Family: Diomedeidae (Albatrosses)

Authority: (Temminck, 1828)

Red List Category:

Justification of Red List category
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (extent of occurrence <20,000 km² combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population size is extremely large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). The population trend appears to be increasing, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Population size: 1400000 mature individuals

Population trend: increasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 177,000,000 km²

Country endemic: no

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