Video on Demand. Deutschlands grte Online Videothek. Auf Smart TV, Tablet, PC, Laptop, Smartphones. List of birds of China. This is a list of the bird species recorded in China. The avifauna of China include a total of 1. Of these, 8. 7 species are globally threatened. This lists taxonomic treatment designation and sequence of orders, families and species and nomenclature common and scientific names follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for China. 2017 CMT Artists of the Year Sam Hunts Body Like a Back Road Named Song of the Year. The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories. A Accidental a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in ChinaE Endemic a species native or restricted to ChinaI Introduced a species introduced to China as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions. Table of contents. Non passerines Loons Grebes Albatrosses Shearwaters and petrels Storm petrels Tropicbirds Boobies and gannets Cormorants Darters Frigatebirds Pelicans Bitterns, herons and egrets Ibises and spoonbills Storks Flamingos Ducks, geese and swans Osprey Hawks, kites and eagles Caracaras and falcons Grouse Pheasants and partridges Cranes Rails, crakes, gallinules and coots Bustards Buttonquails Jacanas Painted snipe Oystercatchers Ibisbill Avocets and stilts Stone curlews Pratincoles and coursers Plovers and lapwings Sandpipers and allies Skuas and jaegers Gulls, terns, and skimmers Auks, murres and puffins Sandgrouse Pigeons and doves Old world parrots 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 Cuckooshrikes Bulbuls Kinglets Leafbirds Ioras Waxwings Dippers Wrens Accentors Thrushes and allies Cisticolas and allies Cettid warblers Locustellid warblers Acrocephalid warblers Phylloscopid warblers Old World warblers Old World flycatchers Fantails Fairy flycatchers Monarch flycatchers Laughingthrushes and allies Cupwings Ground babblers Babblers Vireos Spotted elachura Long tailed tits Chickadees and titmice Nuthatches Wallcreeper Treecreepers Penduline tits Sunbirds and spiderhunters Flowerpeckers White eyes Old World orioles Fairy bluebirds Shrikes Woodshrikes Drongos Woodswallows Crows, jays, ravens and magpies Starlings Weavers and allies Waxbills and allies Longspurs and arctic buntings Buntings, sparrows, seedeaters and allies Siskins, crossbills and allies Sparrows. See also References. Order Gaviiformes Family Gaviidae. Loons, known as divers in Europe, are a 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 resemble when swimming, but to which they are completely unrelated. There are 5 species worldwide all of which occur in China. Order Podicipediformes Family Podicipedidae. Grebes are small to medium large 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 2. 0 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in China. AlbatrosseseditOrder Procellariiformes 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 2. 1 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in China. Shearwaters and petrelseditOrder Procellariiformes Family Procellariidae. The procellariids are the main group of medium sized true petrels, characterized by united nostrils with medium septum and a long outer functional primary. Storm petrelseditOrder Procellariiformes Family Hydrobatidae. The storm petrels are relatives of the petrels and are the smallest seabirds. They feed on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat like. There are 2. 1 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in China. TropicbirdseditOrder Phaethontiformes Family Phaethontidae. Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their heads and long wings have black markings. Boobies and gannetseditOrder Suliformes Family Sulidae. The sulids comprise the gannets and boobies. Both groups are medium to large coastal seabirds that plunge dive for fish. CormorantseditOrder Suliformes Family Phalacrocoracidae. Phalacrocoracidae is a family of medium to large coastal, fish eating seabirds that includes cormorants and shags. Plumage coloration varies, with the majority having mainly dark plumage, some species being black and white and a few being colorful. DarterseditOrder Suliformes Family Anhingidae. Darters are often called 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 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. FrigatebirdseditOrder Suliformes Family Fregatidae. Frigatebirds are large seabirds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black and white or completely black, with long wings and deeply forked tails. The males have colored inflatable 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. PelicanseditOrder Pelecaniformes Family Pelecanidae. Pelicans are large water birds with a distinctive pouch under their beak. As with other members of the order Pelecaniformes, they have webbed feet with four toes. Bitterns, herons and egretseditOrder Pelecaniformes Family Ardeidae. The family Ardeidae contains the bitterns, herons and egrets. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary. Members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted, unlike other long necked birds such as storks, ibises and spoonbills. Black crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax. White eared night heron, Gorsachius magnificus. Japanese night heron, Gorsachius goisagi. Malayan night heron, Gorsachius melanolophus. Yellow bittern, Ixobrychus sinensis. Schrencks bittern, Ixobrychus eurhythmus. Cinnamon bittern, Ixobrychus cinnamomeus. Little bittern, Ixobrychus minutus ABlack bittern, Ixobrychus flavicollis. Great bittern, Botaurus stellaris. Ibises and spoonbillseditOrder Pelecaniformes Family Threskiornithidae. Threskiornithidae is a family of large terrestrial and wading birds which includes the ibises and spoonbills. They have long, broad wings with 1. They are strong fliers and despite their size and weight, very capable soarers. There are 3. 6 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in China. Order Ciconiiformes Family Ciconiidae. Storks are large, long legged, long necked, wading birds with long, stout bills. Storks are mute, but bill clattering is an important mode of communication at the nest. Their nests can be large and may be reused for many years. Many species are migratory. FlamingoseditOrder Phoenicopteriformes Family Phoenicopteridae. Flamingos are gregarious wading birds, usually 3 to 5 feet 0. Western and Eastern Hemispheres. 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, uniquely, are used upside down. There are 6 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in China. Ducks, geese and swanseditOrder Anseriformes Family Anatidae.
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