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Taxonomic source(s)
Brooke, M. de L. 2004. Albatrosses and Petrels Across the World. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
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.
Robertson, C. J. R.; Nunn, G. B. 1998. Towards a new taxonomy for albatrosses. In: Robertson, G.; Gales, R. (ed.), Albatross biology and conservation, pp. 13-19. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, Australia.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	D2

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Vulnerable	D2
2016	Vulnerable	D2
2012	Vulnerable	D2
2010	Vulnerable	D2
2008	Vulnerable	D2
2005	Vulnerable
2004	Vulnerable
2003	Vulnerable
2000	Vulnerable
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	142,000,000 km2	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	43,400,000 km2	medium
Area of Occupancy (breeding/resident)	1 km2	medium
Number of locations	2	-
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	79990 mature individuals	medium	estimated	1998
Population trend	unknown	poor	-	1978-2046
Generation length	23.1 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	2	-	-	-

Population justification: Baker et al. (2014) estimated 39,995 breeding pairs on the Bounty Islands, which represents 99% of the global population; this is equivalent to 79,990 mature individuals, or roughly 110,000 total individuals.

Trend justification: In 1998, the population on the Bounty Islands (99% total) was estimated to be 30,750 breeding pairs (Clark et al. 1998, A. M. Booth in litt. 1999) compared to the estimate in 1978 of 76,000 breeding pairs (Robertson and van Tets 1982). Although census methods differed between years making comparisons difficult, island-wide ground counts of breeding birds during incubation on Proclamation Island resulted in totals that declined 14% from 3065 in 1997 to 2634 in 2004; a count of breeding albatrosses over part of the island in 2011 indicated a further decline of 13% between 2004 and 2011 and an overall decrease of 30% 1997-2011 (Sagar et al. 2015). In addition, in 2010 and 2013, aerial surveys of all breeding sites in the Bounty Islands and ground counts on Proclamation Island provided an estimation of 31,786 and 39,995 breeding pairs in 2010 and 2013, respectively. Nevertheless, due to methodological differences, it is not possible to combine all data sets and further studies using the same methodology is necessary to assess the population trend.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Australia	extant	native			yes
Chile	extant	native			yes
French Southern Territories	extant	native	yes
Heard Island and McDonald Islands (to Australia)	extant	native			yes
Namibia	extant	native			yes
New Zealand	extant	native		yes
Peru	extant	native			yes
South Africa	extant	native			yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
New Zealand	Bounty (offshore)
New Zealand	Bounty Islands
New Zealand	Bounty Islands (nearshore)
New Zealand	Kaikoura (offshore)
New Zealand	Snares (offshore)
New Zealand	Western Chain

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands	major	breeding
Marine Neritic	Pelagic	major	non-breeding
Marine Neritic	Pelagic	major	breeding
Marine Oceanic	Epipelagic (0-200m)	major	non-breeding
Marine Oceanic	Epipelagic (0-200m)	major	breeding
Altitude	0 - 50 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Biological resource use	Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources - Unintentional effects: (large scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Whole (>90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 7
		Stresses Species mortality

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/salvins-albatross-thalassarche-salvini on 22/12/2024.
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 22/12/2024.