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Coined by Ki-Sup Lee (이기섭), a South Korean ornithologist, in his report on the first confirmed sighting of the bird in Korea in 1996. "흰머리기러기(신칭)는 영명은 Emperor Goose이며 학명은 Anser canagicus이다."[1] The term has been widely adopted in Korean ornithological publications.
Lee, Woo-Shin with Tae-Hoe Koo, Jin-Young Park (tr. by Desmond Allen) (2002) A field guide to the birds of Korea, Seoul: LG Evergreen Foundation, →ISBN
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^ Lee, Ki-Sup (2002). "흰머리기러기의 국내 첫 기록," Bulletin of the Korean Institute of Ornithology 8(1), 49-50.
