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White-faced Storm-petrel Pelagodroma marina



Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: #http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of _the_WP15.xls#.
Brooke, M. de L. 2004. Albatrosses and Petrels Across the World. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. 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.
SACC. 2005 and updates. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: #http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm#.
Turbott, E.G. 1990. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand. Ornithological Society of New Zealand, Wellington.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable
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Red List history
Year Category Criteria
2018 Least Concern
2016 Least Concern
2012 Least Concern
2009 Least Concern
2008 Least Concern
2004 Least Concern
2000 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988 Lower Risk/Least Concern
Species attributes

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

Estimate Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident) 281,000,000 km2
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) 104,000,000 km2
Severely fragmented? no -
Population
Estimate Data quality Derivation Year of estimate
Population size unknown poor estimated 2004
Population trend decreasing - suspected -
Generation length 15.4 years - - -

Population justification: Brooke (2004) estimated the global population to number at least 4,000,000 individuals. The European population is estimated at 77,800-111,000 pairs, which equates to 156,000-221,000 mature individuals (BirdLife International 2015).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to predation by invasive species. In Europe, the population size is estimated to be decreasing by less than 25% in 46 years (three generations) (BirdLife International 2015).


Country/territory distribution
Country/Territory Presence Origin Resident Breeding visitor Non-breeding visitor Passage migrant
American Samoa extant vagrant
Argentina extant vagrant
Australia extant native yes
Brazil extant uncertain
British Indian Ocean Territory extant native
Canada extant uncertain
Cape Verde extant native
Chile extant native
Christmas Island (to Australia) extant uncertain
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (to Australia) extant uncertain
Cook Islands extant uncertain
Costa Rica extant native yes
Ecuador extant native
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) extant uncertain
Fiji extant vagrant yes
French Polynesia extant uncertain
French Southern Territories extinct native yes
Gambia extant uncertain
Guinea extant uncertain
Guinea-Bissau extant uncertain
Heard Island and McDonald Islands (to Australia) extant native yes
India extant vagrant
Indonesia extant native
Iran, Islamic Republic of extant uncertain
Kiribati extant vagrant
Maldives extant vagrant
Mauritania extant native
Mauritius extant vagrant
Morocco extant vagrant
Mozambique extant vagrant
Namibia extant vagrant
Netherlands extant vagrant
New Caledonia (to France) extant uncertain
New Zealand extant native yes
Niue (to New Zealand) extant uncertain
Norfolk Island (to Australia) extant uncertain
Oman extant vagrant yes
Pakistan extant uncertain
Peru extant native
Pitcairn Islands (to UK) extant uncertain
Portugal extant native yes
Samoa extant uncertain
Senegal extant native
Seychelles extant vagrant
Sierra Leone extant uncertain
Somalia extant uncertain
South Africa extant uncertain
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands extant native
Spain extant native yes
Sri Lanka extant vagrant yes
St Helena (to UK) extant native yes
St Pierre and Miquelon (to France) extant uncertain
Timor-Leste extant vagrant
Tokelau (to New Zealand) extant uncertain
Tonga extant uncertain
United Kingdom extant vagrant
Uruguay extant native yes
USA extant vagrant
Vanuatu extant uncertain
Wallis and Futuna Islands (to France) extant uncertain
Western Sahara extant uncertain
Yemen extant native yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Country/Territory IBA Name
St Helena (to UK) Inaccessible Island
St Helena (to UK) Nightingale Island group
St Helena (to UK) Gough Island
Portugal Selvagens
Australia Houtman Abrolhos
Australia Recherche Archipelago
Australia Gabo and Tullaberga Islands
Australia Sir Joseph Banks Islands
Australia Nuyts Archipelago
Australia Wedge Island
Australia Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups
Australia Franklin Sound Islands
New Zealand Rangatira South East Island
Spain Lanzarote islets
Portugal Selvagens - Oceânica
New Zealand Ruamaahua Aldermen Islands
New Zealand Chatham Islands (nearshore)
New Zealand Chatham (offshore)
Cape Verde Pássaros Islet Integral Natural Reserve
Cape Verde Laje Branca Islet
Cape Verde Ilhéus do Rombo

Habitats & altitude
Habitat (level 1) Habitat (level 2) Importance Occurrence
Marine Coastal/Supratidal Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands major breeding
Marine Intertidal Rocky Shoreline suitable breeding
Marine Intertidal Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc major breeding
Marine Intertidal Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches suitable breeding
Marine Neritic Macroalgal/Kelp suitable non-breeding
Marine Neritic Macroalgal/Kelp suitable breeding
Marine Neritic Pelagic major non-breeding
Marine Neritic Pelagic major breeding
Marine Neritic Seagrass (Submerged) suitable non-breeding
Marine Neritic Seagrass (Submerged) suitable breeding
Marine Neritic Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel suitable non-breeding
Marine Neritic Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel suitable breeding
Marine Neritic Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs suitable non-breeding
Marine Neritic Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs suitable breeding
Marine Neritic Subtidal Sandy suitable non-breeding
Marine Neritic Subtidal Sandy suitable breeding
Marine Neritic Subtidal Sandy-Mud suitable non-breeding
Marine Neritic Subtidal Sandy-Mud suitable breeding
Marine Oceanic Epipelagic (0-200m) major non-breeding
Marine Oceanic Epipelagic (0-200m) major breeding
Marine Oceanic Mesopelagic (200-1000m) major non-breeding
Marine Oceanic Mesopelagic (200-1000m) major breeding
Altitude   Occasional altitudinal limits  

Threats & impact
Threat (level 1) Threat (level 2) Impact and Stresses
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Mus musculus Timing Scope Severity Impact
Ongoing Minority (<50%) Negligible declines Low Impact: 4
Stresses
Reduced reproductive success
Pollution Garbage & solid waste Timing Scope Severity Impact
Ongoing Majority (50-90%) Unknown Unknown
Stresses
Reduced reproductive success, Species mortality

Utilisation
Purpose Primary form used Life stage used Source Scale Level Timing
Food - human - - non-trivial recent

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Pelagodroma marina. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/white-faced-storm-petrel-pelagodroma-marina on 19/03/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org on 19/03/2024.