Key Biodiversity Areas

Gulf of Mottama (31525)
Myanmar, Asia

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesCalidris ruficollisRed-necked StintLC2013D1alink-icon
AvesLimicola falcinellusBroad-billed SandpiperLC2013D1alink-icon
AvesCharadrius mongolusLesser SandploverLC2013D1alink-icon
AvesEurynorhynchus pygmeusSpoon-billed SandpiperCR2013A1a, B1, D1alink-icon
AvesTringa guttiferSpotted GreenshankEN2013A1a, D1alink-icon
AvesCharadrius alexandrinusKentish PloverLC2013D1alink-icon
AvesCalidris tenuirostrisGreat KnotVU2013A1clink-icon
AvesPluvialis fulvaPacific Golden PloverLC2013D1alink-icon
AvesThreskiornis melanocephalusBlack-headed IbisNT2013D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesNumenius arquataEurasian CurlewNT2013link-icon
AvesTringa erythropusSpotted RedshankLC2013link-icon
AvesCalidris ferrugineaCurlew SandpiperLC2013link-icon
AvesTringa nebulariaCommon GreenshankLC2013link-icon
AvesLimosa limosaBlack-tailed GodwitNT2013link-icon
AvesMycteria leucocephalaPainted StorkNT2013link-icon
AvesTringa totanusCommon RedshankLC2013link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Gulf of Mottama. 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.