The 13 new species of birds are: the sword plover (héng), the great wāo (biāo), the mongolian sandpiper (héng), the iron-billed sandbird (héng), the spot-tailed grebe (chéng) (yù), the grass heron, the common ternow, the alpine vulture (wù) (jiù), the grey-browed rock wagtail (wú), the brown gray finches, the red-breasted pecking bird, the chestnut-headed grebe (wēng) warbler, and the brown-rumped logger (meí).
Up to now, the number of bird species in Qinghuahai National Wetland Park is 265 species, including 3 species of national level I key protected birds and 24 species of class II key protected birds, which are listed in the IUCN Red List of 2 species of critically endangered, 2 endangered, 2 vulnerable and 9 near-threatened.