Key Biodiversity Areas

Kaikoura (offshore) (44637)
New Zealand, Australasia

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesPuffinus huttoniHutton's ShearwaterEN2018A1a, B1, D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesThalassarche bulleriBuller's AlbatrossNT2014link-icon
AvesThalassarche steadiWhite-capped AlbatrossNT2014link-icon
AvesPhalacrocorax punctatusSpotted ShagLC2014link-icon
AvesPuffinus bulleriBuller's ShearwaterVU2014link-icon
AvesThalassarche melanophrisBlack-browed AlbatrossNT2014link-icon
AvesThalassarche salviniSalvin's AlbatrossVU2014link-icon
AvesProcellaria aequinoctialisWhite-chinned PetrelVU2014link-icon
AvesDiomedea exulansWandering AlbatrossVU2014link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2026) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Kaikoura (offshore). 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 Jan 1, 2026.