Key Biodiversity Areas

La Digue island (6785)
Seychelles, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesCinnyris dussumieriSeychelles SunbirdLC2018B2link-icon
AvesHypsipetes crassirostrisSeychelles BulbulLC2018B2link-icon
AvesAerodramus elaphrusSeychelles SwiftletVU2018B2link-icon
AvesAlectroenas pulcherrimusSeychelles Blue-pigeonLC2018B2link-icon
AvesTerpsiphone corvinaSeychelles Paradise-flycatcherCR2018B2link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: La Digue island. 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.