Key Biodiversity Areas

Blasket Islands (593)
Ireland, Europe

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesHydrobates pelagicusEuropean Storm-petrelLC2009B1, D1alink-icon
AvesFratercula arcticaAtlantic PuffinVU2009A1dlink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesLarus marinusGreat Black-backed GullLC2009link-icon
AvesPuffinus puffinusManx ShearwaterLC2009link-icon

Recommended citation

Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Blasket Islands. 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 15, 2025.