Key Biodiversity Areas

South Georgia Inner Marine (47228)
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands, Antarctica

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesThalassarche chrysostomaGrey-headed AlbatrossEN2020A1a, D1alink-icon
AvesDiomedea exulansWandering AlbatrossVU2020A1b, A1dlink-icon
AvesEudyptes chrysolophusMacaroni PenguinVU2020A1b, D1alink-icon
AvesAptenodytes patagonicusKing PenguinLC2020D1alink-icon
MammaliaArctocephalus gazellaAntarctic Fur SealLC2020D1a, D1blink-icon
AvesMacronectes halliNorthern Giant PetrelLC2020D1alink-icon
AvesPygoscelis papuaGentoo PenguinLC2020D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesProcellaria aequinoctialisWhite-chinned PetrelVU2018link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: South Georgia Inner Marine. 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 17, 2025.