Family: Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)

Authority: Olrog, 1958

Red List Category

Criteria: B2b(iii)

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Justification of Red List category
This species has a highly restricted breeding range at a small number of colonies.  Numbers breeding annually appear to fluctuate, but there is currently no evidence of a continuing decline, therefore the species has been reclassified as Near Threatened.  Potential threats to breeding sites remain, and any evidence of declines would result in reclassification in a higher threat category.

Population size: 9800-15600 mature individuals

Population trend: stable

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 209,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Neotropical
IUCN System - Marine