Birds of North Korea
North Korea hosts 161 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Oriental MagpiePica serica
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Oriental GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Eastern Crowned WarblerPhylloscopus coronatus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus kizuki
- Oriental Scops OwlOtus sunia
- Yellow-throated BuntingEmberiza elegans
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
- Black-naped OrioleOriolus chinensis
- Common GullLarus canus
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Hill PigeonColumba rupestris
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomus
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
- Yellow-rumped FlycatcherFicedula zanthopygia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
- Grey-backed ThrushTurdus hortulorum
- Grey NightjarCaprimulgus jotaka
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Naumann's ThrushTurdus naumanni
- Asian StubtailUrosphena squameiceps
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Blue-and-white FlycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelana
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileata
- Tristram's BuntingEmberiza tristrami
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Ashy MinivetPericrocotus divaricatus
- Vega GullLarus vegae
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealis
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Pale-legged Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus tenellipes
- Stejneger's ScoterMelanitta stejnegeri
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Chinese GrosbeakEophona migratoria
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
- Black-browed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Chinese NuthatchSitta villosa
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
- Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus
- Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureola
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Eastern BuzzardButeo japonicus
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelas
- Brown DipperCinclus pallasii
- Chinese Grey ShrikeLanius sphenocercus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Black ScoterMelanitta americana
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Indian Spot-billed DuckAnas poecilorhyncha
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- Ancient MurreletSynthliboramphus antiquus
- Grey-streaked FlycatcherMuscicapa griseisticta
- Pallas's Reed BuntingEmberiza pallasi
- Japanese CormorantPhalacrocorax capillatus
- Chestnut-eared BuntingEmberiza fucata
- Yellow-browed BuntingEmberiza chrysophrys
- Chestnut-flanked White-eyeZosterops erythropleurus
- Spectacled GuillemotCepphus carbo
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Great TitParus major
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Eastern Marsh HarrierCircus spilonotus
- Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
- Mugimaki FlycatcherFicedula mugimaki
- Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricus
- Daurian JackdawColoeus dauuricus
- Japanese GrosbeakEophona personata
- Chestnut BuntingEmberiza rutila
- Japanese QuailCoturnix japonica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanus
- Black-faced SpoonbillPlatalea minor
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- White-throated NeedletailHirundapus caudacutus
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
- Japanese WagtailMotacilla grandis
- Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
- Two-barred WarblerPhylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Tiger ShrikeLanius tigrinus
- Chinese Penduline TitRemiz consobrinus
- Red-crowned CraneGrus japonensis
- Ochre-rumped BuntingEmberiza yessoensis
- Pallas's RosefinchCarpodacus roseus