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Bouvet Island (to Norway)

Coastline	30 km
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)	439248 km²
Marine IBAs	1

Total	12 (212^nd)
Major seabird families
Diomedeidae Albatrosses	0	Spheniscidae Penguins	2	Procellariidae Petrels and shearwaters	5	Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants	0
Hydrobatidae Storm-petrels	2	Alcidae Auks	0	Laridae Gulls and terns	2	Anatidae Ducks, geese and swans	0

IUCN Red List Status - Marine species

Extinct	0
Extinct in the Wild	0
Globally Threatened	1 (100^th)
% threatened	9% (53^rd)
Critically Endangered	0
Endangered	0
Vulnerable	1
Near Threatened	0
Least Concern	11
Data Deficient	0

Recommended Citation:
BirdLife International (2013) Country profile: Bouvet Island (to Norway). Available from: http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/country/bouvet-island. Checked: 2013-05-24

Bouvet Island (to Norway) at a glance

Capital

n/a

Area

49km²

BirdLife Partner

None

Species
Total number of birds	12
Globally threatened birds	1
Country endemics	0
Important Bird Areas
Number of IBAs	1
Total IBA area	5,000 ha
Endemic Bird Areas
Number of EBAs	0