Key Biodiversity Areas

Hawar Islands (8020)
Bahrain, Middle East

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesPhalacrocorax nigrogularisSocotra CormorantVU2018A1blink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesFalco concolorSooty FalconLR/lc1994link-icon
AvesEgretta gularisWestern Reef-egretLR/lc1994link-icon
AvesSterna repressaWhite-cheeked TernLR/lc1994link-icon
AvesSterna saundersiSaunders's TernLR/lc1994link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Hawar 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 11, 2025.