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Taxonomic note
Puffinus lherminieri (incorporating baroli), P. bannermani, P. persicus, P. subalaris and P. bailloni (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously lumped as P. lherminieri and baroli was subsumed under P. assimilis, following Brooke (2004), before which P. bannermani and P. persicus where split following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2014	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2006	Not Recognised
2004	Near Threatened
2000	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type	shelf island	Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	7,710,000 km2
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	3,300,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	-	-
Generation length	16.4 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The nominate subspecies Puffinus persicus persicus is thought to number in the thousands of pairs on the Kuria Maria Islands off Oman and Socotra, Yemen, while Puffinus persicus temptator has been estimated to number fewer than 500 pairs on Moheli Island in the Comoros (reviewed by Brooke 2004). It is thought likely that there are more breeding colonies undiscovered elsewhere in the northern Indian Ocean (Onley and Scofield 2007), thus the total population probably includes more than 10,000 mature individuals.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Comoros	extant	native	yes
India	extant	native			yes
Iran, Islamic Republic of	extant	native			yes
Israel	extant	vagrant
Kuwait	extant	vagrant
Oman	extant	native		yes	yes
Pakistan	extant	native			yes
Saudi Arabia	extant	native			yes
Somalia	extant	native			yes
United Arab Emirates	extant	native			yes
Yemen	extant	native		yes	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Comoros	Mont Mlédjélé (Mwali highlands)
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Faror islands
Oman	Halaaniyaat Islands
Oman	Jazirat Hino
Oman	Khor Mughsayl
Oman	Masirah island
Oman	Musandam islands
Oman	Ras al Hadd
Yemen	Abd al-Kuri (Socotra)
Yemen	Al-Mukha - Al-Khawkhah
Yemen	Bab al-Mandab - Mawza
Yemen	Islands off Bir Ali
Yemen	Jaza'ir al-Hanish
Yemen	Ra's Fartak
Yemen	Samha
Yemen	Zubayr group of islands

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands	major	breeding
Marine Neritic	Pelagic	major	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Species mortality

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/persian-shearwater-puffinus-persicus on 24/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 24/11/2024.