List of non-passerine birds of Korea

This is a list of all non-passerine birds ever found in the wild in Korea, including the Korean Peninsula and islands.

Loons

Order: GaviiformesFamily: Gaviidae

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Red-throated Loon ]
*K: Vagrant. [Sole record is from Busan in 1885, according to Lee et al. (2000), p. 54.]

Petrels and shearwaters

Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Procellariidae

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Streaked Shearwater " (Swinhoe, 1831)
Pelagic.
Summer visitor on islands.|
*I: Least Concern.
*K: Common.

Pelicans

Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Pelecanidae

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Spot-billed Pelican [Not included in Lee et al. (2000), but listed as a vagrant in South Korea by the IUCN. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/16491/dist] ] ]
*K: Vagrant.
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Dalmatian Pelican ]
*K: Vagrant. [Only two records, one from Marado and one from Incheon. Lee et al. (2000), p. 54.]

Boobies

Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Sulidae

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Brown Booby " (Lesson, 1831)
Coasts and seas.||
*I: Least Concern.
*K: Vagrant.

Cormorants

Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Phalacrocoracidae

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Great Cormorant " (Linnaeus, 1758)
Wetlands and mudflats.
Winter visitor in southern Korea; summer visitor in north.|
*I: Least Concern.
*K: Common in winter; uncommon in summer.
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Grey Heron " (Gmelin, 1789)
Lakes, rivers, and rice fields.
Summer visitor in southern Korea.|
*I: Least Concern.
*K: Common.
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Schrenck's Bittern " (Latham, 1790)
Lakes, rivers, and rice fields.||
*I: Least Concern.
*K: Vagrant.
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Great Bittern " (Temminck, 1835)
Grassy wetlands and rice fields.
Winter visitor.|
*I: Endangered.
*K: Rare.
*SK: Natural monument. [Designated natural monument #198 in May 1968. " (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rice fields, lakes, and rivers.||
*I: Least Concern.
*K: Vagrant.
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Snow Goose " (Linnaeus, 1758)
Various.||
*I: Least Concern.
*K: Vagrant.
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Brent Goose
"" (Linnaeus, 1758)
Various.
Winter visitor throughout; resident in south.|
*I: Least Concern.
*K: Uncommon resident, abundant visitor.
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Spotbill " (Eyton , 1838)
Ponds, bays, and brackish lakes.||
*I: Least Concern.
*K: [Vagrant species|Vagrant] .
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Baer's Pochard " (Linnaeus, 1758)
Harbors and rocky coasts.
Winter visitor on east and south coasts.|
*I: Least Concern.
*K: Scarce.
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Long-tailed Duck " (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rivers and lakes.
Winter visitor in southern and central Korea.|
*I: Least Concern.
*K: Common.
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Red-breasted Merganser " (Latham, 1790)
Forest and open land.
Accidental in southeast Korea. [Recorded only from Gimhae and Busan, according to Lee et al. (2000), p. 98.] |
*I: Least Concern.
*K: Vagrant.

Falcons

Order: FalconiformesFamily: Falconidae

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Peregrine Falcon " (Linnaeus, 1758)
Widespread.
Resident throughout.|
*I: Least Concern.
*K: Common.
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Amur Falcon " (Temminck et Schlegel, 1849)
Fields and grasslands.
Winter visitor throughout.|
*I: Least Concern.
*K: Common.
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Common Pheasant " (Linnaeus, 1758)
Reedbeds and abandoned rice fields.||
*I: Least Concern.
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White-breasted Waterhen " (Pallas, 1776)
Marshes and rice fields.||
*I: Least Concern.
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Ruddy-breasted Crake " (Ljungh, 1813)
Marshes and rice fields. [Favors relatively dry ground, compared to other crakes. Lee et al. (2000), p. 118.] ||
*I: Near Threatened.
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Watercock " (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rice fields.||
*I: Least Concern.
*K: Vagrant. [Sole record in Korea is from 1887. [http://100.naver.com/bird/detail.php?masterno=784759] ]

Oystercatchers

Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Haematopodidae

The oystercatchers are large, obvious and noisy plover-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs. There are 11 species worldwide and 1 Korean species.

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Eurasian Oystercatcher " (J.E. Gray et G.R. Gray, 1863)
Rocky rivers.
Resident in southern Korea.|
*I: Least Concern.
*K: Uncommon.
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Little Ringed Plover " (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lakes, rivers, and wetlands.
Winter visitor in southern Korea.|
*I: Least Concern.
*K: Common.
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Grey-headed Lapwing " (Hodgson, 1831)|||
*I: Least Concern.
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Latham's Snipe " (Bonaparte, 1831)|||
*I: Least Concern.
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Swinhoe's Snipe " (Linnaeus, 1758)|||
*I: Least Concern.
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Jack Snipe " (Linnaeus, 1758)|||
*I: Near Threatened.
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Bar-tailed Godwit " (Linnaeus, 1758)|||
*I: Least Concern.
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Whimbrel " (Linnaeus, 1758)|||
*I: Least Concern.
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Far Eastern Curlew " (Pallas, 1764)|||
*I: Least Concern.
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Common Redshank " (Gunnerus, 1767)|||
*I: Least Concern.
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Marsh Sandpiper " (Linnaeus, 1758)|||
*I: Least Concern.
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Nordmann's Greenshank " (Gmelin, 1789)|||
*I: Least Concern.
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Green Sandpiper "" (Guldenstadt, 1775)|||
*I: Least Concern.
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Common Sandpiper " (Vieillot, 1816)|||
*I: Least Concern.
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Ruddy Turnstone " (Say, 1823)|||
*I: Least Concern.
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Asian Dowitcher " (Horsfield, 1821)|||
*I: Least Concern.
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Red Knot " (Pallas, 1764)|||
*I: Least Concern.
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Red-necked Stint " (Leisler, 1812)|||
*I: Least Concern.
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Little Stint " (Middendorff, 1853)|||
*I: Least Concern.
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Pectoral Sandpiper " (Horsfield, 1821)|||
*I: Least Concern.
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Dunlin " (Vieillot, 1819)|||
*I: Least Concern.
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Buff-breasted Sandpiper " (Linnaeus, 1758)|||
*I: Endangered.
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Broad-billed Sandpiper " (Linnaeus, 1758)|||
*I: Least Concern.
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Red-necked Phalarope "" (Linnaeus, 1758)|||
*I: Least Concern.
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Wilson's Phalarope " (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coasts and open seas.||
*K: Vagrant.
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Black-tailed Gull " (Linnaeus, 1766)
Coasts, lakes and rivers.
Winter visitor throughout.|
*K: Common.
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Saunders's Gull " (MacGillivray, 1824)|||
*K: Vagrant.
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Black-legged Kittiwake " (Gmelin, 1789)
Coasts, lakes, and estuaries.||
*K: Vagrant. [Only records are from Jeju in the southwest and Asan Bay on the central west coast. Lee et al. (2000), p. 170.]
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Great Crested Tern " (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coasts, lakes, and estuaries.
Migrant throughout.|
*K: Common.
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Little Tern " (Pallas, 1811)
Coasts, marshes, rivers, and lakes.
Migrant along coasts.|
*K: Rare.
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White-winged Tern " (Pallas, 1811)
Pelagic.
Winter visitor throughout, resident on northern coast.|
*K: Uncommon.

Sandgrouse

Order: PteroclidiformesFamily: Pteroclididae

Sandgrouse have small, pigeon like heads and necks, but sturdy compact bodies. They have long pointed wings and sometimes tails and a fast direct flight. Flocks fly to watering holes at dawn and dusk. They are restricted to treeless open country in the Old World, such as plains and semi-deserts. Legs are feathered down to the toes, and genus "Syrrhaptes" has the toes feathered as well. There are 16 species worldwide, with one species in Korea.

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Pallas's Sandgrouse "
Widespread.
Year-round resident throughout.|
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Red Collared-Dove "
Forest and second growth.
Summer resident throughout, except far north.|
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Indian Cuckoo "
Low-lying forest.
Summer resident throughout.|
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Sunda Scops-Owl " (Latham, 1790)
Open forest.
Summer visitor throughout.|

Swifts and Needletails

Order: Apodiformes Family: Apodidae

The swifts are small aerial birds, spending the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang. There are 98 species world wide and 3 Korean species.

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White-throated Needletail " (Linnaeus, 1758)
Open country.
Summer resident.|
*I: Least Concern.

Rollers

Order: CoraciiformesFamily: Coraciidae

Rollers are insect eaters, usually catching their prey in the air. They often perch prominently whilst hunting, like giant shrikes. They resemble crows in size and build, but are more closely related to the kingfishers and bee-eaters. They share the colourful appearance of those groups, blues and browns predominating. The two inner front toes are connected, but not the outer one. There are twelve species worldwide, but only one is found in Korea.

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Dollarbird "
Forest verges.||
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Pygmy Woodpecker "
Forest.||
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White-backed Woodpecker "
Forest.||
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Grey-capped Woodpecker " [The Korean population is referred to the subspecies "D. javensis richardi".]
Mixed and coniferous forest.||
*K: Rare.
*SK: Extirpated. [No records in South Korea since 1990, according to Lee et al. (2000), p. 200.]
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Black Woodpecker korlink|까막딱따구리
"spelink|Dryocopus martius"
Mixed forest.
Resident in northern Korea.|
*K: Rare. [Lee et al. (2000), p. 200.]
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Grey-faced Woodpecker korlink|청딱따구리
"spelink|Picus canus"
Low deciduous forest.
Resident throughout.|
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Notes

References

*Collinson, Martin. "Splitting headaches? Recent taxonomic changes affecting the British and Western Palaearctic lists" British Birds vol 99 (June 2006), 306-323
*cite book|author=Jo, Sam-rae (조삼래)|title=서산의 새 [Seosanui sae] [English title: Birds of Seosan, Korea] |publisher=Kongju National University Press|location=Gongju, South Korea|year=2002|id=ISBN 89-88421-34-5
*cite book|author=Lee, Woo-Shin|coauthors=Tae-Hoe Koo, Jin-Young Park; Desmond Allen, tr.|title=A field guide to the birds of Korea|publisher=LG Evergreen Foundation|location=Seoul|year=2000|id=ISBN 89-951415-0-6