Key Biodiversity Areas

Jarvis Island (30050)
United States Minor Outlying Islands (to USA), Oceania

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesSula leucogasterBrown BoobyLC2012D1alink-icon
AvesPhaethon rubricaudaRed-tailed TropicbirdLC2012D1alink-icon
AvesOnychoprion fuscatusSooty TernLC2012D1alink-icon
AvesFregata arielLesser FrigatebirdLC2012D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesSula dactylatraMasked BoobyLC2012link-icon
AvesProcelsterna ceruleaBlue NoddyLC2012link-icon
AvesNesofregetta fuliginosaPolynesian Storm-petrelEN2012link-icon
AvesNumenius tahitiensisBristle-thighed CurlewVU2012link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Jarvis Island. 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 11, 2025.