Composition and Avifauna of Birds in Shimentai Nature Reserve, Guangdong

The resources and protection of birds in Shimentai Nature Reserve were studied. In showed that the total numbers of 208 species of birds had been recorded in this reserve, which belonged 16 orders and 41 families, including 2 species of the first protected wild bird of national importance ( Trgopan cabotia and Aquila chrysaetos) and 25 species of the second protected wild bird of national importance. The 208 species in the nature reserve had 156 species of residents, 44 species of winter migrants and 8 species of summer migrants. According to the animal geographical regions in China, 136 species belonged to the Oriental Realm, 43 species belonged to the Palaearctic Realm and 29 species belonged to the spread wide in the nature reserve. The character of avifauna , the bird ecological group and economic birds were analysed and studied.