Key Biodiversity Areas

Niayes (from Dakar to St Louis) (6848)
Senegal, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesEgretta ardesiacaBlack HeronLR/lc2001D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesLarus geneiSlender-billed GullLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTachybaptus ruficollisLittle GrebeLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesChlidonias leucopterusWhite-winged TernLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPorphyrio porphyrioPurple SwamphenLR/lc2001link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Niayes (from Dakar to St Louis). 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 11, 2025.