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Mauritania

Coastline	754 km
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)	155731 km²
Marine IBAs	5

Total	36 (64^th)
Major seabird families
Diomedeidae Albatrosses	0	Spheniscidae Penguins	0	Procellariidae Petrels and shearwaters	3	Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants	1
Hydrobatidae Storm-petrels	4	Alcidae Auks	0	Laridae Gulls and terns	21	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	1
Least Concern	35
Data Deficient	0

Recommended Citation:
BirdLife International (2013) Country profile: Mauritania. Available from: http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/country/mauritania. Checked: 2013-06-20

Mauritania at a glance

Capital

Nouakchott

Area

1,030,700km²

BirdLife Partner

None

Species
Total number of birds	460
Globally threatened birds	13
Country endemics	0
Important Bird Areas
Number of IBAs	24
Total IBA area	1,790,625 ha
Endemic Bird Areas
Number of EBAs	0