The Avifauna in the Area around the Nianzhu Forest Farm, Fenyi County, Jiangxi Province

bird species under 30 families and 11 orders(4 suborders)were found inthe area around the Nianzhu Forest Farm from March 1992 to DeC.1993.Most of them,92 species,74% of all species)belong to Passeriformes, in which 45 species of Muscicapidae,49% of those of Passeriformes are included. The avifauna is mainly composed of Oriental element. Among the 91 breeding species,there are 72 Oriental elements accounting for 79% of the total breeding species.The summer visitors stay here for 193 days(April 17～Oct.27),the winter visitors for 250 days(Aug. 27～May 4). The travellers passed by in spring or autumn,so the number ofbird species present is more abundant at this time than those in the other two seasons.