Key Biodiversity Areas

East Rennell (30036)
Solomon Islands, Australasia

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesGeoffroyus hyacinthinusRennell ParrotLC2018B2link-icon
AvesClytorhynchus hamliniRennell ShrikebillLC2018B2link-icon
AvesRhipidura rennellianaRennell FantailLC2018B2link-icon
AvesZosterops rennellianusRennell White-eyeLC2018B2link-icon
AvesGerygone citrinaRennell GerygoneLC2018B2link-icon
AvesLorius chlorocercusYellow-bibbed LoryLC2018B2link-icon
AvesPtilinopus richardsiiSilver-capped Fruit-doveLC2018B2link-icon
AvesAplonis insularisRennell StarlingLC2018B2link-icon
AvesZosterops superciliosusBare-eyed White-eyeLC2018B2link-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesGerygone flavolateralisFan-tailed GerygoneLC2012link-icon
AvesMyiagra caledonicaMelanesian FlycatcherLC2007link-icon
MammaliaDobsonia inermisSolomons Bare-backed Fruit BatLC2012link-icon
ReptiliaLaticauda crockeriRennell Island Sea KraitVU2012link-icon
AvesGeoffroyus heteroclitusSinging ParrotLC2007link-icon
AvesMyzomela cardinalisCardinal MyzomelaLC2007link-icon
AvesMicropsitta finschiiGreen Pygmy-parrotLC2007link-icon
MammaliaPteropus rennelliRennell Flying FoxVU2012link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: East Rennell. 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 12, 2025.