List of passerine birds of Korea

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This is a list of all passerine birds ever recorded in Korea, including the Korean Peninsula and surrounding islands.

See also: List of non-passerine birds of Korea and List of Korean birds

Contents 1 Passeriformes 1.1 Pittidae 1.2 Laniidae 1.3 Campephagidae 1.4 Monarchidae 1.5 Oriolidae 1.6 Dicruridae 1.7 Artamidae 1.8 Corvidae 1.9 Bombycillidae 1.10 Cinclidae 1.11 Turdidae 1.12 Muscicapidae 1.13 Sturnidae 1.14 Sittidae 1.15 Certhidae 1.16 Paridae 1.17 Aegithalidae 1.18 Hirundinidae 1.19 Regulidae 1.20 Pycnonotidae 1.21 Cisticolidae 1.22 Zosteropidae 1.23 Sylviidae 1.24 Alaudidae 1.25 Passeridae 1.26 Fringillidae 2 Notes 3 References and further reading

[edit] Passeriformes

[edit] Pittidae

• Pitta nympha Fairy Pitta

[edit] Laniidae

Common name (Korean name)	Species (Authority)	Preferred habitat	Range	Status
Bull-headed Shrike	Lanius bucephalus
Brown Shrike	Lanius cristatus
Tiger Shrike	Lanius tigrinus
Northern Shrike	Lanius excubitor
Chinese Grey Shrike	Lanius sphenocercus		Winter migrant.[1]	K: Rare.[2]
Long-tailed Shrike	Lanius schach
Steppe Grey Shrike	Lanius pallidirostris		Winter migrant on west coast.	K: Accidental.[3]

[edit] Campephagidae

• Pericrocotus divaricatus Ashy Minivet
• Coracina melaschistos Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike

[edit] Monarchidae

• Terpsiphone paradisi Asian Paradise-Flycatcher
• Terpsiphone atrocaudata Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher

[edit] Oriolidae

• Oriolus chinensis Black-naped Oriole

[edit] Dicruridae

• Dicrurus macrocercus Black Drongo
• Dicrurus hottentottus Hair-crested Drongo
• Dicrurus leucophaeus Ashy Drongo

[edit] Artamidae

• Artamus leucorynchus White-breasted Woodswallow

[edit] Corvidae

• Pica sericea Korean Magpie (sometimes considered conspecific with the Common Magpie, Pica pica)
• Garrulus glandarius Eurasian Jay
• Cyanopica cyana Azure-winged Magpie
• Nucifraga caryocatactes Spotted Nutcracker
• Corvus dauuricus Daurian Jackdaw
• Corvus frugilegus Rook
• Corvus corone Carrion Crow
• Corvus macrorhynchos Large-billed Crow
• Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Red-billed Chough

[edit] Bombycillidae

• Bombycilla garrulus Bohemian Waxwing
• Bombycilla japonica Japanese Waxwing

[edit] Cinclidae

• Cinclus pallasii Brown Dipper

[edit] Turdidae

• Monticola gularis White-throated Rock-Thrush
• Monticola solitarius Blue Rock-Thrush
• Zoothera sibirica Siberian Thrush
• Zoothera dauma Scaly Thrush
• Turdus hortulorum Grey-backed Thrush
• Turdus cardis Japanese Thrush
• Turdus obscurus Eyebrowed Thrush
• Turdus pallidus Pale Thrush
• Turdus chrysolaus Brown-headed Thrush
• Turdus ruficollis Dark-throated Thrush
• Turdus naumanni eunomus Dusky Thrush (ssp. in Japan)
• Turdus naumanni naumanni Dusky thrush
• Turdus merula Eurasian Blackbird

[edit] Muscicapidae

• Muscicapa griseisticta Grey-streaked Flycatcher
• Muscicapa sibirica Dark-sided Flycatcher
• Muscicapa dauurica Asian Brown Flycatcher
• Ficedula zanthopygia Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
• Ficedula narcissina Narcissus Flycatcher
• Ficedula mugimaki Mugimaki Flycatcher
• Ficedula parva Red-breasted Flycatcher
• Cyanoptila cyanomelana Blue-and-white Flycatcher
• Erithacus akahige Japanese Robin
• Luscinia sibilans Rufous-tailed Robin
• Luscinia calliope Siberian Rubythroat
• Luscinia svecica Bluethroat
• Luscinia cyane Siberian Blue Robin
• Tarsiger cyanurus Orange-flanked Bush-Robin
• Phoenicurus ochruros Black Redstart
• Phoenicurus auroreus Daurian Redstart
• Saxicola maura Siberian Stonechat
• Saxicola ferrea Grey Bushchat
• Oenanthe hispanica Black-eared Wheatear
• Oenanthe pleschanka Pied Wheatear

[edit] Sturnidae

• Sturnus cineraceus White-cheeked Starling
• Sturnus philippensis Chestnut-cheeked Starling
• Sturnus sturninus Purple-backed Starling
• Sturnus sinensis White-shouldered Starling
• Sturnus vulgaris Common Starling

[edit] Sittidae

• Sitta europaea Eurasian Nuthatch
• Sitta villosa Snowy-browed Nuthatch

[edit] Certhidae

• Certhia familiaris Common Treecreeper
• Troglodytes troglodytes Winter Wren

[edit] Paridae

• Parus major Great Tit
• Parus varius Varied Tit
• Parus ater Coal Tit
• Parus montanus Willow Tit
• Parus palustris Marsh Tit
• Panurus biarmicus Bearded Tit
• Remiz pendulinus Eurasian Penduline Tit

[edit] Aegithalidae

• Aegithalos caudatus Long-tailed Tit

[edit] Hirundinidae

• Riparia riparia Sand Martin
• Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow
• Hirundo dauric Red-rumped Swallow (daurica?)
• Delichon urbica House Martin

[edit] Regulidae

• Regulus regulus Goldcrest

[edit] Pycnonotidae

• Ixos amaurotis Brown-eared Bulbul

[edit] Cisticolidae

• Cisticola juncidis Zitting Cisticola
• Rhopophilus pekinensis White-browed Chinese Warbler

[edit] Zosteropidae

• Zosterops erythropleurus Chestnut-flanked White-eye
• Zosterops japonicus Japanese White-eye

[edit] Sylviidae

• Urosphena squameiceps Asian Stubtail
• Cettia diphone Japanese Bush-Warbler
• Locustella lanceolata Lanceolated Warbler
• Locustella certhiola Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
• Locustella ochotensis Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler
• Locustella pleskei,/ Pleske's Grasshopper Warbler
• Locustella fasciolata Gray's Grasshopper Warbler
• Acrocephalus bistrigiceps Black-browed Reed Warbler
• Acrocephalus arundinaceus Great Reed Warbler
• Acrocephalus aedon Thick-billed Warbler
• Phylloscopus fuscatus Dusky Warbler
• Phylloscopus schwarzi Radde's Warbler
• Bradypterus thoracicus Spotted Bush-Warbler
• Phylloscopus proregulus Lemon-rumped Warbler
• Phylloscopus inornatus Inornate Warbler
• Phylloscopus borealis Arctic Warbler
• Phylloscopus trochiloides Greenish Warbler
• Phylloscopus tenellipes Pale-legged Leaf-Warbler
• Phylloscopus occipitalis Western Crowned-Warbler
• Magalurus pryeri Japanese Swamp Warbler → (Locustella?, Marsh Grassbird, Japanese Marsh Warbler)
• Paradoxornis webbianus Vinous-throated Parrotbill
• Sylvia curruca Lesser Whitethroat

[edit] Alaudidae

• Calandrella cinera Red-capped Lark (cinerea?)
• Calandrella rufescens Lesser Short-toed Lark
• Galerida cristata Crested Lark
• Alauda arvensis Sky Lark

[edit] Passeridae

• Passer rutilans Russet Sparrow
• Passer montanus Eurasian Tree Sparrow

• Dendronanthus indicus Forest Wagtail
• Motacilla alba White Wagtail
• Motacilla lugens Black-backed Wagtail
• Motacilla grandis Japanese Wagtail
• Motacilla flava Yellow Wagtail
• Motacilla cinerea Grey Wagtail
• Anthus richardi Richard's Pipit
• Anthus godlewskii Blyth's Pipit
• Anthus hodgsoni Olive-backed Pipit
• Anthus gustavi Pechora Pipit
• Anthus cervinus Red-throated Pipit
• Anthus roseatus Rosy Pipit
• Anthus spinoletta Water Pipit

• Prunella collaris Alpine Accentor
• Prunella montanella Siberian Accentor

[edit] Fringillidae

• Fringilla montifringilla Brambling
• Carduelis sinica Grey-capped Greenfinch
• Carduelis pinus Pine Siskin
• Carduelis hornemanni Hoary Redpoll
• Carduelis flammea Common Redpoll

• Leucosticte arctoa Asian Rosy-Finch
• Uragus sibiricus Long-tailed Rosefinch
• Carpodacus erythrinus Common Rosefinch
• Carpodacus roseus Pallas's Rosefinch
• Pinicola enucleator Pine Grosbeak
• Loxia curvirostra Red Crossbill
• Loxia leucoptera White-winged Crossbill
• Pyrrhula pyrrhula Eurasian Bullfinch
• Coccothraustes coccothraustes Hawfinch
• Eophona migratoria Yellow-billed Grosbeak
• Eophona personata Japanese Grosbeak

• Emberiza cioides Meadow Bunting
• Emberiza leucocephala Pine Bunting (leucocephalos?)
• Emberiza jankowskii Rufous-backed Bunting
• Emberiza tristrami Tristram's Bunting
• Emberiza fucata Chestnut-eared Bunting
• Emberiza pusilla Little Bunting
• Emberiza chrysophrys Yellow-browed Bunting
• Emberiza rustica Rustic Bunting
• Emberiza elegans Yellow-throated Bunting
• Emberiza aureola Yellow-breasted Bunting
• Emberiza rutila Chestnut Bunting
• Emberiza sulphurata Yellow Bunting
• Emberiza spodocephala Black-faced Bunting
• Emberiza variabilis Grey Bunting
• Emberiza pallasi Pallas's Bunting
• Emberiza schoeniclus Reed Bunting
• Emberiza yessoensis Ochre-rumped Bunting
• Emberiza bruniceps Red-headed Bunting
• Calcarius lapponicus Lapland Longspur
• Plectrophenax nivalis Snow Bunting

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Also occasionally a resident breeder, according to Moores & Moores (2004), p. 163.
2. ^ Moores & Moores (2004), p. 163.
3. ^ Only one tentative record. Moores & Moores (2004).

[edit] References and further reading

• Collinson, Martin. Splitting headaches? Recent taxonomic changes affecting the British and Western Palaearctic lists British Birds vol 99 (June 2006), 306-323
• Jo, Sam-rae (조삼래) (2002). 서산의 새 [Seosanui sae] [English title: Birds of Seosan, Korea]. Gongju, South Korea: Kongju National University Press. ISBN 89-88421-34-5. 
• Lee, Woo-Shin; Tae-Hoe Koo, Jin-Young Park; Desmond Allen, tr. (2000). A field guide to the birds of Korea. Seoul: LG Evergreen Foundation. ISBN 89-951415-0-6. 
• Moores, Nial; Charlie Moores (2004). "A presumed Steppe Grey Shrike (Lanius pallidirostris) on Socheong Island, S Korea" (PDF). Biological Letters 41 (2): 163–166.