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Australia

Coastline	25760 km
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)	6941473 km²
Marine IBAs	76

Total	98 (5^th)
Major seabird families
Diomedeidae Albatrosses	15	Spheniscidae Penguins	2	Procellariidae Petrels and shearwaters	34	Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants	5
Hydrobatidae Storm-petrels	5	Alcidae Auks	0	Laridae Gulls and terns	22	Anatidae Ducks, geese and swans	0

IUCN Red List Status - Marine species

Extinct	0
Extinct in the Wild	0
Globally Threatened	20 (4^th)
% threatened	21% (19^th)
Critically Endangered	0
Endangered	5
Vulnerable	15
Near Threatened	8
Least Concern	70
Data Deficient	0

Recommended Citation:
BirdLife International (2013) Country profile: Australia. Available from: http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/country/australia. Checked: 2013-05-25

Australia at a glance

Capital

Canberra

Area

7,741,220km²

BirdLife Partner

BirdLife Australia

Species
Total number of birds	696
Globally threatened birds	51
Country endemics	317
Important Bird Areas
Number of IBAs	309
Total IBA area	43,827,954 ha
Endemic Bird Areas
Number of EBAs	15