FIRST RECORD OF MELANITTA FUSCA IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND UPDATE ON NORTHEAST ASIAN RECORDS

We report the first confirmed sighting of the globally Vulnerable Melanitta fusca (Anatidae, Anseriformes) from Yeongil Bay in Pohang in the Republic of Korea. Based on the review of the literature and published checklists of two separate databases (Birds Korea and eBird), we consider this to be the...

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Published in:Nature Conservation Research
Main Authors: Amaël Borzée, Nial Moores
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Russian
Published: Fund for Support and Development of Protected Areas "Bear Land" 2022
Subjects:
first record
melanitta
northeast asia
korean peninsula
vagrancy
velvet scoter
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation
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Melanitta fusca
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.24189/ncr.2022.001
https://doaj.org/article/06e36414b8bb48deb77cb0c4dbca0201
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Summary:We report the first confirmed sighting of the globally Vulnerable Melanitta fusca (Anatidae, Anseriformes) from Yeongil Bay in Pohang in the Republic of Korea. Based on the review of the literature and published checklists of two separate databases (Birds Korea and eBird), we consider this to be the first record of M. fusca on the Korean Peninsula and only the third or fourth record of this species in coastal East Asia.

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