Family: Diomedeidae (Albatrosses)

Authority: Lesson, 1825

Red List Category

Criteria: D2

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Justification of Red List category
Although current population trends are assumed to be stable, this species qualifies as Vulnerable because it has a very small range, breeding on four islands though largely confined to just one, with a fifth mainland population comprising only hybrid birds. It is therefore highly susceptible to stochastic effects and human impacts.

Population size: 27200 mature individuals

Population trend: stable

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 98,600,000 km²

Country endemic: yes

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