List of Korean birds

Galliformes

Phasianidae

• Coturnix japonica Japanese Quail
• Phasianus colchicus Common Pheasant
• Tetrao tetrix Black Grouse
• Bonasa bonasia Hazel Grouse

Anseriformes

Anatidae

• Cygnus olor Mute Swan
• Cygnus cygnus Whooper Swan
• Cygnus columbianus Tundra Swan
• Anser cygnoides Swan Goose
• Anser fabalis Bean Goose
• Anser albifrons Greater White-fronted Goose
• Anser erythropus Lesser White-fronted Goose
• Anser anser Greylag Goose
• Anser caerulescens Snow Goose
• Anser canagicus Emperor Goose (canagica?)
• Branta canadensis Canada Goose
• Branta bernicla Brent Goose
• Tadorna ferruginea Ruddy Shelduck
• Tadorna cristata Crested Shelduck
• Tadorna tadorna Common Shelduck
• Aix galericulata Mandarin Duck
• Anas strepera Gadwall
• Anas falcata Falcated Duck
• Anas penelope Eurasian Wigeon
• Anas americana American Wigeon
• Anas rubripes American Black Duck
• Anas platyrhynchos Mallard
• Anas poecilorhyncha Spot-billed Duck
• Anas clypeata Northern Shoveler
• Anas acuta Northern Pintail
• Anas querquedula Garganey
• Anas formosa Baikal Teal
• Anas crecca crecca Common Teal
• Anas crecca carolinensis Green-winged Teal
• Aythya ferina Common Pochard
• Aythya valisineria Canvasback
• Aythya americana Redhead
• Aythya baeri Baer's Pochard
• Aythya fuligula Tufted Duck
• Aythya marila Greater Scaup
• Netta rufina Red-crested Pochard
• Histrionicus histrionicus Harlequin Duck
• Clangula hyemalis Long-tailed Duck
• Melanitta nigra Black Scoter
• Melanitta fusca White-winged Scoter
• Bucephala clangula Common Goldeneye
• Bucephala islandica Barrow's Goldeneye
• Mergus albellus Smew (Mergellus?)
• Mergus serrator Red-breasted Merganser
• Mergus squamatus Scaly-sided Merganser
• Mergus merganser Common Merganser

Turniciformes

Turnicidae

• Turnix tanki Yellow-legged Buttonquail

Piciformes

Picidae

• Jynx torquilla Eurasian Wryneck
• Dendrocopos kizuki Pygmy Woodpecker
• Dendrocopos major Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Dendrocopos minor Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
• Dendrocopos leucotos White-backed Woodpecker
• Dendrocopos hyperythrus Rufous-bellied Woodpecker
• Dendrocopos canicapillus Grey-capped Woodpecker
• Picoides tridactylus Three-toed Woodpecker
• Dryocopus javensis White-bellied Woodpecker
• Dryocopus martius Black Woodpecker
• Picus canus Grey-faced Woodpecker

Upupiformes

Upupidae

• Upupa epops Eurasian Hoopoe

Coraciiformes

Coraciidae

• Eurystomus orientalis Dollarbird

Alcedinidae

• Alcedo atthis Common Kingfisher
• Halcyon coromanda Ruddy Kingfisher
• Halcyon pileata Black-capped Kingfisher

Cerylidae

• Ceryle lugubris Crested Kingfisher (Megaceryle?)

Cuculiformes

Cuculidae

• Cuculus fugax Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo
• Cuculus micropterus Indian Cuckoo
• Cuculus canorus Common Cuckoo
• Cuculus saturatus Oriental Cuckoo
• Cuculus poliocephalus Lesser Cuckoo
• Clamator coromandus Chestnut-winged Cuckoo

Apodiformes

Apodidae

• Hirundapus caudacutus White-throated Needletail
• Apus pacificus Fork-tailed Swift
• Apus affinis Little Swift

Strigiformes

Strigidae

• Otus scops Eurasian Scops-Owl
• Otus bakkamoena Indian Scops-Owl
• Bubo bubo Eurasian Eagle Owl
• Nyctea scandiaca Snowy Owl
• Strix aluco Tawny Owl
• Strix uralensis Ural Owl
• Surnia ulula Northern Hawk Owl
• Athene noctua Little Owl
• Ninox scutulata Brown Hawk-Owl
• Asio otus Long-eared Owl
• Asio flammeus Short-eared Owl

Caprimulgidae

• Caprimulgus indicus Grey Nightjar

Columbiformes

Columbidae

• Columba rupestris Hill Pigeon
• Columba janthina Japanese Wood-Pigeon
• Columba oenas Stock Pigeon
• Streptopelia orientalis Oriental Turtle Dove
• Streptopelia tranquebarica Red Collared-Dove
• Streptopelia decaocto Eurasian Collared Dove
• Treron sieboldii White-bellied Green-Pigeon

Gruiformes

Otidae

• Otis tarda Great Bustard

Gruidae

• Grus vipio White-naped Crane
• Grus monacha Hooded Crane
• Grus japonensis Red-crowned Crane
• Grus leucogeranus Siberian Crane
• Grus canadensis Sandhill Crane
• Grus virgo Demoiselle Crane
• Grus grus Common Crane

Rallidae

• Coturnicops exquisitus Swinhoe's Rail
• Rallus aquaticus Water Rail
• Amaurornis phoenicurus White-breasted Waterhen
• Porzana pusilla Baillon's Crake
• Porzana fusca Ruddy-breasted Crake
• Porzana paykullii Band-bellied Crake
• Gallicrex cinerea Watercock
• Gallinula chloropus Common Moorhen
• Fulica atra Common Coot

Ciconiiformes

Pteroclididae

• Syrrhaptes paradoxus Pallas's Sandgrouse

Scolopacidae

• Scolopax rusticola Eurasian Woodcock
• Gallinago solitaria Solitary Snipe
• Gallinago hardwickii Latham's Snipe
• Gallinago stenura Pintail Snipe
• Gallinago megala Swinhoe's Snipe
• Gallinago gallinago Common Snipe
• Lymnocryptes minimus Jack Snipe
• Limosa limosa Black-tailed Godwit
• Limosa lapponica Bar-tailed Godwit
• Numenius minutus Little Curlew
• Numenius phaeopus Whimbrel
• Numenius arquata Eurasian Curlew
• Numenius madagascariensis Far Eastern Curlew
• Tringa erythropus Spotted Redshank
• Tringa totanus Common Redshank
• Tringa nebularia Common Greenshank
• Tringa stagnatilis Marsh Sandpiper
• Tringa guttifer Nordmann's Greenshank
• Tringa melanoleuca Greater Yellowlegs
• Tringa ochropus Green Sandpiper
• Tringa glareola Wood Sandpiper
• Xenus cinereus Terek Sandpiper (Tringa cinerea?)
• Actitis hypoleucos Common Sandpiper (Tringa?)
• Tringa brevipes Grey-tailed Tattler
• Arenaria interpres Ruddy Turnstone
• Limnodromus scolopaceus Long-billed Dowitcher
• Limnodromus semipalmatus Asian Dowitcher
• Calidris tenuirostris Great Knot
• Calidris canutus Red Knot
• Calidris alba Sanderling
• Calidris ruficollis Red-necked Stint
• Calidris temminckii Temminck's Stint
• Calidris minuta Little Stint
• Calidris subminuta Long-toed Stint
• Calidris melanotos Pectoral Sandpiper
• Calidris acuminata Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
• Calidris alpina Dunlin
• Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper
• Tryngites subruficollis Buff-breasted Sandpiper
• Eurynorhynchus pygmeus Spoonbill Sandpiper
• Limicola falcinellus Broad-billed Sandpiper
• Philomachus pugnax Ruff
• Phalaropus lobatus Red-necked Phalarope
• Phalaropus tricolor Wilson's Phalarope
• Phalaropus fulicarius Red Phalarope (fulicaria?)
• Hydrophasianus chirurgus Pheasant-tailed Jacana

Rostratulidae

• Rostratula benghalensis Greater Painted-snipe

Charadriidae

• Haematopus ostralegus Eurasian Oystercatcher
• Himantopus himantopus Black-winged Stilt
• Recurvirostra avosetta Pied Avocet
• Pluvialis fulva Pacific Golden Plover
• Pluvialis squatarola Grey Plover
• Charadrius hiaticula Common Ringed Plover
• Charadrius placidus Long-billed Plover
• Charadrius dubius Little Ringed Plover
• Charadrius alexandrinus Kentish Plover
• Charadrius mongolus Mongolian Plover
• Charadrius leschenaultii Greater Sand Plover
• Charadrius asiaticus Caspian Plover
• Vanellus vanellus Northern Lapwing
• Vanellus cinereus Grey-headed Lapwing

Glareolidae

• Glareola maldivarum Oriental Pratincole

Laridae

• Stercorarius parasiticus Parasitic Jaeger
• Larus crassirostris Black-tailed Gull
• Larus canus Mew Gull
• Larus argentatus Herring Gull
• Larus schistisagus Slaty-backed Gull
• Larus cachinnans Yellow-legged Gull
• Larus heuglini Siberian gull
• Larus glaucescens Glaucous-winged Gull
• Larus hyperboreus Glaucous Gull
• Larus glaucoides Iceland Gull
• Larus ridibundus Black-headed Gull
• Larus saundersi Saunders's Gull
• Larus relictus Relict Gull
• Xema sabini Sabine's Gull
• Rhodostethia rosea Ross's Gull
• Rissa tridactyla Black-legged Kittiwake
• Pagophila eburnea Ivory Gull
• Sterna nilotica Gull-billed Tern
• Sterna bergii Great Crested Tern
• Sterna hirundo Common Tern
• Sterna albifrons Little Tern
• Sterna fuscata Sooty Tern
• Chlidonias hybridus Whiskered Tern
• Chlidonias leucopterus White-winged Tern

Alcidae

• Uria aalge Common Murre
• Cepphus carbo Spectacled Guillemot
• Synthliboramphus antiquus Ancient Murrelet
• Brachyramphus marmoratus Marbled Murrelet
• Synthliboramphus wumizusume Japanese Murrelet
• Aethia pusilla Least Auklet
• Cerorhinca monocerata Rhinoceros Auklet

Accipitridae

• Pandion haliaetus Osprey
• Pernis apivorus orientalis Oriental Honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhyncus?)
• Milvus lineatus Black-eared Kite
• Haliaeetus albicilla White-tailed Eagle
• Haliaeetus pelagicus Steller's Sea-Eagle
• Gypaetus barbatus Lammergeier
• Aegypius monachus Cinereous Vulture
• Circus aeruginosus Western Marsh-Harrier
• Circus cyaneus Northern Harrier
• Circus melanoleucus Pied Harrier (melanoleucos?)
• Accipiter gularis Japanese Sparrowhawk
• Accipiter nisus Eurasian Sparrowhawk
• Accipiter gentilis Northern Goshawk
• Accipiter soloensis Chinese Goshawk
• Butastur indicus Grey-faced Buzzard
• Buteo buteo Common Buzzard
• Buteo hemilasius Upland Buzzard
• Buteo lagopus Rough-legged Hawk
• Aquila clanga Greater Spotted Eagle
• Aquila rapax Tawny Eagle
• Aquila heliaca Imperial Eagle
• Aquila chrysaetos Golden Eagle
• Spizaetus nipalensis Mountain Hawk Eagle
• Spilornis cheela Crested Serpent Eagle

Falconidae

• Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon
• Falco subbuteo Eurasian Hobby
• Falco tinnunculus Common Kestrel
• Falco vespertinus Red-footed Falcon
• Falco columbarius Merlin
• Falco cherrug Saker Falcon

Podicipedidae

• Tachybaptus ruficollis Little Grebe
• Podiceps grisegena Red-necked Grebe
• Podiceps cristatus Great Crested Grebe
• Podiceps auritus Horned Grebe
• Podiceps nigricollis Black-necked Grebe

Sulidae

• Sula leucogaster Brown Booby
• Sula dactylatra Masked Booby

Phalacrocoracidae

• Phalacrocorax carbo Great Cormorant
• Phalacrocorax capillatus Japanese Cormorant
• Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pelagic Cormorant
• Phalacrocorax urile Red-faced Cormorant

Ardeidae

• Egretta garzetta Little Egret
• Egretta eulophotes Chinese Egret
• Egretta intermedia Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia?)
• Egretta alba Great Egret (Ardea alba?)
• Egretta sacra Pacific Reef-Egret
• Ardea cinerea Grey Heron
• Ardea purpurea Purple Heron
• Bubulcus ibis Cattle Egret
• Ardeola bacchus Chinese Pond-Heron
• Butorides striatus Striated Heron
• Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night-Heron
• Gorsachius goisagi Japanese Night-Heron
• Ixobrychus sinensis Yellow Bittern
• Ixobrychus eurhythmus Schrenck's Bittern
• Ixobrychus cinnamomeus Cinnamon Bittern
• Ixobrychus flavicollis Black Bittern
• Botaurus stellaris Great Bittern

Threskiornithidae

• Nipponia nippon Crested Ibis
• Threskiornis melanocephalus Black-headed Ibis
• Platalea leucorodia Eurasian Spoonbill
• Platalea minor Black-faced Spoonbill

Pelecanidae

• Pelecanus philippensis Spot-billed Pelican

Ciconiidae

• Ciconia nigra Black Stork
• Ciconia boyciana Oriental Stork

Fregatidae

• Fregata ariel Lesser Frigatebird

Gaviidae

• Gavia stellata Red-throated Loon
• Gavia arctica Arctic Loon
• Gavia pacifica Pacific Loon
• Gavia adamsii Yellow-billed Loon

Procellariidae

• Calonectris leucomelas Streaked Shearwater
• Puffinus carneipes Flesh-footed Shearwater
• Puffinus tenuirostris Short-tailed Shearwater
• Pterodroma hypoleuca Bonin Petrel
• Diomedea albatrus Short-tailed Albatross
• Oceanodroma monorhis Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel

Passeriformes

Pittidae

• Pitta nympha Fairy Pitta

Laniidae

• Lanius bucephalus Bull-headed Shrike
• Lanius cristatus Brown Shrike
• Lanius tigrinus Tiger Shrike
• Lanius excubitor Northern Shrike
• Lanius sphenocercus Chinese Grey Shrike
• Lanius schach Long-tailed Shrike

Campephagidae

• Pericrocotus divaricatus Ashy Minivet
• Coracina melaschistos Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike

Monarchidae

• Terpsiphone paradisi Asian Paradise-Flycatcher
• Terpsiphone atrocaudata Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher

Oriolidae

• Oriolus chinensis Black-naped Oriole

Dicruridae

• Dicrurus macrocercus Black Drongo
• Dicrurus hottentottus Hair-crested Drongo
• Dicrurus leucophaeus Ashy Drongo

Artamidae

• Artamus leucorynchus White-breasted Woodswallow

Corvidae

• Pica pica Common Magpie
• Garrulus glandarius Eurasian Jay
• Cyanopica cyana Azure-winged Magpie
• Nucifraga caryocatactes Spotted Nutcracker
• Corvus dauuricus Daurian Jackdaw
• Corvus frugilegus Rook
• Corvus corone Carrion Crow
• Corvus macrorhynchos Large-billed Crow
• Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Red-billed Chough

Bombycillidae

• Bombycilla garrulus Bohemian Waxwing
• Bombycilla japonica Japanese Waxwing

Cinclidae

• Cinclus pallasii Brown Dipper

Turdidae

• Monticola gularis White-throated Rock-Thrush
• Monticola solitarius Blue Rock-Thrush
• Zoothera sibirica Siberian Thrush
• Zoothera dauma Scaly Thrush
• Turdus hortulorum Grey-backed Thrush
• Turdus cardis Japanese Thrush
• Turdus obscurus Eyebrowed Thrush
• Turdus pallidus Pale Thrush
• Turdus chrysolaus Brown-headed Thrush
• Turdus ruficollis Dark-throated Thrush
• Turdus naumanni eunomus Dusky Thrush (ssp. in Japan)
• Turdus naumanni naumanni Dusky thrush
• Turdus merula Eurasian Blackbird

Muscicapidae

• Muscicapa griseisticta Grey-streaked Flycatcher
• Muscicapa sibirica Dark-sided Flycatcher
• Muscicapa dauurica Asian Brown Flycatcher
• Ficedula zanthopygia Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
• Ficedula narcissina Narcissus Flycatcher
• Ficedula mugimaki Mugimaki Flycatcher
• Ficedula parva Red-breasted Flycatcher
• Cyanoptila cyanomelana Blue-and-white Flycatcher
• Erithacus akahige Japanese Robin
• Luscinia sibilans Rufous-tailed Robin
• Luscinia calliope Siberian Rubythroat
• Luscinia svecica Bluethroat
• Luscinia cyane Siberian Blue Robin
• Tarsiger cyanurus Orange-flanked Bush-Robin
• Phoenicurus ochruros Black Redstart
• Phoenicurus auroreus Daurian Redstart
• Saxicola maura Siberian Stonechat
• Saxicola ferrea Grey Bushchat
• Oenanthe hispanica Black-eared Wheatear
• Oenanthe pleschanka Pied Wheatear

Sturnidae

• Sturnus cineraceus White-cheeked Starling
• Sturnus philippensis Chestnut-cheeked Starling
• Sturnus sturninus Purple-backed Starling
• Sturnus sinensis White-shouldered Starling
• Sturnus vulgaris Common Starling

Sittidae

• Sitta europaea Eurasian Nuthatch
• Sitta villosa Snowy-browed Nuthatch

Certhidae

• Certhia familiaris Common Treecreeper
• Troglodytes troglodytes Winter Wren

Paridae

• Parus major Great Tit
• Parus varius Varied Tit
• Parus ater Coal Tit
• Parus montanus Willow Tit
• Parus palustris Marsh Tit
• Panurus biarmicus Bearded Tit
• Remiz pendulinus Eurasian Penduline-Tit

Aegithalidae

• Aegithalos caudatus Long-tailed Tit

Hirundinidae

• Riparia riparia Sand Martin
• Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow
• Hirundo dauric Red-rumped Swallow (daurica?)
• Delichon urbica House Martin

Regulidae

• Regulus regulus Goldcrest

Pycnonotidae

• Ixos amaurotis Brown-eared Bulbul

Cisticolidae

• Cisticola juncidis Zitting Cisticola
• Rhopophilus pekinensis White-browed Chinese Warbler

Zosteropidae

• Zosterops erythropleurus Chestnut-flanked White-eye
• Zosterops japonicus Japanese White-eye

Sylviidae

• Urosphena squameiceps Asian Stubtail
• Cettia diphone Japanese Bush-Warbler
• Locustella lanceolata Lanceolated Warbler
• Locustella certhiola Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
• Locustella ochotensis Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler
• Locustella pleskei,/ Pleske's Grasshopper Warbler
• Locustella fasciolata Gray's Grasshopper Warbler
• Acrocephalus bistrigiceps Black-browed Reed Warbler
• Acrocephalus arundinaceus Great Reed Warbler
• Acrocephalus aedon Thick-billed Warbler
• Phylloscopus fuscatus Dusky Warbler
• Phylloscopus schwarzi Radde's Warbler
• Bradypterus thoracicus Spotted Bush-Warbler
• Phylloscopus proregulus Lemon-rumped Warbler
• Phylloscopus inornatus Inornate Warbler
• Phylloscopus borealis Arctic Warbler
• Phylloscopus trochiloides Greenish Warbler
• Phylloscopus tenellipes Pale-legged Leaf-Warbler
• Phylloscopus occipitalis Western Crowned-Warbler
• Magalurus pryeri Japanese Swamp Warbler → (Locustella?, Marsh Grassbird, Japanese Marsh Warbler)
• Paradoxornis webbianus Vinous-throated Parrotbill
• Sylvia curruca Lesser Whitethroat

Alaudidae

• Calandrella cinera Red-capped Lark (cinerea?)
• Calandrella rufescens Lesser Short-toed Lark
• Galerida cristata Crested Lark
• Alauda arvensis Sky Lark

Passeridae

• Passer rutilans Russet Sparrow
• Passer montanus Eurasian Tree Sparrow

• Dendronanthus indicus Forest Wagtail
• Motacilla alba White Wagtail
• Motacilla lugens Black-backed Wagtail
• Motacilla grandis Japanese Wagtail
• Motacilla flava Yellow Wagtail
• Motacilla cinerea Grey Wagtail
• Anthus richardi Richard's Pipit
• Anthus godlewskii Blyth's Pipit
• Anthus hodgsoni Olive-backed Pipit
• Anthus gustavi Pechora Pipit
• Anthus cervinus Red-throated Pipit
• Anthus roseatus Rosy Pipit
• Anthus spinoletta Water Pipit

• Prunella collaris Alpine Accentor
• Prunella montanella Siberian Accentor

Fringillidae

• Fringilla montifringilla Brambling
• Carduelis sinica Grey-capped Greenfinch
• Carduelis pinus Pine Siskin
• Carduelis hornemanni Hoary Redpoll
• Carduelis flammea Common Redpoll

• Leucosticte arctoa Asian Rosy-Finch
• Uragus sibiricus Long-tailed Rosefinch
• Carpodacus erythrinus Common Rosefinch
• Carpodacus roseus Pallas's Rosefinch
• Pinicola enucleator Pine Grosbeak
• Loxia curvirostra Red Crossbill
• Loxia leucoptera White-winged Crossbill
• Pyrrhula pyrrhula Eurasian Bullfinch
• Coccothraustes coccothraustes Hawfinch
• Eophona migratoria Yellow-billed Grosbeak
• Eophona personata Japanese Grosbeak

• Emberiza cioides Meadow Bunting
• Emberiza leucocephala Pine Bunting (leucocephalos?)
• Emberiza jankowskii Rufous-backed Bunting
• Emberiza tristrami Tristram's Bunting
• Emberiza fucata Chestnut-eared Bunting
• Emberiza pusilla Little Bunting
• Emberiza chrysophrys Yellow-browed Bunting
• Emberiza rustica Rustic Bunting
• Emberiza elegans Yellow-throated Bunting
• Emberiza aureola Yellow-breasted Bunting
• Emberiza rutila Chestnut Bunting
• Emberiza sulphurata Yellow Bunting
• Emberiza spodocephala Black-faced Bunting
• Emberiza variabilis Grey Bunting
• Emberiza pallasi Pallas's Bunting
• Emberiza schoeniclus Reed Bunting
• Emberiza yessoensis Ochre-rumped Bunting
• Emberiza bruniceps Red-headed Bunting
• Calcarius lapponicus Lapland Longspur
• Plectrophenax nivalis Snow Bunting

See also

Regional articles:

• EUROPE:
  • List of European birds
    • List of British birds: non-passerines
    • List of British birds: passerines

• AMERICA:
  • List of North American birds
    • List of North American birds: non-passerines
    • List of North American birds: passerines

• OCEANIA:
  • List of Australasian birds
  • List of New Zealand birds

• AFRICA:
  • List of African birds

• ASIA:
  • List of Japanese birds
    • List of Japanese birds: non-passerines
    • List of Japanese birds: passerines