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Kuwait

Coastline	499 km
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)	11868 km²
Marine IBAs	2

Total	24 (145^th)
Major seabird families
Diomedeidae Albatrosses	0	Spheniscidae Penguins	0	Procellariidae Petrels and shearwaters	0	Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants	2
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	1 (134^th)
% threatened	5% (97^th)
Critically Endangered	0
Endangered	0
Vulnerable	1
Near Threatened	0
Least Concern	23
Data Deficient	0

Recommended Citation:
BirdLife International (2013) Country profile: Kuwait. Available from: http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/country/kuwait. Checked: 2013-05-25

Kuwait at a glance

Capital

Kuwait City

Area

17,818km²

BirdLife Partner

Kuwait Environment Protection Society (Affiliate)

Species
Total number of birds	294
Globally threatened birds	8
Country endemics	0
Important Bird Areas
Number of IBAs	8
Total IBA area	89,853 ha
Endemic Bird Areas
Number of EBAs	0