A Complete Checklist Of Species And Subspecies Of The Chinese Birds

This checklist consists of 1,244 species with 944 subspecies in addition, beloging to 81 families and 21 orders. the total number of birds species occupies 13.5% of the world's total. Incomparision with the number of bird species included in the "Synopsis of the Avifauna of China" there is a spectacular increase of more than 50 species.