Country ยท Asia
Animals of Hong Kong
11 animals on this site have a range that includes Hong Kong. Each fact file has a map with the whole range.
11 profiles
EXMammals
Aurochs
Bos primigenius
The aurochs was the wild ox of Europe, North Africa and much of Asia, and the ancestor of domestic cattle.
ExtinctAI reconstruction
LCBirds
Black kite
Milvus migrans
The black kite is a medium-sized raptor with angled wings and a forked tail.
Living
LCBirds
Common kingfisher
Alcedo atthis
The common kingfisher is a small blue and orange bird of clear, slow rivers across Europe, Asia and North Africa.
Living
LCBirds
Common myna
Acridotheres tristis
The common myna is a brown starling with a black head and a bare yellow patch behind the eye, native to southern Asia.
Living
LCBirds
Great egret
Ardea alba
The great egret is a tall white heron that hunts fish in shallow water on six continents.
Living
LCBirds
Grey heron
Ardea cinerea
The grey heron is a tall grey and white wading bird of European, Asian and African wetlands.
Living
VUReptiles
King cobra
Ophiophagus hannah
The king cobra is the longest venomous snake.
Living
LCMammals
Leopard cat
Prionailurus bengalensis
The leopard cat is a small spotted cat found across South, Southeast and East Asia, from Pakistan to the Russian Far East.
Living
LCMammals
Rhesus macaque
Macaca mulatta
The rhesus macaque is a brown monkey with a pink face that lives in large, rank-ordered troops across South and East Asia.
Living
LCBirds
Rock dove
Columba livia
The rock dove is the wild pigeon of sea cliffs and rocky gorges in Europe, North Africa and southern Asia.
Living
LCMammals
Wild boar
Sus scrofa
The wild boar is the wild pig of Europe, Asia and North Africa and the ancestor of the domestic pig.
Living
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