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Checklist forms the core of the science-based tool for informing conservation strategies and development plans. Updating the Birds Korea Checklist regularly enables us to understand population trends and priorities for Important Bird Areas.

Checklist 2025

Updated August 2025

The current edition of Birds Korea Checklist exhibits the following key findings:

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#
Cat.
English Name
Scientific Name
Korean Name
GCS
NCS
Breeding Status (O=No evidence); 1= Breeding record since 2000; 2=Breeding record pre-2000; 3=Suspected breeding since 2000
Abundance Code
Source
Population Trend
Notes to help with assessment
Profile Page (click image)
1
1
Brant Goose
Branta bernicla
흑기러기
LC
II
0
W5/ V1
Census, Archives
?
Before 2000, an under-recorded winter visitor, especially to the south coast, with the largest concentration xx. Since the 2010s, an increasingly scarce and irregular migrant and winter visitor, especially to the east coast, with occasional small groups wintering (Dec-Feb) between Pohang and the inner border, Gangwon Province. Along the east coast, recent records appear to peak in November and likely relate to birds moving between Japan and recently identified wintering areas in the DPRK. Occasional records along the west and south coast, during southward (Oct-Nov) and northward (Mar-May) migration periods; now only rarely in mid-winter. Distribution of recordsd suggest two populations likely involved:
Brant Goose
1
Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Calandrella dukhunensis
쇠종다리
LC
NA
0
1
Indian Cuckoo
Cuculus micropterus
검은등뻐꾸기
LC
NA
1
1
Warbling White-eye
Zosterops japonicus
동박새
LC
NA
1
1
Pallas's Reed Bunting
Emberiza pallasi
북방검은머리쑥새
LC
NA
0
W2, P3
Archive, eBird
STA / DEC
eBird records into June likely in error for Ochre-rumped. Far less widespread than
DD
1
Daurian Starling
Agropsar sturninus
북방쇠찌르레기
LC
NA
1
1
Chinese Grey Shrike
Lanius sphenocercus
물때까치
LC
NA
3??
1
Surf Scoter
Melanitta perspicillata
흰이마검둥오리
LC
NA
0
V2
One record: Jeju 2022-02
해변종다리
1
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
쇠제비갈매기
LC
II
1
1
Fieldfare
Turdus pilaris
회색머리지빠귀
LC
NA
0
V2
5-6 records?
초원멧새
섬큰유리새
북방쇠박새
검은턱알락할미새
1
Mongolian Gull
Larus mongolicus
한국재갈매기
NR
NA
1
5B
Javan Myna
Acridotheres javanicus
자바뿔찌르레기
VU
NA
0
V2
5C
House Crow
Corvus splendens
집까마귀
LC
NA
0
V2
1
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalis
바다꿩
VU
NA
0
WV1
말똥가리
Park et al (2025) only include arra. Species in much of range winters close to edge of pack ice. Avilist (2025) lists distribution as, "breeds eastern Taymyr Peninsula to New Siberian Islands (Russia)". This is >7,000km over sea from Korean waters and 4,300+ km overland. This compares with what is known of the species, outlined in Gaston et al (2020) in Birds of the world, " Individuals breeding in areas affected by ice shift to ice margin in winter. In Atlantic sector, some populations undertake true migrations of >2,000 km".
1
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticus
회색가슴뜸부기
LC
NA
0
V2
Up to 2025, 6+ records (5 cited in Park et al. 2025)
2
Mountain Hawk-Eagle
Nisaetus nipalensis
뿔매
NT
NA
0
V2
1
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulata
얼룩무늬납부리새
LC
NA
0
1
Fairy Pitta
Pitta nympha
팔색조
VU
II
1
아래스카긴발톱멧새
Subspecies added on the basis of Park et al. (2025), "2017년 11월 13일 전남 흑산도 예리에서 아종 알래스카긴발톱멧새 암컷 1개체가 관찰되었다(박창욱 등 2018)". According to AviList (2025), distribution is, "breeds far eastern Siberia, Alaska, and northwestern Canada; winters to western USA" so occurrence in Korea seems plausible (though exceptional)
북방긴발톱할미새
1
Eyebrowed Thrush
Turdus obscurus
흰눈썹붉은배지빠귀
LC
NA
0
1
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
에위니아제비갈매기
LC
NA
0
V2
1
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
검은등제비갈매기
LC
NA
0
1
Chinese Blue Flycatcher
Cyornis glaucicomans
주황가슴파랑딱새
LC
NA
0
V2
1
Russet Sparrow
Passer cinnamomeus
섬참새
LC
NA
1
1
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoides
개리
EN
II
0
P3, W5
Archive, census
DEC
Very local; with >1,000 some years (all years?) in the Han-Imjin Estuary (formerly Odae, more recently Yudo); reduced numbers in the Geum Estuary (20-80); and ~10 in the Lower Nakdong.
R1A
White-faced Plover
Anarhynchus dealbatus
흰얼굴흰물떼새
LC
NA
0
V2
1
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis
검은목논병아리
LC
NA
0
1
Chinese Bush Warbler
Locustella tacsanowskia
땅개개비
LC
NA
0
V2
REJ
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolor
큰지느러미발도요
LC
NA
0
4 / REJ
Included in Park et al (2025)After public review, published images of two birds in Nakdong Estuary appear to be Marsh Sandpiper (https://www.birdskoreablog.org/?p=16251). Annotation in Park et al. (2025) ," 1996년 10월 22일 낙동강 하구(을숙도)에서 1개체가 관찰되었다' indicates that this record has not been reviewed - simply accepted on the basis of publication of three poor images in a Japanese birdwatching magazine,,
1
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
구레나룻제비갈매기
LC
NA
0
1
Steller's Sea Eagle
Haliaeetus pelagicus
참수리
VU
I
0
1
Chestnut-cheeked Starling
Agropsar philippensis
쇠찌르레기
LC
NA
1
1
Greater Sand Plover
Anarhynchus leschenaultii
큰왕눈물떼새
LC
NA
0
REJ
Redhead
Aythya americana
미국흰죽지
LC
NA
4 / REJ
Listed as Pending by Park et al. (2025) on the basis of a male seen in December 1996 in Cheonsu Bay by Park Jin-Young (Park 2002). There are no images. The ID challenge posed by presumed Common Pochard x Ferruginous Duck hybrids (cf a male hybrid in Seoul in the 2020s which closely recalls Redhead), were not well understood at this time . Moreover, the species remains extremely rare, with only one record in Japan according to https://kantorilode.weebly.com/annotated-checklist-of-the-birds-of-japan.html; and no records shown in East Asia on eBird. As no further progress can be made with this record, it seems wisest either to place this in Cat 4 or to reject it.
1
Claudia's Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus claudiae
히말라야산솔새
LC
NA
0
V2
1
Grey-backed Thrush
Turdus hortulorum
되지빠귀
LC
NA
1
1
White-throated Needletail
Hirundapus caudacutus
바늘꼬리칼새
LC
NA
3
1
Common Crane
Grus grus
검은목두루미
LC
II
0
W5
Census
INC / STA
Recent years up to 20 recorded during census. Perhaps formerly regular?; Gore & Won (1971) knew of no recent records; species was considered very rare before 2000; first multiple occurrence (4 birds together) was reported as recently as 1990 (Park 2000). Regular (>10 each year) only from mid-2010s onward, presumably because most were previously missed during migration.
1
Eurasian Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
푸른머리되새
LC
NA
0
V2
1-3 records
1
Blue Rock Thrush
Monticola solitarius
바다직박구리
LC
NA
1
1
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
혹부리오리
LC
NA
3
W2, SV1
Census, Archives
STA
Numbers in past 3 winters similar to initial highest counts following strong dip in numbers 2013-2019. In addition, breeding now suspected (Saemangeum)
울도방울새
1
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
물수리
LC
II
1
1
European Robin
Erithacus rubecula
꼬까울새
LC
NA
0
V2
1
Ochre-rumped Bunting
Emberiza yessoensis
쇠검은머리쑥새
NT
II
1
P4, R5, W5
Archive
STA/ INC
Breeding in 3 areas: Shihwa, Hwaseong and Saemangeum. This indicative of increase as species takes advantage of reclamation areas, yet quite likely previously overlooked
1
Yellow-billed Loon
Gavia adamsii
흰부리아비
NT
NA
0
1
Great Tit
Parus major
노랑배박새
LC
NA
0
V2
Name seems to contradict "rules" of numenclature, as birds in East Asia were also known as "Great Tit"
흑꼬리도요
1
Oriental Cuckoo
Cuculus optatus
벙어리뻐꾸기
LC
NA
1
5D
White-tailed Robin
Myiomela leucura
흰꼬리유리딱새
LC
NA
0
V2
How migratory is this species? According to Birds of the World, "Sedentary; some altitudinal and minor short-distance movements." Only one record in Korea, " 2021년 4월 20일 전남 신안 흑산도에서 수컷 1개체가 관찰되었다(김양모 등 2021)." Only record in Japan is considered possibly to be an esacpe ("1 record Danjo Islands; escapee?": https://kantorilode.weebly.com/annotated-checklist-of-the-birds-of-japan.html)
1
Harlequin Duck
Histrionicus histrionicus
흰줄박이오리
LC
NT
0
W4
DEC
Was Amber PNS in 2022. Peak in Census was 206 in 2009; 78 was highest peak in past decade. 35% decline in 5-yr geomentric mean between 2009-2013 and 2019 and 2023 (though much of that because of outlier count). Range also withdrawing northward. Census clearly under-reprots species, but optics, site knowledge and observer skill mucch higher now than a decade and especially two decades ago.
1
Eastern Crowned Warbler
Phylloscopus coronatus
산솔새
LC
NA
1
Weak evidence of increasing breeding population in Korea (Kim et al. 2021) set against very large declines of migrant population, therefore from Red to Amber
1
Brown-eared Bulbul
Hypsipetes amaurotis
직박구리
LC
NA
1
considered to be declining by Kim Hankyu. Really?
1
Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoides
작은흰갈매기
LC
NA
0
WV1
1
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
집참새
LC
NA
0
넓은이마홍때까치
Confusus is genetically close to nominate, and is considered to be a result of hybridisation of confusus x cristatus. Subspecies still recognised by AviList (2025) although this source explicitly does not review subpecies in detail and "newly" recognised by Park et al. (2025).
바다매
DD
list as DD. Inclusion, if to be included, is based primarily on confusion with calidus. Korean name is extremely misleading as japonensis is the form found breeding on offshore islands.
흰눈썹긴발톱할미새
1
Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris
붉은어깨도요
EN
II
0

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