【Learn Chinese】Chinese Lesson: Birds

Are your favorite animals birds? Maybe you like to watch birds and want to share what you have seen with your Chinese friends but don’t know the Chinese names for a lot of birds yet?
Don’t worry, here is a list for you with bird names in Chinese.
First of all, bird in Chinese is 鸟 (niǎo). If you look closely, you will find that the character 鸟 appears in a lot of the following bird names.
 
Duck: 鸭子 (yā zi)
Peacock: 孔雀 (kǒng què)
Crow: 乌鸦 (wū yā)
Pigeon: 鸽子 (gē zi)
Turkey: 火鸡 (huǒ jī)
Goose: 鹅 (é)
Owl: 猫头鹰 (māo tóu yīng)
Ostrich: 鸵鸟 (tuó niǎo)
Parrot: 鹦鹉 (yīng wǔ)
Stork: 鹳 (guàn)
Eagle: 雕 (diāo)
Hawk: 鹰 (yīng)
Flamingo: 火烈鸟 (huǒ liè niǎo)
Seagull: 海鸥 (hǎi ōu)
Penguin: 企鹅 (qǐ é)
Swan: 天鹅 (tiān é)
Woodpecker: 啄木鸟 (zhuó mù niǎo)
Pelican: 鹈鹕 (tí hú)
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