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Article name	FIRST RECORD OF MELANITTA FUSCA IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND UPDATE ON NORTHEAST ASIAN RECORDS
Authors	Amaël Borzée, PhD, Professor at Laboratory of Animal Behaviour and Conservation, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University (210037, People's Republic of China, Jiangus, Nanjing, 159 Longpan Road, Nanjing); iD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1093-677X; e-mail: amaelborzee@gmail.com Nial Moores, PhD, CEO Birds Korea (Republic of Korea, Busan, Nam-gu, Hyundai I-Park, 101- 1902 Ho); e-mail: nial.moores@birdskorea.org
Reference to article	Borzée A., Moores N. 2022. First record of Melanitta fusca in the Republic of Korea and update on Northeast Asian records. Nature Conservation Research 7(1): 101–103. https://dx.doi.org/10.24189/ncr.2022.001 Electronic Supplement. Description of Melanitta fusca introduction and the detailed information on material and methods (Link).
Section	Research Notes
DOI	https://dx.doi.org/10.24189/ncr.2022.001
Abstract	We report the first confirmed sighting of the globally Vulnerable Melanitta fusca (Anatidae, Anseriformes) from Yeongil Bay in Pohang in the Republic of Korea. Based on the review of the literature and published checklists of two separate databases (Birds Korea and eBird), we consider this to be the first record of M. fusca on the Korean Peninsula and only the third or fourth record of this species in coastal East Asia.
Keywords	first record, Melanitta, northeast Asia, Korean Peninsula, vagrancy, Velvet Scoter
Artice information	Received: 02.09.2021. Revised: 19.11.2021. Accepted: 20.11.2021.
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