Key Biodiversity Areas

Peel-Harvey Estuary (25152)
Australia, Australasia

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesCalidris acuminataSharp-tailed SandpiperLC2009D1alink-icon
AvesOxyura australisBlue-billed DuckNT2009D1alink-icon
AvesRecurvirostra novaehollandiaeRed-necked AvocetLC2009D1alink-icon
AvesCladorhynchus leucocephalusBanded StiltLC2009B1, D1alink-icon
AvesCharadrius ruficapillusRed-capped PloverLC2009D1alink-icon
AvesSternula nereisFairy TernLC2009A1b, D1alink-icon
AvesCalidris ruficollisRed-necked StintLC2009D1alink-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Peel-Harvey Estuary. 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.