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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 1999, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (5): 77-86.

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STUDIES ON BIRDS IN THE TIANMU MOUNTAINS, EAST CHINA

Xi Zhu1,Fei Ren2,Shengfu Shao3,Zhengdong Wang4   

  1. 1. Zhejiang Forestry College Lin'an 311300
    2. Forestry Bureau of Lin'an City Lin'an 311300
    3. Forestry Bureau of Jinhua City Jinhua 321000
    4. Forestry Bureau of Yongkang City Yongkang 321300
  • Received:1998-09-28 Online:1999-09-25 Published:1999-09-25

Abstract:

In the Tianmu mountains, there are 193 species of birds, belonging to 16 orders, 45 families, accounting for 46.62 % of the birds in Zhejiang.Among them 93 species are residents, 34 species summer visitors, 52 species winter visitors and 14 species travellers, including 9 species of endemic birds, which amounting to 9.0 %of ones in China.Analysis showed that bird migration and environmental change have great influence on the composition of bird communities.The avifauna of Tianmu mountains, which belongs to central China region of Oriental realm, near the south border of Palaearctic realm, has mixed features of transiting from Oriental relam to Palaearctic realm in bird composition.

Key words: Avifauna, Zoogeography, Tianmu mountains, Zhejiang Province