Key Biodiversity Areas

Lake Balaton (1412)
Hungary, Europe

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesAythya ferinaCommon PochardLC2002A1dlink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesBucephala clangulaCommon GoldeneyeLC2002link-icon
AvesAnser anserGreylag GooseLC2002link-icon
AvesAythya fuligulaTufted DuckLC2002link-icon
AvesAnser fabalisBean GooseLC2002link-icon
AvesAnas platyrhynchosMallardLC2002link-icon
AvesAnser albifronsGreater White-fronted GooseLC2002link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Lake Balaton. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 15, 2025.