Key Biodiversity Areas

Turks Bank Seabird Cays (19776)
Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK), Caribbean

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesAnous stolidusBrown NoddyLC2007D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesLarus atricillaLaughing GullLC2007link-icon
AvesOnychoprion fuscataSooty TernLC2007link-icon
AvesPhaethon lepturusWhite-tailed TropicbirdLC2007link-icon
AvesOnychoprion anaethetusBridled TernLC2007link-icon

Recommended citation

Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Turks Bank Seabird Cays. 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.