Abstract:Beijing is located on the East Asian-Australian Flyway (EAAF), one of the major bird migration routes. During recent years, the problem of bird habitat fragmentation had worsened for the reason of human activity in this area, which has directly threatened the survival of local and migratory birds. For protecting bird diversity, necessary measures should be taken to restore bird habitats. Because habitat requirements of birds vary among species, spatial scales, seasons, and phases of life history, the restoration of bird habitats could be planned according to the breeding characteristics, nest-site distribution, feeding habits, and suitable activity space of the target bird species. In this paper, we considered Liuli River wetland park, located in the southwest of Beijing, as an example for demonstrating the restoration of the habitats of birds. Target species of habitat restoration program were selected based on bird distribution in the study area. By combining information on field conditions and the requirements of the target species for water, food, and breeding, bird habitat restoration measures were designed based on aspects such as shoreline pattern, water depth reconstruction, vegetation configuration, and ecological bird island. Among them, the river bank line should conform to the form of natural channel, presenting a winding shape. According to the water depth requirement of different types of birds, wide deep-water and shallow-water surface areas were prepared. In addition, for vegetation restoration, different types of plants were chosen, including trees, shrubs, emergent plants, and submerged plant to enhance plant biodiversity. A bird island was built based on the altered topography after excavation of a new river channel in study area.