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Taxonomic source(s)
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.
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.
Turbott, E.G. 1990. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand. Ornithological Society of New Zealand, Wellington.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Near Threatened	A2bde+3bde+4bde
2016	Near Threatened	A2bde+3bde+4bde; B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)
2012	Near Threatened	A2bde+3bde+4bde;B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)
2010	Near Threatened	A2b,d,e; A3b,d,e; A4b,d,e; B2a+b(i,ii,iii,iv,v)
2008	Near Threatened	A2b,d,e; B2a+b(i,ii,iii,iv,v)
2005	Near Threatened
2004	Near Threatened
2000	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	68,500,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	10000-19999 mature individuals	medium	estimated	2004
Population trend	decreasing	poor	suspected	1965-2010
Generation length	17.7 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The overall population of the species probably does not exceed 10,000 pairs (i.e. 20,000 mature individuals) and 30,000 individuals. It is thus placed in the band 10,000-19,999 mature individuals, and thought to number 20,000-30,000 individuals in total.

Trend justification: There are no recent data, however the species is thought to be declining, mainly due to nest predation by introduced predators and open cast mining activities. Marine surveys in the eastern tropical Pacific from 1988-2000 estimated a 35% reduction between the periods 1988-1990 and 1998-2000 (Balance et al. 2002).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
American Samoa	extant	native		yes
Australia	extant	native			yes
Chile	extant	uncertain
Colombia	extant	uncertain
Cook Islands	extant	uncertain		yes
Costa Rica	extant	uncertain
Ecuador	extant	uncertain
El Salvador	extant	uncertain
Fiji	extant	native		yes
French Polynesia	extant	native		yes
French Southern Territories	extant	uncertain
Guam (to USA)	extant	native			yes
Guatemala	extant	uncertain
Indonesia	extant	uncertain
Japan	extant	uncertain
Kiribati	extant	uncertain
Marshall Islands	extant	uncertain
Mexico	extant	vagrant
Micronesia, Federated States of	extant	native			yes
Nauru	extant	uncertain
New Caledonia (to France)	extant	native		yes
New Zealand	extant	vagrant
Nicaragua	extant	uncertain
Niue (to New Zealand)	extant	uncertain
Norfolk Island (to Australia)	extant	uncertain
Northern Mariana Islands (to USA)	extant	uncertain
Palau	extant	uncertain
Panama	extant	uncertain
Papua New Guinea	extant	uncertain
Peru	extant	uncertain
Philippines	extant	uncertain
Pitcairn Islands (to UK)	extant	uncertain
Samoa	extant	uncertain
Solomon Islands	extant	vagrant
Tokelau (to New Zealand)	extant	uncertain
Tonga	extant	uncertain
Tuvalu	extant	uncertain
United States Minor Outlying Islands (to USA)	extant	uncertain
Vanuatu	extinct	native		yes
Wallis and Futuna Islands (to France)	extant	uncertain

Country/Territory	IBA Name
American Samoa	Manu'a Islands Marine
American Samoa	National Park of American Samoa - Ta'u
Fiji	Gau Highlands
Fiji	Taveuni Highlands
Fiji	Taveuni Marine
French Polynesia	Crêtes et pentes du Mont Marau
French Polynesia	Nord-ouest de Nuku Hiva
French Polynesia	Raiatea Marine
French Polynesia	Tetiaroa, Moorea et Tahiti Marine
French Polynesia	Vallée d'Opunohu
French Polynesia	Vallée de Avera
French Polynesia	Vallée de la Papenoo
New Caledonia (to France)	Côte Nord-est Marin
New Caledonia (to France)	Grand Sud Marin
New Caledonia (to France)	Îlots du lagon sud
New Caledonia (to France)	Îlots du Nord-Ouest
New Caledonia (to France)	Massif de Koniambo
New Caledonia (to France)	Massif du Panié
New Caledonia (to France)	Voh Marine

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	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
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	suitable	breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	breeding
Altitude	0 - 2000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Species mortality
Energy production & mining	Mining & quarrying	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion, Species mortality
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Canis familiaris	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Reduced reproductive success, Species mortality
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Felis catus	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Rapid Declines		Medium Impact: 7
		Stresses Reduced reproductive success, Species mortality
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Named species	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Reduced reproductive success
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Rattus exulans	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Reduced reproductive success
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Rattus rattus	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Reduced reproductive success
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Sus domesticus	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Reduced reproductive success, Species mortality
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Problematic native species/diseases - Ardenna pacifica	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Competition, Reduced reproductive success, Species mortality
Pollution	Excess energy - Light pollution	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Species disturbance, Species mortality
Residential & commercial development	Commercial & industrial areas	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion, Species mortality

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/tahiti-petrel-pseudobulweria-rostrata on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.