Key Biodiversity Areas

North Coast Rakiura (31264)
New Zealand, Australasia

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesMegadyptes antipodesYellow-eyed PenguinEN2014A1alink-icon
AvesEudyptes pachyrhynchusFiordland PenguinVU2018A1blink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesNestor meridionalisNew Zealand KakaEN2014link-icon
AvesCharadrius obscurusSouthern Red-breasted PloverEN2014link-icon

Recommended citation

Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: North Coast Rakiura. 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 29, 2025.