Family: Hydrobatidae (Northern Storm-petrels)

Authority: (Salvin, 1883)

Red List Category

Criteria: B2ab(iii,v)

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Justification of Red List category
Even though the population size of this species is very large, it breeds only in a small number of relatively small colonies, which are threatened by habitat degradation. The population is considered to be in decline due to various threats, but the rate of decline is not known. The species is therefore classified as Near Threatened.

Population size: 100000-120000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 14,000,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Neotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial
IUCN System - Marine