Family: Diomedeidae (Albatrosses)

Authority: Murphy, 1917

Red List Category

Criteria: A4bc; B2ab(iii,v)

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Justification of Red List category

This species is classified as Endangered because it is restricted to a small breeding range in which severe storms in the 1980s resulted in a decrease in habitat quality and poor breeding success. Based on this low breeding success, the population is estimated and projected to be undergoing a very rapid decline over three generations. Evidence suggests that the number of breeding pairs may have remained relatively stable; thus, the species might qualify for downlisting in the future. However, in the absence of recent substantive data upon which to assess trends or changes in productivity rates, projected declines are maintained as a precautionary measure. 

Population size: 17000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 115,000,000 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Afrotropical
Realm - Neotropical
Realm - Oceanian
Realm - Antarctic
IUCN System - Terrestrial
IUCN System - Marine