Investigation and Research on Wild Bird Resources in Zhengzhou City
This study investigated the biodiversity,faunal distribution and habitat of birds in Zhengzhou City,Henan Province from 2014 to 2019.A total of 304 species in 52 families of 16 orders were recor-ded,including 40 species of exotic birds in 16 families and 12 orders.Among them,mountain birds were the most(197 species),rivers and paddy fields were the most similar(0.71),with 78 species of birds.There were 46 species(15.13%)of Oriental birds,155 species(50.99%)of Palaearctic birds and 103 species(33.88%)of widespread species,and 90 species(29.61%)of resident birds,59 species(19.41%)of summer migratory birds,71 species(23.36%)of winter migratory birds and 84 species(27.63%)of migratory birds.The bird resources had 17 species of national first-level key protected birds,with 3 exotic species,47 species of national second-level key protected birds,with 7 exotic spe-cies,and 21 species of provincial key protected birds.7 species of birds and 8 exotic species were listed in Appendix I of CITES.Critically endangered(CR),endangered(EN),vulnerable(VU),and near threatened(NT)levels were 3,4,8 and 4 species,respectively.147 specie were on the list of the China-Japan Agreement on the Protection of Birds,and 40 species were on the list of the China-Australia A-greement on the Protection of Birds.The results showed that the birds in Zhengzhou City were mixed in the north and south as a whole,showing a transition from the Palaearctic realm to the Oriental realm,with the Palaearctic component dominating.In the habitat analysis,water birds accounted for a large pro-portion of all birds except Passeriformes,indicating that more investment should be made in protecting water resources in the process of bird protection.
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