Key Biodiversity Areas

South Georgia Outer Marine (47229)
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands, Antarctica

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesDiomedea exulansWandering AlbatrossVU2020A1b, A1dlink-icon
AvesProcellaria aequinoctialisWhite-Chinned PetrelVU2020A1dlink-icon
AvesAptenodytes patagonicusKing PenguinLC2020D1alink-icon
AvesThalassarche chrysostomaGrey-headed AlbatrossEN2020A1a, A1clink-icon
AvesMacronectes halliNorthern Giant PetrelLC2020D1alink-icon
AvesEudyptes chrysolophusMacaroni PenguinVU2020A1dlink-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: South Georgia Outer 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 23, 2025.