Family: Diomedeidae (Albatrosses)

Authority: (Rothschild, 1903)

Red List Category

Criteria: A4bde

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Justification of Red List category
This species is listed as Endangered on the basis of an estimated very rapid ongoing decline over three generations (71 years), based on data from the population stronghold on Amsterdam Island. This decline is the result of adult mortality and poor recruitment owing to interactions with fisheries and disease.

Population size: 82000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 43,600,000 km²

Country endemic: no

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