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Taxonomic note
Sometimes placed in genus Pseudobulweria. Monotypic.

Taxonomic source(s)
Brooks, T. 2000. Extinct species. In: BirdLife International (ed.), Threatened Birds of the World, pp. 701-708. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge, U.K.
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
D	D	D1

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Extinct
2016	Extinct
2012	Extinct
2008	Extinct
2004	Extinct
2000	Extinct
1994	Extinct
1988	Extinct

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	0 mature individuals	good	estimated	-
Population trend		-	-	-
Generation length	12.68 years	-	-	-

Population justification: No extant population remains.

Trend justification: Very little is known about this species, known only from Pleistocene and Holocene subfossil deposits (Hume 2017), and the causes of declines are mostly speculation. It is suggested that the species was already in decline prior to the arrival of humans on St Helena island as result of natural environmental pressures (Olson 1975, Rowlands et al. 1998), but it went extinct sometime after the island was discovered in 1502 (Rowlands et al. 1998) likely as a result of deforestation and introduced mammals (Hume 2017).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
St Helena (to UK)	extinct	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	possible	resident
Marine Neritic	Pelagic	suitable	unknown
Marine Oceanic	Epipelagic (0-200m)	suitable	unknown
Marine Oceanic	Mesopelagic (200-1000m)	suitable	unknown
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	possible	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Felis catus	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Past, Unlikely to Return		Whole (>90%)		Rapid Declines		Past Impact
		Stresses Species disturbance, Reduced reproductive success, Species mortality
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Rattus rattus	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Past, Unlikely to Return		Whole (>90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Past Impact
		Stresses Species disturbance, Reduced reproductive success, Species mortality

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Large Saint Helena Petrel Pterodroma rupinarum. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/large-saint-helena-petrel-pterodroma-rupinarum 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.