Key Biodiversity Areas

Mercury Islands (28076)
New Zealand, Australasia

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesPuffinus assimilisLittle ShearwaterLC2014D1alink-icon
AvesPelecanoides urinatrixCommon Diving-petrelLC2014D1alink-icon
AvesPterodroma pycroftiPycroft's PetrelVU2014A1b, B1, D1alink-icon
AvesPuffinus carneipesFlesh-footed ShearwaterLC2014D1alink-icon
AvesPterodroma gouldiGrey-faced PetrelLC2014B1, D1alink-icon
AvesApteryx oweniiLittle Spotted KiwiNT2018B2link-icon
AvesPhilesturnus rufusaterNorth Island SaddlebackNT2018B2link-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesNestor meridionalisNew Zealand KakaEN2014link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Mercury Islands. 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 19, 2025.