A Study on the Community Characteristics and Habitat use of Birds in Goseong-gun, Gangwon-do, Korea

This study was conducted to clarify the community characteristics of birds in Goseong-gun, Gangwon-do, Korea at June and September of 2010. The result observed a total of 6,557 birds of 98 species. Dominant species included, in decreasing order, Larus crassirostris 3,319 counts (50.62%), Passer montanus 664 counts (10.13%), Sterna hirundo 208 counts (3.17%), Paradoxornis webbianus and Egretta alba modesta 178 counts (2.71%). In terms of the families, the herons showed a total of 7 species at 303 counts, the ducks showed 4 species of 185 counts, the raptors showed 6 species of 26 counts, the waders showed 13 species of 114 counts, the gulls showed 8 species of 3,585 counts, the passerine birds showed 56 species of 2,323 counts and others (Grebe, Cormorant, Pheasant, Moorhen) showed only 4 species of 26 counts. In terms of the number of species' habitat usage, the forest area showed the highest level of species at 52 species, and human inhabited areas showed the lowest level at 14 species.