Family: Alcidae (Auks)

Authority: (Pallas, 1811)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2c+3c+4c

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Justification of Red List category
This species qualifies as Near Threatened because it is likely to be undergoing a moderately rapid population reduction owing to logging of the old-growth forests where it nests. Future oil exploration could exacerbate these declines.

Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 3,120,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Palearctic
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Land-mass type - shelf island
Land-mass type - continent
IUCN System - Terrestrial
IUCN System - Marine