국내에 서식이 확인된 저어새류는 노랑부리저어새와 저어새 2종인데, 멀리에서 보면 형태적으로 구분하기가 쉽지 않다.
There are two types of spoonbills, yellow-billed spoonbills and spoonbills, which have been confirmed inhabit in Korea, and it is not easy to distinguish them from a distance.