江苏省前三岛鸟类调查报告

前三岛由达念山岛、平山岛和车牛山岛三小岛组成，位于黄海，东经１１９°４９′１８″一１１９°５４′３０″、北纬３４°５９′４２″一３５°０８′２４″．岛上植被简单．据调查，前三岛鸟类１２９种，隶１５目３７科，其中非雀形目鸟类５１种，雀形目鸟类７８种，占总数的３９．５３％和６０．４７％．７３种为《中日候鸟保护协定》规定保护的鸟类．按动物地理区划，３１种属东洋界鸟类，８７种为古北界种类，广布１１种．按季节分．旅鸟５３种、冬候鸟２４种、夏候鸟３１种、留鸟２０种、迷鸟１种．有国家一级保护鸟１种，二级保护鸟１５种．黄蹼洋海燕是中国第一次发现的新记录．文中提出了有关保护鸟类的措施．     

黄帝陵保护区鸟类研究

对黄帝陵保护区鸟类从区系、食性、数量等方面进行了调查和分析．结果表明：保护区内有鸟６７种（亚种），隶属１４目２９科，其中东洋种８种，古北种３１种，广布种２８种；食虫鸟类２８种，喜食松毛虫的鸟有７种；并对３３种鸟采用遇见频次指数法进行数量统计，其中优势种５种，常见种８种，稀有种２０种．     

动物玩家之“鹰”

正鹰小档案:种属:鸟纲隼形目猛禽。分布:鹰在各大陆均有分布,全世界大约有190多种,在我国最常见的有苍鹰、雀鹰和赤腹鹰。习性特征:鹰在高空中飞翔以极快的速度俯冲到地面,用爪子捕食蛇、老鼠、野兔等小动物。它们还是世界上寿命最长的鸟类,平均能活70年,在40岁时自行撞碎喙,拔掉毛,凭借新长出的喙和羽毛度过以后的岁月。     

鸟类迁徙现象的研究

从鸟类迁徙的多样性、方向性、飞行时间、速度、高度等方面,探索鸟类迁徙的原因及迁徙的意义。     

为生存而抗争的火烈鸟

非洲柏哥利亚湖的间歇泉中雾气腾腾,湖水极具腐蚀性。一百多万只火烈鸟就在这里踱步、摄食、求偶、繁育后代。饥肠辘辘的狒狒、鱼鹰,凶猛异常的非洲秃鹳以及斑鬣狗……各路"食客"也向湖泊聚集。在这样一个危机四伏的地方,火烈鸟如何险境求生?如何在生与死的博弈中创造生命的奇迹?     

企鹅识途的故事

生活栖息于南半球的企鹅,为鸟纲企鹅目,当今全球总共有18种。企鹅的突出特点之一,是不怕寒冷,被称之为世界上最耐严寒的鸟类。企鹅靠着比同一体型的鸟类多3～4倍的密布全身的羽毛,能够在零下60℃的冰天雪原上自由自在的生活。     

A new species from an ornithuromorph（Aves： Ornithothoraces）dominated locality of the Jehol Biota

We report on a new species of ornithuromorph bird, Iteravis huchzermeyeri gen. et sp. nov., from the previously unreported Sihedang locality of the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation, the oldest ornithuromorph bearing deposit in the world. Unlike most other Cretaceous localities, specimens from this new quarry are largely referable to Ornithuromorpha, similar to the Lower Cretaceous Aptian Xiagou Formation in Gansu Province. Also similar to the Xiagou avifauna, the fauna at Sihedang is largely dominated by a single taxon（described here）.Differences in faunal dominance may suggest the Sihedang records a unique ecological habitat. This may also explain the dominance of Gansus in the younger Xiagou Formation locality and suggests that previous hypotheses regarding the shift in dominance between Enantiornithes and Ornithuromorpha need to be reassessed in terms of potential ecological biases due to limited sampling. Furthermore, the recognition of an ornithuromorph dominated locality in the Sihedang significantly weakens the signal of such an inferred trend. Compared to most Jehol birds, the new specimen is relatively better preserved in three dimensions revealing morphological details of the skeleton, as well as preserves feather impressions including a rectricial morphology previously unknown among Mesozoic birds.