Key Biodiversity Areas

Wrangel and Herald Islands (16588)
Russia (Asian), Asia

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesCepphus grylleBlack GuillemotLC2016D1alink-icon
AvesPagophila eburneaIvory GullNT2016D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesSomateria mollissimaCommon EiderNT2016link-icon
AvesBranta berniclaBrent GooseLC2016link-icon
AvesAnser caerulescensSnow GooseLC2016link-icon
AvesRhodostethia roseaRoss's GullLC2016link-icon

Recommended citation

Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Wrangel and Herald Islands. 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 12, 2025.