Family: Diomedeidae (Albatrosses)

Authority: Mathews, 1929

Red List Category

Criteria: A4ade

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Justification of Red List category
This species qualifies as Critically Endangered owing to its extremely small breeding range and a projected extremely rapid population decline over three generations (70 years). Modelled population declines are a consequence of very low adult survival owing to incidental mortality in longline fisheries, compounded by low fledging success caused by predation of chicks by introduced mice.

Population size: 3400-4800

Population trend: Decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 54,900,000 km²

Country endemic: Yes

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