Shorebirds of the Yellow Sea
Importance, threats and conservation status
Wetlands International, 2002
ISBN 90 5882 009 2
4. Shorebirds occuring in internationally important numbers at Yellow Sea sites (continued)
4.4 Species accounts (continued)
Subspecies None; entire global population confined to the EAAF.
Breeding: s. Taimyr, n. and central Yakutia, e. to Chukotka, and Kamchatka.
Non-breeding: Coastal. se. China, Taiwan, Vietnam, se. Asia and Australia.
Usage and importance of Yellow Sea
Occurrence: Intertidal areas. NM and SM Common along s. coast of South Korea on both migrations; elsewhere widespread in small numbers. Numbers counted are probably realistic estimates of birds present in surveyed areas.
Movements: NM and SM Peak passage occurs in South Korea during second-half of May and in August. Main migration route appears to include Japan, where 5 000 - 6 000 occur on both NM and SM, and common presence in s. South Korea is consistent with this suggestion.
Significance of Yellow Sea: It seems that the Yellow Sea is of minor importance as a migration staging region, except for the s. coast of South Korea.
Key sites: 2 sites of international importance have been identified, both in South Korea; Suncheon Man is important during NM and Nakdong Gang Hagu during SM (see site location maps below).
Status of key sites: Neither of the sites is in a Protected Area.
Major gaps in knowledge: Incomplete geographical and temporal coverage in China. No information from North Korea.
Site count references
- Moores 1999a
- Yi & Kim in prep.
EAAF POPULATION ESTIMATE: 40 000
Status: Passage migrant
Estimated minimum numbers:
NM: South Korea: 1 400; China: Scarce.
SM: South Korea: 1 100.
INTERNATIONALLY IMPORTANT SITES (and Protected Area status)
South Korea: 2 (0)
|1||Suncheon Man (NM)||South Korea||429||1|
|2||Nakdong Gang Hagu (SM)||South Korea||463||2|