Key Biodiversity Areas

Diamantina Floodplain (26477)
Australia, Australasia

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesNycticorax caledonicusRufous Night-heronLC2009D1alink-icon
AvesNumenius minutusLittle CurlewLC2009D1alink-icon
AvesPlatalea regiaRoyal SpoonbillLC2009B1, D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesCinclosoma cinnamomeumCinnamon Quail-thrushLC2009link-icon
AvesPeltohyas australisInland DotterelLC2009link-icon
AvesAmytornis barbatusGrey GrasswrenLC2009link-icon
AvesCerthionyx variegatusPied HoneyeaterLC2009link-icon
AvesArdeotis australisAustralian BustardNT2009link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Diamantina Floodplain. 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 28, 2025.