Key Biodiversity Areas

Beaufort Sea Nearshore (31051)
USA, North America

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesLarus hyperboreusGlaucous GullLC2012D1alink-icon
AvesClangula hyemalisLong-tailed DuckVU2012A1b, A1d, D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesSterna paradisaeaArctic TernLC2012link-icon
AvesSomateria spectabilisKing EiderLC2012link-icon
AvesGavia stellataRed-throated LoonLC2012link-icon

Recommended citation

Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Beaufort Sea Nearshore. 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 24, 2025.