Shanghai has abundant bird diversity. Here, the checklist of birds in Shanghai was compiled according to field surveys, data collection and specimen inspection. A total of 436 bird speices, belonging to 20 orders and 58 families, have been recorded in Shanghai since early 20 century. Since 2000, there have been 370 bird speices recorded. Comparing with the bird records in the early 1990s, there are 51 species of new records while 67 species of historical records were absent. Climate change and environmental alternation might be one of the reasons for the change of bird species. Moreover, bird watching increased the opportunity of discorvery of new records. Birdwatching records of birdwatchers provide important references for understanding the current status and dynamics of bird diversity.
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