List of Birds of South Korea - Ducks, Geese and Swans

Ducks, Geese and Swans

Order: Anseriformes. Family: Anatidae

The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These are birds that are modified for an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating. There are 131 species worldwide and 44 species which occur in South Korea.

• Mute Swan Cygnus olor
• Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
• Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
• Swan Goose Anser cygnoides
• Bean Goose Anser fabalis
• Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
• Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus (A)
• Greylag Goose Anser anser (A)
• Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus (A)
• Snow Goose Chen caerulescens (A)
• Emperor Goose Chen canagica (A)
• Brant Branta bernicla
• Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii (A)
• Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
• Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
• Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
• Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
• American Wigeon Anas americana (A)
• Falcated Duck Anas falcata
• Gadwall Anas strepera
• Baikal Teal Anas formosa
• Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
• Northern Pintail Anas acuta
• Garganey Anas querquedula
• Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
• Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina (A)
• Common Pochard Aythya ferina
• Canvasback Aythya valisineria (A)
• Redhead Aythya americana (A)
• Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca (A)
• Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri (A)
• Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
• Greater Scaup Aythya marila
• Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
• Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
• Black Scoter Melanitta nigra
• White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca
• Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
• Smew Mergellus albellus
• Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
• Common Merganser Mergus merganser
• Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus (A)