To explore the bird community diversity during breeding season in Tongcheng county, Hubei province , we carried out investigations using line transect method during April to July from 2016to 2019. Atotal of 105bird species be- longing to 13orders and 40families were recorded, among which most species (66. 7%) are from passeriformes . 55. 24% are oriental species , 64. 8% are resident birds and 15 species are listed as class II national—protected species in china . similarity index scores indicated the bird community composition during breeding season in Tongcheng county is relatively stable from 2016to 2019. Bird community diversity indexes exhibited little fluctuation among years . Number of species , density, and diversity index scores of bird community in village habitat are higher than those of the other habitats in Tongcheng county. The village habitat contributes greatly to the bird community diversity during breeding season in Tongcheng county because of its high landscape heterogeneity. The maintenance of a healthy ecosystem function in rural area is of great importance to the conservation of biological diversity in the whole area .