South Korea Ramsar wetland
Suncheon Bay
192 bird species recorded; the most from November to January.
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This month here
124 species in January.107 species in February.82 species in March.72 species in April.74 species in May.16 species in June.55 species in July.39 species in August.71 species in September.110 species in October.122 species in November.117 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
192 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 192Speciesrecorded more than once
- 118Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 10ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 8,343Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 17Raptors
- 2Owls
- 30Waders
- 8Gulls & seabirds
- 27Ducks & geese
- 15Herons, ibises & grebes
- 6Storks & cranes
- 68Songbirds
- 19Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 192 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Black VultureAegypius monachusNT
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Upland BuzzardButeo hemilasius
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
- Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Charadrius mongolusCharadrius mongolus
Gulls & seabirds8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
- Saunders's GullChroicocephalus saundersi
- Vega GullLarus vegae
- Common GullLarus canus
- Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
Ducks & geese27 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Lesser white-fronted gooseAnser erythropusVU
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
Herons, ibises & grebes15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Black-faced SpoonbillPlatalea minorVU
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Chinese EgretEgretta eulophotesVU
- Japanese CormorantPhalacrocorax capillatus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Storks & cranes6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Hooded CraneGrus monachaVU
- Common CraneGrus grus
- White-naped CraneGrus vipioVU
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Siberian CraneGrus leucogeranus
- Japanese White StorkCiconia boyciana
Songbirds68 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Oriental MagpiePica serica
- Vinous-throated ParrotbillSinosuthora webbiana
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanus
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Yellow-throated BuntingEmberiza elegans
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Pallas's Reed HuntingEmberiza pallasi
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaNT
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
- Chinese GrosbeakEophona migratoria
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Chinese Penduline TitRemiz consobrinus
- Great titParus major
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Black-faced buntingEmberiza spodocephala
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Poecile variusPoecile varius
- Zosterops japonicusZosterops japonicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Parus variusParus varius
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Chestnut-eared BuntingEmberiza fucata
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Oriolus chinensisOriolus chinensis
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Chinese Grey ShrikeLanius sphenocercus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- Dusky warblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Chestnut-cheeked StarlingAgropsar philippensis
- Grey-backed ThrushTurdus hortulorum
- Turdus naumanniTurdus naumanni
- Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Ochre-rumped BuntingEmberiza yessoensisNT
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Daurian JackdawColoeus dauuricus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Yellow-bellied TitPeriparus venustulus
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Japanese GrosbeakEophona personata
Other birds19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CootFulica atra
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus kizuki
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Lesser CuckooCuculus poliocephalus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eastern Water RailRallus indicus
- Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
- Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
- Japanese QuailCoturnix japonicaNT
- Grey NightjarCaprimulgus jotaka
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from November to January.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan3°/-6°29 mm
- Feb6°/-4°48 mm
- Mar11°/-1°68 mm
- Apr17°/5°114 mm
- May22°/11°119 mm
- Jun26°/16°164 mm
- Jul28°/20°294 mm
- Aug28°/21°264 mm
- Sep25°/16°157 mm
- Oct19°/9°67 mm
- Nov12°/2°47 mm
- Dec5°/-4°34 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Suncheon Bay.
Coastal wetland in South Korea
Suncheon Bay is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in South Korea.
192 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 8,343 open records.
The most recorded are the Grey Heron, the Eurasian Tree Sparrow and the Oriental Turtle Dove.
36 species come for the summer, 79 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
10 are threatened worldwide, including Hooded Crane, White-naped Crane and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded from November to January.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- 미르클라이밍campsite · 7.8 km · 1 within 10 km
- 순천만 에코비치 캐슬place to stay · 2.0 km · 16 within 10 km
- Byeollyangnearest town · 6.1 km in a straight line
- Yeosu Airport (RSU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 10 km in a straight lineCar hire at PUS airport (Busan)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 8viewpoints within 5 km용산전망대, 전망대 and 6 more
- 8car parks within 3 km
- 5restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 km미르클라이밍
- 16places to stay within 10 km순천만 에코비치 캐슬, 순천 놀펜션, four seasons pension and 13 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Suncheon Bay.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas33 mountains within 25 kmMangjusan · 14 kmGubaonghwasan · 16 kmGeumjeonsan668 m · 17 kmJewangsan841 m · 18 kmDubangsan · 18 kmBaegisan · 20 kmUgak-san · 25 kmJogyesan887 m · 25 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Suncheon Bay
South Korea
- 85Birdyas Score
- 192Species
- 118Migrants
- 10Threatened
Ganghwa Maehwamarum Habitat
South Korea · 321 km
- 86Birdyas Score
- 207Species
- 132Migrants
- 12Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q486960) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 8,343 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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