Mauritania

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

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

Mauritania at a glance

Land area

1,030,700 km²

BirdLife Partner

Nature Mauritanie

Species
Total number of birds	472
Globally threatened birds	26
Country endemics	0
Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas
Number of IBAs	25
Total IBA area	23,622 km²
IBA area as % of land area	2%
Endemic Bird Areas
Number of EBAs	0

Recommended Citation
BirdLife International (2024) Country profile: Mauritania. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/country/mauritania on 23/12/2024.