The red-crested pochard lives around Lake Baikal of Russia, western area of China and southern part of Europe.

And it passes the winter in southern islets of Japan and southern part of Asia.

According to Ri Chung Song, section chief of the Biodiversity Institute under the State Academy of Sciences, a pair of red-crested pochards was observed in the mouth of Namdae Stream in Anbyon County, Kangwon Province, one of important areas of biodiversity in wetlands, in the process of the survey of main wetlands in the spring migratory period of seasonal birds on March 9.

Through the observation, it was confirmed that the rare bird passes the winter in the central east coast of Korea, too.

The discovery of the rare bird proves that ecological environment and biodiversity of the country are suitable for the inhabitation of water birds.

The DPRK has set 50-odd areas with diverse creatures and various wetland types as important areas of biodiversity in wetlands and taken measures for protecting them.