Key Biodiversity Areas

Canterbury (offshore) (44641)
New Zealand, Australasia

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesMegadyptes antipodesYellow-eyed PenguinEN2018A1alink-icon
AvesChlidonias albostriatusBlack-fronted TernEN2018A1a, A1c, D1alink-icon
AvesPhalacrocorax punctatusSpotted ShagLC2018B1link-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesDiomedea sanfordiNorthern Royal AlbatrossEN2014link-icon
AvesPuffinus huttoniHutton's ShearwaterEN2014link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Canterbury (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 Dec 30, 2025.