Key Biodiversity Areas

Glorieuses Islands (6770)
French Southern Territories, Antarctica

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesOnychoprion fuscataSooty TernLC2001D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
MammaliaPhyseter macrocephalusSperm WhaleVU2014link-icon
ReptiliaChelonia mydasGreen TurtleEN2014link-icon
ReptiliaEretmochelys imbricataHawksbill TurtleCR2014link-icon

Recommended citation

Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Glorieuses 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 12, 2025.