Kumya Bay Important Bird Area

Bird area

The Kumya Bay Important Bird Area (금야습지) lies on the eastern coast of North Korea on the Sea of Japan. It comprises 4500 ha of estuarine waters, rivers, and saltpans, encompassing a 2000 ha protected area. It has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports significant populations of various birds, including swan geese, bean geese, greater white-fronted geese, mute swans, whooper swans, Steller's sea-eagles, white-naped cranes, and red-crowned cranes.

References

"Kumya Bay". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-04.

v t e Important Bird Areas of North Korea
Amrok River estuary Anbyon Field Batoggisem, Dansem and Zamori Islands Chongchon River Chongdan Field Daedong Bay Dok-do Kangryong Field Kumya Bay Lake Bujon Lake Kwangpo Lakes Manpo and Bonpo Lake Rangrim Lake Samilpo Lakes Tungjong and Chonapo Mayang Reservoir Mount Chilbo Mount Kumgang Mount Kuwol Mount Myohyang Mount Oga Mount Paekdu Oksem, Dongsolbatsem, Sesolbatsem and Namsolbatsem Islands Onchon Field Ongjin Bay Orangchon River estuary Panmun Field Rab-do and Muki-do Islands Ryonghung Gang estuary Sogam-do, Daegam-do, Zung-do, Ae-do and Hyengzedo Islands Taedong River estuary Unmu-do Unryul Kumsanpo

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