Key Biodiversity Areas

30-Kilometre Beach: Walvis - Swakopmund (6711)
Namibia, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesSterna balaenarumDamara TernLR/nt2001A1b, D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesLarus dominicanusKelp GullLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesArenaria interpresRuddy TurnstoneLR/lc2001link-icon

Recommended citation

Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: 30-Kilometre Beach: Walvis - Swakopmund. 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.