Birds of South Korea - List of Birds of South Korea, Bohemian Waxwing, Crested Shelduck, Brown Shrike, Tiger Shrike, Grey-Faced Buzzard, Swin (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: List of birds of South Korea, Bohemian Waxwing, Crested Shelduck, Brown Shrike, Tiger Shrike, Grey-faced Buzzard, Swinhoe's Storm-petrel, Asian Brown Flycatcher, Baer's Pochard, Oriental Dollarbird, Japanese Waxwing, Daurian Jackdaw, White-breasted Woodswallow, White-naped Crane, Meadow Bunting, Ruddy Kingfisher, Von Schrenck's Bittern, Pale Thrush, Fairy Pitta, Manchurian Reed-warbler, Northern Boobook. Excerpt: This is a list of the bird species recorded in South Korea. The avifauna of South Korea includes a total of 492 species, of which 2 have been introduced by humans, and 170 are rare or accidental. 1 species listed is extirpated in South Korea and is not included in the species count. 31 species are globally threatened. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of Clements's 5th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for South Korea. The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories. The commonly occurring, native, species do not fall into any of these categories. Order: Gaviiformes. Family: Gaviidae Loons, known as Divers in Europe, are group of aquatic birds found in many parts of North America and northern Europe. They are the size of a large duck or small goose, which they somewhat resembles in shape when swimming, but they completely unrelated to these waterfowl. There are 5 species worldwide and 4 species which occur in South Korea. Order: Podicipediformes. Family: Podicipedidae Grebes are small to medium-large sized freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes, and are excellent swimmers and...