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British Indian Ocean Territory

Coastline	698 km
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)	641306 km²
Marine IBAs	10

Total	20 (171^st)
Major seabird families
Diomedeidae Albatrosses	0	Spheniscidae Penguins	0	Procellariidae Petrels and shearwaters	3	Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants	0
Hydrobatidae Storm-petrels	1	Alcidae Auks	0	Laridae Gulls and terns	9	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	0
Least Concern	20
Data Deficient	0

Recommended Citation:
BirdLife International (2013) Country profile: British Indian Ocean Territory. Available from: http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/country/british-indian-ocean-territory. Checked: 2013-05-25

British Indian Ocean Territory at a glance

Capital

Diego Garcia

Area

54,400km²

BirdLife Partner

None

Species
Total number of birds	39
Globally threatened birds	0
Country endemics	0
Important Bird Areas
Number of IBAs	10
Total IBA area	925 ha
Endemic Bird Areas
Number of EBAs	0