Cocos (Keeling) Islands (to Australia)

Coastline	26 km
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)	480,908 km²
Marine IBAs	1

Total	Major seabird families
Diomedeidae Albatrosses	0	Spheniscidae Penguins	0	Procellariidae Petrels and shearwaters	2	Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants	0
Hydrobatidae Storm-petrels	0	Alcidae Auks	0	Laridae Gulls and terns	3	Anatidae Ducks, geese and swans	0

IUCN Red List Status

Extinct	0
Extinct in the Wild	0
Globally Threatened	1 (143^rd)
% threatened	9% (113^rd)
Critically Endangered	0
Endangered	1
Vulnerable	0
Near Threatened	0
Least Concern	11
Data Deficient	0

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

Cocos (Keeling) Islands (to Australia) at a glance

Land area

14 km²

BirdLife Partner

Species
Total number of birds	29
Globally threatened birds	2
Country endemics	0
Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas
Number of IBAs	1
Total IBA area	1 km²
IBA area as % of land area	9%
Endemic Bird Areas
Number of EBAs	0

Recommended Citation
BirdLife International (2024) Country profile: Cocos (Keeling) Islands (to Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/country/cocos on 23/11/2024.

Land area

BirdLife Partner

Species

Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas

Endemic Bird Areas