El Salvador

Total	Major seabird families
Diomedeidae Albatrosses	0	Spheniscidae Penguins	0	Procellariidae Petrels and shearwaters	2	Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants	1
Hydrobatidae Storm-petrels	1	Alcidae Auks	0	Laridae Gulls and terns	17	Anatidae Ducks, geese and swans	0

IUCN Red List Status

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

El Salvador at a glance

Land area

21,041 km²

BirdLife Partner

SalvaNATURA

Species
Total number of birds	491
Globally threatened birds	16
Country endemics	0
Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas
Number of IBAs	20
Total IBA area	3,165 km²
IBA area as % of land area	15%
Endemic Bird Areas
Number of EBAs	2

Recommended Citation
BirdLife International (2024) Country profile: El Salvador. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/country/el-salvador on 23/12/2024.