puffins. It is the only living species of the genus Cerorhinca. Given its close relationship with the puffins, the common name Rhinoceros Puffin has been proposed for the species.It ranges widely across the North Pacific, feeding on...
Cerorhinca monocerata
Sandgrouse
Order: Pterocliformes. Family: PteroclidaeSandgrouse have small, pigeon like heads and necks, but sturdy compact bodies. They have long pointed wings and sometimes tails and a fast direct flight. Flocks fly to watering holes at dawn and dusk. Their legs are feathered down to the toes. There are 16 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
- Tibetan SandgrouseTibetan SandgrouseThe Tibetan Sandgrouse is a large bird in the sandgrouse family.- Description :Tibetan Sandgrouse is about 30-41 cm long, with a small, pigeon-like head and neck, but sturdy compact body. It has long pointed wings and pin tail. It has an orange face, finely barred grey breast, neck and...
Syrrhaptes tibetanus - Pallas's SandgrousePallas's SandgrouseThe Pallas's Sandgrouse is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family named after the German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas....
Syrrhaptes paradoxus - Black-bellied SandgrouseBlack-bellied SandgrouseThe Black-bellied Sandgrouse is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family.The nominate race breeds in Iberia, northwest Africa, the Canary Islands, Turkey, Iran, Cyprus and Israel. The eastern form P. o. arenarius is found in Kazakhstan, western China and northern Pakistan...
Pterocles orientalis
Pigeons and doves
Order: ColumbiformesColumbiformes
Columbiformes are an avian order that includes the very widespread and successful doves and pigeons, classified in the family Columbidae, and the extinct Dodo and the Rodrigues Solitaire, long classified as a second family Raphidae. 313 species, found worldwide, comprise the Columbiformes order....
. Family: Columbidae
Pigeons and dove
Dove
Pigeons and doves constitute the bird family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes, which include some 300 species of near passerines. In general terms "dove" and "pigeon" are used somewhat interchangeably...
s are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere
Cère
The Cère is a long river in south-western France, left tributary of the Dordogne River. Its source is in the south-western Massif Central, near the mountain Plomb du Cantal...
. There are 308 species worldwide and 30 species which occur in China.
- Rock PigeonRock PigeonThe Rock Dove or Rock Pigeon, is a member of the bird family Columbidae . In common usage, this bird is often simply referred to as the "pigeon"....
Columba livia - Hill PigeonHill PigeonThe Hill Pigeon or Eastern Rock Dove or Turkestan Hill Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.- Description :...
Columba rupestris - Snow PigeonSnow PigeonThe Snow Pigeon is a species of bird in the Columba genus in the Columbidae family.- Description :Snow Pigeon has a blackish head contrasting with white neck collar and white underparts shading into ashy on the abdomen. Back is brownish grey with a white patch on the lower back. Wing is pale grey...
Columba leuconota - Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Yellow-eyed Pigeon Columba eversmanni
- Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
- Ashy Wood Pigeon Columba pulchricollis
- Pale-capped PigeonPale-capped PigeonThe Pale-capped Pigeon also known as the Purple Wood Pigeon is a species of large pigeon that is found patchily distributed in parts of South and Southeast Asia. It has a slow flight and spends a lot of time sitting still in the foliage of large fruiting trees, often in riverine forest on the plains...
Columba punicea - Japanese Wood Pigeon Columba janthina
- Eurasian Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Oriental Turtle DoveOriental Turtle DoveThe Oriental Turtle Dove or Rufous Turtle Dove is a member of the bird family Columbidae, doves and pigeons.-Names:Both the names Oriental Turtle Dove or Rufous Turtle Dove have been used for this species...
Streptopelia orientalis - Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Red Collared-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Spotted DoveSpotted DoveThe Spotted Dove , also known as the Spotted Turtle Dove, is a pigeon which is a resident breeding bird in the Indian Subcontinent including India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka east to southern Tibet and Southeast Asia...
Streptopelia chinensis - Laughing DoveLaughing DoveThe Laughing Dove is a small pigeon which is a resident breeding bird in the tropics in Africa south of the Sahara, the Middle East and southern Asia east to India. In India it is also known as the Little Brown Dove...
Streptopelia senegalensis - Barred Cuckoo-DoveBarred Cuckoo-doveThe Barred Cuckoo-Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Macropygia unchall - Little Cuckoo-DoveLittle Cuckoo-doveThe Little Cuckoo-Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.It is found in Brunei, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:...
Macropygia ruficeps - Emerald DoveEmerald DoveThe Common Emerald Dove is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in the tropical and sub-tropical parts of the Indian Subcontinent and east through Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, to northern and eastern Australia. The dove is also known by the names of Green Dove and...
Chalcophaps indica - Orange-breasted Green PigeonOrange-breasted Green PigeonThe Orange-breasted Green Pigeon is a pigeon found across tropical Asia south of the Himalaya across the Indian Subcontinent and extending into parts of Southeast Asia. Like other green pigeons, it feeds mainly on small fruit. They may be found in pairs or in small flocks, foraging quietly and...
Treron bicincta - Pompadour Green PigeonPompadour Green PigeonThe Pompadour Green Pigeon is a pigeon in the genus Treron. It is widespread in forests of southern and southeast Asia...
Treron pompadora - Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
- Yellow-footed Green PigeonYellow-footed Green PigeonLocal name- Hariyal.The Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera also known as Yellow-legged Green Pigeon is a common species of Green Pigeon found in South Asia. The species feeds on fruits of a large variety of fruit trees including a number of species of Ficus. They forage in flocks...
Treron phoenicoptera - Pin-tailed Green Pigeon Treron apicauda
- Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenura
- White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii
- Whistling Green Pigeon Treron formosae
- Black-chinned Fruit-DoveBlack-chinned Fruit-doveThe Black-chinned Fruit Dove , also known as the Black-throated Fruit Dove or Leclancher's Dove, is a medium-sized bird of the Columbidae family. The male is a colorful bird with a green belly and wings, a brown tail, a whitish grey head and neck with a purple base, red iris and a small black...
Ptilinopus leclancheri - Green Imperial PigeonGreen Imperial PigeonThe Green Imperial Pigeon is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in tropical southern Asia from India east to Indonesia. It has a number of subspecies, of which the distinctive Celebes form, Chestnut-naped Imperial Pigeon .This is a forest species; it builds a stick nest in a...
Ducula aenea - Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia
Parrots, macaws and allies
Order: Psittaciformes. Family: PsittacidaeParrot
Parrot
Parrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 372 species in 86 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three families: the Psittacidae , the Cacatuidae and the Strigopidae...
s are small to large birds with a characteristic curved beak shape. Their upper mandibles have slight mobility in the joint with the skull and the have a generally erect stance. All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two back. There are 335 species worldwide and 8 species which occur in China.
- Alexandrine ParakeetAlexandrine ParakeetThe Alexandrine Parakeet or Alexandrian Parrot is a member of the psittaciformes order and of the psittacines family...
Psittacula eupatria - Rose-ringed ParakeetRose-ringed ParakeetThe Rose-ringed Parakeet , also known as the Ringnecked Parakeet, is a gregarious tropical parakeet species that has an extremely large range. Since the trend of the population appears to be increasing, the species has been evaluated as Least Concern by IUCN in 2009.Rose-ringed parakeets are...
Psittacula krameri (I) - Slaty-headed ParakeetSlaty-headed ParakeetThe Slaty-headed Parakeet is the only psittacid species to exhibit altitudinal migration. The species' range extends from the foothills of the Western Himalayas in India, through Nepal and Bhutan and up to the Eastern Himalayas in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh...
Psittacula himalayana - Gray-headed Parakeet Psittacula finschii
- Blossom-headed ParakeetBlossom-headed ParakeetThe Blossom-headed Parakeet is a parrot which is a resident breeder in northeast India eastwards into Southeast Asia. It undergoes local movements, driven mainly by the availability of the fruit and blossoms which make up its diet....
Psittacula roseata - Derbyan ParakeetDerbyan ParakeetThe Lord Derby's Parakeet , also known as Derbyan Parakeet, is a monotypic parrot species, which is confined to small pocket of moist evergreen forest in the hills of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and the Chinese province on its border. The species suffers from poaching for the illegal...
Psittacula derbiana - Red-breasted ParakeetRed-breasted ParakeetThe Red-breasted parakeet, Psittacula alexandri, is among the more widespread species of the genus and is the species which has the most geographical variations. It is easily identified by the large reddish patch on its breast. An alternative name is the Moustached Parakeet depending on subspecies...
Psittacula alexandri - Vernal Hanging-Parrot Loriculus vernalis
Cuckoos and anis
Order: CuculiformesCuculiformes
The near passerine bird order Cuculiformes traditionally included three families as below:* Musophagidae - turacos and allies* Cuculidae - cuckoos, coucals, roadrunners and anis* Opisthocomidae - Hoatzin...
. Family: Cuculidae
The family Cuculidae includes cuckoo
Cuckoo
The cuckoos are a family, Cuculidae, of near passerine birds. The order Cuculiformes, in addition to the cuckoos, also includes the turacos . Some zoologists and taxonomists have also included the unique Hoatzin in the Cuculiformes, but its taxonomy remains in dispute...
s, roadrunner
Geococcyx
The roadrunners are two species of bird in the genus Geococcyx of the cuckoo family, Cuculidae, native to North and Central America...
s and anis
Ani (bird)
The anis are the three species of near-passerine birds in the genus Crotophaga of the cuckoo family. They are essentially tropical New world birds, although the range of two species just reaches the United States...
. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs. Unlike the cuckoo species of the Old World, North American cuckoos are not brood parasites. There are 138 species worldwide and 21 species which occur in China.
- Pied CuckooPied CuckooThe Jacobin Cuckoo, Pied Cuckoo, or Pied Crested Cuckoo is a member of the cuckoo order of birds that is found in Africa and Asia. It is partially migratory and in India, it has been considered a harbinger of the Monsoon rains due to the timing of its arrival...
Clamator jacobinus - Chestnut-winged CuckooChestnut-winged CuckooThe Chestnut-winged Cuckoo or Red-winged Crested Cuckoo is a cuckoo found in Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia. It has dark glossy upperparts, a black head with long crest chestnut wings, a long graduated glossy black tail, rufous throat dusky underside and a narrow white nuchal half collar...
Clamator coromandus - Large Hawk-CuckooLarge Hawk-cuckooThe Large Hawk-Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.They call in summer and the goes on well after dusk....
Cuculus sparverioides - Common Hawk-CuckooCommon Hawk-cuckooThe Common Hawk-Cuckoo , popularly known as the Brainfever bird, is a medium sized cuckoo resident in South Asia. It bears a close resemblance to the Shikra, a sparrow hawk, even in its style of flying and landing on a perch...
Cuculus varius - Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo Cuculus fugax
- Hodgson's Hawk-CuckooHodgson's Hawk-cuckooThe Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo, Cuculus fugax is a species of cuckoo found in south, east and southeast Asia.Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo is a brood parasite. The chick evicts bona fide residents of the parasitized nest, thus becoming the sole occupant. Under normal circumstances, this would reduce the...
Cuculus nisicolor - Northern Hawk-Cuckoo Cuculus hyperythrus
- Indian CuckooIndian CuckooThe Indian Cuckoo is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, that is found in Asia from Pakistan and India, Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and north to China and Russia. It is a solitary and shy bird, found in forests and open woodland at up to 3,600 m.-Description:This is a medium...
Cuculus micropterus - Common CuckooCommon CuckooThe Common Cuckoo is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals....
Cuculus canorus - Oriental CuckooOriental CuckooThe Himalayan Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the genus Cuculus. It breeds from the Himalayas eastward to southern China and Taiwan. It migrates to southeast Asia and the Greater Sunda Islands for the winter....
Cuculus saturatus - Horsfield's CuckooHorsfield's CuckooThe Oriental Cuckoo or Horsfields Cuckoo is a bird belonging to the genus Cuculus in the cuckoo family Cuculidae. It was formerly classified as a subspecies of the Himalayan Cuckoo with the name Oriental Cuckoo used for the combined species. Differences in voice and size suggest that they should...
Cuculus horsfieldi - Lesser CuckooLesser CuckooThe Lesser Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Malawi, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka,...
Cuculus poliocephalus - Banded Bay CuckooBanded Bay CuckooThe Banded Bay Cuckoo or Bay-banded Cuckoo is a species of small cuckoo found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Like others in the genus they have a round nostril. They are usually founded in well wooded areas mainly in the lower hills. Males sing from exposed branches during the...
Cacomantis sonneratii - Plaintive CuckooPlaintive CuckooThe Plaintive Cuckoo is a species of bird belonging to the genus Cacomantis in the cuckoo family Cuculidae. It is native to Asia, from India and China to Indonesia.-Description:...
Cacomantis merulinus - Asian Emerald CuckooAsian Emerald CuckooThe Asian Emerald Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam...
Chrysococcyx maculatus - Violet CuckooViolet CuckooThe Violet Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus - Asian Drongo-CuckooAsian Drongo-cuckooThe Asian Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris is a species of cuckoo that resembles a Black Drongo. It can be easily distinguished by its straight beak and the white barred vent. It is a brood parasite on small babblers...
Surniculus lugubris - Asian KoelAsian KoelThe Asian Koel is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. It is found in South Asia, China, and Southeast Asia. It forms a superspecies with the closely related Black-billed and Pacific Koels which are sometimes treated as subspecies...
Eudynamys scolopacea - Green-billed MalkohaGreen-billed MalkohaThe Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis is a species of non-parasitic cuckoo found in peninsular India. The birds are waxy bluish black with a long graduated tail with white tips to the tail feathers. The bill is prominent and curved...
Phaenicophaeus tristis - Greater CoucalGreater CoucalThe Greater Coucal or Crow Pheasant is a large non-parasitic member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. A widespread resident in Asia, from India, east to south China and Indonesia, it is divided into several subspecies, some being treated as full species...
Centropus sinensis - Lesser CoucalLesser CoucalThe Lesser Coucal is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam.-References:*...
Centropus bengalensis
Barn owls
Order: Strigiformes. Family: TytonidaeTytonidae
Barn-owls are one of the two families of owls, the other being the true owls, Strigidae. They are medium to large sized owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long, strong legs with powerful talons...
Barn owl
Barn Owl
The Barn Owl is the most widely distributed species of owl, and one of the most widespread of all birds. It is also referred to as Common Barn Owl, to distinguish it from other species in the barn-owl family Tytonidae. These form one of two main lineages of living owls, the other being the typical...
s are medium to large sized owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons. There are 16 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
- Australasian Grass-Owl Tyto longimembris
- Barn OwlBarn OwlThe Barn Owl is the most widely distributed species of owl, and one of the most widespread of all birds. It is also referred to as Common Barn Owl, to distinguish it from other species in the barn-owl family Tytonidae. These form one of two main lineages of living owls, the other being the typical...
Tyto alba - Oriental Bay-Owl Phodilus badius
Typical owls
Order: Strigiformes. Family: StrigidaeTypical owl
Typical owl
True owl or Typical owl are one of the two generally accepted families of Owls, the other being the barn owls . The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy unites the Caprimulgiformes with the owl order; here, the typical owls are a subfamily Strigidae...
s are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk. There are 195 species worldwide and 28 species which occur in China.
- Mountain Scops-Owl Otus spilocephalus
- Collared Scops-Owl Otus lettia
- Sunda Scops-OwlSunda Scops-owlThe Sunda Scops Owl is a small brown owl that is speckled with black on the upper parts and streaked with black on the lower parts. It has a light collar and dark eyes. This taxon is considered a subspecies of Otus bakkamoena by some authors, including BirdLife International.-Habitat:It lives on...
Otus lempiji - Pallid Scops-OwlPallid Scops-owlThe Pallid Scops Owl is a small Scops Owl ranging from the Middle East to West and Central Asia, sometimes called the Striated Scops Owl.-Description:...
Otus brucei - European Scops-Owl Otus scops
- Oriental Scops-Owl Otus sunia
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Bubo nipalensis
- Dusky Eagle-OwlDusky Eagle-owlThe Dusky Eagle-Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Thailand....
Bubo coromandus (A) - Snowy OwlSnowy OwlThe Snowy Owl is a large owl of the typical owl family Strigidae. The Snowy Owl was first classified in 1758 by Carolus Linnaeus, the Swedish naturalist who developed binomial nomenclature to classify and organize plants and animals. The bird is also known in North America as the Arctic Owl, Great...
Bubo scandiacus - Blakiston's Fish-Owl Ketupa blakistoni
- Brown Fish-Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Tawny Fish-OwlTawny Fish-owlThe Tawny Fish Owl is a species of owl. It used to be placed in Ketupa with the other fish owls, but that group is tentatively included with the eagle-owls in Bubo, until the affiliations of the fish owls and fishing owls can be resolved more precisely.This typical owl is found in subtropical to...
Ketupa flavipes - Brown Wood OwlBrown Wood OwlThe Brown Wood Owl, Strix leptogrammica, is an owl which is a resident breeder in south Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to western Indonesia and south China. This species is a part of the family of owls known as typical owls , which contains most species of owl...
Strix leptogrammica - Tawny OwlTawny OwlThe Tawny Owl or Brown Owl is a stocky, medium-sized owl commonly found in woodlands across much of Eurasia. Its underparts are pale with dark streaks, and the upperparts are either brown or grey. Several of the eleven recognised subspecies have both variants...
Strix aluco - Ural OwlUral OwlThe Ural Owl is a medium-large nocturnal owl of the genus Strix, with up to 15 subspecies found in Europe and northern Asia....
Strix uralensis - Pere David's OwlPere David's OwlThe Père David's Owl is an owl. Some authorities, including BirdLife International. There is debate over whether it's a separate species or an isolated subspecies of Ural Owl....
Strix davidi (E) - Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa
- Northern Hawk-Owl Surnia ulula
- Eurasian Pygmy OwlEurasian Pygmy OwlThe Eurasian Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium passerinum, is the smallestowl in Europe. These owls are a dark reddish to greyish-brown, with spotted sides and half of a white ring around the back of their neck....
Glaucidium passerinum - Collared OwletCollared OwletThe Collared Owlet is a species of owl in the Strigidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Glaucidium brodiei - Asian Barred OwletAsian Barred OwletThe Asian Barred Owlet is a species of true owl, resident in northern South Asia and SE Asia . Its natural habitat is temperate forest....
Glaucidium cuculoides - Spotted OwletSpotted OwletThe Spotted Owlet is a small owl which breeds in tropical Asia from India to Southeast Asia. A common resident of open habitats including farmland and human habitation, it has adapted to living in cities. They roost in small groups in the hollows of trees or in cavities in rocks or buildings. It...
Athene brama - Little OwlLittle OwlThe Little Owl is a bird which is resident in much of the temperate and warmer parts of Europe, Asia east to Korea, and north Africa. It is not native to Great Britain, but was first introduced in 1842, and is now naturalised there...
Athene noctua - Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- Brown Hawk-Owl Ninox scutulata
- Long-eared OwlLong-eared OwlThe Long-eared Owl - Asio otus is a species of owl which breeds in Europe, Asia, and North America. This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, family Strigidae, which contains most species of owl...
Asio otus - Short-eared OwlShort-eared OwlThe Short-eared Owl is a species of typical owl . In Scotland this species of owl is often referred to as a cataface, grass owl or short-horned hootlet. Owls belonging to genus Asio are known as the eared owls, as they have tufts of feathers resembling mammalian ears. These "ear" tufts may or may...
Asio flammeus
Frogmouths
Order: CaprimulgiformesCaprimulgiformes
The Caprimulgiformes is an order of birds that includes a number of birds with global distribution . They are generally insectivorous and nocturnal...
. Family: Podargidae
The frogmouths are a group of nocturnal birds related to the nightjar
Nightjar
Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills. They are sometimes referred to as goatsuckers from the mistaken belief that they suck milk from goats . Some New World species are named as nighthawks...
s. They are named for their large flattened hooked bills and huge frog-like gape, which they use to take insects. There are 12 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
- Hodgson's FrogmouthHodgson's FrogmouthThe Hodgson's Frogmouth is a species of bird in the Podargidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:...
Batrachostomus hodgsoni
Nightjars
Order: CaprimulgiformesCaprimulgiformes
The Caprimulgiformes is an order of birds that includes a number of birds with global distribution . They are generally insectivorous and nocturnal...
. Family: Caprimulgidae
Nightjar
Nightjar
Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills. They are sometimes referred to as goatsuckers from the mistaken belief that they suck milk from goats . Some New World species are named as nighthawks...
s are medium-sized nocturnal birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills that usually nest on the ground. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is camouflaged to resemble bark or leaves. There are 86 species worldwide and 7 species which occur in China.
- Great Eared-NightjarGreat Eared-nightjarThe Great Eared Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is likely the largest member of its near cosmopolitan family, although a few species, such as the Lyre-tailed Nightjar and Swallow-tailed Nightjar reach a longer total length thanks to their long tail streamers...
Eurostopodus macrotis - Gray Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus
- Eurasian Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Egyptian NightjarEgyptian NightjarThe Egyptian Nightjar, Caprimulgus aegyptius, is a medium-small nightjar which occurs in south west Asia and north Africa, and winters in tropical Africa. It is a late migrant, seldom appearing before the end of April or beginning of May...
Caprimulgus aegyptius - Vaurie's NightjarVaurie's NightjarThe Vaurie's Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is endemic to China.Its natural habitat is cold desert.It is threatened by habitat loss....
Caprimulgus centralasicus (E) - Large-tailed NightjarLarge-tailed NightjarThe Large-tailed Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitats...
Caprimulgus macrurus - Savanna NightjarSavanna NightjarThe Savanna Nightjar, Caprimulgus affinis, is a species of nightjar found in South and Southeast Asia.-References: Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern...
Caprimulgus affinis
Swifts
Order: ApodiformesApodiformes
Traditionally, the bird order Apodiformes contained three living families: the swifts , the tree swifts , and the hummingbirds . In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, this order is raised to a superorder Apodimorphae in which hummingbirds are separated as a new order, Trochiliformes...
. Family: Apodidae
Swift
Swift
The swifts are a family, Apodidae, of highly aerial birds. They are superficially similar to swallows, but are actually not closely related to passerine species at all; swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes, which they share with hummingbirds...
s are small aerial birds, spending the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang. There are 98 species worldwide and 10 species which occur in China.
- Himalayan SwiftletHimalayan SwiftletThe Himalayan Swiftlet, Aerodramus brevirostris, is a small swift. It is a common colonial breeder in the Himalayas and Southeast Asia. Some populations are migratory....
Aerodramus brevirostris - Indochinese Swiftlet Aerodramus rogersi
- Black-nest SwiftletBlack-nest SwiftletThe Black-nest Swiftlet is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Aerodramus maximus - White-throated NeedletailWhite-throated NeedletailThe White-throated Needletail , also known as Needle-tailed Swift or Spine-tailed Swift, is a large swift. It is the fastest-flying bird in flapping flight, being capable of speeds up to 170 km/h ....
Hirundapus caudacutus - Silver-backed NeedletailSilver-backed NeedletailThe Silver-backed Needletail is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is a vagrant to Christmas Island.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland...
Hirundapus cochinchinensis - Asian Palm-Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Common SwiftCommon SwiftThe Common Swift is a small bird, superficially similar to the Barn Swallow or House Martin. It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes...
Apus apus - Fork-tailed SwiftFork-tailed SwiftFork-tailed Swift is the historic name of a kind of bird which has since been divided taxonomically into four species. It could refer to any of four different species of swifts:*Pacific Swift, Apus pacificus*Salim Ali's Swift, Apus salimali...
Apus pacificus - Little SwiftLittle SwiftThe Little Swift , is a small bird, superficially similar to a Barn Swallow or House Martin. It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since swifts are in the order Apodiformes. The resemblances between the groups are due to convergent evolution reflecting similar life styles...
Apus affinis - House SwiftHouse SwiftThe House Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Nepal, and Southeast Asia. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Little Swift.-References:...
Apus nipalensis
Treeswifts
Order: ApodiformesApodiformes
Traditionally, the bird order Apodiformes contained three living families: the swifts , the tree swifts , and the hummingbirds . In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, this order is raised to a superorder Apodimorphae in which hummingbirds are separated as a new order, Trochiliformes...
. Family: Hemiprocnidae
The treeswifts or crested swifts are aerial near passerine
Near passerine
Near passerine or higher land-bird assemblage are terms often given to arboreal birds or those most often believed to be related to the true passerines due to ecological similarities; the group corresponds to some extent with the Anomalogonatae of Garrod All near passerines are land birds...
bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
s, closely related to the true swifts
Swift
The swifts are a family, Apodidae, of highly aerial birds. They are superficially similar to swallows, but are actually not closely related to passerine species at all; swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes, which they share with hummingbirds...
. They differ from the other swifts in that they have crests, long forked tails and softer plumage. There are 4 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
- Crested TreeswiftCrested TreeswiftThe Crested Treeswift is a kind of tree swift. The tree swifts are aerial near passerine birds, closely related to, but distinct from the true swifts. They are restricted to southeast Asia and Australasia....
Hemiprocne coronata
Trogons and Quetzals
Order: Trogoniformes. Family: TrogonidaeThe family Trogonidae includes trogons and quetzals. Found in tropical woodlands worldwide, they feed on insects and fruit, and their broad bills and weak legs reflect their diet and arboreal habits. Although their flight is fast, they are reluctant to fly any distance. Trogons have soft, often colourful, feathers with distinctive male and female plumage. There are 33 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
- Red-headed TrogonRed-headed TrogonThe Red-headed Trogon is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam...
Harpactes erythrocephalus - Orange-breasted TrogonOrange-breasted TrogonThe Orange-breasted Trogon is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family.-Distribution and habitat:The trogon is found in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam...
Harpactes oreskios - Ward's TrogonWard's TrogonThe Ward's Trogon is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Vietnam.Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Harpactes wardi
Kingfishers
Order: CoraciiformesCoraciiformes
The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills...
. Family: Alcedinidae
Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. There are 93 species worldwide and 11 species which occur in China.
- Blyth's KingfisherBlyth's KingfisherThe Blyth's Kingfisher, Alcedo hercules, is a kingfisher distributed in Bangladesh, India, China, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam. It is found along streams in evergreen forest and adjacent open country from 200-1,200 m, mainly at 400-1,000 m....
Alcedo hercules - Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Blue-eared KingfisherBlue-eared KingfisherThe Blue-eared Kingfisher, Alcedo meninting, is found in south and southeast Asia. This is a small kingfisher almost identical to the Common Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis...
Alcedo meninting - Black-backed KingfisherBlack-backed KingfisherThe Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher also known as the Black-backed Kingfisher is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family....
Ceyx erithacus - Stork-billed KingfisherStork-billed KingfisherThe Stork-billed Kingfisher, Pelargopsis capensis , is a tree kingfisher which is widely but sparsely distributed in the tropical Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India and Sri Lanka to Indonesia. This kingfisher is essentially resident throughout its range.This is a very large...
Pelargopsis capensis - Ruddy KingfisherRuddy KingfisherThe Ruddy Kingfisher is a medium-sized tree kingfisher which is widely distributed in east and southeast Asia, ranging from South Korea and Japan in the north, south through the Philippines to the Sunda Islands, and west to China and India. It is migratory, with birds in the northern part of the...
Halcyon coromanda - White-throated KingfisherWhite-throated KingfisherThe White-throated Kingfisher also known as the White-breasted Kingfisher or Smyrna Kingfisher, is a tree kingfisher, widely distributed in Eurasia from Bulgaria, Turkey, east through South Asia to the Philippines. This kingfisher is a resident over much of its range, although some populations...
Halcyon smyrnensis - Black-capped KingfisherBlack-capped KingfisherThe Black-capped Kingfisher, Halcyon pileata, is a tree kingfisher which is widely distributed in tropical Asia from India east to China, Korea and Southeast Asia...
Halcyon pileata - Collared KingfisherCollared KingfisherThe Collared Kingfisher is a medium-sized kingfisher belonging to the family Halcyonidae, the tree kingfishers. It is also known as the White-collared Kingfisher or Mangrove Kingfisher. It has a wide range extending from the Red Sea across southern Asia and Australasia to Polynesia...
Todirhamphus chloris - Crested KingfisherCrested KingfisherThe Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris is resident of the Himalayas and foothills of Northern India, Bangladesh, northern Indochina, Southeast Asia and Japan. It is a very large black and white kingfisher with evenly barred wings and tail. It lacks a supercilium and has a spotted breast, which...
Megaceryle lugubris - Pied KingfisherPied KingfisherThe Pied Kingfisher is a water kingfisher and is found widely distributed across Africa and Asia. Their black and white plumage, crest and the habit of hovering over clear lakes and rivers before diving for fish makes it distinctive. Males have a double band across the breast while females have a...
Ceryle rudis
Bee-eaters
Order: CoraciiformesCoraciiformes
The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills...
. Family: Meropidae
The bee-eaters are a group of near passerine
Near passerine
Near passerine or higher land-bird assemblage are terms often given to arboreal birds or those most often believed to be related to the true passerines due to ecological similarities; the group corresponds to some extent with the Anomalogonatae of Garrod All near passerines are land birds...
birds in the family Meropidae. Most species are found in Africa but others occur in southern Europe, Madagascar, Australia and New Guinea. They are characterised by richly coloured plumage, slender bodies and usually elongated central tail feathers. All are colorful and have long downturned bills and pointed wings, which give them a swallow-like appearance when seen from afar. There are 26 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in China.
- Blue-bearded Bee-eaterBlue-bearded Bee-eaterThe Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni is a large species of bee-eater found in South Asia. This species is found in openings in patches of dense forest. It is found in the Malayan region and also extends into the Western Ghats in southwestern India. The blue feathers of its throat are...
Nyctyornis athertoni - Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Blue-throated Bee-eaterBlue-throated Bee-eaterThe Blue-throated Bee-eater is a species of bird in the Meropidae family.It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Merops viridis - Blue-tailed Bee-eaterBlue-tailed Bee-eaterThe Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Merops philippinus is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds in southeastern Asia. It is strongly migratory, seen seasonally in much of peninsular India....
Merops philippinus - European Bee-eaterEuropean Bee-eaterThe European Bee-eater, Merops apiaster, is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds in southern Europe and in parts of north Africa and western Asia. It is strongly migratory, wintering in tropical Africa, India and Sri Lanka...
Merops apiaster - Chestnut-headed Bee-eaterChestnut-headed Bee-eaterThe Chestnut-headed Bee-eater, Merops leschenaulti is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It is a resident breeder in southern Asia from India east to southeast Asia and Indonesia....
Merops leschenaulti
Typical rollers
Order: CoraciiformesCoraciiformes
The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills...
. Family: Coraciidae
Rollers resemble crow
Crow
Crows form the genus Corvus in the family Corvidae. Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-size jackdaws to the Common Raven of the Holarctic region and Thick-billed Raven of the highlands of Ethiopia, the 40 or so members of this genus occur on all temperate continents and several...
s in size and build, but are more closely related to the kingfisher
Kingfisher
Kingfishers are a group of small to medium sized brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species being found in the Old World and Australia...
s and bee-eater
Bee-eater
The bee-eaters are a group of near-passerine birds in the family Meropidae. Most species are found in Africa and Asia but others occur in southern Europe, Australia, and New Guinea. They are characterised by richly coloured plumage, slender bodies, and usually elongated central tail feathers...
s. They share the colourful appearance of those groups with blues and browns predominating. The two inner front toes are connected, but the outer toe is not. There are 12 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
- European RollerEuropean RollerThe European Roller, Coracias garrulus, is the only member of the roller family of birds to breed in Europe. Its overall range extends into the Middle East and Central Asia and Morocco....
Coracias garrulus - Indian RollerIndian RollerThe Indian Roller , also called the Blue Jay in former times is a member of the roller family of birds. They are found in southern Asia from Iraq to Thailand and are best known for the aerobatic displays of the male during the breeding season...
Coracias benghalensis - DollarbirdDollarbirdThe Oriental Dollarbird , also known as the Dollar Roller, is a bird of the roller family, so named because of the distinctive blue coin-shaped spots on its wings....
Eurystomus orientalis
Hoopoes
Order: CoraciiformesCoraciiformes
The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills...
. Family: Upupidae
Hoopoes have black, white and orangey-pink colouring with a large erectile crest on their head. There are 2 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
- HoopoeHoopoeThe Hoopoe is a colourful bird that is found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive 'crown' of feathers. It is the only extant species in the family Upupidae. One insular species, the Giant Hoopoe of Saint Helena, is extinct, and the Madagascar subspecies of the Hoopoe is sometimes...
Upupa epops
Hornbills
Order: CoraciiformesCoraciiformes
The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills...
. Family: Bucerotidae
Hornbills are a group of birds whose bill is shaped like a cow's horn, but without a twist, sometimes with a casque on the upper mandible. Frequently, the bill is brightly coloured. There are 57 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in China.
- Oriental Pied-HornbillOriental Pied-hornbillThe Oriental Pied Hornbill is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family.It is found in much of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its...
Anthracoceros albirostris - Great HornbillGreat HornbillThe Great Hornbill also known as Great Indian Hornbill or Great Pied Hornbill, is one of the larger members of the hornbill family. Great Hornbills are found in the forests of Nepal, India, the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, Indonesia. Their impressive size and colour have made them important in...
Buceros bicornis - Brown Hornbill Anorrhinus austeni
- Rufous-necked HornbillRufous-necked HornbillThe Rufous-necked Hornbill is a species of hornbill found in broadleaved forests at altitudes of in Bhutan, north-eastern India, Burma, southern Yunnan, south-eastern Tibet, northern and western Thailand, northern Laos and northern Vietnam. Numbers have declined significantly due to habitat loss...
Aceros nipalensis - Wreathed HornbillWreathed HornbillThe Wreathed Hornbill , also known as the Bar-pouched Wreathed Hornbill, is a species of hornbill found in forests from far north-eastern India and Bhutan, east and south through mainland south-east Asia and the Greater Sundas, except Sulawesi. It is 75–100 cm long...
Aceros undulatus
Barbets
Order: PiciformesPiciformes
Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives...
. Family: Capitonidae
The barbets are plump birds, with short necks and large heads. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills. Most species are brightly coloured. There are 84 species worldwide and 8 species which occur in China.
- Great BarbetGreat BarbetThe Great Barbet, Megalaima virens, is an Asian barbet. Barbets are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills....
Megalaima virens - Lineated BarbetLineated BarbetThe Lineated Barbet Megalaima lineata is a large barbet found in the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent,along the southern foothills of the Himalayas and also in parts of Bangladesh and West Bengal. Like other barbets it is a frugivore. In nests inside holes bored into tree trunks....
Megalaima lineata - Green-eared BarbetGreen-eared BarbetThe Green-eared Barbet, Megalaima faiostricta, is an Asian barbet. Barbets are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills....
Megalaima faiostricta - Golden-throated BarbetGolden-throated BarbetThe Golden-throated Barbet, Megalaima franklinii, is an Asian barbet. Barbets are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills....
Megalaima franklinii - Black-browed BarbetBlack-browed BarbetThe Black-browed Barbet or Müller's Barbet is a bird belonging to the Asian barbet family, Megalaimidae.It is 20-23.5 cm long. The plumage is mostly green apart from the head which is patterned with blue, yellow and red. There is a black stripe above the eye. The bill is black and the feet...
Megalaima oorti - Blue-throated BarbetBlue-throated BarbetThe Blue-throated Barbet is an Asian barbet, seen across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Barbets and toucans are a group of near passerine birds with a world-wide tropical distribution. The barbets get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills; this species eats...
Megalaima asiatica - Blue-eared BarbetBlue-eared BarbetThe Blue-eared Barbet, Megalaima australis, is an Asian barbet. Barbets are a group of near passerine birds with a world-wide tropical distribution. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills.- Description :...
Megalaima australis - Coppersmith BarbetCoppersmith BarbetThe Coppersmith Barbet, Crimson-breasted Barbet or Coppersmith , is a bird with crimson forehead and throat which is best known for its metronomic call that has been likened to a coppersmith striking metal with a hammer. It is a resident found in South Asia and parts of Southeast Asia...
Megalaima haemacephala
Honeyguides
Order: PiciformesPiciformes
Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives...
. Family: Indicatoridae
Honeyguides are among the few birds that feed on wax
Wax
thumb|right|[[Cetyl palmitate]], a typical wax ester.Wax refers to a class of chemical compounds that are plastic near ambient temperatures. Characteristically, they melt above 45 °C to give a low viscosity liquid. Waxes are insoluble in water but soluble in organic, nonpolar solvents...
. They are named for the behaviour of the Greater Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
The Greater Honeyguide is a bird in the family Indicatoridae, paleotropical near passerine birds related to the woodpeckers. Its English and scientific names refer to its habit of guiding people to bee colonies....
which leads large animals to bees' nests and then feeds on the wax once the animal has broken the nest open to get at the honey. There are 17 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
- Yellow-rumped HoneyguideYellow-rumped HoneyguideThe Yellow-rumped Honeyguide is a sparrow-sized bird in the honeyguide family that is found in Asia, mainly in montane forests along the Himalayas. They are very finch-like but the feet are strong and the feet are zygodactyl, with two toes facing forward and two backward. They perch on honeycombs...
Indicator xanthonotus
Woodpeckers and allies
Order: PiciformesPiciformes
Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives...
. Family: Picidae
Picidae
The woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks are a family, Picidae, of near-passerine birds. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia and New Zealand, Madagascar, and the extreme polar regions...
Woodpeckers are small to medium sized birds with chisel like beaks, short legs, stiff tails and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward, and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks. There are 218 species worldwide and 30 species which occur in China.
- Eurasian WryneckEurasian WryneckThe Eurasian Wryneck, Jynx torquilla, is a species of wryneck in the family of woodpeckers.This species breeds in temperate regions of Europe and Asia. It is migratory, wintering in tropical Africa and southern Asia. It is a bird of open woodland and orchards...
Jynx torquilla - Speckled PiculetSpeckled PiculetThe Speckled Piculet is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam...
Picumnus innominatus - White-browed PiculetWhite-browed PiculetThe White-browed Piculet is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.This bird utilizes bamboo to make nests...
Sasia ochracea - Gray-capped Woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus
- Pygmy WoodpeckerPygmy WoodpeckerThe Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker is a species of woodpecker found in Russia, China, North Korea, South Korea and Japan....
Dendrocopos kizuki - Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerLesser Spotted WoodpeckerThe Lesser Spotted Woodpecker is a member of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is assigned to the genus Dendrocopos ....
Dendrocopos minor - Stripe-breasted WoodpeckerStripe-breasted WoodpeckerThe Stripe-breasted Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Dendrocopos atratus - Rufous-bellied WoodpeckerRufous-bellied WoodpeckerThe Rufous-bellied Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, North Korea, South Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam...
Dendrocopos hyperythrus - Darjeeling WoodpeckerDarjeeling WoodpeckerThe Darjeeling Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-Description:A medium-sized pied...
Dendrocopos darjellensis - Crimson-breasted WoodpeckerCrimson-breasted WoodpeckerThe Crimson-breasted Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Dendrocopos cathpharius - White-backed WoodpeckerWhite-backed WoodpeckerThe White-backed Woodpecker is a Eurasian woodpecker belonging to the genus Dendrocopos.It is the largest of the spotted woodpeckers in the western Palearctic, 24–26 cm long with wing-span 38–40 cm and has plumage similar to the Great Spotted Woodpecker, but with white bars across the...
Dendrocopos leucotos - Great Spotted WoodpeckerGreat Spotted WoodpeckerThe Great Spotted Woodpecker , Dendrocopos major, is a bird species of the woodpecker family . It is distributed throughout Europe and northern Asia, and usually resident year-round except in the colder parts of its range...
Dendrocopos major - White-winged WoodpeckerWhite-winged WoodpeckerThe White-winged Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and possibly Iran ....
Dendrocopos leucopterus - Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerEurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerThe Three-toed Woodpecker, Picoides tridactylus, is a medium-sized woodpecker.The adult is 21.5-24 cm in length. It is black on the head, wings and rump, and white from the throat to the belly; the flanks are white with black bars. The back is white with black bars, and the tail is black with the...
Picoides tridactylus - Rufous WoodpeckerRufous WoodpeckerThe Rufous Woodpecker, is a brown woodpecker found in South Asia. Its genus, Micropternus, is monotypic.It builds its nest within the nest of acrobat ants...
Celeus brachyurus - White-bellied WoodpeckerWhite-bellied WoodpeckerThe White-bellied Woodpecker is found in evergreen forests of tropical Asia. It has 14 subspecies, part of a complex including the Andaman Woodpecker . Many island forms are endangered, some are extinct. Populations differ in the distribution and extent of white...
Dryocopus javensis - Black WoodpeckerBlack WoodpeckerThe Black Woodpecker, Dryocopus martius, is a large woodpecker, 45–50 cm long with a 64–84 cm wingspan. Body weight is approximately 300-400 grams on average. It is easily the largest woodpecker in its range...
Dryocopus martius - Lesser YellownapeLesser YellownapeThe Lesser Yellownape, Picus chlorolophus, is a type of woodpecker which is a widespread and often common breeder in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to south China and Sumatra....
Picus chlorolophus - Greater YellownapeGreater YellownapeThe Greater Yellownape is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam...
Picus flavinucha - Laced WoodpeckerLaced WoodpeckerThe Laced Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and perhaps Bangladesh....
Picus vittatus - Streak-throated WoodpeckerStreak-throated WoodpeckerThe Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus is a species of woodpecker found in the Indian Subcontinent.-Description:A medium-sized, green woodpecker with streaked throat and scaly whitish underparts. Green above with yellowish rump, white supercilia and white and black moustache. Crown red...
Picus xanthopygaeus - Scaly-bellied WoodpeckerScaly-bellied WoodpeckerThe Scaly-bellied Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Iran, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan.-Habitat:...
Picus squamatus - Red-collared WoodpeckerRed-collared WoodpeckerThe Red-collared Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
Picus rabieri (A) - Gray-faced Woodpecker Picus canus
- Himalayan FlamebackHimalayan FlamebackThe Himalayan Flameback , also known as the Himalayan Goldenback, is a species of bird in the Picidae family.-Distribution and habitat:...
Dinopium shorii - Common FlamebackCommon FlamebackThe Common Flameback or Common Goldenback is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.-Description and ecology:A medium-sized, golden-backed woodpecker...
Dinopium javanense - Greater FlamebackGreater FlamebackThe Greater Flameback, Chrysocolaptes lucidus, also known as Greater Goldenback, Large Golden-backed Woodpecker or Malherbe's Golden-backed Woodpecker, is a woodpecker species...
Chrysocolaptes lucidus - Pale-headed WoodpeckerPale-headed WoodpeckerThe Pale-headed Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Gecinulus grantia - Bay WoodpeckerBay WoodpeckerThe Bay Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist...
Blythipicus pyrrhotis - Great Slaty WoodpeckerGreat Slaty WoodpeckerThe Great Slaty Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland...
Mulleripicus pulverulentus
Broadbills
Order: Passeriformes. Family: EurylaimidaeThe broadbills are small, brightly coloured birds that feed on fruit and also take insects in flycatcher fashion, snapping their broad bills. Their habitat is canopies of wet forests. There are 15 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in China.
- Long-tailed BroadbillLong-tailed BroadbillThe Long-tailed Broadbill is a species of broadbill that is found in the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, and Indonesia. It is the only bird in the genus Psarisomus. The Long-tailed Broadbill is about 25 cm in length and weighs between 50 and 60 grams...
Psarisomus dalhousiae - Silver-breasted BroadbillSilver-breasted BroadbillThe Silver-breasted Broadbill is a species of bird in the broadbill family Eurylaimidae. It is monotypic within the genus Serilophus...
Serilophus lunatus
Pittas
Order: Passeriformes. Family: PittidaePittas are medium-sized by passerine standards, and stocky, with fairly long, strong legs, short tails and stout bills. Many, but not all, are brightly coloured. They are spend the majority of their time on wet forest floors, eating snails, insects and similar invertebrate prey which they find there. There are 32 species worldwide and 9 species which occur in China.
- Eared PittaEared PittaThe Eared Pitta is a species of bird in the Pittidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Pitta phayrei - Blue-naped PittaBlue-naped PittaThe Blue-naped Pitta is a species of bird in the Pittidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife...
Pitta nipalensis - Blue-rumped PittaBlue-rumped PittaThe Blue-rumped Pitta, Pitta soror, is a species of bird in the Pittidae family. It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Pitta soror - Rusty-naped PittaRusty-naped PittaThe Rusty-naped Pitta, Pitta oatesi, is a species of bird in the Pittidae family.It is found in China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Pitta oatesi - Blue PittaBlue PittaThe Blue Pitta, Pitta cyanea, is a species of bird in the Pittidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Pitta cyanea - Hooded PittaHooded PittaThe Hooded Pitta, Pitta sordida, is a passerine bird. It is common in eastern and southeastern Asia and the Maritime Southeast Asia, where it lives in different types of forests as well as on plantations and other cultivated areas....
Pitta sordida - Indian PittaIndian PittaThe Indian Pitta is a medium-sized passerine bird. It breeds mainly in the sub-Himalayas and winters in southern India and Sri Lanka. These birds are found in thick undergrowth and are often more easily detected by their calls...
Pitta brachyura - Fairy PittaFairy PittaThe Fairy Pitta, Pitta nympha, is a small passerine bird. It breeds in north-east Asia in Japan, South Korea, mainland China and Taiwan, migrant in Thailand and winters mainly on the island of Borneo in east Malaysia, Brunei, and Kalimantan in Indonesia....
Pitta nympha - Blue-winged PittaBlue-winged PittaThe Blue-winged Pitta is a passerine bird in the Pittidae family native to Australia and Southeast Asia. It forms a superspecies with three other pittas and has no subspecies.-Taxonomy:...
Pitta moluccensis
Larks
Order: Passeriformes. Family: AlaudidaeLarks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights. Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. Their food is insects and seeds. There are 91 species worldwide and 15 species which occur in China.
- Australasian BushlarkAustralasian BushlarkHorsfield's Bush Lark or Australasian Bushlark, , inhabits grassland throughout most of Australia and much of Southeast Asia.- Identification :M. javanica is brown with grey streaks and mottling.- Range :...
Mirafra javanica - Bimaculated LarkBimaculated LarkThe Bimaculated Lark, Melanocorypha bimaculata, breeds in warm temperate countries eastwards from Turkey into Central Asia. It is the eastern counterpart of its relative, the Calandra Lark....
Melanocorypha bimaculata - Tibetan LarkTibetan LarkThe Tibetan Lark is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, and India.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24 July 2007.-External links:*...
Melanocorypha maxima - Mongolian LarkMongolian LarkThe Mongolian Lark is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family. It is found in China, Mongolia, and Russia.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24 July 2007....
Melanocorypha mongolica - White-winged LarkWhite-winged LarkThe White-winged Lark is a species of lark found in central Asia, from the Caucasus east across temperate southern Asia and Kazakhstan. It is partially migratory, with birds tending to move south in winter. The southernmost birds are mainly resident...
Melanocorypha leucoptera (A) - Black LarkBlack LarkThe Black Lark, Melanocorypha yeltoniensis, breeds in southeast Russia and Kazakhstan. It is partially migratory, with birds from the northwest of its breeding range moving south-east to winter further into Russia and neighbouring countries, as far as the northern Black Sea coasts in southern...
Melanocorypha yeltoniensis (A) - Greater Short-toed LarkGreater Short-toed LarkThe Greater Short-toed Lark or sometimes just Short-toed Lark is a small passerine bird. It breeds in southern Europe, northwest Africa, and across temperate Asia from Turkey and southern Russia to Mongolia. It is sometimes considered conspecific with Calandrella cinerea...
Calandrella brachydactyla - Hume's LarkHume's LarkThe Hume's Short-toed Lark or Hume's Lark is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24...
Calandrella acutirostris - Lesser Short-toed LarkLesser Short-toed LarkThe Lesser Short-toed Lark is a small passerine bird. It breeds in Spain, north Africa, also including Turkey eastwards across the semi-deserts of central Asia to Mongolia and China....
Calandrella rufescens - Red-capped LarkRed-capped LarkThe Red-capped Lark, Calandrella cinerea, is a small passerine bird. This lark breeds in the highlands of eastern Africa southwards from Ethiopia and northern Somalia. In the south, its range stretches across the continent to Angola and south to the Cape in South Africa.This is a species of short...
Calandrella cinerea - Sand LarkSand LarkThe Sand Lark, also known as India Short-toed Lark or Indian Sand Lark , is a small passerine bird in thelark family, largely resident in the rivervalleys of South Asia from Pakistan through sub-Himalayan...
Calandrella raytal - Crested LarkCrested LarkThe Crested Lark, Galerida cristata, breeds across most of temperate Eurasia from Portugal to northeast China and eastern India, and in Africa south to Niger...
Galerida cristata - Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Oriental SkylarkOriental SkylarkThe Oriental Skylark , also known as the Oriental Lark or Small Skylark, is a species of skylark found in South Asia and Southeast Asia...
Alauda gulgula - Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Swallows and martins
Order: Passeriformes. Family: HirundinidaeThe Hirundinidae family is a group of passerines characterized by their adaptation to aerial feeding. Their adaptations include a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings and short bills with wide gape. The feet are designed for perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base. There are 75 species worldwide and 13 species which occur in China.
- Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
- Pale Sand Martin Riparia diluta
- Plain Martin Riparia paludicola
- Eurasian Crag-Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Dusky Crag-Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor (A)
- Barn SwallowBarn SwallowThe Barn Swallow is the most widespread species of swallow in the world. It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings. It is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas...
Hirundo rustica - Pacific SwallowPacific SwallowThe Pacific Swallow or Hill Swallow is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It breeds in tropical southern Asia from southern India and Sri Lanka across to south east Asia and the islands of the south Pacific. It is resident apart from some local seasonal movements...
Hirundo tahitica - Wire-tailed SwallowWire-tailed SwallowThe Wire-tailed Swallow is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. Swallows are somewhat similar in habits and appearance to other aerial insectivores, such as the related martins and the unrelated swifts ....
Hirundo smithii - Red-rumped SwallowRed-rumped SwallowThe Red-rumped Swallow is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It breeds in open hilly country of temperate southern Europe and Asia from Portugal and Spain to Japan, India and tropical Africa. The Indian and African birds are resident, but European and other Asian birds are migratory...
Cecropis daurica - Striated SwallowStriated SwallowThe Striated Swallow is a species of swallow found in open, often hilly areas, clearings and cultivation in South and Southeast Asia from northeastern India and Taiwan south to Timor...
Cecropis striolata - Common House-Martin Delichon urbica
- Asian Martin Delichon dasypus
- Nepal Martin Delichon nipalensis
Wagtails and pipits
Order: Passeriformes. Family: MotacillidaeMotacillidae
The Motacillidae are a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. There are around 65 species in 6 genera and they include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. The longclaws are entirely restricted to the Afrotropics, and the wagtails are predominately found in Europe, Africa and...
The Motacillidae are a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. They are slender, ground feeding insectivores of open country. There are 54 species worldwide and 21 species which occur in China.
- Forest WagtailForest WagtailThe Forest Wagtail is a medium-sized passerine bird in the wagtail family Motacillidae. It has a distinctive plumage that sets it apart from other wagtails and has the habit of wagging its tail sideways unlike the usual up and down movements of the other wagtail species. It is the only wagtail...
Dendronanthus indicus - White WagtailWhite Wagtail"Pied Wagtail" redirects here. For the related African bird, see African Pied Wagtail.The White Wagtail is a small passerine bird in the wagtail family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and longclaws. This species breeds in much of Europe and Asia and parts of north Africa...
Motacilla alba - Black-backed Wagtail Motacilla lugens
- Japanese WagtailJapanese WagtailThe Japanese Wagtail, Motacilla grandis, is a species of bird in the pipit and wagtail family Motacillidae. It breeds in Japan and Korea. Vagrant birds have been recorded in Taiwan, eastern China and far-eastern Russia. In Japan, it is generally common from Kyushu northward, but uncommon in...
Motacilla grandis - Citrine WagtailCitrine WagtailThe Citrine Wagtail or Yellow-headed Wagtail is a small songbird in the family Motacillidae. The term citrine refers to its yellowish colouration. Its systematics, phylogeny and taxonomy are subject of considerable debate in the early 21st century. This is because this bird forms a cryptic...
Motacilla citreola - Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Oriental Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Richard's PipitRichard's PipitThe Richard's Pipit is a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds in open grasslands in northern Asia. It is a long-distance migrant moving to open lowlands in southern Asia. It is a rare but regular vagrant to western Europe...
Anthus richardi - Tawny PipitTawny PipitThe Tawny Pipit, Anthus campestris, is a medium-large passerine bird which breeds in much of temperate Europe and Asia, and northwest Africa. It is a migrant moving in winter to tropical Africa and the Indian subcontinent....
Anthus campestris - Blyth's PipitBlyth's PipitThe Blyth's Pipit, Anthus godlewskii, is a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds in Mongolia and neighbouring areas. It is a long distance migrant moving to open lowlands in southern Asia. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe....
Anthus godlewskii - Tree PipitTree PipitTree Pipit, Anthus trivialis, is a small passerine bird which breeds across most of Europe and temperate western and central Asia. It is a long-distance migrant moving in winter to Africa and southern Asia....
Anthus trivialis - Olive-backed PipitOlive-backed PipitThe Olive-backed Pipit, Anthus hodgsoni, is a small passerine bird of the pipit genus, which breeds across South, north Central and East Asia, as well as in the northeast of European Russia. It is a long-distance migrant moving in winter to southern Asia and Indonesia...
Anthus hodgsoni - Pechora PipitPechora PipitThe Pechora Pipit is a small passerine bird which breeds in the tundra of northern Asia, eastwards of Russia. It is a long-distance migrant, moving in winter to Indonesia. Rarely in September and October, the Pechora Pipit may be observed in western Europe.-Appearance:A. gustavi is a small pipit,...
Anthus gustavi - Meadow PipitMeadow PipitThe Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis, is a small passerine bird which breeds in much of the northern half of Europe and also northwestern Asia, from southeastern Greenland and Iceland east to just east of the Ural Mountains in Russia, and south to central France and Romania; there is also an isolated...
Anthus pratensis - Red-throated PipitRed-throated PipitThe Red-throated Pipit is a small passerine bird which breeds in the far north of Europe and Asia, with a foothold in northern Alaska. It is a long-distance migrant moving in winter to Africa, south and east Asia and west coast USA...
Anthus cervinus - Rosy PipitRosy PipitThe Rosy Pipit is a species of bird in the Motacillidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, South Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:...
Anthus roseatus - Water PipitWater PipitThe Water Pipit, Anthus spinoletta, is a small passerine bird which breeds in the mountains of southern Europe and southern temperate Asia across to China. It is a short-distance migrant moving to wet open lowlands such as marshes and flooded fields in winter...
Anthus spinoletta - Upland PipitUpland PipitThe Upland Pipit is a species of bird in the Motacillidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, China, Hong Kong, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 25 July 2007....
Anthus sylvanus - American Pipit Anthus rubescens
Cuckoo-shrikes
Order: Passeriformes. Family: CampephagidaeThe cuckoo-shrikes are small to medium-sized passerine birds. They are predominantly greyish with white and black, although some species are brightly coloured. There are 82 species worldwide and 11 species which occur in China.
- Large Cuckoo-shrikeLarge Cuckoo-shrikeThe Large Cuckoo-shrike Coracina macei is a species of cuckooshrike found in south and south east Asia. They are mostly insectivorous and usually fly just above the forest canopy. They have a loud call Klu-eep and have a characteristic habit of shrugging their closed wings shortly after landing on...
Coracina macei - Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikeBlack-faced Cuckoo-shrikeThe Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike is a common omnivorous passerine bird native to Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. It has a protected status in Australia, under the National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1974....
Coracina novaehollandiae - Black-winged Cuckoo-shrikeBlack-winged Cuckoo-shrikeThe Black-winged Cuckooshrike or Smaller Grey Cuckoo-Shrike is a species of cuckooshrike found in South to Southeast Asia.-Distribution:...
Coracina melaschistos - Rosy MinivetRosy MinivetThe Rosy Minivet is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.Male is distinguished from other minivets by having deep pink/light red shade in wings and tail and female having olive /olive yellow rump as against bright yellow in other minivets.Both male and female are grey above.DistributionIt...
Pericrocotus roseus - Brown-rumped Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis
- Ashy MinivetAshy MinivetThe Ashy Minivet is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the minivet genus Pericrocotus in the cuckoo-shrike family Campephagidae. While most of the minivets have shades of yellow, orange and red in their plumage, this species has only greys, whites and blacks...
Pericrocotus divaricatus - Long-tailed MinivetLong-tailed MinivetThe Long-tailed Minivet is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam...
Pericrocotus ethologus - Short-billed MinivetShort-billed MinivetThe Short-billed Minivet is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Pericrocotus brevirostris - Scarlet MinivetScarlet MinivetThe Scarlet Minivet, Pericrocotus flammeus is a small passerine bird. This minivet is found in tropical southern Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to southern China, Indonesia, and the Philippines. They are common resident breeding birds in forests and other well-wooded habitats including...
Pericrocotus flammeus - Gray-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrikeBar-winged Flycatcher-shrikeThe Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike is a small passerine bird currently placed in the cuckoo-shrike family but possibly closer to the bushshrikes of Africa. It is found in the forests of tropical southern Asia from the Himalayas and hills of the Indian subcontinent east to Indonesia...
Hemipus picatus
Bulbuls
Order: Passeriformes. Family: PycnonotidaeBulbuls are medium-sized songbirds. Some are colourful with yellow, red or orange vents, cheeks, throat or supercilia, but most are drab, with uniform olive brown to black plumage. Some species have distinct crests.There are 130 species worldwide and 20 species which occur in China.
- Crested FinchbillCrested FinchbillThe Crested Finchbill is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24 July 2007....
Spizixos canifrons - Collared FinchbillCollared FinchbillThe Collared Finchbill is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in China, Taiwan, and Vietnam....
Spizixos semitorques - Striated BulbulStriated BulbulThe Striated Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Burma, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Pycnonotus striatus - Black-headed BulbulBlack-headed BulbulThe Black-headed Bulbul is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in forests in south-east Asia. It has a mainly olive-yellow plumage with a glossy bluish-black head. A grey morph where most of the olive-yellow is replaced by grey also exists...
Pycnonotus atriceps - Black-crested BulbulBlack-crested BulbulThe Black-crested Bulbul, Pycnonotus melanicterus, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent including in India, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka, and eastwards in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia....
Pycnonotus melanicterus - Red-whiskered BulbulRed-whiskered BulbulThe Red-whiskered Bulbul is a passerine bird found in Asia. It is a member of the bulbul family. It is a resident frugivore found mainly in tropical Asia. It has been introduced in many tropical areas of the world where populations have established themselves...
Pycnonotus jocosus - Brown-breasted BulbulBrown-breasted BulbulThe Brown-breasted Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in China, Hong Kong, Laos, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:...
Pycnonotus xanthorrhous - Light-vented BulbulLight-vented BulbulThe Light-vented Bulbul , also known as the Chinese Bulbul, is a bird and a member of the bulbul family.-Description:The particular characteristic is the large white patch covering the nape and the sides of its black head...
Pycnonotus sinensis - Red-vented BulbulRed-vented BulbulThe Red-vented Bulbul is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Burma and southwestern China. It has been introduced and has established itself in the wild in many Pacific islands including Fiji, Samoa,...
Pycnonotus cafer - Sooty-headed BulbulSooty-headed BulbulThe Sooty-headed Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Pycnonotus aurigaster - Stripe-throated BulbulStripe-throated BulbulThe Stripe-throated Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Pycnonotus finlaysoni - Flavescent BulbulFlavescent BulbulThe Flavescent Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. Its name comes from flavescent, a yellowish colour. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist...
Pycnonotus flavescens - White-throated BulbulWhite-throated BulbulThe White-throated Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Burma, Nepal, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Alophoixus flaveolus - Puff-throated BulbulPuff-throated BulbulThe Puff-throated Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Alophoixus pallidus - Gray-eyed Bulbul Iole propinqua
- Brown-eared BulbulBrown-eared BulbulThe Brown-eared Bulbul is a medium-sized bulbul which is found from the Russian Far East , northeastern China, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan, south to Taiwan and the Babuyan and Batanes island chains in the north of the Philippines, occasionally being found in Luzon...
Ixos amaurotis - Ashy BulbulAshy BulbulThe Ashy Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam...
Hemixos flavala - Chestnut BulbulChestnut BulbulThe Chestnut Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in China, Hong Kong, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Hemixos castanonotus - Mountain BulbulMountain BulbulThe Mountain Bulbul is a songbird species in the bulbul family . It is often placed in Hypsipetes, but seems to be closer to the type species of the genus Ixos, the Sunda Bulbul or Green-winged Bulbul...
Ixos mcclellandii - Black BulbulBlack BulbulThe Black Bulbul , also known as the Himalayan Black Bulbul, Asian Black Bulbul or Square-tailed Bulbul, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in southern Asia from India east to southern China. It is the type species of the genus Hypsipetes, established by Nicholas...
Hypsipetes leucocephalus
Kinglets
Order: Passeriformes. Family: RegulidaeThe kinglets or crests are a small group of birds often included in the Old World warblers, but frequently given family status because they also resemble the titmice
Titmouse
The tits, chickadees, and titmice constitute Paridae, a large family of small passerine birds which occur in the northern hemisphere and Africa...
. There are 7 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
- GoldcrestGoldcrestThe Goldcrest, Regulus regulus, is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. Its colourful golden crest feathers gives rise to its English and scientific names, and possibly to it being called the "king of the birds" in European folklore. Several subspecies are recognised across the very...
Regulus regulus
Leafbirds
Order: Passeriformes. Family: ChloropseidaeThe Leafbirds are small, bulbul
Bulbul
Bulbuls are a family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized passerine songbirds. Many forest species are known as greenbuls. The family is distributed across most of Africa and into the Middle East, tropical Asia to Indonesia, and north as far as Japan. A few insular species occur on the tropical islands...
-like birds. The males are brightly plumaged, usually in greens and yellows. There are 8 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
- Blue-winged LeafbirdBlue-winged LeafbirdThe Blue-winged Leafbird is a species of leafbird found in forest and second growth from far north-eastern India and throughout Southeast Asia as far east as Borneo and as far south as Java. It commonly includes Jerdon's Leafbird from the Indian Subcontinent, and the Bornean Leafbird The...
Chloropsis cochinchinensis - Golden-fronted LeafbirdGolden-fronted LeafbirdThe Golden-fronted Leafbird is a species of leafbird. It is a common resident breeder in India, Sri Lanka, and parts of Southeast Asia. It often includes the Sumatran Leafbird from Sumatra as a subspecies, but the two differ extensively in, among others, morphology.Its habitat is forest and scrub...
Chloropsis aurifrons - Orange-bellied LeafbirdOrange-bellied LeafbirdThe Orange-Bellied Leafbird, Chloropsis hardwickii, is a bird native to the eastern Himalayas and south China to the Malay Peninsula. It is brightly colored with an orange belly, a green back, a blue tail and flight feathers, and a black and blue patch over its throat and chest. It has a long,...
Chloropsis hardwickii
Ioras
Order: Passeriformes. Family: AegithinidaeThe ioras are bulbul
Bulbul
Bulbuls are a family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized passerine songbirds. Many forest species are known as greenbuls. The family is distributed across most of Africa and into the Middle East, tropical Asia to Indonesia, and north as far as Japan. A few insular species occur on the tropical islands...
-like birds of open forest or thorn scrub, but whereas that group tends to be drab in coloration, ioras are sexually dimorphic, with the males being brightly plumaged in yellows and greens. There are 4 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in China.
- Common IoraCommon IoraThe Common Iora is a small passerine bird found across the tropical Indian Subcontinent with populations showing plumage variations, some of which are designated as subspecies. A species found in scrub and forest, it is easily detected from its loud whistles and the bright colours...
Aegithina tiphia - Great IoraGreat IoraThe Great Iora is a species of bird in the Aegithinidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Aegithina lafresnayei
Waxwings
Order: Passeriformes. Family: BombycillidaeThe waxwing
Waxwing
The waxwings form the genus Bombycilla of passerine birds. According to most authorities, this is the only genus placed in the family Bombycillidae.-Description:Waxwings are characterised by soft silky plumage...
s are a group of passerine birds characterized by soft silky plumage and unique red tips to some of the wing feathers. In the Bohemian and Cedar Waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax, and give the group its name. These are arboreal birds of northern forests. They live on insects in summer and berries in winter. There are 3 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in China.
- Bohemian WaxwingBohemian WaxwingThe Bohemian Waxwing is a member of the waxwing family of passerines. A sleek bird, 18–21 cm long with a pointed crest, it travels in large, nomadic groups with a strong, direct flight. It breeds in coniferous forests throughout the most northern parts of Europe, Asia and western North America...
Bombycilla garrulus - Japanese WaxwingJapanese WaxwingThe Japanese Waxwing is a fairly small passerine bird of the waxwing family found in north-east Asia. It feeds mainly on fruit and berries but also eats insects during the summer. The nest is a cup of twigs lined with grass and moss which is built in a tree.-Description:The Japanese Waxwing is...
Bombycilla japonica
Dippers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: CinclidaeDippers are a group of perching birds whose habitat includes aquatic environments in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. They are named for their bobbing or dipping movements. There are 5 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in China.
- White-throated DipperWhite-throated DipperThe White-throated Dipper , also known as the European Dipper or just Dipper is an aquatic passerine bird found in Europe, Middle East, Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. The species is divided into several subspecies, based primarily on colour differences, particularly of the pectoral band...
Cinclus cinclus - Brown DipperBrown DipperThe Brown Dipper , alternatively known by the common names Pallas's Dipper, Asian Dipper or the Asiatic Dipper, is an aquatic songbird found in the mountains of southern and central Asia. At and , it is the largest of the dippers...
Cinclus pallasii
Wrens
Order: Passeriformes. Family: TroglodytidaeThe wren
Wren
The wrens are passerine birds in the mainly New World family Troglodytidae. There are approximately 80 species of true wrens in approximately 20 genera....
s are mainly small and inconspicuous except for their loud songs. These birds have short wings and a thin down-turned bill. Several species often hold their tails upright. All are insectivorous. There are 80 species worldwide (of which all but one are New World species) and 1 species which occurs in China.
- Winter WrenWinter WrenThe Winter Wren is a very small North American bird and a member of the mainly New World wren family Troglodytidae. It was once lumped with Troglodytes pacificus of western North America and Troglodytes troglodytes of Eurasia under the name Winter Wren.It breeds in coniferous forests from British...
Troglodytes troglodytes
Accentors
Order: Passeriformes. Family: PrunellidaeThe accentors are in the only bird family, Prunellidae, which is completely endemic to the Palearctic
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is one of the eight ecozones dividing the Earth's surface.Physically, the Palearctic is the largest ecozone...
. They are small, fairly drab species superficially similar to sparrow
Sparrow
The sparrows are a family of small passerine birds, Passeridae. They are also known as true sparrows, or Old World sparrows, names also used for a genus of the family, Passer...
s. There are 13 species worldwide and 9 species which occur in China.
- Alpine AccentorAlpine AccentorThe Alpine Accentor, Prunella collaris, is a small passerine bird found throughout the mountains of southern temperate Europe and Asia at heights above 2000 m. It is mainly resident, wintering more widely at lower latitudes, but some birds wander as rare vagrants as far as Great Britain.It is...
Prunella collaris - Himalayan Accentor Prunella himalayana
- Robin AccentorRobin AccentorThe Robin Accentor is a species of bird in the Prunellidae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 27 July 2007.-External links:*...
Prunella rubeculoides - Rufous-breasted AccentorRufous-breasted AccentorThe Rufous-breasted Accentor is a species of bird in the Prunellidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:...
Prunella strophiata - Siberian AccentorSiberian AccentorThe Siberian Accentor, Prunella montanella, is a small passerine bird which breeds in northern Siberia on both sides of the Urals. It is migratory, wintering in southeast Asia. It is a rare vagrant in western Europe....
Prunella montanella - Brown AccentorBrown AccentorThe Brown Accentor is a species of bird in the Prunellidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan....
Prunella fulvescens - Black-throated AccentorBlack-throated AccentorThe Black-throated Accentor , Prunella atrogularis, is a small passerine bird found across temperate and subarctic Asia. It is migratory, wintering in India and other parts of southern Asia. It is a rare vagrant in western Europe....
Prunella atrogularis - Mongolian AccentorMongolian AccentorThe Kozlov's Accentor or Mongolian Accentor is a species of bird in the Prunellidae family. It is found in China and Mongolia.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 27 July 2007....
Prunella koslowi - Maroon-backed AccentorMaroon-backed AccentorThe Maroon-backed Accentor is a species of bird in the Prunellidae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:...
Prunella immaculata
Thrushes and allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: TurdidaeThe thrushes
Thrush (bird)
The thrushes, family Turdidae, are a group of passerine birds that occur worldwide.-Characteristics:Thrushes are plump, soft-plumaged, small to medium-sized birds, inhabiting wooded areas, and often feed on the ground or eat small fruit. The smallest thrush may be the Forest Rock-thrush, at and...
are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs. There are 335 species worldwide and 36 species which occur in China. China has the greatest diversity of thrushes of any country on earth.
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- White-throated Rock Thrush Monticola gularis
- Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
- Blue Rock ThrushBlue Rock ThrushThe Blue Rock Thrush is a species of chat. This thrush-like Old World flycatcher was formerly placed in the family Turdidae....
Monticola solitarius - Blue Whistling-ThrushBlue Whistling-thrushThe Blue Whistling-thrush is a species of thrush in the family Turdidae. At 178 grams and 33 cm , it is believed to be the world's largest species of thrush...
Myophonus caeruleus - Orange-headed ThrushOrange-headed ThrushThe Orange-headed Thrush is a bird in the thrush family.It is common in well-wooded areas of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Most populations are resident...
Zoothera citrina - Siberian ThrushSiberian ThrushThe Siberian Thrush, Zoothera sibirica, is a member of the Thrush family Turdidae.It breeds in taiga in Siberia. It is strongly migratory, with most birds moving to southeastern Asia during the winter. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. It is very secretive.The Siberian Thrush is similar...
Zoothera sibirica - Plain-backed ThrushPlain-backed ThrushThe Plain-backed Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.-References:* BirdLife...
Zoothera mollissima - Long-tailed ThrushLong-tailed ThrushThe Long-tailed Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Zoothera dixoni - Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- Dark-sided ThrushDark-sided ThrushThe Dark-sided Thrush is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae. It is also known as the Lesser Brown Thrush, the Long-billed Ground-thrush and the Dark-sided Ground-thrush...
Zoothera marginata - Gray-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Tickell's ThrushTickell's ThrushTickell's Thrush is a passerine bird in the thrush family Turdidae. It is common in open forest in the Himalaya, and migrates seasonally into peninsular India....
Turdus unicolor - Black-breasted ThrushBlack-breasted ThrushThe Black-breasted Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Turdus dissimilis - Japanese ThrushJapanese ThrushThe Japanese Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:...
Turdus cardis - White-collared BlackbirdWhite-collared BlackbirdThe White-collared Blackbird is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in the Indian Subcontinent, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude...
Turdus albocinctus - Gray-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
- Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
- Island ThrushIsland ThrushThe Island Thrush is a common forest bird in the thrush family. Almost 50 subspecies have been described, ranging from Taiwan, through South East Asia and Melanesia, to Samoa, exhibiting great differences in plumage...
Turdus poliocephalus - Chestnut ThrushChestnut ThrushThe Chestnut Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-External links:*...
Turdus rubrocanus - White-backed ThrushWhite-backed ThrushThe White-backed Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal.Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate shrubland.-References:...
Turdus kessleri - Gray-sided Thrush Turdus feae
- Eyebrowed ThrushEyebrowed ThrushThe Eyebrowed Thrush, Turdus obscurus, is a member of the thrush family Turdidae.It breeds in dense coniferous forest and taiga eastwards from Siberia. It is strongly migratory, wintering south to southeast Asia and Indonesia. It is a rare vagrant to western Europe.It nests in trees, laying 4-6...
Turdus obscurus - Pale ThrushPale ThrushThe Pale Thrush is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the genus Turdus in the thrush family Turdidae. It is closely related to the Eye-browed Thrush and Grey-backed Thrush....
Turdus pallidus - Brown-headed ThrushBrown-headed ThrushThe Brown-headed Thrush , sometimes known as the Brown Thrush, is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, the Philippines, Russia, and Taiwan. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Turdus chrysolaus - Dark-throated ThrushDark-throated ThrushThe Dark-throated Thrush is a passerine bird in the thrush family. It has two races: T. r. atrogularis, the Black-throated Thrush, and T. r. ruficollis, the Red-throated Thrush. These are sometimes considered different species...
Turdus ruficollis - Dusky ThrushDusky ThrushThe Dusky Thrush, Turdus eunomus, is a member of the thrush family Turdidae which breeds eastwards from central Siberia. It is closely related to the more southerly breeding Naumann's Thrush T...
Turdus naumanni - FieldfareFieldfareThe Fieldfare is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. It breeds in woodland and scrub in northern Europe and Asia. It is strongly migratory, with many northern birds moving south during the winter. It is a very rare breeder in Great Britain and Ireland, but winters in large numbers in these...
Turdus pilaris - RedwingRedwingThe Redwing is a bird in the thrush family Turdidae, native to Europe and Asia, slightly smaller than the related Song Thrush.-Taxonomy:...
Turdus iliacus - Song ThrushSong ThrushThe Song Thrush is a thrush that breeds across much of Eurasia. It is also known in English dialects as throstle or mavis. It has brown upperparts and black-spotted cream or buff underparts and has three recognised subspecies...
Turdus philomelos - Chinese ThrushChinese ThrushThe Chinese Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in China and Vietnam.Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
Turdus mupinensis - Mistle ThrushMistle ThrushThe Mistle Thrush is a member of the thrush family Turdidae.It is found in open woods and cultivated land over all of Europe and much of Asia...
Turdus viscivorus - Rusty-bellied ShortwingRusty-bellied ShortwingThe Rusty-bellied Shortwing is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in China, India, and Myanmar....
Brachypteryx hyperythra - Gould's ShortwingGould's ShortwingThe Gould's Shortwing is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Brachypteryx stellata - Lesser ShortwingLesser ShortwingThe Lesser Shortwing is a species of chat. This thrush-like Old World flycatcher is nowadays placed in the family Turdidae....
Brachypteryx leucophrys - White-browed ShortwingWhite-browed ShortwingThe White-browed Shortwing is a species of chat. This thrush-like Old World flycatcher is nowadays placed in the family Turdidae....
Brachypteryx montana
Cisticolas and allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: CisticolidaeCisticolidae
The Cisticolidae family of small passerine birds is a group of about 110 warblers found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. They are often included within the Old World warbler family Sylviidae....
The Cisticolidae are warblers found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. They are generally very small birds of drab brown or grey appearance found in open country such as grassland or scrub. There are 111 species worldwide and 10 species which occur in China.
- Zitting CisticolaZitting CisticolaThe Zitting Cisticola or Streaked Fantail Warbler , is widely distributed Old World warbler whose breeding range includes southern Europe, Africa outside the deserts and rainforest, and southern Asia down to northern Australia...
Cisticola juncidis - Golden-headed CisticolaGolden-headed CisticolaThe Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis, also known as the Bright-headed Cisticola, is a species of warbler found from India to Australia....
Cisticola exilis - White-browed Chinese WarblerWhite-browed Chinese WarblerThe Chinese Hill Warbler , also known as the White-browed Chinese Warbler or Chinese Bush-dweller, is a species of bird in the monotypic genus Rhopophilus. Its relationships are uncertain and it has been placed in the families Cisticolidae, Timaliidae or Sylviidae...
Rhopophilus pekinensis (E) - Striated PriniaStriated PriniaThe Striated Prinia is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.It is found in the Indian Subcontinent, with smaller disjunct populations in parts of Southeast Asia. It ranges across Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Taiwan.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Prinia criniger - Brown PriniaBrown PriniaThe Brown Prinia is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.-References:...
Prinia polychroa - Hill PriniaHill PriniaThe Hill Prinia is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:...
Prinia atrogularis - Rufescent PriniaRufescent PriniaThe Rufescent Prinia is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Prinia rufescens - Gray-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Yellow-bellied PriniaYellow-bellied PriniaThe Yellow-bellied Prinia is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Prinia flaviventris - Plain PriniaPlain PriniaThe Plain Prinia, or the Plain, or White-browed, Wren-Warbler is a small warbler in the cisticola family. It is a resident breeder from Pakistan and India to south China and southeast Asia....
Prinia inornata
Old World warblers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: SylviidaeSylviidae
Sylviidae is a family of passerine birds that was part of an assemblage known as the Old World warblers. The family was formerly a wastebin taxon with over 400 species of bird in over 70 genera. The family was poorly defined with many characteristics shared with other families...
The family Sylviidae is a group of small insectivorous passerine birds. The Sylviidae mainly occur as breeding species, as the common name implies, in Europe, Asia and, to a lesser extent Africa. Most are of generally undistinguished appearance, but many have distinctive songs. There are 291 species worldwide and 98 species which occur in China. China has the greatest diversity of sylvids of any country on earth.
- Chestnut-headed TesiaChestnut-headed TesiaThe Chestnut-headed Tesia is a songbird species formerly in the "Old World warbler" but nowadays placed in the bush warbler family ....
Tesia castaneocoronata - Slaty-bellied TesiaSlaty-bellied TesiaThe Slaty-Bellied Tesia is a species of warbler in the Cettiidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife...
Tesia olivea - Gray-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer
- Asian StubtailAsian StubtailThe Asian Stubtail is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family.It is found in China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Urosphena squameiceps - Manchurian Bush-WarblerManchurian Bush-warblerThe Manchurian Bush-warbler , also known as Korean Bush-warbler, is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family....
Cettia canturians - Pale-footed Bush-Warbler Cettia pallidipes (A)
- Japanese Bush-Warbler Cettia diphone
- Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler Cettia fortipes
- Chestnut-crowned Bush-Warbler Cettia major
- Aberrant Bush-Warbler Cettia flavolivacea
- Yellowish-bellied Bush-Warbler Cettia acanthizoides
- Gray-sided Bush-Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
- Cetti's WarblerCetti's WarblerCetti's Warbler , Cettia cetti, is an Old World warbler which breeds in Europe, northwest Africa and east southern temperate Asia as far as Afghanistan and NW Pakistan. It is the only bush warbler to occur outside Asia...
Cettia cetti - Spotted Bush-WarblerSpotted Bush-warblerThe Spotted Bush-warbler or Baikal Bush-warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Locustellidae family....
Bradypterus thoracicus - Long-billed Bush-WarblerLong-billed Bush-warblerThe Long-billed Bush-warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Locustellidae family.It is found in China, India, Pakistan, and Tajikistan.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Bradypterus major - Chinese Bush-WarblerChinese Bush-warblerThe Chinese Bush-warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Megaluridae family.It is found in China, India, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is temperate forests....
Bradypterus tacsanowskius - Russet Bush-WarblerRusset Bush-warblerThe Russet Bush-warbler is a songbird species. Formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, it is now placed in the newly-recognized family Locustellidae. B. mandelli was until recently considered a subspecies of B. seebohmi, and the name "Russet Bush-warbler" was applied to the entire...
Bradypterus seebohmi - Brown Bush-WarblerBrown Bush-warblerThe Brown Bush-warbler is a songbird species. Formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, it is now placed in the newly-recognized family Locustellidae....
Bradypterus luteoventris - Lanceolated WarblerLanceolated WarblerThe Lanceolated Warbler is an Old World warbler in the grass warbler genus Locustella. It breeds from northeast European Russia across northern Asia to northern Hokkaidō, Japan...
Locustella lanceolata - Grasshopper WarblerGrasshopper WarblerThe Grasshopper Warbler, Locustella naevia, is an Old World warbler in the grass warbler genus Locustella. It breeds across much of temperate Europe and Asia. It is migratory, wintering from northwest Africa to India....
Locustella naevia - Pallas's WarblerPallas's WarblerThe Pallas's Warbler or Pallas's Leaf Warbler is a leaf warbler which breeds in southern Siberia , northern Mongolia, and northeastern China...
Locustella certhiola - Middendorff's Grasshopper-WarblerMiddendorff's Grasshopper-warblerThe Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Locustellidae family.It is found in Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Russia, Taiwan, and the United States.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded...
Locustella ochotensis - Pleske's Warbler Locustella pleskei
- Savi's WarblerSavi's WarblerThe Savi's Warbler, Locustella luscinioides, is an Old World warbler in the grass warbler genus Locustella. It breeds in southern Europe into temperate western Asia. It is migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa....
Locustella luscinioides - Gray's Warbler Locustella fasciolata
- Sedge WarblerSedge WarblerThe Sedge Warbler is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It is a medium-sized warbler with a brown, streaked back and wings and a distinct pale supercilium. Sedge Warblers are migratory, crossing the Sahara to get from their European and Asian breeding grounds to spend winter in Africa...
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus - Streaked Reed-WarblerStreaked Reed-warblerThe Streaked Reed-warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Acrocephalidae family .It is found in China and the Philippines.Its natural habitats are swamps and arable land....
Acrocephalus sorghophilus - Black-browed Reed-WarblerBlack-browed Reed-warblerThe Black-browed Reed-warbler is a species of marsh-warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....
Acrocephalus bistrigiceps - Paddyfield WarblerPaddyfield WarblerThe Paddyfield Warbler, Acrocephalus agricola, is a species of marsh-warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. The Manchurian Reed-warbler was included in A. agricola as a subspecies.It breeds in temperate central Asia. It is migratory, wintering in Pakistan and...
Acrocephalus agricola - Blunt-winged WarblerBlunt-winged WarblerThe Blunt-winged Warbler is a species of marsh-warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....
Acrocephalus concinens - Eurasian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Blyth's Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Great Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Oriental Reed-WarblerOriental Reed-warblerThe Oriental Reed-warbler is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the reed-warbler genus Acrocephalus. It was formerly classified as a subspecies of the Great Reed-warbler of western Eurasia....
Acrocephalus orientalis - Clamorous Reed-WarblerClamorous Reed-WarblerThe Clamorous Reed Warbler is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It breeds from Egypt eastwards through Pakistan, Afghanistan and northernmost India to south China, southeast Asia and south to Australia...
Acrocephalus stentoreus - Thick-billed WarblerThick-billed WarblerThe Thick-billed Warbler is an Old World warbler that breeds in temperate east Asia. It is migratory, wintering in tropical south east Asia. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe....
Acrocephalus aedon - Booted WarblerBooted WarblerThe Booted Warbler is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler group. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with Sykes' Warbler, but the two are now usually both afforded species status...
Hippolais caligata - Sykes's Warbler Hippolais rama
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerEastern Olivaceous WarblerThe Eastern Olivaceous Warbler is a "warbler", formerly placed in the Old World warblers when these were a paraphyletic wastebin taxon. It is now considered a member of the acrocephaline warbelrs, Acrocephalidae, in the tree warbler genus Hippolais ...
Hippolais pallida - Mountain TailorbirdMountain TailorbirdThe Mountain Tailorbird is a songbird species formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage with the other tailorbirds, but it actually seems to be one of the "pseudo-tailorbirds" which should be considered a genus Phyllergates in the family Cettiidae.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan,...
Orthotomus cuculatus - Common TailorbirdCommon TailorbirdThe Common Tailorbird is a songbird found across tropical Asia. Popular for its nest made of leaves "sewn" together and immortalized by Rudyard Kipling in his Jungle Book, it is a common resident in urban gardens. Although shy birds that are usually hidden within vegetation, their loud calls are...
Orthotomus sutorius - Dark-necked TailorbirdDark-necked TailorbirdThe Dark-necked Tailorbird is a songbird species. Formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, it is now placed in the family Cisticolidae....
Orthotomus atrogularis - White-browed Tit-WarblerWhite-browed Tit-warblerThe White-browed Tit-warbler is a species of bird in the Aegithalidae family. It is found in China, India, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.Its natural habitat is boreal forests....
Leptopoecile sophiae - Crested Tit-WarblerCrested Tit-warblerThe Crested Tit-warbler is a species of bird in the Aegithalidae family.It is found in China and possibly India.Its natural habitat is boreal forests.-References:...
Leptopoecile elegans (E) - Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Mountain Chiffchaff Phylloscopus sindianus
- Wood WarblerWood WarblerThe Wood Warbler is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asia in the southern Ural Mountains...
Phylloscopus sibilatrix (A) - Dusky WarblerDusky WarblerThe Dusky Warbler, Phylloscopus fuscatus, is a leaf warbler which breeds in east Asia. This warbler is strongly migratory and winters in southeast Asia. It has a foothold in North America in Alaska, and has also occurred in California...
Phylloscopus fuscatus - Smoky WarblerSmoky WarblerThe Smoky Warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Phylloscopidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal.-References:...
Phylloscopus fuligiventer - Tickell's Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Buff-throated WarblerBuff-throated WarblerThe Buff-throated Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....
Phylloscopus subaffinis - Sulphur-bellied WarblerSulphur-bellied WarblerThe Sulphur-bellied Warbler is a species of leaf-warbler found in the Palearctic region. They were earlier also known by the name of Olivaceous Leaf-warbler....
Phylloscopus griseolus - Yellow-streaked WarblerYellow-streaked WarblerThe Yellow-streaked Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....
Phylloscopus armandii - Radde's WarblerRadde's WarblerRadde's Warbler, Phylloscopus schwarzi, is a leaf warbler which breeds in Siberia. This warbler is strongly migratory and winters in southeast Asia....
Phylloscopus schwarzi - Buff-barred WarblerBuff-barred WarblerThe Buff-barred Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....
Phylloscopus pulcher - Ashy-throated WarblerAshy-throated WarblerThe Ashy-throated Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....
Phylloscopus maculipennis - Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Gansu Leaf-WarblerGansu Leaf-warblerThe Gansu Leaf-warbler is a small passerine bird known only from China. It belongs to the leaf warbler genus Phylloscopus within the family Phylloscopidae. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of Pallas's Warbler The Gansu Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus kansuensis) is a small passerine bird known...
Phylloscopus kansuensis (E) - Pale-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus
- Sichuan Leaf-WarblerSichuan Leaf-warblerThe Sichuan Leaf-Warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family.It is found only in China.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest....
Phylloscopus forresti - Chinese Leaf-WarblerChinese Leaf-warblerThe Chinese Leaf-warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Phylloscopidae family. It is found only in China....
Phylloscopus yunnanensis - Yellow-browed WarblerYellow-browed WarblerThe Yellow-browed Warbler is a leaf warbler which breeds in temperate Asia. This warbler is strongly migratory and winters mainly in tropical southeast Asia, but also in small numbers in western Europe...
Phylloscopus inornatus - Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Arctic WarblerArctic WarblerThe Arctic Warbler, Phylloscopus borealis, is a widespread leaf warbler in birch or mixed birch forest near water throughout its breeding range in Fennoscandia and northern Asia. It has established a foothold in North America, breeding in Alaska. This warbler is strongly migratory; the entire...
Phylloscopus borealis - Greenish WarblerGreenish WarblerThe Greenish Warbler and Green Warbler are widespread leaf-warblers throughout their breeding range in northeastern Europe and temperate to subtropical continental Asia. This warbler is strongly migratory and winters in India. It is not uncommon as a spring or early autumn vagrant in Western...
Phylloscopus trochiloides - Pale-legged Leaf-WarblerPale-legged Leaf-warblerThe Pale-Legged Leaf-Warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Phylloscopidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, India, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:*...
Phylloscopus tenellipes - Large-billed Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Western Crowned Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis
- Eastern Crowned Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Blyth's Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Hainan Leaf-WarblerHainan Leaf-warblerThe Hainan Leaf-warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Phylloscopidae family.It is found only in China....
Phylloscopus hainanus (E) - Emei Leaf-WarblerEmei Leaf-warblerThe Emei Leaf-warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....
Phylloscopus emeiensis (E) - White-tailed Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus davisoni
- Yellow-vented WarblerYellow-vented WarblerThe Yellow-vented Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....
Phylloscopus cantator - Sulphur-breasted WarblerSulphur-breasted WarblerThe Sulphur-breasted Warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Phylloscopidae family.It is found in China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Phylloscopus ricketti - Golden-spectacled Warbler Seicercus burkii
- Gray-hooded Warbler Seicercus xanthoschistos
- White-spectacled WarblerWhite-spectacled WarblerThe White-spectacled Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam...
Seicercus affinis - Gray-cheeked Warbler Seicercus poliogenys
- Chestnut-crowned WarblerChestnut-crowned WarblerThe Chestnut-crowned Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....
Seicercus castaniceps - Rufous-faced WarblerRufous-faced WarblerThe Rufous-faced Warbler is a species of bush warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....
Abroscopus albogularis - Yellow-bellied WarblerYellow-bellied WarblerThe Yellow-bellied Warbler is a species of bush warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....
Abroscopus superciliaris - Black-faced WarblerBlack-faced WarblerThe Black-faced Warbler is a species of bush warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....
Abroscopus schisticeps - Broad-billed WarblerBroad-billed WarblerThe Broad-billed Warbler is a species of bush warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, and belongs to the monotypic genus Tickellia....
Tickellia hodgsoni - Marsh GrassbirdMarsh GrassbirdThe Marsh Grassbird , also known as the Japanese Swamp Warbler, is a species of Old World warbler in the Locustellidae family. It is found in China, Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, and Russia....
Megalurus pryeri - Striated GrassbirdStriated GrassbirdThe Striated Grassbird is an "Old World warbler" species in the family Locustellidae. It was formerly placed in the Sylviidae....
Megalurus palustris - Rufous-rumped GrassbirdRufous-rumped GrassbirdThe Rufous-Rumped Grassbird is a species of babbler in a monotypic genus in the Timaliidae family. It was formerly placed in the Old World Warbler family Sylviidae.-Distribution and habitat:...
Graminicola bengalensis - Greater Whitethroat Sylvia communis
- Lesser WhitethroatLesser WhitethroatThe Lesser Whitethroat is a common and widespread typical warbler which breeds in temperate Europe, except the southwest, and in western and central Asia. This small passerine bird is strongly migratory, wintering in Africa just south of the Sahara, Arabia and India.Unlike many typical warblers,...
Sylvia curruca - Small WhitethroatSmall WhitethroatThe Desert Whitethroat is a typical warbler. Until recently, it was considered conspecific with the Lesser Whitethroat; today these are seen as members of a superspecies...
Sylvia minula - Margelanic Whitethroat Sylvia margelanica
- Hume's WhitethroatHume's WhitethroatHume's Whitethroat Sylvia althaea is a species of typical warbler. Until recently, it was considered conspecific with the Lesser Whitethroat; today these are seen as members of a superspecies which also includes the Desert Whitethroat...
Sylvia althaea - Asian Desert WarblerAsian Desert WarblerThe Asian Desert Warbler Sylvia nana is a typical warbler which breeds in the deserts of central and western Asia and the extreme east of Europe , and migrating to similar habitats in southwestern Asia and the far northeast of Africa in winter...
Sylvia nana - Barred WarblerBarred WarblerThe Barred Warbler is a typical warbler which breeds across temperate regions of central and eastern Europe and western and central Asia. This passerine bird is strongly migratory, and winters in tropical eastern Africa....
Sylvia nisoria - Gray-crowned Warbler Seicercus tephrocephalus
- Whistler's WarblerWhistler's WarblerWhistler's Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....
Seicercus whistleri - Bianchi's WarblerBianchi's WarblerBianchi's Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.It is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam...
Seicercus valentini - Plain-tailed WarblerPlain-tailed WarblerThe Plain-tailed Warbler, or Alström' Warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Phylloscopidae family...
Seicercus soror
Old World flycatchers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: MuscicapidaeOld World flycatchers are a large group of small passerine birds native to the Old World. They are mainly small arboreal insectivores. The appearance of these birds is very varied, but they mostly have weak songs and harsh calls. There 274 species worldwide and 90 species which occur in China. China has the greatest diversity of old world flycatchers of any country on earth.
- Brown-chested Jungle-FlycatcherBrown-chested Jungle-flycatcherThe Brown-chested Jungle-flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Tibet....
Rhinomyias brunneata - Spotted FlycatcherSpotted FlycatcherThe Spotted Flycatcher, Muscicapa striata, is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in most of Europe and western Asia, and is migratory, wintering in Africa and south western Asia. It is declining in parts of its range....
Muscicapa striata - Gray-spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Siberian Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Asian Brown FlycatcherAsian Brown FlycatcherThe Asian Brown Flycatcher, Muscicapa dauurica, is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It includes the Brown-streaked Flycatcher, which is sometimes considered a distinct species Muscicapa williamsoni....
Muscicapa dauurica - Brown-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa williamsoni
- Brown-breasted FlycatcherBrown-breasted FlycatcherThe Brown-breasted Flycatcher or Layard's Flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The species breeds in north eastern India, central and Southern China and northern Burma and Thailand, and migrates to southern India and Sri Lanka.-Description:The Brown-breasted...
Muscicapa muttui - Ferruginous FlycatcherFerruginous FlycatcherThe Ferruginous Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, India, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane...
Muscicapa ferruginea - Korean Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Narcissus FlycatcherNarcissus FlycatcherThe Narcissus Flycatcher is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It is native to east Asia, from Sakhalin to the north, through Japan across through Korea, mainland China, and Taiwan, wintering in southeast Asia, including the Philippines and Borneo...
Ficedula narcissina - Beijing Flycatcher Ficedula beijingnica (E)
- Mugimaki FlycatcherMugimaki FlycatcherThe Mugimaki Flycatcher is a small passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the genus Ficedula in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. The name "mugimaki" comes from Japanese and means "wheat-sower". The bird is also known as the Robin Flycatcher.It is 13 to 13.5 centimetres long. It...
Ficedula mugimaki - Slaty-backed FlycatcherSlaty-backed FlycatcherThe Slaty-backed Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:*...
Ficedula hodgsonii - Rufous-gorgeted FlycatcherRufous-gorgeted FlycatcherThe Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane...
Ficedula strophiata - Red-breasted FlycatcherRed-breasted FlycatcherThe Red-breasted Flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in eastern Europe and across central Asia and is migratory, wintering in south Asia. It is a regular passage migrant in western Europe, whereas the Collared Flycatcher which breeds further west is...
Ficedula parva - Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Snowy-browed FlycatcherSnowy-browed FlycatcherThe Snowy-browed Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam...
Ficedula hyperythra - White-gorgeted FlycatcherWhite-gorgeted FlycatcherThe White-gorgeted Flycatcher is a species of passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.- External links :*...
Ficedula monileger - Little Pied FlycatcherLittle Pied FlycatcherThe Little Pied Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitats are...
Ficedula westermanni - Ultramarine FlycatcherUltramarine FlycatcherThe Ultramarine Flycatcher or the White-browed Blue Flycatcher is a small arboreal Old World flycatcher in the ficedula family that breeds in the foothills of the Himalayas and winters in southern India.-Distribution:...
Ficedula superciliaris - Slaty-blue FlycatcherSlaty-blue FlycatcherThe Slaty-blue Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam...
Ficedula tricolor - Sapphire FlycatcherSapphire FlycatcherThe Sapphire Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on...
Ficedula sapphira - Blue-and-white FlycatcherBlue-and-White FlycatcherThe Blue-and-white Flycatcher, Cyanoptila cyanomelana is a migratory songbird. It breeds in Japan, Korea, and in parts of China and Russia. It winters in South East Asia, especially in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Sumatra and Borneo.-References:...
Cyanoptila cyanomelana - Verditer FlycatcherVerditer FlycatcherThe Verditer Flycatcher is an Old World flycatcher found in the Indian subcontinent, especially in the Lower Himalaya. It is named after its distinctive shade of copper-sulphate blue and has a dark patch between the eyes and above the bill base. The adult males are intense blue on all areas of the...
Eumyias thalassina - Large NiltavaLarge NiltavaThe Large Niltava is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand,and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or Antarctic montane forests.-External links:*...
Niltava grandis - Small NiltavaSmall NiltavaThe Small Niltava is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 26...
Niltava macgrigoriae - Fujian NiltavaFujian NiltavaThe Fujian Niltava is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Niltava davidi - Rufous-bellied NiltavaRufous-bellied NiltavaThe Rufous-bellied Niltava is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane...
Niltava sundara - Vivid NiltavaVivid NiltavaThe Vivid Niltava is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Niltava vivida - White-tailed FlycatcherWhite-tailed FlycatcherThe White-tailed Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Cyornis concretus - Hainan Blue-FlycatcherHainan Blue-flycatcherThe Hainan Blue-flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Cyornis hainanus - Pale-chinned Blue-FlycatcherPale-chinned Blue-flycatcherThe Pale-chinned Blue-flycatcher or Brook's Flycathcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is sparrow sized bird.Male is bluish-grey on upper parts,rufous throat and white below.Nesting season is April–June....
Cyornis poliogenys - Pale Blue-FlycatcherPale Blue-flycatcherThe Pale Blue-flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam...
Cyornis unicolor - Blue-throated FlycatcherBlue-throated FlycatcherThe Blue-throated Flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It resembles Cyornis tickelliae but easily separated by the blue throat. The habitat of this species is a thicker forest than other species of flycatchers...
Cyornis rubeculoides - Hill Blue-FlycatcherHill Blue-flycatcherThe Hill Blue-flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:...
Cyornis banyumas - Pygmy Blue-FlycatcherPygmy Blue-flycatcherThe Pygmy Flycatcher , also known as the Pygmy Blue-flycatcher, is a bird species of the family Muscicapidae, in the monotypic genus Muscicapella.-Distribution and habitat:...
Muscicapella hodgsoni (A) - Gray-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- European RobinEuropean RobinThe European Robin , most commonly known in Anglophone Europe simply as the Robin, is a small insectivorous passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family , but is now considered to be an Old World flycatcher...
Erithacus rubecula (A) - Japanese RobinJapanese RobinThe Japanese Robin or komadori is a songbird. Recent research suggests that the East Asian robins belong into a new genus uniting them with some East Asian Luscinias such as the Siberian Blue Robin.The name "Japanese Robin" is also sometimes used for the Red-billed Leiothrix .The specific name...
Erithacus akahige - Ryukyu RobinRyukyu RobinThe Ryukyu Robin is a bird endemic to the Ryūkyū Islands, of Japan. It is sometimes placed in the genus Luscinia, but recent research suggests that the East Asian robins belong into a new genus uniting them with some East Asian Luscinias such as the Siberian Blue Robin.The specific name komadori...
Erithacus komadori - Rufous-tailed RobinRufous-tailed RobinThe Rufous-tailed Robin Luscinia sibilans, also known as Swinhoe's Robin, Swinhoe's Nightingale or Whistling Nightingale, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae...
Luscinia sibilans - Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Siberian RubythroatSiberian RubythroatThe Siberian Rubythroat, Luscinia calliope, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae...
Luscinia calliope - White-tailed RubythroatWhite-tailed RubythroatThe White-tailed Rubythroat or Himalayan Rubythroat is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is closely related to the Siberian Rubythroat which however lacks the distinctive white tail-tips and white tail bases. It is found along the Himalayan ranges from Afghanistan to Burma...
Luscinia pectoralis - BluethroatBluethroatThe Bluethroat is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae...
Luscinia svecica - Rufous-headed RobinRufous-headed RobinThe Rufous-headed Robin is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in China and Malaysia.Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate shrubland.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Luscinia ruficeps - Black-throated Blue RobinBlack-throated Blue RobinThe Blackthroat , also known as the Black-throated Robin or Black-throated Blue Robin, is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It breeds in north-central China but its wintering grounds are uncertain. It has been recorded as a vagrant in northwest Thailand...
Luscinia obscura - FirethroatFirethroatThe Firethroat is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, and Myanmar.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Luscinia pectardens - Indian Blue RobinIndian Blue RobinThe Indian Blue Robin is a small bird found in South Asia. Formerly considered a thrush, it is now considered one of the Old World flycatchers in the family Muscicapidae. It was earlier also called the Indian Blue Chat. It is migratory, breeding in the forests along the Himalayas in India and...
Luscinia brunnea - Siberian Blue RobinSiberian Blue RobinThe Siberian Blue Robin, Luscinia cyane, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, family Muscicapidae. It, and similar small European species, are often called chats...
Luscinia cyane - Red-flanked BluetailRed-flanked BluetailThe Red-flanked Bluetail , also known as the Orange-flanked Bush-robin, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae...
Tarsiger cyanurus - Golden Bush-RobinGolden Bush-robinThe Golden Bush-robin is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:...
Tarsiger chrysaeus - White-browed Bush-RobinWhite-browed Bush-robinThe White-browed Bush-robin is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:...
Tarsiger indicus - Rufous-breasted Bush-RobinRufous-breasted Bush-robinThe Rufous-breasted Bush-robin is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:...
Tarsiger hyperythrus - Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas galactotes (A)
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- White-rumped ShamaWhite-rumped ShamaThe White-rumped Shama is a small passerine bird of the family Muscicapidae. It was formerly classified as a member of the Thrush family, Turdidae, causing it to be commonly known as the White-rumped Shama Thrush or simply Shama Thrush.-Distribution:They are native to South and Southeast Asia, but...
Copsychus malabaricus - Ala Shan RedstartAla Shan RedstartThe Przevalski's Redstart is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is endemic to China.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.It is threatened by habitat loss....
Phoenicurus alaschanicus (E) - Rufous-backed RedstartRufous-backed RedstartEversmann's Redstart or Rufous-backed Redstart is a passerine bird belonging to the genus Phoenicurus, a genus of redstarts. It was formerly classified in the thrush family Turdidae but is now placed in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae...
Phoenicurus erythronota - Blue-capped RedstartBlue-capped RedstartThe Blue-capped Redstart is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in most of the Himalayas and the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, with its range extending across...
Phoenicurus caeruleocephalus - Black RedstartBlack RedstartThe Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros is a small passerine bird in the redstart genus Phoenicurus. Like its relatives, it was formerly classed as a member of the Thrush family , but is now known to be an Old World flycatcher .-Description:The Black Redstart is 13–14.5 cm in length and 12–20...
Phoenicurus ochruros - Common RedstartCommon RedstartThe Common Redstart , or often simply Redstart, is a small passerine bird in the redstart genus Phoenicurus...
Phoenicurus phoenicurus - Hodgson's RedstartHodgson's RedstartThe Hodgson's Redstart is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:...
Phoenicurus hodgsoni - White-throated RedstartWhite-throated RedstartThe White-throated Redstart is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:...
Phoenicurus schisticeps - Daurian RedstartDaurian RedstartThe Daurian Redstart is a small passerine bird from temperate Asia. In Japan, it is known as jōbitaki .-Description and systematics:Like all typical redstarts, they are strongly sexually dimorphic...
Phoenicurus auroreus - White-winged RedstartWhite-winged RedstartThe Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus, also sometimes called the White-winged Redstart, is a species of bird in the genus Phoenicurus, family Muscicapidae...
Phoenicurus erythrogaster - Blue-fronted RedstartBlue-fronted RedstartThe Blue-fronted Redstart is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:...
Phoenicurus frontalis - White-capped Redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
- Plumbeous Redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosus
- White-bellied RedstartWhite-bellied RedstartThe White-bellied Redstart is a species of bird of the Muscicapidae family, in the monotypic genus Hodgsonius....
Hodgsonius phaenicuroides - White-tailed RobinWhite-tailed RobinThe White-tailed Robin is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam...
Cinclidium leucurum - Siberian StonechatSiberian StonechatThe Siberian Stonechat or Asian Stonechat is a recently-validated species of the Old World flycatcher family . Like the other thrush-like flycatchers, it was often placed in the Turdidae in the past...
Saxicola maura - Blue-fronted RobinBlue-fronted RobinThe Blue-fronted Robin is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and possibly Nepal....
Cinclidium frontale - GrandalaGrandalaThe Grandala is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 26 July 2007....
Grandala coelicolor - Little ForktailLittle ForktailThe Little Forktail is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Tajikistan, and Vietnam...
Enicurus scouleri - Black-backed ForktailBlack-backed ForktailThe Black-backed Forktail is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand....
Enicurus immaculatus - Slaty-backed ForktailSlaty-backed ForktailThe Slaty-backed Forktail is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam...
Enicurus schistaceus - White-crowned ForktailWhite-crowned ForktailThe White-crowned Forktail is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam...
Enicurus leschenaulti - Spotted ForktailSpotted ForktailThe Spotted Forktail is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Enicurus maculatus - Purple CochoaPurple CochoaThe Purple Cochoa is a brightly coloured bird found in the temperate forests of Asia. It is a quiet and elusive bird species that has been considered to be related to the thrushes of family Turdidae or the related Muscicapidae...
Cochoa purpurea - Green CochoaGreen CochoaThe Green Cochoa is a bird species which was variously placed with the thrushes of family Turdidae or the related Muscicapidae . Presently, it is considered closer to the former.-Description:...
Cochoa viridis - White-throated Bushchat Saxicola insignis
- Pied BushchatPied BushchatThe Pied Bushchat is a small passerine bird found ranging from West and Central Asia to South and Southeast Asia. About sixteen subspecies are recognized through its wide range with many island forms...
Saxicola caprata - Jerdon's BushchatJerdon's BushchatThe Jerdon's Bushchat is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.-Distribution:Jerdon's Bushchats have an extremely large range and are native to Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam. They are possibly extinct in Myanmar.Still present in small numbers at Inle Lake, Shan...
Saxicola jerdoni - Gray Bushchat Saxicola ferrea
- Northern WheatearNorthern WheatearThe Northern Wheatear or Wheatear is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae...
Oenanthe oenanthe - Variable WheatearVariable WheatearThe Variable Wheatear is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Russia, State of Israel, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, and Uzbekistan.Its natural habitat is hot...
Oenanthe picata - Pied WheatearPied WheatearThe Pied Wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka, is a wheatear, a small insectivorous passerine that was formerly classed as a member of the Thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae....
Oenanthe pleschanka - Desert WheatearDesert WheatearThe Desert Wheatear is a wheatear, a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the Thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae....
Oenanthe deserti - Isabelline WheatearIsabelline WheatearThe Isabelline Wheatear, Oenanthe isabellina, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the Thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae....
Oenanthe isabellina
Fantails
Order: Passeriformes. Family: RhipiduridaeThe Fantails are small insectivorous birds which are specialist aerial feeders. There are 44 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
- Yellow-bellied FantailYellow-bellied FantailThe Yellow-bellied Fantail Rhipidura hypoxantha is a fantail found in the Indian Subcontinent.-External links:*...
Rhipidura hypoxantha - White-throated FantailWhite-throated FantailThe White-throated Fantail is a small passerine bird. It is found in forest, scrub and cultivation across tropical southern Asia from the Himalayas, India and Bangladesh east to Indonesia. It has numerous subspecies, including R. a...
Rhipidura albicollis - White-browed FantailWhite-browed FantailThe White-browed Fantail, Rhipidura aureola, is a small passerine bird.The White-browed Fantail breeds across tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Vietnam. This species is found in forest and other woodland. Three eggs are laid in a small cup nest in a tree.- Description :The...
Rhipidura aureola
Monarch flycatchers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: MonarchidaeThe monarch flycatchers are small to medium-sized insectivorous passerines, which hunt by flycatching. There are 99 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
- Black-naped MonarchBlack-naped MonarchThe Black-naped Monarch or Black-naped Blue Flycatcher is a slim and agile passerine bird belonging to the family of monarch flycatchers. They are sexually dimorphic with males having a distinctive black patch on the back of the head and a narrow black half collar while the female is duller and...
Hypothymis azurea - Japanese Paradise-FlycatcherJapanese Paradise-flycatcherThe Japanese Paradise-flycatcher , also called the Black Paradise-flycatcher, is a medium-sized passerine bird...
Terpsiphone atrocaudata - Asian Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
Babblers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: TimaliidaeThe babblers or timaliids are somewhat diverse in size and coloration, but are characterised by soft fluffy plumage. There are 270 species worldwide and 116 species which occur in China.
- Masked LaughingthrushMasked LaughingthrushThe Masked Laughingthrush, Garrulax perspicillatus, is a species of laughingthrush found in Asia. It is often seen in small noisy flocks of seven. Its Chinese name [七姊妹 qī zǐ-mèi] means 'seven sisters'.-External links:* on the Internet Bird Collection...
Garrulax perspicillatus - White-throated LaughingthrushWhite-throated LaughingthrushThe White-throated Laughingthrush is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2009....
Garrulax albogularis - White-crested LaughingthrushWhite-crested LaughingthrushThe White-crested Laughingthrush, Garrulax leucolophus is an Old World babbler. It is found in forest and scrub from the Himalayan foothills to Indochina...
Garrulax leucolophus - Lesser Necklaced LaughingthrushLesser Necklaced LaughingthrushThe Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane...
Garrulax monileger - Greater Necklaced LaughingthrushGreater Necklaced LaughingthrushThe Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, the United States, and Vietnam...
Garrulax pectoralis - Striated LaughingthrushStriated LaughingthrushThe Striated Laughingthrush is a bird species in the Old World babbler family . In the proposed rearrangement of the laughingthrushes, it is placed in the monotypic genus Grammatoptila, as G. striata....
Garrulax striatus - White-necked LaughingthrushWhite-necked LaughingthrushThe White-necked Laughingthrush is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand....
Garrulax strepitans - Gray Laughingthrush Garrulax maesi
- Rufous-necked LaughingthrushRufous-necked LaughingthrushThe Rufous-necked Laughingthrush is a bird species in the Old World babbler family . In the proposed rearrangement of the laughingthrushes, it is placed in the genus Dryonastes....
Garrulax ruficollis - Black-throated LaughingthrushBlack-throated LaughingthrushThe Black-throated Laughingthrush is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Garrulax chinensis - Yellow-throated LaughingthrushYellow-throated LaughingthrushThe Yellow-throated Laughingthrush is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in grassy areas with bushes and trees, scrub and forest in north-eastern India, south-eastern Bangladesh and western Myanmar...
Garrulax galbanus - Pere David's Laughingthrush Garrulax davidi (E)
- Sukatschev's Laughingthrush Garrulax sukatschewi (E)
- Moustached LaughingthrushMoustached LaughingthrushThe Moustached Laughingthrush is a bird species in the Old World babbler family . In the proposed rearrangement of the laughingthrushes, it is placed in the genus Ianthocincla, as I. cineracea....
Garrulax cineraceus - Rufous-chinned LaughingthrushRufous-chinned LaughingthrushThe Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush is a bird species in the Old World babbler family . In the proposed rearrangement of the laughingthrushes, it is placed in the genus Ianthocincla, as I. ocellata....
Garrulax rufogularis (A) - Spotted LaughingthrushSpotted LaughingthrushThe Spotted Laughingthrush is a bird species in the Old World babbler family . In the proposed rearrangement of the laughingthrushes, it is placed in the genus Ianthocincla, as I. ocellata....
Garrulax ocellatus - Barred LaughingthrushBarred LaughingthrushThe Barred Laughingthrush is a bird species in the Old World babbler family . In the proposed rearrangement of the laughingthrushes, it is placed in the genus Ianthocincla, as I. lunulata....
Garrulax lunulatus (E) - Biet's Laughingthrush Garrulax bieti (E)
- Giant LaughingthrushGiant LaughingthrushThe Giant Laughingthrush is a bird species in the Old World babbler family . In the proposed rearrangement of the laughingthrushes, it is placed in the genus Ianthocincla, as I. maxima....
Garrulax maximus (E) - Gray-sided Laughingthrush Garrulax caerulatus
- Rusty LaughingthrushRusty LaughingthrushThe Rusty Laughingthrush is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in China and Taiwan.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 25 July 2007.-External links:...
Garrulax poecilorhynchus - Spot-breasted LaughingthrushSpot-breasted LaughingthrushThe Spot-breasted Laughingthrush is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in south-west China, north-east India, Laos, Myanmar, north-west Thailand, and northern Vietnam...
Garrulax merulinus - Hwamei Garrulax canorus
- White-browed LaughingthrushWhite-browed LaughingthrushThe White-browed Laughingthrush is a bird species in the Old World babbler family . In the proposed rearrangement of the laughingthrushes, it is placed in the genus Pterorhinus, as P. sannio....
Garrulax sannio - Streaked LaughingthrushStreaked LaughingthrushThe Streaked Laughingthrush is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, and Tajikistan....
Garrulax lineatus - Scaly LaughingthrushScaly LaughingthrushThe Scaly Laughingthrush is a bird species in the Old World babbler family . In the proposed rearrangement of the laughingthrushes, it is placed in the genus Trochalopteron....
Garrulax subunicolor - Blue-winged LaughingthrushBlue-winged LaughingthrushThe Blue-winged Laughingthrush is a bird species in the Old World babbler family . In the proposed rearrangement of the laughingthrushes, it is placed in the genus Trochalopteron, as T. squamatum....
Garrulax squamatus - Elliot's LaughingthrushElliot's LaughingthrushElliot's Laughingthrush is a bird species in the Old World babbler family . In the proposed rearrangement of the laughingthrushes, it is placed in the genus Trochalopteron, as T. elliotii....
Garrulax elliotii (E) - Variegated LaughingthrushVariegated LaughingthrushThe Variegated Laughingthrush is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 25 July 2007....
Garrulax variegatus (A) - Prince Henry's Laughingthrush Garrulax henrici
- Black-faced LaughingthrushBlack-faced LaughingthrushThe Black-faced Laughingthrush is a bird species in the Old World babbler family . In the proposed rearrangement of the laughingthrushes, it is placed in the genus Trochalopteron, as T. affine....
Garrulax affinis - Chestnut-crowned LaughingthrushChestnut-crowned LaughingthrushThe Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Garrulax erythrocephalus - Red-winged LaughingthrushRed-winged LaughingthrushThe Red-winged Laughingthrush is a bird species in the Old World babbler family . In the proposed rearrangement of the laughingthrushes, it is placed in the genus Trochalopteron, as T. formosum....
Garrulax formosus - Red-tailed LaughingthrushRed-tailed LaughingthrushThe Red-tailed Laughingthrush is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 25 July 2007....
Garrulax milnei - Gray-faced Liocichla Liocichla omeiensis (E)
- Red-faced LiocichlaRed-faced LiocichlaThe Red-faced Liocichla is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is also known as the Crimson-faced Liocichla....
Liocichla phoenicea - Buff-breasted BabblerBuff-breasted BabblerThe Buff-breasted Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane...
Pellorneum tickelli - Spot-throated BabblerSpot-throated BabblerThe Spot-throated Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Pellorneum albiventre - Puff-throated BabblerPuff-throated BabblerThe Puff-throated Babbler or Spotted Babbler is a species of passerine bird found in Asia. They are found in scrub and moist forest mainly in hilly regions. They forage in small groups on the forest floor, turning around leaf litter to find their prey and usually staying low in the undergrowth...
Pellorneum ruficeps - Large Scimitar-BabblerLarge Scimitar-babblerThe Large Scimitar-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Pomatorhinus hypoleucos - Spot-breasted Scimitar-BabblerSpot-breasted Scimitar-babblerThe Spot-breasted Scimitar-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in India and Myanmar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2010. . Downloaded...
Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis - Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-BabblerRusty-cheeked Scimitar-babblerThe Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane...
Pomatorhinus erythrogenys - Streak-breasted Scimitar-BabblerStreak-breasted Scimitar-babblerThe Streak-breasted Scimitar-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests...
Pomatorhinus ruficollis - Red-billed Scimitar-BabblerRed-billed Scimitar-babblerThe Red-billed Scimitar-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps - Coral-billed Scimitar-BabblerCoral-billed Scimitar-babblerThe Coral-billed Scimitar-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 26 July...
Pomatorhinus ferruginosus - Slender-billed Scimitar-BabblerSlender-billed Scimitar-babblerThe Slender-billed Scimitar-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is the only member of the genus Xiphirhynchus....
Xiphirhynchus superciliaris - Long-billed Wren-BabblerLong-billed Wren-babblerThe Long-billed Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Rimator.It is found in Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Vietnam....
Rimator malacoptilus (A) - Limestone Wren-BabblerLimestone Wren-babblerThe Limestone Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Napothera crispifrons - Streaked Wren-BabblerStreaked Wren-babblerThe Streaked Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Napothera brevicaudata - Eyebrowed Wren-BabblerEyebrowed Wren-babblerThe Eyebrowed Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Napothera epilepidota - Scaly-breasted Wren-BabblerScaly-breasted Wren-babblerThe Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler is a species of passerine bird in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae.It is found in India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam. The Taiwan Wren-babbler was once treated as a subspecies of this species.Its natural habitat is subtropical moist...
Pnoepyga albiventer - Pygmy Wren-BabblerPygmy Wren-babblerThe Pygmy Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Pnoepyga pusilla - Bar-winged Wren-BabblerBar-winged Wren-babblerThe Bar-winged Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, and Myanmar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Spelaeornis troglodytoides - Spotted Wren-BabblerSpotted Wren-babblerThe Spotted Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Spelaeornis formosus - Long-tailed Wren-BabblerLong-tailed Wren-babblerThe Long-tailed Wren-babbler or Naga Wren-babbler is a bird species in the family Timaliidae.Several former subspecies of this bird have now been recognized as good species. They are: Pale-throated Wren-babbler , Chin Hills Wren-babbler and Grey-bellied Wren-babbler The Long-tailed Wren-babbler...
Spelaeornis chocolatinus - Wedge-billed Wren-BabblerWedge-billed Wren-babblerThe Sikkim Wedge-billed Babbler or Blackish-breasted Babbler is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family . It is named for the Indian state of Sikkim....
Sphenocichla humei - Buff-chested BabblerBuff-chested BabblerThe Buff-chested Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:...
Stachyris ambigua - Rufous-capped BabblerRufous-capped BabblerThe Rufous-capped Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.Ranging across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, it is endemic to Bhutan, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam...
Stachyris ruficeps - Golden BabblerGolden BabblerThe Golden Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam...
Stachyris chrysaea - Gray-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps
- Spot-necked BabblerSpot-necked BabblerThe Spot-necked Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in China, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. ...
Stachyris striolata - Striped Tit-BabblerStriped Tit-BabblerThe Striped Tit-Babbler has been split into 2 species:* Pin-striped Tit-babbler * Bold-striped Tit-babbler...
Macronous gularis - Chestnut-capped BabblerChestnut-capped BabblerThe Chestnut-capped Babbler is a passerine bird of the Timaliidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Timalia.-Distribution:...
Timalia pileata - Yellow-eyed BabblerYellow-eyed BabblerThe Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense is a passerine bird species found in open grass and scrub in south Asia. Its common name refers to its traditional placement with the Old World babbler family Timaliidae...
Chrysomma sinense - Rufous-tailed BabblerRufous-tailed BabblerThe Rufous-tailed Babbler is a bird species in the family Sylviidae. It was formerly included with the Old World babblers , but is actually very closely related to the typical warblers . It is endemic to China.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 25 July 2007.* Collar,...
Chrysomma poecilotis (E) - Chinese BabaxChinese BabaxThe Chinese Babax is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in China, Hong Kong, India, and Myanmar....
Babax lanceolatus - Giant BabaxGiant BabaxThe Giant Babax is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in China and India and threatened by habitat loss. The binomial name commemorates the British explorer Laurence Waddell.-References:...
Babax waddelli - Tibetan BabaxTibetan BabaxThe Tibetan Babax is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is endemic to China.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 25 July 2007....
Babax koslowi (E) - Silver-eared MesiaSilver-eared MesiaThe Silver-eared Mesia is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:...
Leiothrix argentauris - Red-billed LeiothrixRed-billed LeiothrixThe Red-billed Leiothrix, Leiothrix lutea, is a member of the Old World babbler family. It is a common cagebird and amongst aviculturists it goes by various names: Pekin Robin, Pekin Nightingale, Chinese Nightingale, Japanese Nightingale, and Japanese Robin, the last two being misnomers as it is...
Leiothrix lutea - CutiaCutiaThe cutias are the bird genus Cutia in the family Timaliidae. These birds are found in montane forests of continental South and Southeast Asia. The name is derived from the Nepali name khatya or khutya for the type species, the Himalayan Cutia...
Cutia nipalensis - Black-headed Shrike-BabblerBlack-headed Shrike-babblerThe Black-headed Shrike-babbler is a bird species traditionally placed with the Old World babblers in the family Timaliidae. However, it might be one of the few Eurasian vireos ....
Pteruthius rufiventer - White-browed Shrike-BabblerWhite-browed Shrike-babblerThe White-browed Shrike-babbler is a bird species traditionally considered an aberrant Old World babbler and placed in the family Timaliidae. But as it seems, it belongs to an Asian offshoot of the American vireos and may well belong in the Vireonidae...
Pteruthius flaviscapis - Green Shrike-BabblerGreen Shrike-babblerThe Green Shrike-babbler is a bird species traditionally considered an aberrant Old World babbler and placed in the family Timaliidae. But as it seems, it belongs to an Asian offshoot of the American vireos and may well belong in the Vireonidae...
Pteruthius xanthochlorus - Black-eared Shrike-BabblerBlack-eared Shrike-babblerThe Black-eared Shrike-babbler is a bird species traditionally considered an aberrant Old World babbler and placed in the family Timaliidae. But as it seems, it belongs to an Asian offshoot of the American vireos and may well belong in the Vireonidae...
Pteruthius melanotis - Chestnut-fronted Shrike-BabblerChestnut-fronted Shrike-babblerThe Chestnut-fronted Shrike-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in southern China, north-east India, the island of Java in Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam...
Pteruthius aenobarbus - White-hooded BabblerWhite-hooded BabblerThe White-hooded Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Gampsorhynchus....
Gampsorhynchus rufulus - Rusty-fronted BarwingRusty-fronted BarwingThe Rusty-fronted Barwing is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Actinodura egertoni - Spectacled BarwingSpectacled BarwingThe Spectacled Barwing is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Actinodura ramsayi - Hoary-throated BarwingHoary-throated BarwingThe Hoary-throated Barwing is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Actinodura nipalensis - Streak-throated BarwingStreak-throated BarwingThe Streak-throated Barwing is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in China, India, and Myanmar.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Actinodura waldeni - Streaked BarwingStreaked BarwingThe Streaked Barwing is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in China and Vietnam.Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Actinodura souliei - Blue-winged MinlaBlue-winged MinlaThe Blue-winged Siva , also known as the Blue-winged Minla, is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It has in the past been placed in the genus Minla instead of the monotypic Siva....
Minla cyanouroptera - Chestnut-tailed MinlaChestnut-tailed MinlaThe Chestnut-tailed Minla or Bar-throated Minla, is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It has traditionally been placed in the genus Minla instead of the monotypic Chrysominla....
Minla strigula - Red-tailed MinlaRed-tailed MinlaThe Red-tailed Minla is a bird species in the family Timaliidae. Most modern authors consider its genus Minla monotypic...
Minla ignotincta - Golden-breasted FulvettaGolden-breasted FulvettaThe Golden-breasted "Fulvetta" is a species of songbird found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam...
Alcippe chrysotis - Gold-fronted FulvettaGold-fronted FulvettaThe Golden-fronted Fulvetta , also known as the Gold-fronted Fulvetta, is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is endemic to China. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Alcippe variegaticeps (E) - Yellow-throated FulvettaYellow-throated FulvettaThe Yellow-throated Fulvetta is a bird species of the Old World babbler family . Its common name is misleading, because it is not a close relative of the "typical" fulvettas, which are now in the genus Fulvetta and are actually Sylviidae.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos,...
Alcippe cinerea - Rufous-winged FulvettaRufous-winged FulvettaThe Rufous-winged Fulvetta is a bird species of the Old World babbler family . Its common name is misleading, because it is not a close relative of the "typical" fulvettas, which are now in the genus Fulvetta and are actually Sylviidae.The Black-crowned Fulvetta The Rufous-winged Fulvetta...
Alcippe castaneceps - White-browed FulvettaWhite-browed FulvettaThe White-browed Fulvetta is a bird species in the family Sylviidae. Like the other typical fulvettas, it was long included in the Timaliidae genus Alcippe....
Alcippe vinipectus - Chinese FulvettaChinese FulvettaThe Chinese Fulvetta is a bird species in the family Sylviidae. Like the other typical fulvettas, it was long included in the Timaliidae genus Alcippe.It is found in China and India.-References:...
Alcippe striaticollis (E) - Spectacled FulvettaSpectacled FulvettaThe Spectacled Fulvetta is a bird species in the family Sylviidae. Like the other typical fulvettas, it was long included in the Timaliidae genus Alcippe....
Alcippe ruficapilla - Streak-throated FulvettaStreak-throated FulvettaThe Streak-throated Fulvetta or Manipur Fulvetta is a bird species in the family Sylviidae. It is named for the state of Manipur in northeastern India. Like the other typical fulvettas, it was long included in the Timaliidae genus Alcippe. In addition, it was long included in F...
Alcippe cinereiceps - Ludlow's FulvettaLudlow's FulvettaThe Brown-throated Fulvetta or Ludlow's Fulvetta is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal.-References:...
Alcippe ludlowi - Rufous-throated FulvettaRufous-throated FulvettaThe Rufous-throated Fulvetta is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Alcippe rufogularis - Dusky FulvettaDusky FulvettaThe Dusky Fulvetta is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in China, India, and Taiwan.Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Alcippe brunnea - Rusty-capped FulvettaRusty-capped FulvettaThe Rusty-capped Fulvetta is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Alcippe dubia - Brown-cheeked FulvettaBrown-cheeked FulvettaThe Brown-cheeked Fulvetta, Alcippe poioicephala , is an Old World babbler. It was earlier also known as the Quaker Babbler. The Old World babblers are a large family of passerine birds characterised by soft fluffy plumage...
Alcippe poioicephala - Gray-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe morrisonia
- Nepal FulvettaNepal FulvettaThe Nepal Fulvetta , Alcippe nipalensis, is a bird species in the Old World babbler family ....
Alcippe nipalensis (A) - Rufous-backed SibiaRufous-backed SibiaThe Rufous-backed Sibia is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Heterophasia annectens - Rufous SibiaRufous SibiaThe Rufous Sibia is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It feeds on berries and insects.It is found in the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, ranging across India, Bhutan and Nepal. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Heterophasia capistrata - Gray Sibia Heterophasia gracilis
- Black-backed Sibia Heterophasia melanoleuca
- Black-headed SibiaBlack-headed SibiaThe Black-headed Sibia is a bird species in the family Timaliidae. In former times it was often included with the Dark-backed Sibia in H. melanoleuca. Together with most other sibias, it is sometimes separated in the genus Malacias.It is found in China, Laos and Vietnam...
Heterophasia desgodinsi - Beautiful SibiaBeautiful SibiaThe Beautiful Sibia is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in China, India, and Myanmar.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Heterophasia pulchella - Long-tailed SibiaLong-tailed SibiaThe Long-tailed Sibia is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Heterophasia picaoides - Striated YuhinaStriated YuhinaThe Striated Yuhina is a bird species in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. If the white-eyes are considered a distinct family , the genus Staphida, like the typical yuhinas would need to be placed there.Ranging across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, it is endemic to Bangladesh,...
Yuhina castaniceps - White-naped YuhinaWhite-naped YuhinaThe White-naped Yuhina is a bird species in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. If the white-eyes are considered a distinct family , the genus Yuhina would need to be placed there....
Yuhina bakeri - Whiskered YuhinaWhiskered YuhinaThe Whiskered Yuhina is a bird species in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. If the white-eyes are considered a distinct family , the genus Yuhina would need to be placed there....
Yuhina flavicollis - Stripe-throated YuhinaStripe-throated YuhinaThe Stripe-throated Yuhina is a bird species in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. If the white-eyes are considered a distinct family , the genus Yuhina would need to be placed there....
Yuhina gularis - White-collared YuhinaWhite-collared YuhinaThe White-collared Yuhina is a bird species in the Old World babbler family . But it may be a close relative of the white-eyes, and if the Zosteropidae are not abolished it could be placed there....
Yuhina diademata - Rufous-vented YuhinaRufous-vented YuhinaThe Rufous-vented Yuhina is a bird species in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. If the white-eyes are considered a distinct family , the genus Yuhina would need to be placed there....
Yuhina occipitalis - Black-chinned YuhinaBlack-chinned YuhinaThe Black-chinned Yuhina is a bird species in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. If the white-eyes are considered a distinct family , the genus Yuhina would need to be placed there....
Yuhina nigrimenta - White-bellied Yuhina Yuhina zantholeuca
- Fire-tailed MyzornisFire-tailed MyzornisThe Fire-tailed Myzornis is a bird species formerly placed in the Old World babbler family . Its genus Myzornis is monotypic, and has recently been placed in the Old World warbler family Sylviidae.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal...
Myzornis pyrrhoura
Parrotbills
Order: Passeriformes. Family: ParadoxornithidaeThe parrotbills are a group of birds native to East and Southeast Asia, though feral populations are known from elsewhere. They are generally small, long-tailed birds which inhabit reedbeds and similar habitats. There are 20 species worldwide and 19 species which occur in China. China has the greatest diversity of parrotbills of any country on earth.
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Great ParrotbillGreat ParrotbillThe Great Parrotbill is a bird species often placed with the Old World babblers or in a distinct family Paradoxornithidae, but it actually seems to belong to the Sylviidae. Its genus Conostoma is monotypic.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal.-References:* BirdLife...
Conostoma oemodium - Brown ParrotbillBrown ParrotbillThe Brown Parrotbill is a bird species often placed with the Old World babblers or in a distinct family Paradoxornithidae, but it actually seems to belong to the Sylviidae....
Paradoxornis unicolor - Gray-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis gularis
- Three-toed ParrotbillThree-toed ParrotbillThe Three-toed Parrotbill is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is endemic to China.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 26 July 2007....
Paradoxornis paradoxus (E) - Spot-breasted ParrotbillSpot-breasted ParrotbillThe Spot-breasted Parrotbill is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:...
Paradoxornis guttaticollis - Spectacled ParrotbillSpectacled ParrotbillThe Spectacled Parrotbill is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is endemic to central China. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Paradoxornis conspicillatus (E) - Vinous-throated ParrotbillVinous-throated ParrotbillThe Vinous-throated Parrotbill is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, Russia, Taiwan, and Vietnam...
Paradoxornis webbianus - Brown-winged ParrotbillBrown-winged ParrotbillThe Brown-winged Parrotbill is a bird species often placed with the Old World babblers or in a distinct family Paradoxornithidae, but it actually seems to belong to the Sylviidae....
Paradoxornis brunneus - Ashy-throated ParrotbillAshy-throated ParrotbillThe Ashy-throated Parrotbill, Paradoxornis alphonsianus, is a songbird. In old sources, it may be called Alphonse's Crow-tit; though superficially resembling a tit it is not a member of the Paridae...
Paradoxornis alphonsianus - Gray-hooded Parrotbill Paradoxornis zappeyi (E)
- Rusty-throated ParrotbillRusty-throated ParrotbillThe Przevalski's Parrotbill or Rusty-throated Parrotbill is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is endemic to a small area of central China. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 26 July...
Paradoxornis przewalskii (E) - Fulvous ParrotbillFulvous ParrotbillThe Fulvous Parrotbill is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:...
Paradoxornis fulvifrons - Black-throated ParrotbillBlack-throated ParrotbillThe Black-throated Parrotbill is a bird species often placed with the Old World babblers or in a distinct family Paradoxornithidae, but it actually seems to belong to the Sylviidae....
Paradoxornis nipalensis - Golden ParrotbillGolden ParrotbillThe Golden Parrotbill is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Paradoxornis verreauxi - Short-tailed ParrotbillShort-tailed ParrotbillThe Short-tailed Parrotbill is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Paradoxornis davidianus - Black-browed ParrotbillBlack-browed ParrotbillThe Pale-billed Parrotbill , also known as the Black-browed Parrotbill or Lesser Rufous-headed Parrotbill, is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family....
Paradoxornis atrosuperciliaris - Rufous-headed ParrotbillRufous-headed ParrotbillThe Rufous-headed Parrotbill or Greater Rufous-headed Parrotbill is a bird species often placed with the Old World babblers or in a distinct family Paradoxornithidae, but it actually seems to belong to the Sylviidae.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam...
Paradoxornis ruficeps - Reed ParrotbillReed ParrotbillThe Reed Parrotbill is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in China, Mongolia, and Russia. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Paradoxornis heudei
Long-tailed tits
Order: Passeriformes. Family: AegithalidaeLong-tailed tits are a group of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They make woven bag nests in trees. Most eat a mixed diet that includes insects. There are 9 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in China.
- Long-tailed TitLong-tailed TitThe Long-tailed Tit or Long-tailed Bushtit is a common bird found throughout Europe and Asia. There are several extensive accounts of this species, most notably Cramp and Perrins, 1993; Gaston, 1973; and Harrap and Quinn, 1996...
Aegithalos caudatus - White-cheeked TitWhite-cheeked TitThe White-cheeked Bushtit , also known as the White-cheeked Tit, is a species of bird in the Aegithalidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Kashmir region, and Pakistan.-References:...
Aegithalos leucogenys - Black-throated Tit Aegithalos concinnus
- Black-browed TitBlack-browed Titand and and [[The Black-browed Tit is a species of [[bird]] in the [[Aegithalidae]] family. It is found in [[China]] and [[Burma]] and [[Nepal]] . Its natural [[habitat]]s are boreal [[forest]]s and temperate forests. It was formerly considered [[conspecific]] with the [[Rufous-fronted Tit]] and...
Aegithalos iouschistos - Sooty Tit Aegithalos fuliginosus (E)
Chickadees and titmice
Order: Passeriformes. Family: ParidaeThe Paridae are mainly small stocky woodland species with short stout bills. Some have crests. They are adaptable birds, with a mixed diet including seeds and insects. There are species 59 worldwide and 21 species which occur in China. China has the greatest diversity of tits of any country on earth.
- Marsh TitMarsh TitThe Marsh Tit Poecile palustris is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae and genus Poecile, closely related to the Willow, Père David's and Songar Tits. It is small with a black crown and nape, pale cheeks, brown back and greyish-brown wings and tail. Between 8 and 11 subspecies are recognised...
Poecile palustris - Black-bibbed Tit Poecile hypermelaena
- Willow TitWillow TitThe Willow Tit is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder throughout temperate and subarctic Europe and northern Asia. It is more of a conifer specialist than the closely related Marsh Tit, which explains it breeding much further north...
Poecile montana - Songar TitSongar TitThe Songar Tit is a passerine bird in the tit family. It is the southern counterpart of the Willow Tit P...
Poecile songara - White-browed TitWhite-browed TitThe White-browed Tit is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae. It is endemic to the mountain forests of southwestern China ....
Poecile superciliosa (E) - Pere David's Tit Poecile davidi (E)
- Coal TitCoal TitThe Coal Tit, Periparus ater, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder throughout temperate to subtropical Eurasia and northern Africa. The Spot-winged Tit The Coal Tit, Periparus ater, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a...
Periparus ater - Black-breasted Tit Periparus rufonuchalis
- Rufous-vented TitRufous-vented TitThe Rufous-vented Tit is an Asian songbird species in the tit and chickadee family . Some of its subspecies were formerly assigned to its western relative the Rufous-naped Tit , or these two were considered entirely conspecific...
Periparus rubidiventris - Yellow-bellied TitYellow-bellied TitThe Yellow-bellied Tit is a species of bird in the Paridae family.It is endemic to China. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Pardaliparus venustulus (E) - Gray-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous
- Great TitGreat TitThe Great Tit is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe, the Middle East, Central and Northern Asia, and parts of North Africa in any sort of woodland. It is generally resident, and most Great Tits do not migrate except in extremely...
Parus major - Turkestan Tit Parus bokharensis
- Green-backed TitGreen-backed TitThe Green-backed Tit is a species of bird in the Paridae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Burma, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, and Vietnam....
Parus monticolus - Yellow-cheeked TitYellow-cheeked TitThe Yellow-cheeked Tit is a species of bird in the Paridae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Burma, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Parus spilonotus - Azure TitAzure TitThe Azure Tit, Cyanistes cyanus , is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder throughout Russia and central Asia....
Cyanistes cyanus - Yellow-breasted TitYellow-breasted TitThe Yellow-breasted Tit is a species of bird in the Paridae family. It is found in Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan....
Cyanistes flavipectus - Varied TitVaried TitThe Varied Tit is a perching bird from the tit family, Paridae. It occurs in eastern Asia in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and locally in northeastern China and extreme southeastern Russia .- Description :It is 12–14 cm long and weighs 16–18 g. The wing length is 6.0–7.8 cm. In the nominate race P. v...
Sittiparus varius - Yellow-browed TitYellow-browed TitThe Yellow-browed Tit is a species of bird in the family Paridae. It is placed in the monotypic genus Sylviparus....
Sylviparus modestus - Sultan TitSultan TitThe Sultan Tit is a large songbird with a yellow crest, dark bill, black upperparts plumage and yellow underparts. The sexes are similar. The female has greenish black upperparts and yellowish throat...
Melanochlora sultanea - Ground Tit Pseudopodoces humilis
Nuthatches
Order: Passeriformes. Family: SittidaeSittidae
Sittidae is a family of small passerine birds which contains the single genus Sitta containing about 24 species of nuthatches, which are found across Eurasia and North America....
Nuthatches are small woodland birds. They have the unusual ability to climb down trees head first, unlike other birds which can only go upwards. Nuthatches have big heads, short tails and powerful bills and feet. There are 24 species worldwide and 12 species which occur in China. China has the greatest diversity of nuthatches of any country on earth.
- Chestnut-bellied NuthatchChestnut-bellied NuthatchThe Indian Nuthatch is a species of bird in the Sittidae family. It is found in India.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.This species has been split by Rasmussen and Anderton from...
Sitta castanea - Eurasian NuthatchEurasian NuthatchThe Eurasian Nuthatch, Sitta europaea, is a small passerine found throughout temperate Europe and Asia, although not in Ireland. It belongs to the nuthatch family Sittidae....
Sitta europaea - Chestnut-vented NuthatchChestnut-vented NuthatchThe Chestnut-vented Nuthatch is a species of bird in the Sittidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Sitta nagaensis - Kashmir NuthatchKashmir NuthatchThe Kashmir Nuthatch is a species of bird in the Sittidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, India, Nepal, and Pakistan....
Sitta cashmirensis - White-tailed NuthatchWhite-tailed NuthatchThe White-tailed Nuthatch is a species of bird in the Sittidae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam.-Description and ecology:...
Sitta himalayensis - Snowy-browed NuthatchSnowy-browed NuthatchThe Snowy-browed Nuthatch is a species of bird in the Sittidae family. It is found in China, North Korea, and South Korea.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:...
Sitta villosa - Yunnan NuthatchYunnan NuthatchThe Yunnan Nuthatch is a species of bird in the Sittidae family. It is endemic to China .Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.-Source:...
Sitta yunnanensis (E) - White-cheeked NuthatchWhite-cheeked NuthatchThe White-cheeked Nuthatch is a species of bird in the Sittidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.Its natural habitats are boreal forests and temperate forests.-References:...
Sitta leucopsis - Velvet-fronted NuthatchVelvet-fronted NuthatchThe Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, Sitta frontalis, is a small passerine bird found in southern Asia from Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka east to south China and Indonesia...
Sitta frontalis - Yellow-billed NuthatchYellow-billed NuthatchThe Yellow-billed Nuthatch is a species of bird in the Sittidae family. It is found in China, Laos, and Vietnam.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* BirdLife International...
Sitta solangiae - Giant NuthatchGiant NuthatchThe Giant Nuthatch is a species of bird in the Sittidae family. It is found in China, Myanmar, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. In northern Thailand they were found to use Pinus kesiya stands both for foraging as well as for...
Sitta magna - Beautiful NuthatchBeautiful NuthatchThe Beautiful Nuthatch is one of the rarest nuthatches on Earth. It occurs in north east India and neighbouring regions, with odd records across to Thailand, where it may be a winter visitor or resident....
Sitta formosa
Wallcreeper
Order: Passeriformes. Family: TichodromidaeThe Wallcreeper is a small bird with stunning crimson, grey and black plumage, related to the nuthatch
Nuthatch
The nuthatches are a genus, Sitta, of small passerine birds belonging to the family Sittidae. Characterised by large heads, short tails, and powerful bills and feet, nuthatches advertise their territory using loud, simple songs...
family.
- WallcreeperWallcreeperThe Wallcreeper is a small passerine bird found throughout the high mountains of Eurasia. It is the only member of the genus Tichodroma.-Taxonomy and etymology:...
Tichodroma muraria
Treecreepers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: CerthiidaeTreecreepers are small woodland birds, brown above and white below. They have thin pointed down-curved bills, which they use to extricate insects from bark. They have stiff tail feathers, like woodpeckers, which they use to support themselves on vertical trees. There are 6 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in China.
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Bar-tailed Treecreeper Certhia himalayana
- Rusty-flanked Treecreeper Certhia nipalensis
- Brown-throated Treecreeper Certhia discolor
- Sichuan TreecreeperSichuan TreecreeperThe Sichuan Treecreeper is a rare species of bird in the treecreeper family, Certhiidae.It was described as new to science in 1995 from 14 specimens taken at four sites in the mountains of western Sichuan, China...
Certhia tianquanensis (E)
Penduline tits
Order: Passeriformes. Family: RemizidaeThe penduline tits are a group of small passerine birds, related to the true tits. They are insectivores. There are 13 species worldwide and 4 species which occur in China.
- Eurasian Penduline-Tit Remiz pendulinus
- White-crowned Penduline-TitWhite-crowned Penduline-titThe White-crowned Penduline-tit is a species of bird in the Remizidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, and Tajikistan....
Remiz coronatus - Chinese Penduline-TitChinese Penduline-titThe Chinese Penduline-tit is a species of bird in the Remizidae family.It is found in China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Russia.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 27 July 2007....
Remiz consobrinus - Fire-capped TitFire-capped TitThe Fire-capped Tit is a species of bird in the Remizidae family. The species was once considered to be a kinglet but is today treated as a penduline tit, although this is sometimes disputed. It is placed in a monotypic genus, Cephalopyrus.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal,...
Cephalopyrus flammiceps
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Order: Passeriformes. Family: NectariniidaeThe sunbirds and spiderhunters are very small passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings. Most species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed. There are 131 species worldwide and 12 species which occur in China.
- Ruby-cheeked SunbirdRuby-cheeked SunbirdThe Ruby-cheeked Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam...
Chalcoparia singalensis - Purple-naped SunbirdPurple-naped SunbirdThe Purple-naped Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is placed in the monotypic genus Hypogramma....
Hypogramma hypogrammicum - Purple SunbirdPurple SunbirdThe Purple Sunbird is a small sunbird. Like other sunbirds they feed mainly on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. They have a fast and direct flight and can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird but often perch at the base of flowers...
Cinnyris asiaticus - Olive-backed SunbirdOlive-backed SunbirdThe Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, also known as the Yellow-bellied Sunbird, is a species of sunbird found from Southern Asia to Australia....
Cinnyris jugularis - Gould's SunbirdGould's SunbirdMrs Gould's Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife...
Aethopyga gouldiae - Green-tailed SunbirdGreen-tailed SunbirdThe Green-tailed Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Aethopyga nipalensis - Fork-tailed SunbirdFork-tailed SunbirdThe Fork-tailed Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in China, Hong Kong, Laos, and Vietnam....
Aethopyga christinae - Black-throated SunbirdBlack-throated SunbirdThe Black-throated Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam...
Aethopyga saturata - Crimson SunbirdCrimson SunbirdThe Crimson Sunbird, Aethopyga siparaja, is a sunbird. The sunbirds are a group of very small Old World passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings...
Aethopyga siparaja - Fire-tailed SunbirdFire-tailed SunbirdThe Fire-tailed Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Aethopyga ignicauda - Little SpiderhunterLittle SpiderhunterThe Little Spiderhunter is a species of long-billed nectar feeding bird in the Nectariniidae family found in the moist forests of South and Southeast Asia. Unlike typical sunbirds, males and females are very similar in plumage...
Arachnothera longirostra - Streaked SpiderhunterStreaked SpiderhunterThe Streaked Spiderhunter is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist...
Arachnothera magna
Flowerpeckers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: DicaeidaeThe flowerpeckers are very small, stout, often brightly coloured birds, with short tails, short thick curved bills and tubular tongues. There are 44 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in China.
- Thick-billed FlowerpeckerThick-billed FlowerpeckerThe Thick-billed Flowerpecker is a tiny bird in the flowerpecker group. They feed predominantly on fruits and are active birds that are mainly seen in the tops of trees in forests...
Dicaeum agile - Yellow-vented FlowerpeckerYellow-vented FlowerpeckerThe Yellow-vented Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam...
Dicaeum chrysorrheum - Yellow-bellied FlowerpeckerYellow-bellied FlowerpeckerThe Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife...
Dicaeum melanoxanthum - Plain FlowerpeckerPlain FlowerpeckerThe Nilgiri Flowerpecker is a tiny bird in the flowerpecker family. Formerly a subspecies of what used to be termed as the Plain Flowerpecker although that name is now reserved for Dicaeum minullum. Like others of the group, it feeds predominantly on nectar and fruits...
Dicaeum concolor - Fire-breasted FlowerpeckerFire-breasted FlowerpeckerThe Fire-breasted Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family found in South and Southeast Asia. Like other flowerpeckers, this tiny bird feeds on fruits and plays an important role in the dispersal of fruiting plants...
Dicaeum ignipectus - Scarlet-backed FlowerpeckerScarlet-backed FlowerpeckerThe Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker is a species of passerine bird in the flowerpecker family Dicaeidae. Sexually dimorphic, the male has navy blue upperparts with a bright red streak down its back from its crown to its tail coverts, while the female and juvenile are predominantly olive green...
Dicaeum cruentatum
White-eyes
Order: Passeriformes. Family: ZosteropidaeThe white-eyes are small and are mostly of undistinguished appearance, the plumage above being generally either some dull color like greenish olive, but some species have a white or bright yellow throat, breast or lower parts, and several have buff flanks. As their name suggests many species have a white ring around the eyes. There are 96 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in China.
- Chestnut-flanked White-eyeChestnut-flanked White-eyeThe Chestnut-flanked White-eye is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The species is migratory, breeding in northern China and migrating to South East Asia in the...
Zosterops erythropleurus - Oriental White-eyeOriental White-eyeThe Oriental White-eye, Zosterops palpebrosus, is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. It is a resident breeder in open woodland in tropical Asia east from India to China and Indonesia. They forage in small groups, feeding on nectar and small insects. They are easily identified by the...
Zosterops palpebrosus - Japanese White-eyeJapanese White-eyeThe Japanese White-eye , also known as the mejiro , is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. The specific epithet is occasionally written japonica, but this is incorrect due to the gender of the genus. Its native range includes much of east Asia, including Japan, China, Vietnam, Taiwan,...
Zosterops japonicus
Old World orioles
Order: Passeriformes. Family: OriolidaeThe Old World Orioles are colourful passerine birds. They are not related to the New World orioles. There are 29 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in China.
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Black-naped OrioleBlack-naped OrioleThe Black-naped Oriole is a bird of the oriole family and is found in many parts of Asia. There are several distinctive populations within wide distribution range of the species and in the past the Slender-billed Oriole was included as a subspecies...
Oriolus chinensis - Slender-billed OrioleSlender-billed OrioleThe Slender-billed Oriole is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife...
Oriolus tenuirostris - Black-hooded OrioleBlack-hooded OrioleThe Black-hooded Oriole, Oriolus xanthornus, is a member of the oriole family of passerine birds and is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia....
Oriolus xanthornus - Maroon OrioleMaroon OrioleThe Maroon Oriole is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam....
Oriolus traillii - Silver OrioleSilver OrioleThe Silver Oriole is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, and Thailand.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.- References :* BirdLife...
Oriolus mellianus (E)
Fairy-bluebirds
Order: Passeriformes. Family: IrenidaeThe Fairy-bluebirds are bubbul-like birds of open forest or thorn scrub. The males are dark-blue and the females a duller green. There are 2 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
- Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella
Shrikes
Order: Passeriformes. Family: LaniidaeShrikes are passerine birds known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns. A typical shrike's beak is hooked, like a bird of prey. There are 31 species worldwide and 12 species which occur in China.
- Tiger ShrikeTiger ShrikeThe Tiger Shrike or Thick-billed Shrike is a small passerine bird which belongs to the genus Lanius in the shrike family, Laniidae. It is found in wooded habitats across eastern Asia. It is a shy, often solitary bird which is less conspicuous than most other shrikes. Like other shrikes it is...
Lanius tigrinus - Bull-headed ShrikeBull-headed ShrikeThe Bull-headed Shrike is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the shrike family Laniidae.It is 19-20 cm long. The male has a brown crown, white eyebrow and black mask. The back is grey-brown while the wings are dark with a white patch. The flanks are rufous and the rest of the...
Lanius bucephalus - Red-backed ShrikeRed-backed ShrikeThe Red-backed Shrike is a carnivorous passerine bird and member of the shrike family Laniidae.English common names include 'Wariangle' and 'worrier'.-Description:...
Lanius collurio - Rufous-tailed Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Brown ShrikeBrown ShrikeThe Brown Shrike is a bird in the shrike family that is found mainly in Asia. It is closely related to the Red-backed Shrike and Isabelline Shrike . Like most other shrikes, it has a distinctive black "bandit-mask" through the eye...
Lanius cristatus - Burmese ShrikeBurmese ShrikeThe Burmese Shrike is a species of bird in the Laniidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Lanius collurioides - Long-tailed ShrikeLong-tailed ShrikeThe Long-tailed Shrike or the Rufous-backed Shrike is a member of the bird family Laniidae, the shrikes. The eastern or Himalayan race, L. s...
Lanius schach - Gray-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Southern Gray Shrike Lanius meridionalis
- Lesser Gray Shrike Lanius minor
- Chinese Gray Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
Helmetshrikes
Order: Passeriformes. Family: PrionopidaeThe helmetshrikes are similar in build to the shrikes, but tend to be colourful species with distinctive crests or other head ornaments, such as wattles, from which they get their name. There are 12 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
- Large WoodshrikeLarge WoodshrikeThe Large Woodshrike is a species in the helmetshrike family Prionopidae...
Tephrodornis gularis
Drongos
Order: Passeriformes. Family: DicruridaeThe drongos are mostly are black or dark grey in colour, sometimes with metallic tints. They have long forked tails, and some Asian species have elaborate tail decorations. They have short legs and sit very upright whilst perched, like a shrike. They flycatch or take prey from the ground. There are 24 species worldwide and 7 species which occur in China.
- Black DrongoBlack DrongoThe Black Drongo , also known as the King Crow, is a small Asian passerine bird of the drongo family Dicruridae. Previously considered a subspecies of the African Fork-tailed Drongo , it is now recognized as a full species...
Dicrurus macrocercus - Ashy DrongoAshy DrongoThe Ashy Drongo is a species of bird in the drongo family Dicruridae. It is found widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia with several populations that vary in the shade of grey, migration patterns and in the size or presence of a white patch around the eye.-Description:The adult Ashy...
Dicrurus leucophaeus - Crow-billed DrongoCrow-billed DrongoThe Crow-billed Drongo is a species of bird in the Dicruridae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland...
Dicrurus annectans - Bronzed DrongoBronzed DrongoThe Bronzed Drongo is a small Indomalayan bird belonging to the drongo group. They are resident in the forests of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia...
Dicrurus aeneus - Lesser Racket-tailed DrongoLesser Racket-tailed DrongoThe Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo is a species of bird in the Dicruridae family.It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam...
Dicrurus remifer - Hair-crested DrongoHair-crested DrongoThe Hair-crested Drongo is an Asian bird of the family Dicruridae. This species was formerly considered conspecific with Dicrurus bracteatus, for which the name "Spangled Drongo" – formerly used for both – is now usually reserved. Some authorities include the Sumatran Drongo in D...
Dicrurus hottentottus - Greater Racket-tailed DrongoGreater Racket-tailed DrongoThe Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, Dicrurus paradiseus, is a medium-sized Asian bird which is distinctive in having elongated outer tail feathers with webbing restricted to the tips. They are placed along with other drongos in the family Dicruridae...
Dicrurus paradiseus
Woodswallows
Order: Passeriformes. Family: ArtamidaeArtamidae
The family Artamidae gathers together 20 species of mostly crow-like birds native to Australasia and nearby areas.There are two subfamilies: Artaminae, the woodswallows, are sombre-coloured, soft-plumaged birds that have a brush-tipped tongue but seldom use it for gathering nectar. Instead, they...
The woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds. They are smooth, agile flyers with moderately large, semi-triangular wings. There are 11 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China.
- Ashy WoodswallowAshy WoodswallowThe Ashy Woodswallow, Artamus fuscus, is a woodswallow which is found in south Asia.The plumage of this species is pale grey....
Artamus fuscus
Crows, jays, ravens and magpies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: CorvidaeCorvidae
Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs and nutcrackers. The common English names used are corvids or the crow family , and there are over 120 species...
The Corvidae family includes crow
Crow
Crows form the genus Corvus in the family Corvidae. Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-size jackdaws to the Common Raven of the Holarctic region and Thick-billed Raven of the highlands of Ethiopia, the 40 or so members of this genus occur on all temperate continents and several...
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Raven
Raven is the common name given to several larger-bodied members of the genus Corvus—but in Europe and North America the Common Raven is normally implied...
s, jay
Jay
The jays are several species of medium-sized, usually colorful and noisy, passerine birds in the crow family Corvidae. The names jay and magpie are somewhat interchangeable, and the evolutionary relationships are rather complex...
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Chough
The Red-billed Chough or Chough , Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, is a bird in the crow family; it is one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax...
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Magpie
Magpies are passerine birds of the crow family, Corvidae.In Europe, "magpie" is often used by English speakers as a synonym for the European Magpie, as there are no other magpies in Europe outside Iberia...
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Treepie
The treepies comprise four closely related genera of long-tailed passerine birds in the family Corvidae...
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Nutcracker (bird)
The nutcrackers are a genus of two species of passerine bird, in the family Corvidae, related to the jays and crows. One, the Spotted Nutcracker , occurs in Europe and Asia, the other, Clark's Nutcracker , in western North America.The most important food resources for both these species are the...
s, and ground jay
Ground jay
The ground jays or ground choughs belong to a distinct group of the passerine order of birds in the genus Podoces of the crow family Corvidae...
s. Corvids are above average in size for the bird order Passeriformes. Some of the larger species show high levels of learning behavior. There are 120 species worldwide and 30 species which occur in China. China has the greatest diversity of corvids of any country on earth.
- Siberian JaySiberian JayThe Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus, is a jay found in north Eurasia. The species has a wide range and a large global population . It is one of three members of the genus Perisoreus, the others being the Sichuan Jay, P...
Perisoreus infaustus - Sichuan JaySichuan JayThe Sichuan Jay is a species of bird in the Corvidae family. It is endemic to China. It is one of three members of the genus Perisoreus, the others being the Siberian Jay, P. infaustus, found from Norway to eastern Russia and the Gray Jay, P. canadensis, restricted to the boreal forest and...
Perisoreus internigrans (E) - Eurasian JayEurasian JayThe Eurasian Jay is a species of bird occurring over a vast region from Western Europe and north-west Africa to the Indian Subcontinent and further to the eastern seaboard of Asia and down into south-east Asia...
Garrulus glandarius - Azure-winged MagpieAzure-winged MagpieThe Azure-winged Magpie is a bird in the crow family. It is 31–35 cm long and similar in overall shape to the European Magpie but is more slender with proportionately smaller legs and bill. It belongs to the monotypical genus Cyanopica.It has a glossy black top to the head and a white throat...
Cyanopica cyana - Gold-billed MagpieGold-billed MagpieThe Yellow-billed Blue Magpie or Gold-billed Magpie is a passerine bird in the crow and jay family, Corvidae. It forms a superspecies with the Taiwan Blue Magpie and the Red-billed Blue Magpie...
Urocissa flavirostris - Blue Magpie Urocissa erythrorhyncha
- White-winged MagpieWhite-winged MagpieThe White-winged Magpie is a passerine bird of the crow family, Corvidae. It is unusual among the members of its genus in that it is black and white, lacking the blue plumage other Urocissa magpies have. Thus, it is sometimes placed in its own monotypic genus, Cissopica, though it appears to have...
Urocissa whiteheadi - Green MagpieGreen MagpieThe Green Magpie is a member of the Crow family, roughly about the size of the Eurasian Jay or slightly smaller. It is a vivid green in colour , slightly lighter on the underside and has a thick black stripe from the bill to the nape...
Cissa chinensis - Yellow-breasted MagpieYellow-breasted MagpieThe Indochinese Green Magpie or Yellow-breasted Magpie is a passerine bird of crow family, Corvidae. It is native to China and south east Asia....
Cissa hypoleuca - Rufous TreepieRufous TreepieThe Rufous Treepie is an Asian treepie, a member of the Corvidae family. It is long tailed and has loud musical calls making it very conspicuous. It is found commonly in open scrub, agricultural areas, forests as well as urban gardens...
Dendrocitta vagabunda - Gray Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Collared Treepie Dendrocitta frontalis
- Racket-tailed Treepie Crypsirina temia
- Ratchet-tailed TreepieRatchet-tailed TreepieThe Ratchet-tailed Treepie is a species of bird in the Corvidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Temnurus.It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Temnurus temnurus - Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Mongolian Ground-JayMongolian Ground-jayThe Mongolian Ground-jay or Henderson's Ground-jay is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.It is found in Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan, and Russia....
Podoces hendersoni - Xinjiang Ground-JayXinjiang Ground-jayThe Xinjiang Ground-jay or Biddulph's Ground Jay is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.It is endemic to China.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Podoces biddulphi (E) - Eurasian Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
- Red-billed ChoughRed-billed ChoughThe Red-billed Chough or Chough , Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, is a bird in the crow family; it is one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax...
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax - Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula
- Daurian JackdawDaurian JackdawThe Daurian Jackdaw is a member of the Corvidae or crow family of birds. It is closely related to the Eurasian Jackdaw. The name derives from the Dauria region of eastern Russia....
Corvus dauuricus - House CrowHouse Crowthumb|300px|Bangalore, IndiaThe House Crow , also known as the Colombo Crow is a common bird of the Crow family that is of Asian origin but now found in many parts of the world, where they arrived assisted by shipping. It is between the Jackdaw and the Carrion Crow in size but is relatively...
Corvus splendens - RookRook (bird)The Rook is a member of the Corvidae family in the passerine order of birds. Named by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, the species name frugilegus is Latin for "food-gathering"....
Corvus frugilegus - Carrion CrowCarrion CrowThe Carrion Crow is a member of the passerine order of birds and the crow family which is native to western Europe and eastern Asia.-Taxonomy:...
Corvus corone - Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Collared CrowCollared CrowThe Collared Crow , also known as the Ring-necked Crow or White-collared Crow, is a member of the Corvidae family native to China.-Description:...
Corvus torquatus - Brown-necked RavenBrown-necked RavenThe Brown-necked Raven is a larger bird than the Carrion Crow though not as large as the Common Raven. It has similar proportions to the common raven but the bill is not so large or deep and the wings tend to be a little more pointed in profile...
Corvus ruficollis - Common RavenCommon RavenThe Common Raven , also known as the Northern Raven, is a large, all-black passerine bird. Found across the northern hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids...
Corvus corax - Hooded CrowHooded CrowThe Hooded Crow is a Eurasian bird species in the crow genus. Widely distributed, it is also known locally as Scotch Crow, Danish Crow, and Corbie or Grey Crow in Ireland, which is what its Welsh name, Brân Lwyd, translates as...
Corvus cornix (A)
Starlings
Order: Passeriformes. Family: SturnidaeStarlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds. Their flight is strong and direct, and they are very gregarious. Their preferred habitat is fairly open country. They eat insects and fruit. Plumage is typically dark with a metallic sheen. There are 125 species worldwide and 19 species which occur in China.
- Golden-crested MynaGolden-crested MynaThe Golden-crested Myna, Ampeliceps coronatus, is a species in the starling and myna family Sturnidae. It ranges from India to Vietnam and northern Malaysia, and has been introduced to the British Indian Ocean Territory. Its main habitat is subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest, but it is...
Ampeliceps coronatus - Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
- White-vented MynaWhite-vented MynaThe Great Myna is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is also known as the white vented myna, which is also a name for the Javan Myna....
Acridotheres grandis - Crested MynaCrested MynaThe Crested Myna is a species of starling native to southeastern China and Indochina. Unlike other similar mynas, its bill is dull whitish rather than orange-yellow....
Acridotheres cristatellus - Collared MynaCollared MynaThe Collared Myna is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family.It is found in China, India, and Myanmar.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24 July 2007....
Acridotheres albocinctus - Bank MynaBank MynaBank Myna is a myna found in South Asia. It is smaller but similar in colouration to the Common Myna but differs in having a brick red bare skin behind the eye in place of yellow. It is greyer on the underside and in this and in the presence of a slight tuft of feathers bears some resemblance to...
Acridotheres ginginianus (A) - Common MynaCommon MynaThe Common Myna or Indian Myna also sometimes spelled Mynah, is a member of family Sturnidae native to Asia. An omnivorous open woodland bird with a strong territorial instinct, the Myna has adapted extremely well to urban environments...
Acridotheres tristis - Vinous-breasted StarlingVinous-breasted StarlingThe Vinous-breasted Starling is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is sometimes placed in the myna genus Acridotheres.-Distribution and habitat:...
Acridotheres burmannicus - Black-collared StarlingBlack-collared StarlingThe Black-collared Starling is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family.It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
Gracupica nigricollis - Asian Pied StarlingAsian Pied StarlingThe Asian Pied Starling or Pied Myna is a species of starling found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. They are usually found in small groups mainly on the plains and low foothills. They are often seen within cities and villages although they are not as bold as the Common Myna. They...
Gracupica contra - Daurian Starling Sturnia sturnina
- Chestnut-cheeked StarlingChestnut-cheeked StarlingThe Chestnut-cheeked Starling is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family.It is found in Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, and Taiwan....
Sturnia philippensis - White-shouldered StarlingWhite-shouldered StarlingThe White-shouldered Starling is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family.It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Sturnia sinensis - Chestnut-tailed StarlingChestnut-tailed StarlingThe Chestnut-tailed Starling or Grey-headed Myna is a member of the starling family of perching birds. It is a resident or partially migratory species found in wooded habitats in India and Southeast Asia. The species name is after the distribution of a former subspecies in the Malabar region...
Sturnia malabarica - Brahminy StarlingBrahminy StarlingThe Brahminy Myna or Brahminy Starling is a member of the starling family of birds. It is creamy orange bird with a black cap and a slight crest. They are usually seen in pairs or small flocks in open habitats on the plains of South Asia.-Description:This myna is pale buff creamy with a black cap...
Temenuchus pagodarum (A) - Rosy StarlingRosy StarlingThe Rosy Starling or Rose-coloured Starling is a passerine bird in the starling family Sturnidae. It is sometimes given its own, monotypic genus Pastor...
Pastor roseus - Red-billed StarlingRed-billed StarlingThe Red-billed Starling is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family.It is found in China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.-References:...
Sturnus sericeus - White-cheeked StarlingWhite-cheeked StarlingThe White-cheeked Starling or Grey Starling is a passerine bird of the starling family. It is native to eastern Asia where it is a common and well-known bird in much of its range. Usually, it is placed in the genus Sturnus, but sometimes it is united with the typical mynas in Acridotheres...
Sturnus cineraceus - European StarlingEuropean StarlingThe Common Starling , also known as the European Starling or just Starling, is a passerine bird in the family Sturnidae.This species of starling is native to most of temperate Europe and western Asia...
Sturnus vulgaris
Weavers and allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: PloceidaeThe weavers are small passerine birds related to the finch
Finch
The true finches are passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. They are predominantly seed-eating songbirds. Most are native to the Northern Hemisphere, but one subfamily is endemic to the Neotropics, one to the Hawaiian Islands, and one subfamily – monotypic at genus level – is found...
es. They are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills. The males of many species are brightly coloured, usually in red or yellow and black, some species show variation in colour only in the breeding season. There are 116 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in China.
- Baya WeaverBaya WeaverThe Baya Weaver is a weaverbird found across South and Southeast Asia. Flocks of these birds are found in grasslands, cultivated areas, scrub and secondary growth and they are best known for their hanging retort shaped nests woven from leaves...
Ploceus philippinus - Bengal Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
Waxbills and allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: EstrildidaeThe estrildid finch
Estrildid finch
The estrildid finches are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They can be classified as the family Estrildidae , or as a sub-group within the family Passeridae, which also includes the true sparrows....
es are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia
Australasia
Australasia is a region of Oceania comprising Australia, New Zealand, the island of New Guinea, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term was coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes...
. They are gregarious and often colonial seed-eaters with short thick but pointed bills. They are all similar in structure and habits, but have a wide variation in plumage colours and pattern. There are 141 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in China.
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- White-rumped MuniaWhite-rumped MuniaThe White-rumped Munia or White-rumped Mannikin , sometimes called Striated Finch in aviculture, is a small passerine bird from the family of waxbill "finches"...
Lonchura striata - Nutmeg Mannikin Lonchura punctulata
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Java SparrowJava SparrowThe Java Sparrow, Padda oryzivora also known as Java Finch, Java Rice Sparrow or Java Rice Bird is a small passerine bird. This estrildid finch is a resident breeding bird in Java, Bali and Bawean in Indonesia. It is a popular cagebird, and has been introduced in a large number of other...
Padda oryzivora (I)
Buntings, sparrows, seedeaters and allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: EmberizidaeEmberizidae
The Emberizidae are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill.In Europe, most species are called buntings. In North America, most of the species in this family are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the sparrows, the...
The emberizids are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill. In Europe, most species are named as buntings. In North America, most of the species in this family are known as Sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae. Many emberizid species have distinctive head patterns. There are species 275 worldwide and 32 species which occur in China.
- Przevalski's Rosefinch Urocynchramus pylzowi (E)
- Crested BuntingCrested BuntingThe Crested Bunting is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family, from South and Southeast Asia. It is monotypic in its genus, Melophus. - Range :...
Melophus lathami - Slaty BuntingSlaty BuntingThe Slaty Bunting is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Latoucheornis.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 26 July 2007....
Latoucheornis siemsseni (E) - YellowhammerYellowhammerThe Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae. It is common in all sorts of open areas with some scrub or trees and form small flocks in winter....
Emberiza citrinella - Pine BuntingPine BuntingThe Pine Bunting, Emberiza leucocephalos, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group most modern authors now separate from the finches, Fringillidae.-Breeding and habitat:...
Emberiza leucocephalos - Tibetan BuntingTibetan BuntingThe Tibetan Bunting is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.-Range and population:Emberiza koslowi is restricted to the eastern part of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, in eastern Tibet and southern Qinghai, China, where several large valleys cut into the plateau, including those of the...
Emberiza koslowi (E) - Rock BuntingRock BuntingThe Rock Bunting, Emberiza cia, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae.- Range :...
Emberiza cia - Godlewski's BuntingGodlewski's BuntingThe Godlewski's Bunting is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.- Range :It is found in China, Pakistan, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Russia.-References:...
Emberiza godlewskii - Meadow BuntingMeadow BuntingThe Meadow Bunting or Siberian Meadow Bunting is a passerine bird of eastern Asia which belongs to the genus Emberiza in the bunting family Emberizidae....
Emberiza cioides - Rufous-backed BuntingRufous-backed BuntingThe Rufous-backed Bunting is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in China, North Korea, and Russia.Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland and temperate grassland.It is threatened by habitat loss....
Emberiza jankowskii - Gray-hooded Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Ortolan BuntingOrtolan BuntingThe Ortolan, or Ortolan Bunting, Emberiza hortulana, is a bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a passerine family now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae...
Emberiza hortulana - Chestnut-breasted BuntingChestnut-breasted BuntingThe White-capped Bunting or Chestnut-breasted Bunting is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan...
Emberiza stewarti - Ochre-rumped BuntingOchre-rumped BuntingThe Japanese Reed Bunting or Ochre-rumped Bunting is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in China, Hong Kong, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Russia....
Emberiza yessoensis - Tristram's BuntingTristram's BuntingThe Tristram's Bunting is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Russia, Mongolia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is boreal forests....
Emberiza tristrami - Chestnut-eared BuntingChestnut-eared BuntingThe Chestnut-eared Bunting is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.-Description:...
Emberiza fucata - Little BuntingLittle BuntingThe Little Bunting, Emberiza pusilla, is a passerine bird. It belongs to the bunting and American sparrow family , a group separated by most modern authors from the true finches .-Description:...
Emberiza pusilla - Yellow-browed BuntingYellow-browed BuntingThe Yellow-Browed Bunting, Emberiza chrysophrys, is a passerine bird in the bunting family , a group now separated by most modern taxonomists from the finches ....
Emberiza chrysophrys - Rustic BuntingRustic BuntingThe Rustic Bunting, Emberiza rustica, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae....
Emberiza rustica - Yellow-throated BuntingYellow-throated BuntingThe Yellow-throated Bunting is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Myanmar, Russia, and Taiwan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical dry forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Emberiza elegans - Yellow-breasted BuntingYellow-breasted BuntingThe Yellow-breasted Bunting, Emberiza aureola, is an Eurasian passerine bird in the bunting family .This bird is similar in size to a Reed Bunting, but longer-billed...
Emberiza aureola - Chestnut BuntingChestnut BuntingThe Chestnut Bunting is a passerine bird of eastern Asia which belongs to the genus Emberiza in the bunting family Emberizidae....
Emberiza rutila - Black-headed BuntingBlack-headed BuntingThe Black-headed Bunting, Emberiza melanocephala, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae....
Emberiza melanocephala (A) - Red-headed BuntingRed-headed BuntingThe Red-headed Bunting, Emberiza bruniceps, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae.It breeds in central Asia. It is migratory, wintering in India...
Emberiza bruniceps - Yellow BuntingYellow BuntingThe Yellow Bunting or Japanese Yellow Bunting is a passerine bird of eastern Asia which belongs to the genus Emberiza in the bunting family Emberizidae....
Emberiza sulphurata - Black-faced BuntingBlack-faced BuntingThe Black-faced Bunting, Emberiza spodocephala , is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae....
Emberiza spodocephala - Gray Bunting Emberiza variabilis (A)
- Pallas's Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Reed BuntingReed BuntingThe Reed Bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae....
Emberiza schoeniclus - Corn BuntingCorn BuntingThe Corn Bunting, Miliaria calandra, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae...
Emberiza calandra - Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Snow BuntingSnow BuntingThe Snow Bunting , sometimes colloquially called a snowflake, is a passerine bird in the longspur family Calcariidae. It is an arctic specialist, with a circumpolar Arctic breeding range throughout the northern hemisphere...
Plectrophenax nivalis
Siskins, crossbills and allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: FringillidaeFinch
Finch
The true finches are passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. They are predominantly seed-eating songbirds. Most are native to the Northern Hemisphere, but one subfamily is endemic to the Neotropics, one to the Hawaiian Islands, and one subfamily – monotypic at genus level – is found...
es are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have 12 tail feathers and 9 primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. There are 137 species worldwide and 55 species which occur in China. China has the greatest diversity of finches of any country on earth.
- ChaffinchChaffinchThe Chaffinch , also called by a wide variety of other names, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.- Description :...
Fringilla coelebs - BramblingBramblingThe Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.- Etymology :The common English name is probably derived from the German "brâma", meaning bramble or a thorny bush. It has also been called the Cock o' the North and the Mountain Finch.- Description...
Fringilla montifringilla - Plain Mountain-Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Black-headed Mountain-Finch Leucosticte brandti
- Tawny-headed Mountain-Finch Leucosticte sillemi (E)
- Asian Rosy-Finch Leucosticte arctoa
- Pine GrosbeakPine Grosbeakleft|thumb|Adult femaleThe Pine Grosbeak is a large member of the true finch family, Fringillidae. It is found in coniferous woods across Alaska, the western mountains of the United States, Canada, and in subarctic Fennoscandia and Siberia...
Pinicola enucleator - Crimson-browed FinchCrimson-browed FinchThe Crimson-browed Finch is a true finch species . It is sometimes placed in a monotypic genus Propyrrhula, and might be allied to the rosefinches ....
Pinicola subhimachalus - Blanford's Rosefinch Carpodacus rubescens
- Dark-breasted RosefinchDark-breasted RosefinchThe Dark-breasted Rosefinch is a true finch species . It is one the most peculiar "rosefinches" and might belong in a monotypic genus Procarduelis, closer to Fringilla than to the true rosefinches.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam...
Carpodacus nipalensis - Common RosefinchCommon RosefinchThe Common Rosefinch is the most widespread and common rosefinch of Europe, where it has spread westward from Asia in recent decades: it has even been recorded breeding in England once...
Carpodacus erythrinus - Beautiful RosefinchBeautiful RosefinchThe Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch is a true finch species . It is one of the rosefinches that might belong in the genus Propasser. It is found in Bhutan, India, Mongolia, Nepal, and Pakistan...
Carpodacus pulcherrimus - Pink-rumped RosefinchPink-rumped RosefinchThe Pink-rumped Rosefinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in China and Thailand. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland.-References:...
Carpodacus eos (E) - Pink-browed RosefinchPink-browed RosefinchThe Pink-browed Rosefinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and subtropical or tropical dry forests.-References:...
Carpodacus rhodochrous - Vinaceous RosefinchVinaceous RosefinchThe Vinaceous Rosefinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Taiwan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical dry forests....
Carpodacus vinaceus - Dark-rumped RosefinchDark-rumped RosefinchThe Dark-rumped Rosefinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland....
Carpodacus edwardsii - Pale RosefinchPale RosefinchThe Pale Rosefinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, China, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.Its natural habitat is hot deserts.-References:...
Carpodacus synoicus - Pallas's RosefinchPallas's RosefinchThe Pallas' Rosefinch is a species of bird in the finch family Fringillidae.It is found in China, Japan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, and Russia...
Carpodacus roseus - Three-banded RosefinchThree-banded RosefinchThe Three-banded Rosefinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, and India. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-External links:*...
Carpodacus trifasciatus - Spot-winged RosefinchSpot-winged RosefinchThe Spot-winged Rosefinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.-References:...
Carpodacus rhodopeplus - White-browed RosefinchWhite-browed RosefinchThe Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch is a true finch species . It is one of the rosefinches that might belong in the genus Propasser....
Carpodacus thura - Tibetan RosefinchTibetan RosefinchThe Tibetan Rosefinch is a species of rosefinch in the finch family Fringillidae. It is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Kozlowia.It is endemic to the Tibetan Plateau of China.Its natural habitat is montane tundra....
Carpodacus roborowskii (E) - Red-mantled RosefinchRed-mantled RosefinchThe Red-Mantled Rosefinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, and Tajikistan....
Carpodacus rhodochlamys - Streaked RosefinchStreaked RosefinchThe Streaked Rosefinch is a true finch species . It is one of the rosefinches that might belong in the genus Rubicilla or Uragus....
Carpodacus rubicilloides - Great RosefinchGreat RosefinchThe Caucasian Great Rosefinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Its natural habitats are tundra and temperate grassland...
Carpodacus rubicilla - Red-fronted RosefinchRed-fronted RosefinchThe Red-Fronted Rosefinch is a species of rosefinch in the finch family Fringillidae. It is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Pyrrhospiza....
Carpodacus puniceus - Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Yellow-breasted GreenfinchYellow-breasted GreenfinchThe Yellow-breasted Greenfinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate shrubland.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Carduelis spinoides - Black-headed GreenfinchBlack-headed GreenfinchThe Black-headed Greenfinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....
Carduelis ambigua - Common RedpollCommon RedpollThe Common Redpoll is a species in the finch family. It breeds somewhat further south than the Arctic Redpoll, also in habitats with thickets or shrubs. Nominate C. f. flammea breeds across the northern parts of North America and Eurasia. There is also an Icelandic subspecies, Icelandic Redpoll...
Carduelis flammea - Hoary Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni
- Eurasian SiskinEurasian SiskinThe Eurasian Siskin is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is also called the European Siskin, Common Siskin or just Siskin. Other names include Black-headed Goldfinch, barley bird and aberdevine. It is very common throughout Europe and Asia...
Carduelis spinus - European GoldfinchEuropean GoldfinchThe European Goldfinch or Goldfinch is a small passerine bird in the finch family.-Habitat and range:The goldfinch breeds across Europe, North Africa, and western and central Asia, in open, partially wooded lowlands. It is resident in the milder west of its range, but migrates from colder regions...
Carduelis carduelis - Oriental GreenfinchOriental GreenfinchThe Oriental Greenfinch or Grey-capped Greenfinch is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. If the genus Carduelis is split up, this species would go into Chloris with the other greenfinches and the Desert Finch.It nests in trees or bushes, laying 3-5 eggs.-References: Database...
Carduelis sinica - TwiteTwiteThe Twite is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.The Twite is a small finch, similar in size and shape to a Linnet. Birds of the subspecies flavirostris are long, and those of the subspecies altaica are long. It lacks the red head patch and breast shown by the Linnet and the...
Carduelis flavirostris - Eurasian Linnet Carduelis cannabina
- Fire-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus
- Tibetan SerinTibetan SerinThe Tibetan Serin , sometimes considered a siskin of the genus Carduelis, is a true finch species .It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitat is temperate forests....
Serinus thibetanus - Brown BullfinchBrown BullfinchThe Brown Bullfinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The Brown Bullfinch is a relatively small...
Pyrrhula nipalensis - Red-headed BullfinchRed-headed BullfinchThe Red-headed Bullfinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:...
Pyrrhula erythrocephala - Gray-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca
- Eurasian BullfinchEurasian BullfinchThe Bullfinch, Common Bullfinch or Eurasian Bullfinch is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. In Anglophone Europe it is known simply as Bullfinch, as it is the original bird to bear the name bullfinch.This bird breeds across Europe and temperate Asia...
Pyrrhula pyrrhula - HawfinchHawfinchThe Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes, is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. Its closest living relatives are the Evening Grosbeak from North America and the Hooded Grosbeak from Central America especially Mexico.This bird breeds across Europe and temperate Asia...
Coccothraustes coccothraustes - Yellow-billed GrosbeakYellow-billed GrosbeakThe Yellow-billed Grosbeak or Chinese Grosbeak is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It can be found in the following countries: China, Hong Kong, Japan, North and South Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.It is found in these habitats: temperate...
Eophona migratoria - Japanese GrosbeakJapanese GrosbeakThe Japanese Grosbeak, Eophona personata, is a finch native to East Asia....
Eophona personata - Collared GrosbeakCollared GrosbeakThe Collared Grosbeak is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is boreal forests.-References:...
Mycerobas affinis - Spot-winged GrosbeakSpot-winged GrosbeakThe Spot-winged Grosbeak is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:*...
Mycerobas melanozanthos - White-winged GrosbeakWhite-winged GrosbeakThe White-winged Grosbeak is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Iran, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Its natural habitat is boreal forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Mycerobas carnipes - Golden-naped Finch Pyrrhoplectes epauletta
- Crimson-winged FinchCrimson-winged FinchThe Crimson-winged Finch , is a pale-colored thickset finch with a heavy, dull yellowish bill. The nominate subspecies is found from Turkey to NE Pakistan. Another subspecies, alienus, is found in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, and may represent a separate species. It has an average length of...
Rhodopechys sanguinea - Mongolian FinchMongolian FinchThe Mongolian Finch, Rhodopechys mongolicus is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.-Morphology:...
Rhodopechys mongolica - Desert FinchDesert FinchThe Desert Finch , sometimes called Lichtenstein's Desert Finch, is a large brown true finch found in southern Eurasia. Its taxonomy is confused, and it has formerly been placed in Fringilla, Bucanetes, Rhodospiza and Rhodopechys.It has an average wingspan of...
Rhodospiza obsoleta - Long-tailed RosefinchLong-tailed RosefinchThe Long-tailed Rosefinch is a species of finch of the Fringillidae family, in the presently monotypic genus Uragus. Some other rosefinches might eventually be moved there, however....
Uragus sibiricus - Scarlet FinchScarlet FinchThe Scarlet Finch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in the Himalayas from central Nepal eastwards to Vietnam and is found spottily in the adjacent hills of Northeast India and Southeast Asia as far south as Thailand...
Haematospiza sipahi
Sparrows
Order: Passeriformes. Family: PasseridaeSparrow
Sparrow
The sparrows are a family of small passerine birds, Passeridae. They are also known as true sparrows, or Old World sparrows, names also used for a genus of the family, Passer...
s are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small, plump, brown or grey birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed-eaters, and they also consume small insects. There are 35 species worldwide and 12 species which occur in China.
- Saxaul SparrowSaxaul SparrowThe Saxaul Sparrow is a passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in parts of Central Asia. At and , it is among the larger sparrows. Both sexes have plumage ranging from dull grey to sandy brown, and pale brown legs. Females have less boldly coloured plumage and bills, lacking the...
Passer ammodendri - House SparrowHouse SparrowThe House Sparrow is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world. One of about 25 species in the genus Passer, the House Sparrow occurs naturally in most of Europe, the Mediterranean region, and much of Asia...
Passer domesticus - Spanish SparrowSpanish SparrowThe Spanish Sparrow or Willow Sparrow is a passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae. It is found in the Mediterranean region and southwest and central Asia...
Passer hispaniolensis - Russet Sparrow Passer rutilans
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Rock Petronia Petronia petronia
- White-winged SnowfinchWhite-winged SnowfinchThe White-winged Snowfinch , or just Snowfinch, is a small passerine bird. Despite its name, it is a sparrow rather than a true finch.-Distribution and habitat:...
Montifringilla nivalis - Black-winged SnowfinchBlack-winged SnowfinchThe Black-winged Snowfinch, Adams's Snowfinch or Tibetan Snowfinch is a species of bird in the sparrow family. It is found in China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland...
Montifringilla adamsi - White-rumped SnowfinchWhite-rumped SnowfinchThe White-rumped Snowfinch is a species of bird in the sparrow family. It is found in China, Pakistan, India, and Nepal. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and temperate grassland.-External links:...
Montifringilla taczanowskii - Pere David's Snowfinch Montifringilla davidiana
- Rufous-necked SnowfinchRufous-necked SnowfinchThe Rufous-necked Snowfinch is a species of bird in the sparrow family.It is found in China, Pakistan, India, and Nepal. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland.-External links:* — Oriental Bird Club....
Montifringilla ruficollis - Blanford's Snowfinch Montifringilla blanfordi