Key Biodiversity Areas

Cap Blanc (6628)
Mauritania, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesSterna sandvicensisSandwich TernLR/lc2001D1alink-icon
AvesSterna caspiaCaspian TernLR/lc2001D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesLarus fuscusLesser Black-backed GullLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesArenaria interpresRuddy TurnstoneLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesLarus geneiSlender-billed GullLR/lc2001link-icon

Recommended citation

Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Cap Blanc. 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 13, 2025.