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Benin

Coastline	121 km
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)	30355 km²
Marine IBAs	1

Total	12 (211^st)
Major seabird families
Diomedeidae Albatrosses	0	Spheniscidae Penguins	0	Procellariidae Petrels and shearwaters	0	Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants	0
Hydrobatidae Storm-petrels	0	Alcidae Auks	0	Laridae Gulls and terns	11	Anatidae Ducks, geese and swans	0

IUCN Red List Status - Marine species

Extinct	0
Extinct in the Wild	0
Globally Threatened	0 (0^th)
% threatened	0% (0^th)
Critically Endangered	0
Endangered	0
Vulnerable	0
Near Threatened	1
Least Concern	11
Data Deficient	0

Recommended Citation:
BirdLife International (2013) Country profile: Benin. Available from: http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/country/benin. Checked: 2013-05-23

Benin at a glance

Capital

Porto-Novo

Area

112,622km²

BirdLife Partner

None

Species
Total number of birds	503
Globally threatened birds	9
Country endemics	1
Important Bird Areas
Number of IBAs	6
Total IBA area	1,490,092 ha
Endemic Bird Areas
Number of EBAs	0