Key Biodiversity Areas

Littoral (23890)
French Guiana, South America

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesLimnodromus griseusShort-billed DowitcherLC2008D1alink-icon
AvesActitis maculariusSpotted SandpiperLC2008D1alink-icon
AvesCalidris pusillaSemipalmated SandpiperLC2008B1, D1alink-icon
AvesCalidris minutillaLeast SandpiperLC2008D1alink-icon
AvesTringa flavipesLesser YellowlegsLC2008D1alink-icon
AvesSternula antillarumLeast TernLC2008D1alink-icon
AvesTringa semipalmatusWilletLC2008D1alink-icon
AvesSternula superciliarisYellow-billed TernLC2008B1, D1alink-icon
AvesCharadrius semipalmatusSemipalmated PloverLC2008B1, D1alink-icon
AvesPluvialis dominicaAmerican Golden PloverLC2008D1alink-icon
AvesTringa melanoleucaGreater YellowlegsLC2008B1, D1alink-icon
AvesEudocimus ruberScarlet IbisLC2008D1alink-icon
AvesTringa solitariaSolitary SandpiperLC2008D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesPluvialis squatarolaGrey PloverLC2008link-icon
AvesButeogallus aequinoctialisRufous Crab-hawkLC2008link-icon
AvesNumenius phaeopusWhimbrelLC2008link-icon
AvesArenaria interpresRuddy TurnstoneLC2008link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Littoral. 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 16, 2025.