Key Biodiversity Areas

Pegasus Bay Coast (44605)
New Zealand, Australasia

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesSterna albostriataBlack-fronted TernEN2014A1a, A1c, D1alink-icon
AvesLarus bulleriBlack-billed GullEN2018A1clink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesAnarhynchus frontalisWrybillVU2014link-icon
AvesHimantopus novaezelandiaeBlack StiltCR2014link-icon
AvesBotaurus poiciloptilusAustralasian BitternEN2014link-icon
AvesHaematopus ostralegusEurasian OystercatcherLC2014link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Pegasus Bay Coast. 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 28, 2025.