Home›Birds›Where It LivesBrowse ByWhere It LivesWhere it lives names the country or region a species actually calls home. Wikipedia describes the giant panda as a species "endemic to China," found nowhere else in the wild. This dimension lets a visitor find every species native to the same part of the world.FactsWhere It LivesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonReproductive ModeWell-attestedOviparous (Egg-Laying) 1Where It LivesFilter Results186 entriesCommon GroupAllBirds Of Prey (Raptors) (56)Cuckoos (46)Gulls, Terns And Auks (70)Herons, Egrets And Allies (141)Kingfishers And Allies (23)Other Birds (86)Owls (25)Parrots (37)Passerines (Songbirds) (122)Penguins And Seabirds (115)Pigeons And Doves (45)Ratites And Flightless Birds (18)Shorebirds (Waders) (115)Waterfowl (119)Woodpeckers (19)Everyday GroupAllBirds Of Prey (Raptors) (56)Cuckoos (46)Gulls, Terns And Auks (70)Herons, Egrets And Allies (141)Kingfishers And Allies (23)Other Birds (86)Owls (25)Parrots (37)Passerines (Songbirds) (122)Penguins And Seabirds (115)Pigeons And Doves (45)Ratites And Flightless Birds (18)Shorebirds (Waders) (115)Waterfowl (119)Woodpeckers (19)HabitatAllAlpine (15)Bog (78)Boreal Forest (107)Chaparral (75)Cloud Forest (5)Desert (87)Estuary (81)Flooded Grassland and Savanna (7)Freshwater (101)Freshwater Marsh (30)Freshwater Swamp Forest (3)Grassland (138)Ice Sheet (8)Intertidal Zone (61)Lake (107)Mangrove Forest (43)Marine (35)Neritic Zone (64)Open Ocean (42)Polar Desert (3)Riparian Zone (49)River (123)Salt Marsh (29)Savanna (44)Steppe (85)Temperate Coniferous Forest (15)Temperate Forest (31)Temperate Rainforest (10)Tropical Dry Forest (4)Tropical Rainforest (55)Tundra (117)Vernal Pool (21)Wetlands (153)Xeric Shrubland (37)Conservation StatusAllCritically Endangered (8)Data Deficient (1)Endangered (56)Extinct (16)Least Concern (180)Near Threatened (80)Not Evaluated (1)Vulnerable (115)DietAllCarnivore (148)Detritivore or Scavenger (47)Frugivore (23)Herbivore (138)Insectivore (116)Omnivore (132)Parasitic (2)Piscivore (142)System (Realm)AllFreshwater (161)Marine (156)Marine and Freshwater (77)Terrestrial (178)Terrestrial and Freshwater (31)Terrestrial and Marine (17)Living or ExtinctAllNo (6)Yes (185)Population TrendAllDecreasing (28)Stable (36)ThreatsAllBiological Resource Use (17)Climate Change and Severe Weather (3)Invasive and Other Problematic Species, Genes and Diseases (70)Pollution (34)Relationship to PeopleAllAgricultural or Structural Pest (141)Disease Vector (113)Domesticated (79)Eaten or Drunk by People (15)Ecotourism and Research (49)Farmed or Commercially Raised (29)Hunted or Fished (145)Invasive or Introduced Species (115)Kept as Pets (97)Natural Pest Control (73)No Significant Interaction with Humans (72)Pollinator (4)Source of Fibre (3)Used in Traditional Medicine (12)CITES AppendixAllAppendix I (105)Appendix II (93)Appendix III (37)Not Listed (181)NatureServe RankAllG1 Critically Imperiled (4)G3 Vulnerable (3)G4 Apparently Secure (36)G5 Secure (163)EcosystemAllAmazon Rainforest (27)Antarctic Peninsula (30)Arctic Ocean (10)Arctic Tundra (35)Atacama Desert (4)California Chaparral (2)Camargue (22)Canadian Boreal Forest (3)Caspian Sea (73)Cerrado (5)Chagos Archipelago (6)Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (83)Chihuahuan Desert (2)Daintree Rainforest (6)Danube Delta (100)Doñana (30)Eastern Himalayas (24)Everglades (22)Fiordland (5)Galapagos (15)Gobi Desert (7)Great Barrier Reef (10)Great Lakes (62)Great Plains (26)Gulf of California (34)Heath (83)Iguazu (5)Kruger National Park (8)Lake Baikal (17)Lake Victoria (18)Llanos (17)Mediterranean Basin (36)Mesopotamian Marshes (3)Mojave Desert (12)Moorland (92)Muskeg (4)New Guinea Rainforest (4)Okavango Delta (14)Pampas (12)Pantanal (14)Prairie Pothole Region (61)Raja Ampat (2)Ross Sea (3)Sahara Desert (32)Sahel (30)Sargasso Sea (16)Scandinavian Taiga (26)Siberian Taiga (4)Simpson Desert (21)Sonoran Desert (17)Svalbard (63)Thar Desert (22)Wadden Sea (58)Western Ghats (16)Yellowstone (29)TaxonomyAllAcanthisittidae (3)Accipiter (13)Accipitridae (22)Accipitriformes (52)Acrocephalidae (8)Aerodramus (5)Alaudidae (13)Alcedinidae (2)Alcidae (13)Anas (51)Anatidae (104)Anser (53)Anseriformes (73)Apodiformes (18)Ardeidae (88)Aves (80)Bombycillidae (8)Bucerotidae (2)Cacatuidae (3)Calidris (90)Caprimulgiformes (10)Carduelis (21)Cathartidae (19)Catharus (3)Certhiidae (6)Charadriidae (32)Charadriiformes (39)Ciconiidae (67)Circus (16)Columbidae (17)Columbiformes (36)Coraciiformes (21)Corvidae (15)Corvus (13)Cotingidae (5)Cuculiformes (37)Cyanistes (5)Emberizidae (11)Eudyptes (11)Falconidae (19)Falconiformes (20)Fringilla (12)Fringillidae (11)Galliformes (49)Garrulus (9)Gaviiformes (11)Gruidae (13)Gruiformes (7)Hirundinidae (41)Laniidae (7)Laridae (58)Larus (29)Leiothrichidae (4)Loxia (11)Meliphagidae (2)Meropidae (9)Motacillidae (19)Muscicapidae (11)Opisthocomiformes (11)Oriolidae (8)Otidiformes (2)Paradisaeidae (2)Parus (9)Passeridae (19)Passeriformes (107)Pelecaniformes (70)Pelecanus (6)Perisoreus (3)Phoenicopteridae (6)Phoenicopteriformes (24)Phylloscopidae (7)Picidae (13)Piciformes (10)Podicipediformes (20)Procellariiformes (20)Prunellidae (7)Psittacidae (11)Psittaciformes (35)Pterocliformes (3)Rallidae (49)Scolopacidae (55)Spheniscidae (17)Sphenisciformes (9)Sterna (35)Strigidae (19)Strigiformes (23)Struthioniformes (11)Suliformes (78)Sylviidae (5)Thamnophilidae (3)Thraupidae (6)Threskiornithidae (46)Tringa (88)Trochilidae (9)Troglodytidae (8)Turdidae (6)Turdus (12)Urocissa (4)Admission YearAll1959 (1)1965 (1)Area (sq km)All0.49 (1)160.5 (1)181.43 (1)261 (1)298 (1)316 (1)2040 (1)2235 (1)2586.4 (1)2831 (1)10,452 (1)10,991 (1)11,300 (1)11,434.25 (1)11,581 (1)13,880 (1)13,883 (1)17,818 (1)18,274 (1)20,272 (1)21,041 (1)22,072 (1)22,966 (1)23,200 (1)25,436 (1)27,700 (1)27,834 (1)28,050 (1)28,311 (1)28,748 (1)28,896 (1)29,743 (1)30,355 (1)30,689 (1)100,472 (1)103,125 (1)108,889 (1)110,860 (1)110,993.6 (1)111,369 (1)112,492 (1)114,763 (1)118,484 (1)120,000 (1)120,538 (1)130,375 (1)132,049 (1)143,100 (1)147,181 (1)148,460 (1)163,610 (1)165,940 (1)176,215 (1)181,035 (1)185,180 (1)196,722 (1)200,105 (1)207,600 (1)214,969 (1)236,800 (1)238,397 (1)239,567 (1)242,500 (1)245,857 (1)263,310 (1)267,668 (1)272,000 (1)274,223 (1)283,561 (1)302,069 (1)312,696 (1)315,331 (1)322,462 (1)330,803 (1)1,098,581 (1)1,104,300 (1)1,141,748 (1)1,220,813 (1)1,228,400 (1)1,246,700 (1)1,285,216 (1)1,564,116 (1)1,648,195 (1)1,759,541 (1)1,904,569 (1)1,972,550 (1)2,149,690 (1)2,345,409 (1)2,381,741 (1)2,650,670 (1)2,724,910 (1)2,780,085 (1)3,287,263 (1)7,688,287 (2)10,186,000 (1)14,200,000 (1)17,075,400 (1)17,840,000 (1)24,709,000 (1)30,370,000 (1)Showing the 100 most common of 185 options.Climate ZoneAllTemperate (1)CoastalAllNo (1)Country CountAll1 (1)12 (1)23 (1)30 (1)44 (1)54 (1)Elevation BandAllLowland (1)Government TypeAllAbsolute Monarchy (5)Constitutional Monarchy (31)One-Party (4)Republic (116)Highest Elevation (m)All2228 (1)4892 (1)5642 (1)5895 (1)6190 (1)6967 (1)Income GroupAllHigh (60)Low (16)Lower-Middle (40)Upper-Middle (55)Independence or Founding YearAll843 (1)1000 (1)1139 (1)1492 (1)1523 (1)1769 (1)1776 (1)1795 (1)1801 (1)1804 (1)1806 (1)1810 (1)1811 (2)1816 (1)1818 (1)1820 (1)1821 (7)1822 (1)1825 (2)1830 (1)1832 (1)1839 (1)1844 (1)1847 (1)1848 (1)1861 (1)1867 (1)1877 (1)1901 (1)1902 (1)1903 (1)1905 (1)1907 (1)1908 (1)1910 (1)1912 (2)1917 (1)1918 (5)1919 (1)1921 (1)1922 (2)1923 (1)1929 (1)1932 (2)1943 (1)1944 (1)1945 (2)1946 (3)1947 (4)1948 (4)1949 (2)1951 (1)1953 (2)1956 (2)1957 (2)1958 (1)1960 (11)1961 (2)1962 (5)1963 (1)1964 (3)1965 (3)1966 (4)1968 (2)1970 (3)1971 (4)1973 (1)1974 (2)1975 (6)1976 (2)1977 (1)1978 (2)1979 (4)1980 (1)1981 (2)1983 (1)1984 (1)1986 (2)1988 (1)1990 (2)1991 (15)1992 (1)1993 (4)1995 (1)2006 (2)LandlockedAllNo (134)Yes (36)PopulationAll0 (1)100,179 (1)106,365 (1)109,296 (1)114,621 (1)121,355 (1)138,000 (1)184,100 (1)205,557 (1)281,998 (1)1,025,200 (1)1,066,809 (1)1,235,260 (1)1,362,954 (1)1,382,000 (1)1,432,820 (1)1,512,779 (1)1,588,670 (1)1,795,834 (1)1,836,713 (1)1,842,226 (1)2,080,000 (1)2,116,427 (1)2,135,107 (1)2,335,930 (1)2,359,609 (1)2,365,645 (1)2,422,712 (1)2,647,400 (1)2,824,913 (1)2,870,000 (1)2,897,430 (1)3,022,401 (1)3,100,100 (1)3,214,609 (1)3,412,000 (1)3,499,451 (1)10,147,200 (1)10,185,363 (1)10,186,738 (1)10,353,296 (1)10,610,485 (1)10,915,839 (1)10,978,599 (1)11,027,129 (1)11,365,333 (1)11,424,031 (1)11,484,805 (1)11,532,151 (1)11,867,634 (1)11,906,096 (1)11,972,169 (1)14,151,540 (1)15,170,420 (1)17,166,852 (1)17,483,326 (1)17,521,167 (1)17,638,801 (1)18,130,208 (1)18,636,532 (1)18,847,519 (1)19,043,151 (1)19,629,588 (1)20,216,029 (1)20,547,909 (1)21,756,000 (1)22,224,282 (1)22,489,126 (1)23,299,132 (1)25,950,000 (1)26,657,437 (1)27,801,023 (2)30,987,821 (1)31,122,387 (1)31,500,000 (1)31,800,000 (1)31,964,956 (1)32,283,000 (1)32,684,503 (1)33,702,731 (1)34,352,720 (1)34,374,300 (1)34,881,007 (1)109,139,000 (1)114,000,000 (1)116,452,000 (1)122,587,000 (1)134,000,000 (1)138,000,000 (1)142,557,000 (1)169,828,911 (1)213,421,037 (1)241,499,431 (1)242,747,130 (1)288,315,089 (1)340,587,000 (1)1,210,854,977 (1)1,393,676,444 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)2,040,000,000 (1)Showing the 100 most common of 185 options.Time ZoneAllUTC+08:00 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50AfghanistanWhere It Lives14 entriesAfricaWhere It Lives138 entriesAlbaniaWhere It Lives16 entriesAlgeriaWhere It Lives11 entriesAndorraWhere It Lives15 entriesAngolaWhere It Lives7 entriesAntarcticaWhere It Lives4 entriesAntigua and BarbudaWhere It Lives12 entriesArgentinaWhere It Lives29 entriesArmeniaWhere It Lives16 entriesAustralasiaWhere It Lives50 entriesAustraliaWhere It Lives1 entryAustraliaWhere It Lives130 entriesAustriaWhere It Lives28 entriesAzerbaijanWhere It Lives16 entriesBahamasWhere It Lives15 entriesBahrainWhere It Lives16 entriesBangladeshWhere It Lives10 entriesBarbadosWhere It Lives16 entriesBelarusWhere It Lives23 entriesBelgiumWhere It Lives201 entriesBelizeWhere It Lives15 entriesBeninWhere It Lives7 entriesBhutanWhere It Lives13 entriesBoliviaWhere It Lives22 entriesBosnia and HerzegovinaWhere It Lives15 entriesBotswanaWhere It Lives12 entriesBrazilWhere It Lives65 entriesBruneiWhere It Lives11 entriesBulgariaWhere It Lives23 entriesBurkina FasoWhere It Lives7 entriesBurundiWhere It Lives7 entriesCabo VerdeWhere It Lives8 entriesCambodiaWhere It Lives2 entriesCameroonWhere It Lives6 entriesCanadaWhere It Lives35 entriesCentral African RepublicWhere It Lives6 entriesChileWhere It Lives23 entriesChinaWhere It Lives21 entriesColombiaWhere It Lives88 entriesComorosWhere It Lives2 entriesCosta RicaWhere It Lives15 entriesCote d'IvoireWhere It Lives5 entriesCroatiaWhere It Lives15 entriesCubaWhere It Lives15 entriesCyprusWhere It Lives23 entriesCzechiaWhere It Lives23 entriesDemocratic Republic of the CongoWhere It Lives5 entriesDenmarkWhere It Lives182 entriesDjiboutiWhere It Lives35 entriesShowing 1 to 50 of 186, page 1 of 4.1234Next →Sources1. 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