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Yesterday was out birding and have a couple ID questions from the western part of Guangxi, China. 1. Minivet ID: Came across a group of minivets which I would like help IDing. Photos are terrible, but thought that the wing pattern which is visible might be clear enough to ID. The thing that I...

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Hi I wonder if anyone can help ID this large snake from China. It was seen on the island of Chongming which is just off Shanghai. I've attached a couple of photos but unfortunately (or as it turned out, probably fortunately) I don't have any images of its head. It was on a concrete farm track...

As an endemic species of the high mountains of SE China, this fulvetta is a common sight of the forest above 1500m a.s.l. of central China.

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Blue-throated Bee-eater

Common as dirt over here, I know. But still pretty.

Female Scarlet Minivet.

Black Headed Cuckooshrike. Guangzhou China, March 2018. Seems to be enjoying himself.

A saker with a black-lipped pika under its talon

The second wolf walking after the first one

We came across these two friendly wolves at the way to Zhaling Lake.

This species is the most primitive viperids species. Its primitive features include the large shields on its head (rather than the many small scales on the heads of other vipers and pit-vipers), smooth dorsal scales, and the egg-laying breeding method. It can be only found in the high altitude...

This smaller flying squirrel species is much more abundant than the larger Red-and-White flying squirrels.

This species is the only species of the genus Trogopterus, and is peculiar to China.

The red-and-white giant flying squirrel is the largest flying squirrel in the world, which is as long as one meter! Thus the local name of this species is "Fei Mao", which means "Flying cat" in Chinese. We came across this cute and tame animal during one spotlighting, and it...

The red-and-white giant flying squirrel is the largest flying squirrel in the world, which is as long as one meter! Thus the local name of this species is "Fei Mao", which means "Flying cat" in Chinese. We came across this cute and tame animal during one spot-lighting, and it...

The red-and-white giant flying squirrel is the largest flying squirrel in the world, which is as long as one meter! Thus the local name of this species is "Fei Mao", which means "Flying cat" in Chinese. We came across this cute and tame animal during one spot-lighting, and it...

Kiang is the Tibetan pronunciation, and this species is the largest wild ass species in the world.

A group of male chirus (or named Tibetan antelope) walking across the steppe around Siling Lake (or named Selin Co), which is the largest lake in Tibet.

A ground-dwelling small snake species with iridescent scales around its body.

Taken from a boat