Fauna of Hong Kong - Birds of Hong Kong, List of Birds of Hong Kong, Rhesus Macaque, Brown Shrike, Tiger Shrike, White Cloud Mountain Minnow (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Birds of Hong Kong, List of birds of Hong Kong, Rhesus Macaque, Brown Shrike, Tiger Shrike, White Cloud Mountain minnow, Grey-faced Buzzard, Paradise fish, List of protected species in Hong Kong, Ayu, Asian Brown Flycatcher, Black-faced Spoonbill, Large Indian Civet, Baer's Pochard, Oriental Dollarbird, Japanese Waxwing, Chinese Pangolin, Japanese White-eye, Faunis eumeus, Brown-breasted Flycatcher, Big-headed turtle, Mangrove horseshoe crab, Blunt-winged Warbler, List of non-marine molluscs of Hong Kong, Ctenoplusia albostriata, Saunders's Gull, Chinese bahaba, Leschenault's Rousette, Japanese House Bat, Chinese Edible Frog, Manchurian Reed-warbler, Yellow-cheeked Tit, Blackspot tuskfish, Least Horseshoe Bat, Paa spinosa, Kaliella hongkongensis, Pomona Roundleaf Bat, Large Myotis, Rickett's Big-footed Bat. Excerpt: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Hong Kong. The avifauna of Hong Kong includes a total of 492 species, of which 7 have been introduced by humans, and 184 are rare or accidental. 20 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 Hong Kong. The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories. The commonly occurring, native, species do not fall into any of these categories. Order: Gaviiformes. 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 rese...