Key Biodiversity Areas

Kermadec (offshore) (28583)
New Zealand, Australasia

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesPterodroma neglectaKermadec PetrelLC2018B1, D1alink-icon
AvesPterodroma nigripennisBlack-winged PetrelLC2018B1, D1alink-icon
AvesPhaethon rubricaudaRed-tailed TropicbirdLC2018D1alink-icon
AvesPuffinus assimilisLittle ShearwaterLC2018B1, D1alink-icon
AvesPterodroma cervicalisWhite-necked PetrelVU2018A1b, B1, D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesProcelsterna albivittaGrey NoddyLC2014link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Kermadec (offshore). 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 18, 2025.