Nial Moores, March 7th 2015 As we know, Korea is a great place for birding and for helping push the frontiers of knowledge on ecology, conservation and identification. There are many obviously exciting species here (from cranes to shorebirds, East … read more
First-winter Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus, Busan, February 16th 2015 © Nial Moores For those who are really into the wonderful world of gulls and gull identification, the following paper in Birding on Slaty-backed Gulls might be of some interest: … read more
Nial Moores, 2015년 2월 2일 미성숙 가마우지, 고성군, 강원도, 2013년 1월 @ Nial Moores 2014년 새와 생명의 터 조류목록에는 3종의 가마우지 류가 포함되어 있습니다: 쇠가마우지 Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus, 민물가마우지 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, 그리고 가마우지 Temminck’s Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus … read more
Nial Moores, February 2, 2015 Immature Temminck’s Cormorant, Goseong County, Gangwon, January 2013 © Nial Moores The 2014 Birds Korea Checklist includes three cormorant species: Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus, Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo and Temminck’s Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus (the latter being … read more
A strikingly-patterned First-winter gull was found in Gangneung on December 6th, 2014. We have now posted a detailed description of this gull on the Birds Korea website, in an ID article containing expert input from gullers in North America and … read more
The Water Rail Rallus aquaticus has for several years been split into two full species by most authoritative checklists, including Gill & Donsker, on the basis of differences in plumage, structure, vocalisations and genetic studies. read more
I found these feathers on Socheong Island on May 26th 2010. I had found many feathers that year and all were quite easily identifiable- except for these: Note that the primaries have quite a distinctive shape: -and the (presumed) secondaries fade into … read more
무어스 박사님께서 작성하시고 6월 6일 홈페이지에 게시된 “Going cuckoo…”의 번역본이 새로이 게시되었습니다. 6월 17일에 수정된 부분까지 포함하고 있으며, 의문만이 더해져 가고있는 이 특이한 개체들에 대해서 더 많은 정보들을 들을수 있기를 기대해봅니다. 번역본 링크 : http://www.birdskorea.or.kr/Birds/Identification/ID_Notes/BK-ID-Going-Cuckoo.shtml read more
2013년 새와 생명의 터 조류목록이 업데이트 되었습니다! 2013년 5월에 조류목록이 개정된 이후로 6월까지 한 달 동안 여러가지 새로운 종들이 기록되었습니다. 이번 6월 업데이트에서는 이러한 변경사항들을 반영하였으며, 이외에도 세부적인 내용들이 몇가지 바뀌었으니 확인해주세요. 자세한 사항은 다음의 링크를 참조해주시기 바랍니다. 새와 생명의 … read more
Posted by Jason Loghry, June 22 A new note by Dr. Nial Moores posted today on Common Rosefinch, including images of two stunning males digi-scoped (courtesy of Swaorvski Optik!) on Eocheong Island, in May 2011: http://www.birdskorea.org/Birds/Identification/ID_Notes/BK-ID-Common-Rosefinch.shtml Information on biometrics, plumage, … read more