Abstract: Bird investigations were conducted in Xiayong Nature Reserve in April and September of 2014.The result found that there were 210 species,belonging to 46 families,15 orders.Among them,140 species belonged to Passeriformes(66.67%),70 species belonged to other orders(33.33%); 25 species were winter migratory birds(11.90%),127 species were residents(60.48%),42 species were summer residents(20%),16 species were transient migrants (7.62%);Geographical distribution included 88 Palaearctic species(41.90%),99 Oriental species (47.14%)and 23 cosmopolitan species(10.95%).Among these birds,4 species were national first-grade protected wildlife(1.90%),16 species were national second-grade protected wildlife(7.62%).