Key Biodiversity Areas

Dyer Island Nature Reserve (7174)
South Africa, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesHaematopus moquiniAfrican OystercatcherLR/nt1998D1alink-icon
AvesSpheniscus demersusJackass PenguinLR/nt1998A1a, A1c, B1, D1alink-icon
AvesLarus hartlaubiiHartlaub's GullLR/lc1998D1alink-icon
AvesPhalacrocorax capensisCape CormorantLR/lc1998A1a, A1c, B1, D1alink-icon
AvesPhalacrocorax coronatusCrowned CormorantLR/nt1998B2, D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesPhalacrocorax neglectusBank CormorantLR/nt1998link-icon
AvesSterna bergiiGreater Crested TernLR/lc1998link-icon
AvesLarus dominicanusKelp GullLR/lc1998link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Dyer Island Nature Reserve. 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.