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Pycroft's Petrel Pterodroma pycrofti



Family: Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)

Authority: Falla, 1933

Red List Category

Criteria: D2

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Justification of Red List category
This species is classified as Vulnerable because it has a very small range when breeding, being restricted to five tiny island groups, with the majority of the population on one island, and the introduction of invasive predator species could drive the species towards extinction within a very short time.



Population size: 12000-22000 mature individuals

Population trend: increasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 98,900,000 km2

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Nearctic
Realm - Oceanian
IUCN System - Terrestrial
IUCN System - Marine

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Pycroft's Petrel Pterodroma pycrofti. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/pycrofts-petrel-pterodroma-pycrofti on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.