Key Biodiversity Areas

Cook Strait (44638)
New Zealand, Australasia

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesMorus serratorAustralasian GannetLC2013D1a, B1link-icon
AvesPuffinus gaviaFluttering ShearwaterLC2013B1, D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesSterna albostriataBlack-fronted TernEN2013link-icon
AvesLarus bulleriBlack-billed GullEN2013link-icon
AvesDiomedea sanfordiNorthern Royal AlbatrossEN2013link-icon
AvesPuffinus huttoniHutton's ShearwaterEN2013link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Cook Strait. 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 19, 2025.