Family: Diomedeidae (Albatrosses)

Authority: Mathews, 1912

Red List Category

Criteria: D2

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Justification of Red List category
This species is classified as Vulnerable because breeding is restricted to a single location, where it is susceptible to potential human impacts and stochastic events. Although numbers decreased steeply between the 1970s and 1980s owing to interactions with fisheries, the population is now thought to be increasing, although there has not been a census since 1996.

Population size: 43296 mature individuals

Population trend: increasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 36,100,000 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Oceanic
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome
IUCN Ecosystem -- Marine biome