Key Biodiversity Areas

Adams Island (31277)
New Zealand, Australasia

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesMegadyptes antipodesYellow-eyed PenguinEN2014A1alink-icon
AvesThalassarche steadiWhite-capped AlbatrossNT2018B1link-icon
AvesDiomedea antipodensisAntipodean AlbatrossVU2014A1a, B1, D1alink-icon
AvesAnas aucklandicaAuckland TealVU2018B2link-icon
AvesLewinia muelleriAuckland RailVU2014A1b, B1, B2link-icon
AvesEudyptes chrysocomeSouthern Rockhopper PenguinVU2018A1dlink-icon
AvesCoenocorypha aucklandicaAuckland SnipeNT2014B1, B2link-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesDiomedea epomophoraSouthern Royal AlbatrossVU2014link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Adams 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 15, 2025.