Key Biodiversity Areas

Johnston Atoll Marine (31017)
United States Minor Outlying Islands (to USA), Oceania

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesOnychoprion fuscatusSooty TernLC2012D1alink-icon
AvesAnous stolidusBrown NoddyLC2012D1alink-icon
AvesPhaethon rubricaudaRed-tailed TropicbirdLC2012B1, D1alink-icon

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Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Johnston Atoll Marine. 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 17, 2025.