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Bahrain

Coastline	161 km
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)	7615 km²
Marine IBAs	3

Total	21 (163^rd)
Major seabird families
Diomedeidae Albatrosses	0	Spheniscidae Penguins	0	Procellariidae Petrels and shearwaters	0	Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants	2
Hydrobatidae Storm-petrels	0	Alcidae Auks	0	Laridae Gulls and terns	14	Anatidae Ducks, geese and swans	0

IUCN Red List Status - Marine species

Extinct	0
Extinct in the Wild	0
Globally Threatened	1 (121^st)
% threatened	5% (100^th)
Critically Endangered	0
Endangered	0
Vulnerable	1
Near Threatened	0
Least Concern	20
Data Deficient	0

Recommended Citation:
BirdLife International (2013) Country profile: Bahrain. Available from: http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/country/bahrain. Checked: 2013-05-22

Bahrain at a glance

Capital

Manama

Area

760km²

BirdLife Partner

Bahrain Natural History Society (Affiliate)

Species
Total number of birds	226
Globally threatened birds	3
Country endemics	0
Important Bird Areas
Number of IBAs	4
Total IBA area	25,950 ha
Endemic Bird Areas
Number of EBAs	0