Family: Diomedeidae (Albatrosses)

Authority: (Rothschild, 1893)

Red List Category

Criteria: D2

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Justification of Red List category
This species may have undergone a rapid decline, but different census methods make a comparison of the available data potentially misleading. However, breeding is largely restricted to one tiny island group, where it is susceptible to stochastic events. It is therefore classified as Vulnerable.

Population size: 79990 mature individuals

Population trend: unknown

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 142,000,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Afrotropical
Realm - Neotropical
Realm - Oceanic
Realm - Antarctic
IUCN Ecosystem -- Marine biome