Abstract

• The present research conducts with the beneficial services of wetlands and their indicator bird species in wetland areas of Ayeyarwady Region. Wetlands are critical habitats for wetland dependent bird species. These habitats are facing rapid degradation due to anthropogenic activities that affect the wetland indicator bird distribution by changing their habitats. Distance sampling point count method (Buckland et.al., 2004) was applied. Vegetation types were recorded by using the visual estimation. Vegetation covers were categorized by peripheral and mosaic by (Semeniuk et al.,1990). Field surveys were carried out from May 2017 to April 2018. During the survey period, 101wetland indicator bird species were recorded including three globally threatened bird species and four near- threatened bird species. These bird species were also indicate the wetland habitats.