Key Biodiversity Areas

Tidal flat area of Yeongjong-do island (16119)
South Korea, Asia

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesNumenius madagascariensisFar Eastern CurlewLC2004link-icon
AvesCharadrius alexandrinusLC2004link-icon
AvesEgretta eulophotesChinese EgretVU2004link-icon
AvesXenus cinereusTerek SandpiperLC2004link-icon
AvesNumenius arquataEurasian CurlewLC2004link-icon
AvesPluvialis squatarolaGrey PloverLC2004link-icon
AvesCalidris tenuirostrisGreat KnotLC2004link-icon
AvesNumenius phaeopusWhimbrelLC2004link-icon
AvesLimosa lapponicaBar-tailed GodwitLC2004link-icon
AvesCharadrius mongolusLesser SandploverLC2004link-icon
AvesLarus saundersiSaunders's GullVU2004link-icon
AvesCalidris alpinaDunlinLC2004link-icon
AvesPlatalea minorBlack-faced SpoonbillEN2004link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Tidal flat area of Yeongjong-do island. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 16, 2025.