Family: Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)

Authority: (Gmelin, 1789)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2de+3de+4de

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Justification of Red List category
This species is classified as Near Threatened because it is thought to have undergone a moderately rapid decline owing to the impact of fisheries, the harvesting of its young and possibly climate change.

Population size: 8800000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 47,700,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Nearctic
Realm - Neotropical
Realm - Oceanian
Realm - Palearctic
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Land-mass type - shelf island
Land-mass type - continent
Land-mass type - Australia
Realm - Antarctic
IUCN System - Terrestrial
IUCN System - Marine