Current Status and Conservation Strategy of Water Bird Resources in Coastal Wetland of Fuzhou

A survey on water bird resources was performed from 1997 to 2008 in the coastal wetland of Fuzhou. 132 water bird species belonging to 21 families of 9 orders were recorded. Most of them are shorebirds, geese and ducks, winter birds, passenger birds. Many of them are rare and Endangered water birds, 15 water bird species are under special state protection (1988), 16 species were included in the IUCN list of threatened wildlife, 16 species were listed in China’s red list of endangered animals. Most of the water birds are distributed mainly in Minjiang Estuary, Fuqing Xinghua bay, Fuqing bay, Wenwusha beach and Luoyuan bay. A conservation strategy was proposed according to the status of water bird resources in the coastal wetland of Fuzhou.