South Korea
What is recorded in South Korea
- Species
- 3,733
- Grid cells
- 42,754
- Records
- 702,452
- Years covered
- 1980-2026
- Insects 3,195
- Birds 244
- Bony fish 215
- Amphibians 27
- Mammals 27
- Reptiles 25
These are species with at least one recorded territory in South Korea, not a national checklist: a bird list from eBird or Avibase is more complete. The counts follow recording effort as much as wildlife, so a country with more visitors and more naturalists will show more of both.
Most recorded here
The species with the most open occurrence records in South Korea, among those a photograph exists for. Most recorded is not most numerous: it rewards animals that are common, conspicuous and live where people go.
Oriental Magpie
Pica serica
Brown-eared Bulbul
Hypsipetes amaurotis
Oriental Turtle Dove
Streptopelia orientalis
Cinereous Tit
Parus cinereus
Eastern Spot-billed Duck
Anas zonorhyncha
Vinous-throated Parrotbill
Suthora webbiana
Black-tailed Gull
Larus crassirostris
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachus
Daurian Redstart
Phoenicurus auroreus
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanus
Azure-winged Magpie
Cyanopica cyanus
Large-billed Crow
Corvus macrorhynchos
No regions recorded yet
The reference database has no regions filed under South Korea.
Nothing written up here yet
The field guide covers South Korea on the map, but none of its species have an entry written for them yet.