Following substantial revision, we are delighted to be able (finally!) to share an up-to-date revised 2022 edition of the Birds Korea Checklist covering the Republic of Korea (ROK) for download in both English and Korean. The checklist (Moores & Ha … read more
Bird news from Nial Moores (Birds Korea) and Marshall Iliff (eBird) Counts and all species lists are posted / will be posted on eBird. On 11th, an early start at Junam Reservoir found half-a-dozen Pheasant-tailed Jacana and a good spread … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger (Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea, Birds Korea), Jeongmin Khil (Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea) and Prof. Dr. Tomasz Wierzbowski (HUFS) Parks sometimes can be teaming with birds, either because of a lack of suitable other habitat in cities, or because the have genuinely … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger, Dr. Hyun-Ah Choi (both Birds Korea and Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea) with Jeongmin Khil and Sabine Leykam (HSF Korea) Gochang in Jeollabukdo, a county at the Yellow Sea, still has vast tidal flats and beautiful rice-field areas. As part … read more
Dr Nial Moores, August 10th 2022 The Republic of Korea (ROK) has no national rarities committee, and no transparent process to review major changes in status. Birds Korea has therefore maintained open-access bird checklists online in Korean and English since … read more
Bird news by Leslie Hurteau On June 10th, 2022, the Jeju Wildlife Research Center (제주야생동물연구센터) found a Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens on Mara Island, the most southern point of the ROK. This species has never been recorded in the Republic … read more
Bird news from Leslie Hurteau As May started, Spring migration was in full swing, with many interesting birds showing up on Jeju. Early May involved a weekend trip to nearby Chuja Island, which had a fair number of migrants, highlight … read more
나일 무어스, 백승광, 이수영, 장량 . 연천군과의 계약에 따라, 우리는 6월 2, 3, 4, 5, 7일 닷새 동안 연천 임진강 생물권보전지역에서 번식하는 조류와 그 밖의 다양한 생물을 조사하였고, 그 결과는 매우 생산적이었다. 약 12킬로미터의 (무척이나 아름다운) 산길을 걷고, 두 강줄기의 … read more
Nial Moores, Baek Seung-Kwang, Lee Su-Young and Jang Ryang Under contract from Yeoncheon County, we conducted five very productive days of survey of breeding birds and other biodiversity in the Yeoncheon Imjin River Biosphere Reserve on June 2nd, 3rd, 4th, … read more
한반도의 조류와 서식지 보전에 전념하는 ‘새와 생명의 터’는 보전 활동의 일환으로 온라인 데이터베이스인 eBird 국내 데이터의 검증 책임을 맡아온 것에 이어, 최근에는 코넬대 조류학 연구소와 Dr. 나일 무어스(새와생명의터 대표)님의 기획으로 멀린(Merlin)한국어판 작업에 착수하였습니다. 원활한 한국어 번역을 위한 영문 향상, 문헌 … read more