Family: Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)

Authority: Mathews, 1912

Red List Category

Criteria: B2ab(v)

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Justification of Red List category
This species qualifies as Endangered as it has a very small area of occupancy, it probably breeds at fewer than five locations (although currently only known from one) and its population is suspected to be declining as a consequence of predation by rats.

Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 9,820,000 km²

Country endemic: yes

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