Family: Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants)

Authority: (Forbes, 1893)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2bcde+3bcde+4bcde

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Justification of Red List category
Surveys in 2003 and 2011 indicated that this species is in decline. This, in combination with the extremely small area occupied by its breeding colonies, which suffer disturbance from agriculture and feral mammals, qualifies the species as Critically Endangered.

Population size: 710 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 8,600 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Oceanian
IUCN System - Marine