Mauritania

Coastline	754 km
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)	164337 km²
Marine IBAs	6

Total	Major seabird families
Diomedeidae Albatrosses	0	Spheniscidae Penguins	0	Procellariidae Petrels and shearwaters	4	Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants	1
Hydrobatidae Storm-petrels	3	Alcidae Auks	0	Laridae Gulls and terns	22	Anatidae Ducks, geese and swans	1

IUCN Red List Status

Extinct	0
Extinct in the Wild	0
Globally Threatened	3 (100^th)
% threatened	8% (126^th)
Critically Endangered	0
Endangered	0
Vulnerable	3
Near Threatened	1
Least Concern	37
Data Deficient	0

The numbers in brackets refer to the country's rank when compared to other countries and territories globally.

Mauritania at a glance

Capital

Nouakchott

Area

1,030,700 km²

BirdLife Partner

Nature Mauritanie

Species
Total number of birds	472
Globally threatened birds	24
Country endemics	0
Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas
Number of IBAs	25
Total IBA area	2,362,170 ha
Endemic Bird Areas
Number of EBAs	0

Recommended Citation
BirdLife International (2022) Country profile: Mauritania. Available from http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/country/mauritania. Checked: 2022-08-19

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BirdLife Partner

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