Abstract: The birds at Dangan Island, Guangdong were surveyed by point counts from May 2008 to November 2009.Seventy-four species were recorded. Among them, twenty-nine species were residents, forty-five ones were migrants. Forty-five and forty-eight species were recorded in the rain season and dry season, respectively. There were no significant differences between the rain season and dry season on the mean species richness per point (3.5 vs. 3.7, Z=-0.86, P=0.39), but there were significant differences on mean abundance per point (9.7 vs. 12.9, Z=-2.19, P=0.03). There were 11 shared species between 1980-1981 and 2008-2009.Five common species, which recorded in 1980-1981 were not seen in 2008-2009.Other six common ones, which recorded in the present survey, lacked in 1980-1981.More concerns are needed to explain the reasons of common immigrant species and emigrant species in the future.