Republic of Korea–Australia Migratory Bird Agreement

The Republic of Korea–Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (ROKAMBA) is a bilateral treaty between Australia and the Republic of Korea regarding the conservation of migratory birds and their habitat. The agreement was signed in Canberra on 6 December 2006 and came into force on 13 July 2007.[1][2]

Australia and the Republic of Korea both fall within the East Asian–Australasian Flyway, a migratory route used by more than 50 million migratory waterbirds each year, including a number of threatened species.[3][4] Of these, 59 species are known to migrate between Australia and the Republic of Korea. The agreement aims to prevent harm to these birds and their environment through the prohibition of the taking or trading of listed birds and their eggs, the control of invasive species, the formation of joint research and conservation initiatives, and other such measures.[1][5]

Listed species

Bar-tailed godwits (Limosa lapponica) photographed at Lee Point, Northern Territory, Australia
Little curlew (Numenius minutus) photographed in Taean County, South Korea
Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) photographed in Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia
Little tern (Sternula albifrons) photographed in Little Swanport, Tasmania, Australia
Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) photographed at Boat Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Bird species listed in ROKAMBA[1]
No. Scientific Name Hangeul Name English Name
1 Anas clypeata 넓적부리 Shoveler (Northern shoveler)
2 Anas querquedula 발구지 Garganey
3 Cuculus saturatus 벙어리뻐꾸기 Oriental cuckoo / Himalayan cuckoo
4 Chaetura caudacuta (Hirundapus caudacutus) 바늘꼬리칼새 White-throated needle-tailed swift (White-throated needletail)
5 Apus pacificus 칼새 White-rumped swift (Fork-tailed swift) / Pacific swift
6 Gallinago hardwickii 큰꺅도요 Latham's snipe
7 Gallinago stenura 바늘꼬리도요 Pintail snipe (Pin-tailed snipe)
8 Gallinago megala 꺅도요사촌 Swinhoe's snipe
9 Limosa limosa 흑꼬리도요 Black-tailed godwit
10 Limosa lapponica 큰뒷부리도요 Bar-tailed godwit
11 Numenius minutus 쇠부리도요 Little curlew
12 Numenius phaeopus 중부리도요 Whimbrel
13 Numenius madagascariensis 알락꼬리마도요 Australian curlew (Eastern curlew)
14 Tringa totanus 붉은발도요 Redshank (Common redshank)
15 Tringa stagnatilis 쇠청다리도요 Marsh sandpiper
16 Tringa nebularia 청다리도요 Greenshank (Common greenshank)
17 Tringa glareola 알락도요 Wood sandpiper
18 Xenus cinereus 뒷부리도요 Terek sandpiper
19 Tringa hypoleucos (Acetitis hypoleucos) 깝작도요 Common sandpiper
20 Tringa brevipes (Heteroscelus brevipes) 노랑발도요 Grey-tailed tattler
21 Arenaria interpres 꼬까도요 Turnstone (Ruddy turnstone)
22 Limnodromus semipalmatus 큰부리도요 Asian dowitcher
23 Calidris tenuirostris 붉은어깨도요 Great knot
24 Calidris canutus 붉은가슴도요 Red knot
25 Crocethia alba (Calidris alba) 세가락도요 Sanderling
26 Calidris ruficollis 좀도요 Red-necked stint
27 Calidris minutilla(subminuta) (Calidris subminuta) 종달도요 Long-toed stint & Least sandpiper
28 Calidris minuta 작은도요 Little stint
29 Calidris melanotos 아메리카메추라기도요 Pectoral sandpiper
30 Calidris aeuminata 메추라기도요 Sharp-tailed sandpiper
31 Calidris alpina 민물도요 Dunlin
32 Calidris ferruginea 붉은갯도요 Curlew sandpiper
33 Tryngites subruficollis 누른도요 Buff-breasted sandpiper
34 Limicola falcinellus 송곳부리도요 Broad-billed sandpiper
35 Philomachus pugnax 목도리도요 Ruff
36 Phalaropus lobatus 지느러미발도요 Red-necked (northern) phalarope (Red-necked phalarope)
37 Pluvialis fulva 검은가슴물떼새 Pacific golden plover
38 Pluvialis squatarola 개꿩 Grey (Black-bellied) plover (Grey plover)
39 Charadrius hiaticula 흰죽지꼬마물떼새 Common ringed plover (Ringed plover)
40 Charadrius dubius 꼬마물떼새 Little ringed plover
41 Charadrius mongolus 왕눈물떼새 Mongolian plover (Lesser sand plover)
42 Charadrius leschenaultii 큰왕눈물떼새 Greater sand plover
43 Charadrius veredus 큰물떼새 Oriental plover
44 Glareola maldivarum 제비물떼새 Oriental pratincole
45 Stercorarius parasiticus 북극도둑갈매기 Parasitic jaeger (Arctic jaeger)
46 Sterna hirundo 제비갈매기 Common tern
47 Sterna albifrons 쇠제비갈매기 Little tern
48 Sterna leucoptera (Chlidonias leucopterus) 흰죽지갈매기 White-winged black tern / White-winged tern
49 Sula dactylatra 검은제비갈매기 Masked booby
50 Sula leucogaster 갈색얼가니새 Brown booby
51 Fregata ariel 군함조 Lesser frigatebird
52 Calonectris leucomelas 슴새 Streaked shearwater
53 Puffinus carneipes 붉은발슴새 Pale-footed shearwater (Flesh-footed Shearwater)
54 Puffinus tenuirostris 쇠부리슴새 Slender-billed shearwater (Short-tailed Shearwater)
55 Hirundo rustica 제비 House swallow (Barn swallow)
56 Hirundo daurica 귀제비 Red-rumped swallow
57 Acrocephalus arundinaceus (Acrocephalus orientalis) 개개비 Great reed warbler & Oriental reed-warbler
58 Motacilla flava 긴발톱할미새 Yellow wagtail / Western yellow wagtail
59 Motacilla cinerea 노랑할미새 Grey wagtail

See also

References

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  3. ^ "The Flyway". East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership. 7 November 2017. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
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  5. ^ "Migratory Birds". Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Archived from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024.