Birds Korea - Checklist

Birds Korea Checklist
August 2007

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Status codes in short - for detailed description go to the Introduction page.

Status

1) Global Conservation Status
*CR:*	Critically Endangered.
*EN:*	Endangered.
*VU:*	Vulnerable.
*NT:*	Near- threatened.

2) Trend
*Inc:*	Increasing.
*Dec:*	Decreasing.

3) Seasonality and Abundance
R:	Resident.
*R(m):*	Resident and partial migrant.
P:	Passage Migrant (i.e. spring or autumn or both).
W:	Winter visitor.
S:	Summer visitor or summer resident.

Estimated abundance since 1980:
1:	>= 100,000
2:	10,000 - 100,000
3:	1000 - 10,000
4:	100 - 1000
5:	<= 100


Less regularly-recorded species:
*V1:*	Probably annual (25-99 records or individuals recorded in total up to the present).
*V2:*	Recorded scarcely annually, or less than annually (between ten and 25 records or individuals in total up to the present).
*V3:*	Ten or fewer records in total up to the present.
*V4:*	Species last recorded ten or more years before the present.
*V5:*	Species added to the Birds Korea Checklist within the past update (starting from August 2007).

4) Geographic Area
*No:*	North of approximately 38 D North.
*So:*	South of approximately 38 D North.
*N-N:*	Far northern provinces: Pyonganbuk, Chagang, Yanggang, Hamgyeongnam, Hamgyeongbuk.
*N-C:*	Northern-central provinces: Pyongannam, Hwanghaebuk, Hwanghaenam, northern Gangwon.
*C-W:*	Central-western provinces: Gyeonggi, Chungchongnam, Chungchongbuk.
*C-E:*	Central-eastern provinces: southern Gangwon, Gyeongsangbuk.
*S-S:*	Southern provinces: Jeollabuk, Jeollanam, Gyeongsangnam, excluding Jeju and the southern coastal zone.
*S-C:*	Southern Coastal Zone, all islands and within ca 20km of the coast in Jeollabuk, Jeollanam, Jeju, Gyeongsangnam and Gyeonsangbuk provinces.

Additional Codes
1) Category 2
In Category 2, each species contains an assessment of global conservation status (as above); followed by:
a)	The number of published records of that species;
b)	The year of the last confirmed record.

Birds Korea Checklist October 2007

Category 1:

Contains all species which have been recorded in 1980 or subsequently, where the identifications have been made by more than one reliable and experienced observer, in almost all cases supported by photographs, sound recordings or
specimens upon which the identification can be confirmed independently.

1	Hazel Grouse	Tetrastes bonasia	R(m)2
2	Black Grouse	Lyrurus tetrix	R5(N-N)
3	Japanese Quail	Coturnix japonica	DEC. So:W3 / 4, No:S5
4	Common Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	R1
5	Swan Goose	Anser cygnoides	EN. P2 (N-CC), W5
6	Bean Goose	Anser fabalis	P1,W2, SV2
7	Greylag Goose	Anser anser	V3 (So)
8	Greater White-fronted Goose	Anser albifrons	P1,W2, SV2
9	Lesser White-fronted Goose	Anser erythropus	VU: P5,WV1
10	Bar-headed Goose	Anser indicus	V3 (So)
11	Snow Goose	Chen caerulescens	V1
12	Cackling Goose	Branta hutchinsii	V2
13	Brant Goose or Black Brant	Branta bernicla	W4
14	Mute Swan	Cygnus olor	W5
15	Tundra Swan	Cygnus columbianus	W4
16	Whooper Swan	Cygnus cygnus	W3,SV3
17	Common Shelduck	Tadorna tadorna	W2,SV3
18	Ruddy Shelduck	Tadorna ferruginea	W3
19	Mandarin Duck	Aix galericulata	R(m)3,W3
20	Gadwall	Anas strepera	W3
21	Falcated Duck	Anas falcata	W3, SV3
22	Eurasian Wigeon	Anas penelope	P3,W3,SV3
23	American Wigeon	Anas americana	V2
24	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	P1,W1,R4
25	Eastern Spot-billed Duck	Anas zonorhyncha	P1,W2,R2
26	Northern Shoveler	Anas clypeata	W3
27	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	P2,W2
28	Garganey	Anas querquedula	P4
29	Baikal Teal	Anas formosa	VU. W1,SV3
30	Common Teal	Anas crecca	W2,RV1
31	Green-winged Teal	Anas carolinensis	V3
32	Red-crested Pochard	Netta rufina	V2 (So)
33	Common Pochard	Aythya ferina	P2, W2,SV3
34	Baer's Pochard	Aythya baeri	VU. V2
35	Ferruginous Duck	Aythya nyroca	NT: V3 (So)
36	Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	P2,W3,SV3
37	Greater Scaup	Aythya marila	W2,SV3
38	Harlequin Duck	Histrionicus histrionicus	W4(br)
39	White-winged Scoter	Melanitta deglandi	W3
40	American Scoter (or Black Scoter)	Melanitta americana	W4
41	Long-tailed Duck	Clangula hyemalis	V1
42	Common Goldeneye	Bucephala clangula	W3
43	Smew	Mergellus albellus	W3
44	Common Merganser	Mergus merganser	W3,S5
45	Red-breasted Merganser	Mergus serrator	W3
46	Scaly-sided Merganser	Mergus squamatus	EN. No:M5, So:W5
47	Red-throated Loon	Gavia stellata	P3, W3
48	Black-throated Loon	Gavia arctica	W4
49	Pacific Loon	Gavia pacifica	P2, W3
50	Yellow-billed Loon	Gavia adamsii	V2
51	Bonin Petrel	Pterodroma hypoleuca	V3 (So)
52	Streaked Shearwater	Calonectris leucomelas	S2
53	Short-tailed Shearwater	Puffinus tenuirostris	P5 / V1
54	Flesh-footed Shearwater	Puffinus carneipes	P5 / V1
55	Swinhoe's Storm Petrel	Oceanodroma monorhis	S4
56	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	R(m)3
57	Red-necked Grebe	Podiceps grisegena	W4
58	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	W3,R5
59	Horned Grebe	Podiceps auritus	W4
60	Black-necked Grebe	Podiceps nigricollis	W3
61	Black Stork	Ciconia nigra	P5,WV1(br)
62	Oriental Stork	Ciconia boyciana	EN.W5,SV3(br)
63	Black-headed Ibis	Threskiornis melanocephalus	NT. V3
64	Eurasian Spoonbill	Platalea leucorodia	W4,RV1
65	Black-faced Spoonbill	Platalea minor	EN.S4 / 3
66	Great Bittern	Botaurus stellaris	W5
67	Yellow Bittern	Ixobrychus sinensis	S3
68	Von Schrenck's Bittern or Shrenck's Bittern	Ixobrychus eurhythmus	NT.S5
69	Cinnamon Bittern	Ixobrychus cinnamomeus	V3 (So)
70	Black Bittern	Dupetor flavicollis	V3 (So)
71	Japanese Night Heron	Gorsachius goisagi	EN. V1(So)
72	Malayan Night Heron	Gorsachius melanolophus	V3
73	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	INC.S3,R4
74	Striated Heron	Butorides striata	S3
75	Chinese Pond Heron	Ardeola bacchus	INC.M5,SV3
76	Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	S2
77	Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea	S3,W3
78	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	V1
79	Great Egret	Ardea alba alba	W3,SV1
80	*Great Egret	Ardea alba modesta	S2,WV1
81	(Yellow-billed Egret or) Intermediate Egret	Egretta intermedia	S3
82	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	S2,W4
83	Pacific Reef Heron	Egretta sacra	R(m)4
84	Chinese Egret	Egretta eulophotes	VU. S3, WV3
85	Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	V3(S-C)
86	Lesser Frigatebird	Fregata ariel	V2
87	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	V3(S-C)
88	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	V3(S-C)
89	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	W3,R5
90	Temminck's Cormorant	Phalacrocorax capillatus	R(m)3
91	Pelagic Shag	Leucocarbo pelagicus	R(m)3
92	Common Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	R(m)3, S2
93	Amur Falcon	Falco amurensis	P3
94	Merlin	Falco columbarius	W4
95	Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo	S3
96	Saker Falcon	Falco cherrug	V2 / 3
97	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	R(m)3
98	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	P4,W5(S-C)
99	Crested Honey Buzzard	Pernis ptilorhyncus	P3
100	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	R(m)4,P4
101	White-tailed Eagle	Haliaeetus albicilla	NT.W4,R5(S-C)
102	Steller's Sea Eagle	Haliaeetus pelagicus	VU. W5
103	Himalayan Vulture	Gyps himalayensis	V5
104	Cinereous Vulture	Aegypius monachus	NT. W3,RV3
105	Crested Serpent Eagle	Spilornis cheela	V3 (So)
106	Eastern Marsh Harrier	Circus spilonotus	P5,W5
107	Northern Harrier	Circus cyaneus	W4
108	Pied Harrier	Circus melanoleucos	P5
109	Chinese Sparrowhawk	Accipiter soloensis	P2,S3
110	Japanese Sparrowhawk	Accipiter gularis	R(m)4,P3
111	Eurasian Sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus	P3,RV2
112	Northern Goshawk	Accipiter gentilis	P3,W3,R5
113	Grey-faced Buzzard	Butastur indicus	P3(br),SV3
114	Common Buzzard	Buteo buteo	P3, W3,SV3
115	Upland Buzzard	Buteo hemilasius	P4,W5
116	Roughleg or Rough-legged Buzzard	Buteo lagopus	W5
117	Greater Spotted Eagle	Aquila clanga	VU. V1(So)
118	Steppe Eagle	Aquila nipalensis	V3
119	(Asian Imperial Eagle or) Eastern Imperial Eagle	Aquila heliaca	VU. V1
120	Golden Eagle	Aquila chrysaetos	R(m)5, W5
121	Bonelli's Eagle	Hieraaetus fasciatus	V3
122	Booted Eagle	Hieraaetus pennatus	V3 (So)
123	Great Bustard	Otis tarda	DEC. WV4
124	Swinhoe's Rail	Coturnicops exquisitus	VU. V3
125	Water Rail	Rallus aquaticus	W5
126	White-breasted Waterhen	Amaurornis phoenicurus	INC. P5,SV3,WV3
127	Baillon's Crake	Porzana pusilla	P5
128	Ruddy-breasted Crake	Porzana fusca	S5
129	Band-bellied Crake	Porzana paykullii	NT. V2
130	Watercock	Gallicrex cinerea	DEC. S4
131	Common Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	INC. S4,R5(S-C)
132	Common Coot	Fulica atra	W3,R4
133	Demoiselle Crane	Grus virgo	V3
134	Siberian Crane	Grus leucogeranus	CR. V3
135	Sandhill Crane	Grus canadensis	V3
136	White-naped Crane	Grus vipio	VU. P3,W4
137	Common Crane	Grus grus	V1
138	Hooded Crane	Grus monacha	VU. P3,W4
139	Red-crowned Crane	Grus japonensis	EN.W4
140	Yellow-legged Buttonquail	Turnix tanki	P5
141	(Eurasian Oystercatcher or) Eastern Oystercatcher	Haematopus (ostralegus) osculans	W3,R(m)4
142	Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	INC. P5,S5 (So)
143	Pied Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta	V1
144	Northern Lapwing	Vanellus vanellus	W4
145	Grey-headed Lapwing	Vanellus cinereus	P5
146	Pacific Golden Plover	Pluvialis fulva	P4
147	Grey Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	P2,W3
148	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	V1
149	Long-billed Plover	Charadrius placidus	R(m)3
150	Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius	P3,S3
151	Kentish Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus	P2,R(m)3,W4
152	(Lesser Sand Plover or) Mongolian Sand Plover	Charadrius mongolus	P2,WV3
153	Greater Sand Plover	Charadrius leschenaultii	P5
154	Oriental Plover	Charadrius veredus	V2
155	Eurasian Dotterel	Charadrius morinellus	V3 (So)
156	Greater Painted Snipe	Rostratula benghalensis	R(m)5 (So)
157	Pheasant-tailed Jacana	Hydrophasianus chirurgus	INC. V2
158	Eurasian Woodcock	Scolopax rusticola	P4,W5
159	Solitary Snipe	Gallinago solitaria	W5,P5
160	Latham's Snipe	Gallinago hardwickii	P5
161	(Pin-tailed Snipe) or Pintail Snipe	Gallinago stenura	P4,WV3
162	Swinhoe's Snipe	Gallinago megala	P4
163	Common Snipe	Gallinago gallinago	P2,W4
164	Long-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus	V2(So)
165	Asian Dowitcher	Limnodromus semipalmatus	NT. V2 (So)
166	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	P2,WV3
167	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	P2,WV3
168	Little Curlew or Little Whimbrel	Numenius minutus	P5
169	Whimbrel or Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	P3,WV3
170	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	P2,W3, S5
171	(Eastern Curlew or) Far Eastern Curlew	Numenius madagascariensis	P2,S3, WV2
172	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	DEC. P3,W5
173	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	P4, SV2,WV3
174	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	P3
175	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	P2,W5
176	Nordmann's Greenshank	Tringa guttifer	EN. P4
177	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	P3,W4
178	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	P3
179	Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	INC. P2, SV2
180	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	P3,W4
181	Grey-tailed Tattler	Heteroscelus brevipes	P3
182	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	P3, WV3
183	Great Knot	Calidris tenuirostris	P1
184	Red Knot	Calidris canutus	P3
185	Sanderling	Calidris alba	P3,W4
186	Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis	DEC.P2, S5,WV3
187	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	V2
188	Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	P5
189	Long-toed Stint	Calidris subminuta	P4
190	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	V1
191	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata	P3
192	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	P5
193	Dunlin	Calidris alpina	DEC. P1,W2, SV2
194	Spoon-billed Sandpiper	Eurynorhynchus pygmeus	CR.DEC.P4
195	Broad-billed Sandpiper	Limicola falcinellus	DEC.P3
196	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Tryngites subruficollis	V3 (So)
197	Ruff	Philomachus pugnax	P5
198	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	P3
199	Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	V2 (So)
200	Oriental Pratincole	Glareola maldivarum	INC. P5, SV3
201	Black-tailed Gull	Larus crassirostris	S2,W2
202	(Mew Gull or) Common Gull	Larus canus	W2
203	Glaucous-winged Gull	Larus glaucescens	W5
204	Glaucous Gull	Larus hyperboreus	W4, SV3
205	Iceland Gull	Larus glaucoides	V2 (So)
206	Thayer's Gull	Larus thayeri	V3 (So)
207	(Herring Gull or) American Herring Gull	Larus (argentatus) smithsonianus	V2 (So)
208	Vega Gull	Larus vegae	W2, RV1
209	Mongolian Gull	Larus mongolicus	P2,W3,S4
210	(Yellow-legged Gull or) Caspian Gull	Larus cachinnans	V3
211	Slaty-backed Gull	Larus schistisagus	W3, RV2
212	Heuglin's Gull	Larus heuglini	P3,W4
213	Great Black-headed or Pallas’s Gull	Larus ichthyaetus	V2 (So)
214	(Common Black-headed Gull or) Black-headed Gull	Larus ridibundus	INC. P2,W2, R5
215	Slender-billed Gull	Larus genei	V3 (So)
216	Saunders's Gull	Larus saundersi	VU. W3,P3,S4
217	Relict Gull	Larus relictus	VU.W5 (So)
218	Ross's Gull	Rhodostethia rosea	V3 (So)
219	Black-legged Kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla	P2,W3
220	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	V3 (So)
221	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	V2 (So)
222	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	P2
223	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	S3, WV3
224	Bridled Tern	Onychoprion anaethetus	V3 (S-C)
225	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	V3 (So)
226	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	P5,WV3
227	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	INC. P4
228	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	V3 (So)
229	South Polar Skua	Stercorarius maccormicki	V2 (So)
230	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	P4, WV3 (So)
231	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	P5 (So)
232	Thick-billed Murre	Uria lomvia	V3 (So)
233	Common Murre	Uria aalge	DEC. V1
234	Spectacled Guillemot	Cepphus carbo	DEC. R(m)5
235	Long-billed Murrelet	Brachyramphus perdix	NT.V1
236	Ancient Murrelet	Synthliboramphus antiquus	P2,W2,S4
237	(Japanese Murrelet or) Crested Murrelet	Synthliboramphus wumizusume	VU.V1
238	Least Auklet	Aethia pusilla	V3 (So)
239	Rhinoceros Auklet	Cerorhinca monocerata	W3,R(m)5
240	Pallas's Sandgrouse	Syrrhaptes paradoxus	V3
241	Hill Pigeon	Columba rupestris	No:R(m)3, So: R(m)5
242	Stock Pigeon	Columba oenas	V3(So)
243	(Japanese Wood Pigeon or) Black Woodpigeon	Columba janthina	NT. R(m)4(S-C)
244	Oriental Turtle Dove or Rufous Turtle Dove	Streptopelia orientalis	R1,P3
245	Eurasian Collared Dove	Streptopelia decaocto	V1
246	Red Turtle Dove	Streptopelia tranquebarica	V2
247	Spotted Dove	Streptopelia chinensis	V3 (S-C)
248	White-bellied Green Pigeon	Treron sieboldii	V2 (So)
249	Lesser Coucal	Centropus bengalensis	V3 (So)
250	Chestnut-winged Cuckoo	Clamator coromandus	V3 (S-C)
251	Asian Koel	Eudynamys scolopaceus	V3 (S-C)
252	Asian Drongo-Cuckoo	Surniculus lugubris	V3 (S-C)
253	Large Hawk-Cuckoo	Hierococcyx sparverioides	V3 (So)
254	(Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo or) Northern Hawk-Cuckoo	Hierococcyx hyperythrus	S3
255	Lesser Cuckoo	Cuculus poliocephalus	S4
256	Indian Cuckoo	Cuculus micropterus	S3
257	Oriental Cuckoo	Cuculus saturatus	S2
258	Common Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	S1
259	Grass Owl	Tyto capensis	V3(So)
260	Collared Scops Owl or "Northern Scops Owl"	Otus bakkamoena	R(m)3,W4
261	Oriental Scops Owl	Otus sunia	P3,S3
262	Eurasian Eagle-Owl	Bubo bubo	R(m)4
263	Tawny Owl	Strix aluco	R4
264	Ural Owl	Strix uralensis	R5
265	Little Owl	Athene noctua	R(m)5
266	(Brown Hawk-Owl or) Northern Boobook	Ninox scutulata	P4,S4
267	Long-eared Owl	Asio otus	DEC. P5,W5
268	Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus	P4,W5
269	Grey Nightjar	Caprimulgus indicus jotaka	P3,S3
270	Himalayan Swiftlet	Aerodramus brevirostris	V2 (So)
271	White-throated Needletail	Hirundapus caudacutus	P3,S4
272	Fork-tailed Swift or Pacific Swift	Apus pacificus	P2,S3
273	House Swift	Apus nipalensis	V1 (So)
274	Oriental Dollarbird	Eurystomus orientalis	P3,S3
275	Ruddy Kingfisher	Halcyon coromanda	S4
276	Black-capped Kingfisher	Halcyon pileata	S3
277	Common Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis	S2,R(m)5
278	Eurasian Hoopoe	Upupa epops	P3, S3, WV3
279	Eurasian Wryneck	Jynx torquilla	P5
280	Rufous-bellied Woodpecker	Hypopicus hyperythrus	V1
281	Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker	Dendrocopos kizuki	INC. R1
282	Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker	Dendrocopos canicapillus	DEC. R(m)5
283	White-backed Woodpecker	Dendrocopos leucotos	R(m)3
284	Great Spotted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos major	R(m)2
285	Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker	Picoides tridactylus	V5, R5(N-N)
286	(White-bellied Woodpecker or) Tristram’s Woodpecker	Dryocopus javensis	R5 (N-C)
287	Black Woodpecker	Dryocopus martius	R(m)3
288	Grey-headed Woodpecker	Picus canus	R(m)3
289	Fairy Pitta	Pitta nympha	VU. S5(S-C),PV1
290	Black-winged Cuckooshrike	Coracina melaschistos	V3 (So)
291	Ashy Minivet	Pericrocotus divaricatus	P3
292	Tiger Shrike or Thick-billed Shrike	Lanius tigrinus	S4
293	Bull-headed Shrike	Lanius bucephalus	R(m)3
294	Brown Shrike	Lanius cristatus	DEC. P3, S4
295	Red-backed Shrike	Lanius collurio	V3 (S-C)
296	Long-tailed Shrike	Lanius schach	INC. V1
297	Great Grey Shrike	Lanius excubitor	V3
298	(Southern Grey Shrike or) Steppe Grey Shrike, Saxaul Grey Shrike	Lanius (meridionalis) pallidirostis	V3 (so)
299	Chinese Grey Shrike	Lanius sphenocercus	P5, R(m)5,W5
300	Black-naped Oriole	Oriolus chinensis	P2,S2
301	Black Drongo	Dicrurus macrocercus	P5
302	Ashy Drongo	Dicrurus leucophaeus	V2
303	Hair-crested Drongo	Dicrurus hottentottus	V3
304	Asian Paradise Flycatcher	Terpsiphone paradisi	V2
305	(Japanese Paradise Flycatcher or) Black Paradise Flycatcher	Terpsiphone atrocaudata	NT. S4
306	Eurasian Jay	Garrulus glandarius	R(m)1
307	Azure-winged Magpie	Cyanopica cyanus	R(m)2
308	Eurasian Magpie	Pica pica	R(m)1
309	Spotted Nutcracker	Nucifraga caryocatactes	R(m)4
310	Red-billed Chough	Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	V3 (So)
311	Daurian Jackdaw	Corvus dauuricus	R(m)4, P3, W3
312	Rook	Corvus frugilegus	P2,W2
313	Carrion Crow or Eastern Carrion Crow	Corvus corone	R(m)2
314	Large-billed Crow	Corvus macrorhynchos	R(m)2
315	Northern Raven	Corvus corax	RV5 (N-N)
316	Bohemian Waxwing	Bombycilla garrulus	P4,W4
317	Japanese Waxwing	Bombycilla japonica	NT. P4,W4
318	Marsh Tit	Poecile palustris	R1
319	Willow Tit	Poecile montana	R(m)2 (No)
320	Varied Tit	Poecile varia	R(m)2
321	Coal Tit	Periparus ater	INC. R(m)1,W1
322	Yellow-bellied Tit	Periparus venustulus	V3 (So)
323	Great Tit (or Intermediate Tit)	Parus major	R(m)1
324	Chinese Penduline Tit	Remiz consobrinus	P3,W4
325	Sand Martin	Riparia riparia	P4
326	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	DEC. P1, S1, WV3
327	Eurasian Crag Martin	Ptyonoprogne rupestris	V3 (So)
328	Common House Martin or Northern House Martin	Delichon urbicum	V2
329	Asian House Martin	Delichon dasypus	P3,S5,WV3
330	Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica	DEC. P2,S3
331	(Long-tailed Bushtit or) Long-tailed Tit	Aegithalos caudatus	R(m)1
332	Bimaculated Lark	Melanocorypha bimaculata	V3 (S-C)
333	Greater Short-toed Lark	Calandrella brachydactyla	P5
334	Asian Short-toed Lark	Calandrella cheleensis	V1
335	Crested Lark	Galerida cristata	DEC. R(m)4
336	Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis	DEC.R4,W3
337	Far Eastern Skylark	Alauda japonica	R(m)3, S3
338	Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	INC. S4, R(m)5 (So)
339	Chinese Hill Warbler	Rhopophilus pekinensis	DEC. No: R5, So: V5
340	Light-vented Bulbul	Pycnonotus sinensis	INC. SV1, RV3 (So)
341	Brown-eared Bulbul	Microscelis amaurotis	INC. R(m)1, S3,W3
342	Asian Stubtail	Urosphena squameiceps	S2
343	Japanese Bush Warbler	Cettia diphone	R(m)3
344	(Manchurian Bush Warbler or) Canturian Bush Warbler, Chanting Bush Warbler	Cettia canturians	V3
345	Korean Bush Warbler or Northern Bush Warbler	Cettia (canturians) borealis	S2, WV3
346	Baikal Bush Warbler	Bradypterus davidi	No: S5, So: V3
347	Lanceolated Warbler	Locustella lanceolata	P3
348	Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler	Locustella certhiola	P3
349	Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler	Locustella ochotensis	P4
350	Styan's Grasshopper Warbler or Pleske’s Warbler	Locustella pleskei	VU. So: S3(So), No:V3
351	Gray's Grasshopper Warbler	Locustella fasciolata	P3
352	Thick-billed Warbler	Phragmaticola aedon	P4
353	Oriental Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus orientalis	S2, P3
354	Black-browed Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus bistrigiceps	P3,S4
355	Manchurian Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus tangorum	VU. V3 (So)
356	Paddyfield Warbler	Acrocephalus agricola	V3 (So)
357	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	V3 (So)
358	Common Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita	V3
359	Wood Warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix	V3 (So)
360	Dusky Warbler	Phylloscopus fuscatus	P3,S4, WV3
361	Tickell's Leaf Warbler	Phylloscopus affinis	V3 (So)
362	Yellow-streaked Warbler	Phylloscopus armandii	V3 (So)
363	Radde's Warbler	Phylloscopus schwarzi	P3,S4
364	Pallas's Leaf Warbler	Phylloscopus proregulus	P3,S4, WV3
365	Yellow-browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus	P1, WV3
366	Hume's Leaf Warbler	Phylloscopus humei	V1(So)
367	Arctic Warbler	Phylloscopus borealis	P2
368	(Two-barred Warbler or) Two-barred Greenish Warbler	Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus	P3,S4
369	Pale-legged Leaf Warbler	Phylloscopus tenellipes	P3, S4
370	Sakhalin Leaf Warbler	Phylloscopus borealoides	V3 (So)
371	Eastern Crowned Warbler	Phylloscopus coronatus	P2,S2
372	Lesser Whitethroat	Sylvia curruca	V3
373	Bearded Reedling or Bearded Parrotbill	Panurus biarmicus	V3 (So)
374	Vinous-throated Parrotbill	Paradoxornis webbianus	R(m)1
375	Chestnut-flanked White-eye	Zosterops erythropleurus	P2
376	Japanese White-eye	Zosterops japonicus	R(m)3,P4
377	Goldcrest	Regulus regulus	W2,R(m)5
378	Winter Wren	Troglodytes troglodytes	W2,R(m)3
379	Eurasian Nuthatch	Sitta europaea	R2
380	Chinese Nuthatch	Sitta villosa	R(m)2
381	Eurasian Treecreeper	Certhia familiaris	R(m)3
382	Daurian Starling (or Purple-backed Starling)	Sturnus sturninus	P4,S5
383	Chestnut-cheeked Starling	Sturnus philippensis	P4,S5
384	White-shouldered Starling	Sturnus sinensis	V2 (So)
385	Rosy Starling	Sturnus roseus	V3 (So)
386	Red-billed Starling or Silky Starling	Sturnus sericeus	INC. P5,WV1
387	White-cheeked Starling	Sturnus cineraceus	W2,R(m)2
388	Common Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	INC. W5
389	Orange-headed Thrush	Zoothera citrina	V3 (S-C)
390	Siberian Thrush	Zoothera sibirica	P4, SV3
391	White's Thrush	Zoothera aurea	S2,W4
392	Grey-backed Thrush	Turdus hortulorum	INC. P3,S3
393	(Japanese Thrush or) Grey Thrush	Turdus cardis	P5
394	(Common Blackbird or) Chinese Blackbird	Turdus merula	INC. P5,SV3,WV3
395	Eyebrowed Thrush	Turdus obscurus	P3
396	Pale Thrush	Turdus pallidus	P2,S3,R(m)4
397	Brown-headed Thrush	Turdus chrysolaus	P4
398	Black-throated Thrush	Turdus atrogularis	V2
399	Red-throated Thrush	Turdus ruficollis	V1
400	Naumann's Thrush	Turdus naumanni	P2,W3
401	Dusky Thrush	Turdus eunomus	P2,W4
402	Chinese Thrush	Turdus mupinensis	V3 (So)
403	European Robin	Erithacus rubecula	V3 (So)
404	Japanese Robin	Luscinia akahige	V1
405	Bluethroat	Luscinia svecica	PV1,WV2
406	Siberian Rubythroat	Luscinia calliope	P3,S4
407	Siberian Blue Robin	Luscinia cyane	P2,S2
408	Rufous-tailed Robin	Luscinia sibilans	P4
409	Red-flanked Bluetail	Tarsiger cyanurus	P1,S4,W4
410	Black Redstart	Phoenicurus ochruros	V2
411	Daurian Redstart	Phoenicurus auroreus	R(m)2,W2
412	Plumbeous Water Redstart	Rhyacornis fuliginosa	V3 (So)
413	White-capped Redstart	Chaimarrornis leucocephalus	V3 (S-C)
414	(Eurasian Stonechat or) Siberian Stonechat	Saxicola torquatus	P1,S2,WV3
415	Grey Bushchat	Saxicola ferreus	V3 (So)
416	Isabelline Wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina	V3 (So)
417	Northern Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe	V3 (S-C)
418	Pied Wheatear	Oenanthe pleschanka	V2
419	Blue Rock Thrush	Monticola solitarius	S2,R4
420	White-throated Rock Thrush	Monticola gularis	P4,S5
421	Grey-streaked Flycatcher	Muscicapa griseisticta	P3,S5
422	Dark-sided Flycatcher	Muscicapa sibirica	P3,S5
423	Asian Brown Flycatcher	Muscicapa dauurica	P2,S4
424	Ferruginous Flycatcher	Muscicapa ferruginea	V3 (So)
425	Yellow-rumped Flycatcher	Ficedula zanthopygia	P2,S3
426	Narcissus Flycatcher	Ficedula narcissina narcissina	P4
427	"Olivey Flycatcher" or "Ryukyu Narcissus Flycatcher"	Ficedula (narcissina) owstoni	V3(So)
428	(Chinese Flycatcher or) Green-backed Flycatcher	Ficedula elisae	V3(So)
429	Mugimaki Flycatcher	Ficedula mugimaki	P2,S5
430	Red-breasted Flycatcher	Ficedula parva	V3(So)
431	Taiga Flycatcher	Ficedula albicilla	P4
432	Blue-and-white Flycatcher	Cyanoptila cyanomelana	P2,S2
433	Verditer Flycatcher	Eumyias thalassinus	V3(So)
434	Hill Blue Flycatcher	Cyornis banyumas	V3(So)
435	Brown Dipper	Cinclus pallasii	R(m)2
436	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	V3(S-C)
437	Russet Sparrow	Passer rutilans	S4,W4,PV1
438	Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	R(m)1
439	Scaly-breasted Munia	Lonchura punctulata	V3(So)
440	Alpine Accentor	Prunella collaris	R(m)4,W4
441	Siberian Accentor	Prunella montanella	W2
442	Japanese Accentor	Prunella rubida	V3(S-C)
443	Forest Wagtail	Dendronanthus indicus	P4,S4
444	Eastern Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla tschutschensis	P2
445	Citrine Wagtail	Motacilla citreola	V1
446	Grey Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	P2,S2,R(m)4
447	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	P1,S2,W2
448	Japanese Wagtail	Motacilla grandis	INC. R(m)3
449	Richard's Pipit	Anthus richardi	P3
450	Blyth's Pipit	Anthus godlewskii	P5
451	Meadow Pipit	Anthus pratensis	V3
452	Tree Pipit	Anthus trivialis	V2(So)
453	Olive-backed Pipit	Anthus hodgsoni	P1,W3,S5
454	Pechora Pipit	Anthus gustavi	P3
455	Rosy Pipit	Anthus roseatus	V3(So)
456	Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	P2,WV3
457	Buff-bellied Pipit or Siberian Buff-bellied Pipit	Anthus rubescens	P3
458	Water Pipit	Anthus spinoletta	V2
459	Brambling	Fringilla montifringilla	P1,W2
460	Grey-capped Greenfinch	Carduelis sinica	R(m)1,W2
461	Eurasian Siskin	Carduelis spinus	P1, W1,SV3
462	Common Redpoll	Carduelis flammea	DEC. V1
463	Arctic Redpoll	Carduelis hornemanni	V3
464	Asian Rosy Finch	Leucosticte arctoa	WV2
465	Long-tailed Rosefinch	Uragus sibiricus	W3,R(m)4
466	Common Rosefinch	Carpodacus erythrinus	P4,S5,WV1
467	Pallas's Rosefinch	Carpodacus roseus	W3,S5
468	Red Crossbill	Loxia curvirostra	W3,R(m)5
469	Eurasian Bullfinch	Pyrrhula pyrrhula	W3
470	Hawfinch	Coccothraustes coccothraustes	W2
471	(Yellow-billed Grosbeak or) Chinese Grosbeak	Eophona migratoria	S2,W5
472	Japanese Grosbeak	Eophona personata	P5,WV3
473	Yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella	V3(So)
474	Pine Bunting	Emberiza leucocephalos	PV1,WV2
475	Meadow Bunting	Emberiza cioides	R(m)1
476	Tristram's Bunting	Emberiza tristrami	P2,S3,WV2
477	Chestnut-eared Bunting	Emberiza fucata	P3,S3,W4
478	Little Bunting	Emberiza pusilla	P3,W4
479	Yellow-browed Bunting	Emberiza chrysophrys	P3
480	Rustic Bunting	Emberiza rustica	P1,W1
481	Yellow-throated Bunting	Emberiza elegans	W1,P2,R(m)2
482	Yellow-breasted Bunting	Emberiza aureola	NT.DEC. P4
483	Chestnut Bunting	Emberiza rutila	DEC.P3, WV3
484	Black-headed Bunting	Emberiza melanocephala	V3(So)
485	Red-headed Bunting	Emberiza bruniceps	V3(So)
486	Yellow Bunting or Japanese Yellow Bunting	Emberiza sulphurata	VU. P5
487	Black-faced Bunting	Emberiza spodocephala	P1,S3,W4
488	Grey Bunting	Emberiza variabilis	P5,W5(So)
489	Pallas's Reed Bunting	Emberiza pallasi	P2,W3
490	(Japanese Reed Bunting or)Ochre-rumped Bunting	Emberiza yessoensis	NT. P5,W5
491	(Common Reed Bunting or) Eurasian Reed Bunting	Emberiza schoeniclus	W3
492	Lapland Longspur	Calcarius lapponicus	W2
493	Snow Bunting	Plectrophenax nivalis	V3
494	White-crowned Sparrow	Zonotrichia leucophrys	V3(So)
495	Savannah Sparrow	Passerculus sandwichensis	V3(So)

Category 2:

Contains those species which were recorded reliably in the period between the start of ornithological activity in Korea (in the 1880s) and 1979, but not subsequently, with all such species supported by extant specimens or by adequate detail in the literature.

496	Crested Shelduck	Tadorna cristata	CR. 3, 1916
497	Short-tailed Albatross	Phoebastria albatrus	VU. 3, 1891
498	Crested Ibis	Nipponia nippon	EN. DEC. >100, 1979.
499	Dalmatian Pelican	Pelecanus crispus	VU. 2, 1978 (So)
500	Bearded Vulture or Lammergeier	Gypaetus barbatus	3, 1918
501	Mountain Hawk-Eagle	Spizaetus nipalensis	3, 1934
502	Jack Snipe	Lymnocryptes minimus	1, 1916(So)
503	Snowy Owl	Bubo scandiacus	2, 1912
504	Northern Hawk Owl	Surnia ulula	10, 1967(No)
505	Crested Kingfisher	Megaceryle lugubris	8, 1949
506	Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos minor	39, 1970(No)
507	Marsh Grassbird (or Japanese Marsh Warbler)	Locustella pryeri	VU. 1, 1962(So)
508	Pine Grosbeak	Pinicola enucleator	1, 1959(No)
509	Two-barred Crossbill	Loxia leucoptera	1, 1969(So)
510	Jankowski's Bunting	Emberiza jankowskii	6, 1929?(No)

Category 3:

Contains all those species recorded by single experienced observers, with such observations unsupported by recognisable photographs, sound recordings or specimens; those species seen by multiple observers, but to a level considered inadequate to claim a national first record; and in a few cases, species plausibly identified through specimens which are now lost, or are in too poor condition, or are too inaccessible, to re-evaluate.

511	Emperor Goose	Chen canagica	NT. V3 (So)
512	Canvasback	Aythya valisineria	V3 (So)
513	Redhead	Aythya americana	V3 (So)
514	Barrow's Goldeneye	Bucephala islandica	V3 (So)
515	Sooty Shearwater	Puffinus griseus	V3 (So)
516	Lesser Kestrel	Falco naumanni	VU. V3 (So)
517	Black Baza	Aviceda leuphotes	V3 (So)
518	American Golden Plover	Pluvialis dominica	V5 (So)
519	Hudsonian Godwit	Limosa haemastica	V3 (So)
520	Greater Yellowlegs	Tringa melanoleuca	V3 (So)
521	Wandering Tattler	Tringa incana	V3 (No)
522	Western Sandpiper	Calidris mauri	V3 (No)
523	Wilson's Phalarope	Phalaropus tricolor	V3 (So)
524	Ring-billed Gull	Larus delawarensis	V3 (So)
525	Ivory Gull	Pagophila eburnea	V3 (So)
526	Sabine's Gull	Xema sabini	V3 (So)
527	Swift Tern or Greater Crested Tern	Sterna bergii	V3 (So)
528	Aleutian Tern	Sterna aleutica	V3 (So)
529	Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus	V3 (So)
530	Pigeon Guillemot	Cepphus columba	V3 (So)
531	Greater Coucal	Centropus sinensis	V5 (So)
532	Common Swift	Apus apus	V3 (So)
533	Ryukyu Minivet	Pericrocotus tegimae	V3 (So)
534	Azure Tit	Cyanistes cyanus	V3 (So)
535	Chinese Leaf Warbler	Phylloscopus yunnanensis	V3 (So)
536	Redwing	Turdus iliacus	V3 (So)
537	Ortolan Bunting	Emberiza hortulana	V3 (So)

Category 4:

Contains species that are listed in the Korean National Parks Association Checklist (2006), where evidence seems to be lacking appropriate to their inclusion in Category 1, 2 or 3 of the Birds Korea Checklist, including those species likely originating from non-wild sources.

538	American Black Duck	Anas rubripes	V4 (So)
539	Whiskered Auklet	Aethia pygmaea	?
540	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	R(m)2
541	White-breasted Woodswallow	Artamus leucorynchus	V3