Habitat of Black Wood Pigeons in Sadong, Ulleung

The black wood pigeon is a species of pigeon found mainly in Korea and Japan; in Korea it occurs on Ulleungdo Island, Jeju Island and some islands along the south coast. It also inhabits camellia trees, but in Korea its habitat is chiefly forests of Machilus (Machilus thunbergii), so the distribution of Machilus trees and of black wood pigeons is closely linked, and protecting the Machilus is directly tied to protecting the black wood pigeon. The black wood pigeon was first recorded on Ulleungdo in 1936, when a Japanese scholar collected a single female specimen and reported it to the academic world. A subsequent survey of its habits found that the birds regularly visit Machilus trees on the coast to feed on the ripening fruit from late July to late August. The habitat of black wood pigeons at Sadong, Ulleung, lies on the coast of Sadong, Nam-myeon, Ulleungdo Island. The five Machilus trees growing here are a representative site regularly and reliably visited by black wood pigeons every year, and the habitat is designated and protected as a natural monument to safeguard both the birds' living ground and their food source.

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Where it is

Region

Ulleung, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Natural Monument · 천연기념물