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Surf Scoter

SP
Melanitta perspicillata
흰이마검둥오리
Included in KBR checklist
Surf Scoter
Alan D. Wilson · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5

Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata), known in Korean as 흰이마검둥오리 has eligible documented records in 1 of South Korea's 17 first-level administrative regions in the current KoreAves evidence projection. The current supporting record sources are GBIF. These records document evidence coverage; regions without eligible records are not interpreted as biological absence, and the counts are not population or abundance estimates.

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Taxonomy context

Family Anatidae

Family per AviList v2025b (CC BY 4.0) · Avibase record ↗ · Evidence snapshot 2026-10-04

Black Scoter검둥오리Stejneger's Scoter검둥오리사촌Velvet Scoter노랑부리검둥오리사촌American Black Duck미국오리American Wigeon아메리카홍머리오리Baer's Pochard붉은가슴흰죽지Baikal Teal가창오리Bar-headed Goose줄기러기Barrow's Goldeneye북방흰뺨오리Brant Goose흑기러기Bufflehead꼬마오리Cackling Goose캐나다기러기Canvasback큰흰죽지Common Goldeneye흰뺨오리Common Merganser비오리Common Pochard흰죽지Common Shelduck혹부리오리Cotton Pygmy Goose흰얼굴아기오리Crested Shelduck원앙사촌Eastern Spot-billed Duck흰뺨검둥오리Emperor Goose흰머리기러기Eurasian Wigeon홍머리오리Falcated Duck청머리오리Ferruginous Duck적갈색흰죽지

and 30 more in this family.