Key Biodiversity Areas

Guembeul Avifaunal Reserve and St Louis lagoons (6844)
Senegal, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesRecurvirostra avosettaPied AvocetLR/lc2001D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesPhoenicopterus ruberLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesLarus cirrocephalusGrey-headed GullLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesLarus geneiSlender-billed GullLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPlatalea leucorodiaEurasian SpoonbillLR/lc2001link-icon

Recommended citation

Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Guembeul Avifaunal Reserve and St Louis lagoons. 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 18, 2025.