Top 10 Birds In China
China is a large country with diverse geographic features which creates good conditions for a large variety of birds.As of 2019-01-02:
Number of species: 1374
Number of endemics: 54
Number of breeding endemics: 14
Number of globally threatened species: 102
Number of introduced species: 2
Its appearance is so striking that when I first saw a picture of this duck, I thought it wasn't real. I thought it was something heavily photoshopped. But it IS real. The colors, the crest, the ruff, etc.
STOP the barbaric Yulin dog meat festival
That duck looks so unique
The golden pheasant is aka Chinese pheasant for a reason (it's native to China). It's a colorful and beautiful bird. And its black & orange "cape" is retractable - it can be spread in display, when the "cape" looks like a fan that covers all of the face except the eyes.
Mallard Duck is found in many other regions but it's valued everywhere. Awesome bird.
It is native to southwestern China and far northern Myanmar but has been introduced elsewhere.
A definition of purity and gracefulness.
I have a soft spot for cranes. There's something very elegant in their appearance and moves (I like African cranes more though).
How did it get that perfect pink color?
In the image you see the male, females are pretty dull in comparison (females are brown)
It's noted for its elaborate mating display. Young grebes can swim and dive almost at hatching.
Like the common cuckoo, it lays its eggs in the nests of other birds.
It's one of the two introduced species
It occurs in most of China
Crested Myna is a species of starling native to southeastern China and Indochina.