Key Biodiversity Areas

Mangyeong estuary (16131)
South Korea, Asia

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesXenus cinereusTerek SandpiperLC2004link-icon
AvesNumenius phaeopusWhimbrelLC2004link-icon
AvesCharadrius alexandrinusLC2004link-icon
AvesNumenius arquataEurasian CurlewLC2004link-icon
AvesAnas platyrhynchosMallardLC2004link-icon
AvesArenaria interpresRuddy TurnstoneLC2004link-icon
AvesAnas formosaBaikal TealVU2004link-icon
AvesLimosa limosaBlack-tailed GodwitLC2004link-icon
AvesCalidris alpinaDunlinLC2004link-icon
AvesCalidris ruficollisRed-necked StintLC2004link-icon
AvesLimosa lapponicaBar-tailed GodwitLC2004link-icon
AvesTringa guttiferSpotted GreenshankEN2004link-icon
AvesEgretta eulophotesChinese EgretVU2004link-icon
AvesPluvialis squatarolaGrey PloverLC2004link-icon
AvesCalidris pygmeusSpoon-billed SandpiperEN2004link-icon
AvesLarus saundersiSaunders's GullVU2004link-icon
AvesCalidris tenuirostrisGreat KnotLC2004link-icon
AvesCharadrius mongolusLesser SandploverLC2004link-icon
AvesCalidris falcinellusBroad-billed SandpiperLC2004link-icon
AvesPlatalea minorBlack-faced SpoonbillEN2004link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Mangyeong estuary. 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.