Family: Diomedeidae (Albatrosses)

Authority: (Rothschild, 1893)

Red List Category

Criteria: D2

Click here for more information about the Red List categories and criteria

Justification of Red List category
This species has been listed as Near Threatened because, although it is restricted to a small area when breeding, the population is stable and the islands on which it breeds are moderately widely spread so it is unlikely to become highly threatened in a short time owing to human activities or stochastic events.

Population size: 50000-99999 mature individuals

Population trend: stable

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 58,400,000 km²

Country endemic: yes

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