Biodiv Sci ›› 2001, Vol. 09 ›› Issue (3): 260-264.  DOI: 10.17520/biods.2001040

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Avifauna of Old Yellow River Course Nature Reserve in northern Henan Province

NIU Hong-Xing,BO Yan-Zhen,LU Ji-Qi,QU Wen-Yuan,WANG Yu-Sheng,WANG Xin-Min,NIU Ji-Sheng   

  1. 1 College of Life Sciences , Henan Normal University , Xinxiang  453002
    2 Xinxiang Environmental Protection Bureau , Xinxiang  453002
  • Received:2000-12-22 Revised:2001-05-24 Online:2001-08-20 Published:2001-08-20

Abstract: From 1997 to 1999 ,we carried out an investigation on the bird fauna of wetlands along the Old Yellow River Course Nature Reserve in northern Henan Province. The study revealed that the birds in this area belong to 16 orders , 37 families , and 119 species. Among them , 32 species are residents (26. 9 %) , 24 species are winter migrants (20. 17 %) , 30 species are summer migrants (25. 2 %) ,and 33 species are passage migrants (27. 7 %) . Two species are Class I protected , 19 species are Class II protected , and six species are provincially protected.

Key words: biodiversity, protection, nature reserve, Wuling Mountain