Field Survey on Bird Species Diversity at Huamugou Nature Reserve,Inner Mongolia in the Summer 2006

Aimed at understanding bird diversity status and setting for a reasonably habitat management strategy at Huamugou Nature Reserve,Inner Mongolia,a field survey on bird species diversity was conducted at fixed transect lines in the summer from May to July of 2006.Totally 127 bird species were recorded which belong to 44 families and 17 orders.Among them 1 species is listed as Rank I species in the National Protected Species and 14 birds are Rank II species respectively.90 species are breeder in the study area,27 species are residents,10 species are migrants.Habitat of grassland and marsh had a highest species diversity index;however,the evenness indexes were higher at woodlands than any other habitat.Results of the field survey would be used as important basic data to make habitat management plan for the conservation of the birds species and community diversity for the nature reserve authority.