Birds of South Korea

List of Common Birds Found in South Korea

Native Birds

• Ashy Minivet
• Asian Brown Flycatcher
• Asian Paradise Flycatcher
• Asian Stubtail
• Azure-winged Magpie
• Baikal Teal
• Barn Swallow
• Black-capped Kingfisher
• Black Drongo
• Black-faced Bunting
• Black Kite
• Black-naped Oriole
• Black-naped Tern
• Black Paradise Flycatcher
• Black-tailed Godwit
• Black-tailed Gull
• Black Woodpecker
• Blue-and-white Flycatcher
• Blue-and-white Kingfisher
• Brambling
• Brown-eared Bulbul
• Brown-headed Thrush
• Chestnut Bunting
• Chinese Blackbird
• Chinese Bulbul
• Chinese Grosbeak
• Common Greenshank
• Common Kestrel
• Common Kingfisher
• Common Merganser
• Common Moorhen
• Common Myna
• Common Pheasant
• Common Pochard
• Common Sandpiper
• Crested Myna
• Daurian Redstart
• Eastern Buzzard
• Eastern Cattle Egret
• Eastern Crowned Warbler
• Eastern Great Egret
• Eastern Jungle Crow
• Eastern Marsh Harrier
• Eastern Spot-billed Duck
• Eastern Yellow Wagtail
• Eurasian Collared-dove
• Eurasian Hoopoe
• Eurasian Jay
• Eurasian Magpie
• Eurasian Nutcracker
• Eurasian Nuthatch
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk
• Eurasian Spoonbill
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow
• Eurasian Wren
• Falcated Duck
• Gray Bunting
• Gray-faced Buzzard
• Gray Heron
• Gray Plover
• Gray Wagtail
• Greater Scaup
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Great Tit
• Hawfinch
• Indian Peafowl
• Intermediate Egret
• Japanese Bush Warbler
• Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
• Japanese Robin
• Japanese Tit
• Japanese White-eye
• Japanese Woodpecker
• Korean Bush Warbler
• Large-billed Crow
• Light-vented Bulbul
• Little Bunting
• Little Egret
• Long-tailed Tit
• Mandarin Duck
• Marsh Tit
• Meadow Bunting
• Narcissus Flycatcher
• Northern Goshawk
• Northern Lapwing
• Northern Pintail
• Northern Shoveler
• Oriental Dollarbird
• Oriental Magpie
• Oriental Turtle-dove
• Pale Thrush
• Pallas’s Reed Bunting
• Pine Bunting
• Red-billed Starling
• Red-flanked Bluetail
• Rustic Bunting
• Siberian Blue Robin
• Siberian Rubythroat
• Smew
• Temminck’s Stint
• Varied Tit
• Vinous-throated Parrotbill
• White’s Thrush
• White-backed Woodpecker
• White-cheeked Starling
• White Wagtail
• Willow Tit
• Yellow-bellied Tit
• Yellow-browed Warbler
• Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
• Yellow-throated Bunting
• Yellow Tit

Non-native Birds

• Asian Koel
• Demoiselle Crane
• Great Bustard
• Hill Pigeon
• Himalayan Swiftlet
• Rock Pigeon
• Stock Dove
• Water Rail

Some of the best birding sites in South Korea include Suncheon Bay Wetland Reserve, Seosan Birdland, and Upo Wetland. The peak birding season in South Korea is during the spring and autumn migrations. These periods offer the best opportunities to observe various bird species as they pass through or temporarily reside in the country while migrating.