Key Biodiversity Areas

Dakhla area (6521)
Morocco, Africa

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesSterna sandvicensisSandwich TernLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesOenanthe lugensMourning WheatearLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesCalidris albaSanderlingLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesCaprimulgus aegyptiusEgyptian NightjarLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesBubo ascalaphusPharaoh Eagle-owlLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesAmmomanes cincturaBar-tailed LarkLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesBucanetes githagineusTrumpeter FinchLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesHirundo obsoletaPale Crag-martinLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesAmmomanes desertiDesert LarkLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPterocles coronatusCrowned SandgrouseLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPterocles senegallusSpotted SandgrouseLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesOenanthe leucopygaWhite-tailed WheatearLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesAlaemon alaudipesGreater Hoopoe-larkLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesLarus fuscusLesser Black-backed GullLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesArenaria interpresRuddy TurnstoneLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPasser simplexDesert SparrowLR/lc2001link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Dakhla area. 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 16, 2025.