South Korea Ramsar wetland
Mulyeongari-Oreum
42 bird species recorded; the most in June.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
7 species in January.11 species in February.1 species in March.17 species in April.25 species in May.29 species in June.24 species in July.14 species in August.3 species in September.10 species in October.11 species in November.0 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.
No records for this month.
No records for this month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
42 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).
- 42Speciesrecorded more than once
- 17Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 651Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 390 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 1Raptors
- 3Herons, ibises & grebes
- 31Songbirds
- 7Other 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 42 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Herons, ibises & grebes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Songbirds31 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Zosterops japonicusZosterops japonicus
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Yellow-throated BuntingEmberiza elegans
- Poecile variusPoecile varius
- Yellow-rumped FlycatcherFicedula zanthopygia
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Oriental MagpiePica serica
- Japanese Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone atrocaudata
- Grey-backed ThrushTurdus hortulorum
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- Fairy PittaPitta nymphaVU
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Parus variusParus varius
- Great titParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
Other birds7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Lesser CuckooCuculus poliocephalus
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in June.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan9°/5°52 mm
- Feb10°/6°66 mm
- Mar12°/8°94 mm
- Apr16°/12°144 mm
- May20°/15°147 mm
- Jun23°/19°195 mm
- Jul26°/24°232 mm
- Aug28°/26°268 mm
- Sep25°/22°206 mm
- Oct21°/18°94 mm
- Nov16°/12°76 mm
- Dec11°/7°56 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Mulyeongari-Oreum.
Extinct volcano in Jeju Province, South Korea
Mulyeongari-Oreum is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in South Korea, 390 m above the sea.
42 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 651 open records.
The most recorded are the Zosterops japonicus, the Japanese Bush Warbler and the Large-billed Crow.
13 species come for the summer, 4 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Fairy Pitta.
The most species are recorded in June.
Get there and watch
- 조랑말체험공원 캠핑장campsite · 5.2 km · 6 within 10 km
- 수망녹주맥반석찜질방place to stay · 4.6 km · 32 within 10 km
- Ponggae-dongnearest town · 16 km in a straight line
- Jeju International Airport (CJU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 24 km in a straight lineCar hire at CJU airport (Jeju City)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
- 2visitor centres within 6 km머체왓숲길방문객지원센터, 성판악탐방안내소
- 1viewpoints within 5 km데크전망대
- 3car parks within 3 km
- 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 6campsites within 10 km조랑말체험공원 캠핑장, 야영장, 솔바람풍경소리펜션 and 3 more
- 32places to stay within 10 km수망녹주맥반석찜질방, 티파니에서아침을 펜션, 청솔펜션 and 29 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 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 Mulyeongari-Oreum.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas43 mountains within 25 kmMinoreum · 1.5 kmMiaksan · 14 kmKo-ak · 14 kmHallasan1,947 m · volcano · 16 km↗Oseung · 18 kmWondangbong · 19 kmSaisan-gaku · 20 kmSosusan-bong · 23 km
Cavernyas2 caves within 20 kmJeju Seonheul-ri Bengdwigul · 13 kmGimnyeong Cave, Manjanggul Cave · 20 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 kmYŏngam-p'okp'o · 14 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Mulyeongari-Oreum
South Korea
- 39Birdyas Score
- 42Species
- 17Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6934028) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 651 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, Cavernyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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