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Jordan

Coastline	26 km
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)	93 km²
Marine IBAs	0

Total	25 (140^th)
Major seabird families
Diomedeidae Albatrosses	0	Spheniscidae Penguins	0	Procellariidae Petrels and shearwaters	2	Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants	1
Hydrobatidae Storm-petrels	0	Alcidae Auks	0	Laridae Gulls and terns	16	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	2
Least Concern	23
Data Deficient	0

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

Jordan at a glance

Capital

Amman

Area

89,342km²

BirdLife Partner

Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature

Species
Total number of birds	332
Globally threatened birds	10
Country endemics	0
Important Bird Areas
Number of IBAs	17
Total IBA area	612,500 ha
Endemic Bird Areas
Number of EBAs	1