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Brazil

Coastline	7491 km
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)	3189282 km²
Marine IBAs	10

Total	66 (13^rd)
Major seabird families
Diomedeidae Albatrosses	8	Spheniscidae Penguins	1	Procellariidae Petrels and shearwaters	15	Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants	1
Hydrobatidae Storm-petrels	4	Alcidae Auks	0	Laridae Gulls and terns	23	Anatidae Ducks, geese and swans	0

IUCN Red List Status - Marine species

Extinct	0
Extinct in the Wild	0
Globally Threatened	13 (9^th)
% threatened	20% (20^th)
Critically Endangered	1
Endangered	5
Vulnerable	7
Near Threatened	2
Least Concern	51
Data Deficient	0

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

Brazil at a glance

Capital

Brasília

Area

8,514,877km²

BirdLife Partner

SAVE Brasil (Affiliate)

Species
Total number of birds	1721
Globally threatened birds	152
Country endemics	201
Important Bird Areas
Number of IBAs	234
Total IBA area	90,994,690 ha
Endemic Bird Areas
Number of EBAs	24