The world's most endangered albatrosses, petrels, and allies
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species evaluates the conservation status of plant and animal species. The list is based on scientific assessment of an organism's status by experts.
Conservation status of the world's albatrosses, petrels, and allies
Species comprising the chart above include:
| Family | Scientific name | Common name(s) | Red List status | Population trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Bulweria bifax | Small St Helena Petrel, St. Helena Bulwer's Petrel | EX | |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma rupinarum | Large St Helena Petrel, St Helena Gadfly Petrel | EX | |
| DIOMEDEIDAE | Diomedea amsterdamensis | Amsterdam Albatross, Amsterdam Island Albatross | CR | decreasing |
| DIOMEDEIDAE | Diomedea dabbenena | Tristan Albatross | CR | decreasing |
| HYDROBATIDAE | Oceanites maorianus | New Zealand Storm-petrel, New Zealand Storm Petrel | CR | unknown |
| HYDROBATIDAE | Oceanodroma macrodactyla | Guadalupe Storm-petrel, Guadalupe Storm Petrel, Guadalupe Storm-Petrel | CR | unknown |
| DIOMEDEIDAE | Phoebastria irrorata | Waved Albatross | CR | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pseudobulweria aterrima | Mascarene Petrel, Réunion Petrel | CR | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pseudobulweria becki | Beck's Petrel | CR | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi | Fiji Petrel, MacGillivray's Petrel | CR | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma caribbaea | Jamaica Petrel | CR | unknown |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma magentae | Chatham Island Taiko, Magenta Petrel | CR | increasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma phaeopygia | Dark-rumped Petrel, Galapagos Petrel, Galápagos Petrel | CR | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Puffinus auricularis | Townsend's Shearwater | CR | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Puffinus mauretanicus | Balearic Shearwater | CR | decreasing |
| DIOMEDEIDAE | Diomedea sanfordi | Northern Royal Albatross | EN | decreasing |
| HYDROBATIDAE | Nesofregetta fuliginosa | Polynesian Storm Petrel, Polynesian Storm-Petrel, White-throated Storm-petrel, White-throated Storm Petrel | EN | decreasing |
| HYDROBATIDAE | Oceanodroma homochroa | Ashy Storm-petrel, Ashy Storm Petrel, Ashy Storm-Petrel | EN | decreasing |
| PELECANOIDIDAE | Pelecanoides garnotii | Peruvian Diving-petrel, Peruvian Diving Petrel, Peruvian Diving-Petrel | EN | decreasing |
| DIOMEDEIDAE | Phoebetria fusca | Dark-mantled Sooty Albatross, Sooty Albatross | EN | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma alba | Phoenix Petrel | EN | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma atrata | Henderson Petrel | EN | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma axillaris | Chatham Island Petrel, Chatham Islands Petrel, Chatham Petrel | EN | increasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma baraui | Barau's Petrel | EN | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma cahow | Bermuda Petrel, Cahow | EN | increasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma hasitata | Black-capped Petrel | EN | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma incerta | Atlantic Petrel | EN | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma madeira | Freira, Madeira Petrel, Zino's Petrel | EN | stable |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Puffinus huttoni | Hutton's Shearwater | EN | stable |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Puffinus newelli | Newell's Shearwater, Newells Shearwater | EN | decreasing |
| DIOMEDEIDAE | Thalassarche carteri | Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | EN | decreasing |
| DIOMEDEIDAE | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross, Yellow-nosed Albatross | EN | decreasing |
| DIOMEDEIDAE | Thalassarche melanophrys | Black-browed Albatross | EN | decreasing |
| DIOMEDEIDAE | Diomedea antipodensis | Antipodean Albatross | VU | decreasing |
| DIOMEDEIDAE | Diomedea epomophora | Royal Albatross, Southern Royal Albatross | VU | stable |
| DIOMEDEIDAE | Diomedea exulans | Wandering Albatross | VU | decreasing |
| HYDROBATIDAE | Oceanodroma monteiroi | Monteiro's Storm-petrel | VU | stable |
| DIOMEDEIDAE | Phoebastria albatrus | Short-tailed Albatross | VU | increasing |
| DIOMEDEIDAE | Phoebastria nigripes | Black-footed Albatross | VU | increasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Procellaria aequinoctialis | White-chinned Petrel | VU | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Procellaria conspicillata | Spectacled Petrel | VU | increasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Procellaria parkinsoni | Black (Parkinson's) Petrel, Black Petrel, Parkinson's Petrel | VU | stable |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Procellaria westlandica | Westland Black Petrel, Westland Petrel | VU | stable |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma arminjoniana | Herald Petrel, Trindade Petrel | VU | stable |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma brevipes | Collared Petrel | VU | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma cervicalis | White-naped Petrel, White-necked Petrel | VU | increasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma cookii | Cook's Petrel | VU | increasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma defilippiana | Defilippe's Petrel, Defilippi's Petrel, De Filippi's Petrel, Masatierra Petrel, Mas Atierra Petrel | VU | stable |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma externa | Juan Fernandez Petrel, Juan Fernández Petrel | VU | stable |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma leucoptera | Collared Petrel, Gould's Petrel | VU | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma longirostris | Stejneger's Petrel | VU | stable |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma pycrofti | Pycroft's Petrel | VU | increasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma sandwichensis | Hawaiian Petrel | VU | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma solandri | Providence Petrel | VU | increasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Puffinus bulleri | Buller's Shearwater | VU | stable |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Puffinus creatopus | Pink-footed Shearwater | VU | unknown |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Puffinus heinrothi | Heinroth's Shearwater | VU | stable |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Puffinus yelkouan | Yelkouan Shearwater | VU | decreasing |
| DIOMEDEIDAE | Thalassarche chrysostoma | Gray-headed Albatross, Grey-headed Albatross, Grey-headed Mollymawk | VU | decreasing |
| DIOMEDEIDAE | Thalassarche eremita | Chatham Albatross | VU | increasing |
| DIOMEDEIDAE | Thalassarche impavida | Campbell Albatross | VU | increasing |
| DIOMEDEIDAE | Thalassarche salvini | Salvin's Albatross | VU | unknown |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Bulweria fallax | Jouanin's Petrel | NT | increasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Calonectris edwardsii | Cape Verde Shearwater | NT | decreasing |
| HYDROBATIDAE | Oceanodroma monorhis | Swinhoe's Storm-petrel, Swinhoe's Storm Petrel, Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel | NT | stable |
| HYDROBATIDAE | Oceanodroma tristrami | Tristram's Storm-petrel, Tristram's Storm Petrel, Tristram's Storm-Petrel | NT | stable |
| DIOMEDEIDAE | Phoebastria immutabilis | Laysan Albatross | NT | stable |
| DIOMEDEIDAE | Phoebetria palpebrata | Light-mantled Albatross, Light-mantled Sooty Albatross | NT | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Procellaria cinerea | Gray Petrel, Grey Petrel, Grey Shearwater, Pediunker | NT | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Tahiti Petrel | NT | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma feae | Cape Verde Petrel, Fea's Petrel, Gon-gon | NT | increasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma inexpectata | Mottled Petrel | NT | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma ultima | Murphy's Petrel | NT | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Puffinus griseus | Sooty Shearwater | NT | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Puffinus opisthomelas | Black-vented Shearwater | NT | unknown |
| DIOMEDEIDAE | Thalassarche bulleri | Buller's Albatross, Buller's Mollymawk | NT | stable |
| DIOMEDEIDAE | Thalassarche cauta | Shy Albatross | NT | unknown |
| DIOMEDEIDAE | Thalassarche steadi | White-capped Albatross | NT | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Bulweria bulwerii | Bulwer's Petrel | LC | stable |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Calonectris diomedea | Cory's Shearwater | LC | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Calonectris leucomelas | Streaked Shearwater | LC | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Daption capense | Cape Petrel, Cape Pigeon, Pintado Petrel | LC | stable |
| HYDROBATIDAE | Fregetta grallaria | White-bellied Storm-petrel, White-bellied Storm Petrel, White-bellied Storm-Petrel | LC | decreasing |
| HYDROBATIDAE | Fregetta tropica | Black-bellied Storm-petrel, Black-bellied Storm Petrel, Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | LC | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Fulmarus glacialis | Fulmar, Northern Fulmar | LC | increasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Fulmarus glacialoides | Antarctic Fulmar, Southern Fulmar | LC | stable |
| HYDROBATIDAE | Garrodia nereis | Gray-backed Storm-Petrel, Grey-backed Storm-petrel, Grey-backed Storm Petrel, Grey-backed Storm-Petrel | LC | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Halobaena caerulea | Blue Petrel | LC | stable |
| HYDROBATIDAE | Halocyptena microsoma | Least Storm-petrel, Least Storm Petrel, Least Storm-Petrel | LC | decreasing |
| HYDROBATIDAE | Hydrobates pelagicus | British Storm Petrel, European Storm-petrel, European Storm Petrel, European Storm-Petrel, Storm Petrel | LC | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Lugensa brevirostris | Kerguelen Petrel | LC | stable |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Macronectes giganteus | Antarctic Giant-Petrel, Southern Giant-petrel, Southern Giant Petrel, Southern Giant-Petrel | LC | increasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Macronectes halli | Hall's Giant-Petrel, Northern Giant-petrel, Northern Giant Petrel, Northern Giant-Petrel | LC | increasing |
| HYDROBATIDAE | Oceanites oceanicus | Wilson's Storm-petrel, Wilson's Storm Petrel, Wilson's Storm-Petrel | LC | stable |
| HYDROBATIDAE | Oceanodroma castro | Band-rumped Storm-Petrel, Madeiran Storm-petrel | LC | decreasing |
| HYDROBATIDAE | Oceanodroma furcata | Fork-tailed Storm-petrel, Fork-tailed Storm Petrel, Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel | LC | increasing |
| HYDROBATIDAE | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Leach's Storm-petrel, Leach's Storm Petrel, Leach's Storm-Petrel | LC | stable |
| HYDROBATIDAE | Oceanodroma melania | Black Storm-petrel, Black Storm Petrel, Black Storm-Petrel | LC | decreasing |
| HYDROBATIDAE | Oceanodroma tethys | Wedge-rumped Storm-petrel, Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel, Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel | LC | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pachyptila belcheri | Slender-billed Prion, Thin-billed Prion | LC | stable |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pachyptila crassirostris | Fulmar Prion | LC | stable |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pachyptila desolata | Antarctic Prion, Dove Prion | LC | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pachyptila salvini | Medium-billed Prion, Salvin's Prion | LC | stable |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pachyptila turtur | Fairy Prion | LC | stable |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pachyptila vittata | Broad-billed Prion | LC | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pagodroma nivea | Snow Petrel | LC | stable |
| HYDROBATIDAE | Pelagodroma marina | White-faced Storm-petrel, White-faced Storm Petrel, White-faced Storm-Petrel | LC | decreasing |
| PELECANOIDIDAE | Pelecanoides georgicus | South Georgia Diving-petrel, South Georgia Diving Petrel, South Georgia Diving-Petrel, South Georgian Diving Petrel, South Georgian Diving-Petrel | LC | decreasing |
| PELECANOIDIDAE | Pelecanoides magellani | Magellanic Diving-petrel, Magellanic Diving Petrel, Magellanic Diving-Petrel | LC | decreasing |
| PELECANOIDIDAE | Pelecanoides urinatrix | Common Diving-petrel, Common Diving Petrel, Common Diving-Petrel | LC | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma heraldica | Herald Petrel | LC | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma hypoleuca | Bonin Petrel | LC | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma lessonii | White-headed Petrel | LC | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma macroptera | Great-winged Petrel | LC | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma mollis | Soft-plumaged Petrel | LC | stable |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma neglecta | Kermadec Petrel | LC | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Pterodroma nigripennis | Black-winged Petrel | LC | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Puffinus assimilis | Little Shearwater | LC | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Puffinus carneipes | Flesh-footed Shearwater | LC | stable |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Puffinus gavia | Fluttering Shearwater | LC | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Puffinus gravis | Greater Shearwater, Great Shearwater | LC | stable |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Puffinus lherminieri | Audubon's Shearwater | LC | stable |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Puffinus nativitatis | Christmas Island Shearwater, Christmas Shearwater | LC | stable |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Puffinus pacificus | Wedge-tailed Shearwater | LC | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Puffinus puffinus | Manx Shearwater | LC | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Puffinus tenuirostris | Short-tailed Shearwater | LC | decreasing |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Thalassoica antarctica | Antarctic Petrel | LC | stable |
| HYDROBATIDAE | Oceanites gracilis | Elliot's Storm-Petrel, White-vented Storm-petrel, White-vented Storm Petrel, White-vented Storm-Petrel | DD | stable |
| HYDROBATIDAE | Oceanodroma hornbyi | Hornby's Storm Petrel, Ringed Storm-petrel, Ringed Storm-Petrel | DD | unknown |
| HYDROBATIDAE | Oceanodroma markhami | Markham's Storm-petrel, Markham's Storm Petrel, Markham's Storm-Petrel | DD | unknown |
| HYDROBATIDAE | Oceanodroma matsudairae | Matsudaira's Storm-petrel, Matsudaira's Storm Petrel, Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel | DD | unknown |
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birds-albatrosses chart is available at here. This table and chart was last updated on August 8, 2012, based on data downloaded from the IUCN Red List site. For a species profile, click on its scientific name.
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