Bird Resources in Xiayong Nature Reserve in Sichuan Province

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%).