Abstract: Bird banding is a basic method to study the population movement pattern of birds, and also an effective method to monitor bird population dynamics. In this study, we analyzed the bird banding data at north slope of Xiaoqinling of Henan Province, aiming to provide basic data for its protection and management. The bird banding was conducted at Yawu Mountain located in southwest of Xiaoqinling Nature Reserve from September 20 to October 30 in 2007-2016, and bird species banded were mainly dominated by Passeriformes. The change trend of the top 10 abundant species, and the abundance and species numbers of Palearctic and Oriental Realm were analyzed using the general linear regression analysis. A total of 4131 birds from 182 species were banded. The families Muscicapidae and Fringillidae were banded as the most abundant. The abundance of bird species of Oriental Realm had been increasing from 2007 to 2016, which reflects species dispersal from the south to the north slope of Xiaoqinlin Mountains. The increases in the number of bird banding were mainly related to the better habitats of Yawu Mountain, which has the original and unexploited landscape, attracting more birds from south slope. It is suggested that the Xiaoqinling Nature Reserve should organize professionals to carry out special investigation projects of bird resources in the future, and conduct a comprehensive and systematic investigation of bird resources combining the bird banding.

Key words: bird banding, population size, Palearctic Realm, Oriental Realm, Xiaoqinling.