The process of urbanization by humans is one of the main reasons for the sharp decline in many bird population and some bird species have even been driven to extinction by urbanization. With the intensification of human impact on natural environments, an increasing amount of attention has been paid to the adaptation of organisms to urban environments. After Shenzhen and Pudong, the Xiong′an New Area, a special economic zone established in April 2017, will be an answer to China′s growth conundrum: breakneck urban sprawl must give way to a balanced and inclusive development strategy. Many bird species are commonly found in urban habitat, therefore they are ideal subjects for studies on the evolution of adaptability to urban environments. By using bird point counts and line-transect census method (Fig. 1), bird species richness and abundance in Xiong′an New Area were surveyed in August 2017 and February 2018. The results showed that there were 72 bird species belonging to 15 orders and 36 families with a total of 27 092 bird individuals being recorded. According to the relative density, the Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) and Daurian Jackdaw (Corvus dauuricus) were dominant species, 58.9% of all birds, and other 9 species were commonly seen. 57 species were breeding birds and six species belonged to the List of Key Protected Wild Animals of China and three species was listed in Appendices Ⅱ of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) (Table 1 and Appendix). There were differences in bird community composition among habitat types, and bird diversity in Baiyangdian Lake with mainly reed habitat was higher than that found in urban and other habitats (Table 1 and Table 2). The present study provided the first report on birds in Xiong′an New Area and may help to make more effective decisions for bird diversity conservation in this region.