Key Biodiversity Areas

Simpson Desert (26495)
Australia, Australasia

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesFalco hypoleucosGrey FalconNT2009link-icon
AvesAmytornis goyderiEyrean GrasswrenLC2009link-icon
AvesPsophodes occidentalisChiming WedgebillLC2009link-icon
AvesAphelocephala nigricinctaBanded WhitefaceLC2009link-icon
AvesStipiturus ruficepsRufous-crowned EmuwrenLC2009link-icon
AvesPsophodes cristatusChirruping WedgebillLC2009link-icon
AvesAshbyia lovensisGibberbirdLC2009link-icon
AvesCerthionyx variegatusPied HoneyeaterLC2009link-icon
AvesPeltohyas australisInland DotterelLC2009link-icon
AvesLichenostomus keartlandiGrey-headed HoneyeaterLC2009link-icon
AvesCinclosoma cinnamomeumCinnamon Quail-thrushLC2009link-icon
AvesArdeotis australisAustralian BustardNT2009link-icon
AvesCerthionyx nigerBlack HoneyeaterLC2009link-icon
AvesEmblema pictumPainted FinchLC2009link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Simpson Desert. 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.