Study on Bird Diversity in Mount Wutongshan National Park in Guangdong
The investigation of bird resources in Mount Wutongshan National Forest Park of Guangdong re-corded 135 species belonging to 13 orders,35 families.If the six species recorded were added,Passeri-formes had 24 families,95 species(66.4%);Passeres and forest birds had taken the advantage.Dominant species were Pycnonotus jocosus,Apus affinis,Zosterops japonicus,Pycnonotus sinensis,Sturnus sericeus, Aethopyga christinae,Passer montanus,Dicaeum ignipectus,Orthotomus sutorius,Parus major and Lonchura striata.And residents had 78 species(54.5%),winter visitors had 33 species(23.1%),summer visitors had 18 species(12.6%),passage migrants had 15 species(10.5%).Breeding birds had 96 species (67.1%).And 13 species were listed in the China Key List as second-grade of protected wild animals, 12 species were listed in CITES Appendix II,1 species was recorded in IUCN as vulnerable(VU),5 spe-cies were recorded in CSRL as near threatened(NT),3 species were recorded in Guangdong provincial protected animals,1 species was endemic to China.Most of birds are distributed in Wutongshan County-Xiaowutong,Dawutong,Bitongdao and Shatoujiao.And Babax lanceolatus and Minla cyanouroptera which may escape or become naturalized species were discussed.
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