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Puffinus carneipes
– Least Concern
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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AVES
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Order:
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PROCELLARIIFORMES
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Family:
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PROCELLARIIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Puffinus carneipes
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Species Authority:
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Gould, 1844
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER |
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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LC ver 3.1 (2001)
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Year Assessed:
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2004
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Assessor/s:
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BirdLife International
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Evaluator/s:
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Ekstrom, J. & Butchart, S. (BirdLife International Red List Authority)
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Justification:
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Puffinus carneipes breeds on St Paul Island (French Southern Territories), Lord Howe Island (off eastern Australia), south-west mainland Australia, south Australia (at a single isolated colony), and North Island (New Zealand). In the non-breeding season it ranges north through the western Pacific Ocean to the Aleutian Islands with small numbers off North America, north through the Indian Ocean and west to the southern tip of Africa (del Hoyo et al. 1992). Recent information from eastern Australia suggests that bycatch from the expanding tuna fishing industry may be significant, with 5,000–6,000 individuals being killed annually (B. Baker in litt. 2002). These birds are likely to have derived from the Lord Howe island population (c.20,000–40,000 breeding pairs), which anecdotal reports suggest may have declined in recent years. Alternatively, they may be from New Zealand breeding populations, which number 25,000–50,000 pairs. Fishing effort in western Australia has also increased in recent years, with unknown effects on this species (the western population numbers 100,000–200,000 pairs at over 30 colonies). Population models are being developed for this species (B. Baker in litt. 2002), but at present there is insufficient information to warrant its uplisting. This species has a large range, with an estimated global breeding extent of occurrence of 50,000–100,000 km². It has a large global population estimated to be 300,000 individuals (Fishpool and Evans 2001). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
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History:
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| 1988 | - | Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2004) |
| 1994 | - | Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2004) |
| 2000 | - | Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2000) |
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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Puffinus carneipes breeds on St Paul Island (French Southern Territories), Lord Howe Island (off eastern Australia), south-west mainland Australia, south Australia (at a single isolated colony), and North Island (New Zealand). This species has a large range, with an estimated global breeding Extent of Occurrence of 50,000-100,000 km. In the non-breeding season it ranges north through the western Pacific Ocean to the Aleutian Islands with small numbers off North America, north through the Indian Ocean and west to the southern tip of Africa (del Hoyo et al. 1992). Recent information from eastern Australia suggests that bycatch from the expanding tuna fishing industry may be significant, with 5,000-6,000 individuals being killed annually (B. Baker in litt. 2002). These birds are likely to have derived from the Lord Howe island population (c.20,000-40,000 breeding pairs), which anecdotal reports suggest may have declined in recent years. Alternatively, they may be from New Zealand breeding populations, which number 25,000-50,000 pairs. Fishing effort in western Australia has also increased in recent years, with unknown effects on this species (the western population numbers 100,000-200,000 pairs at over 30 colonies). The species has a large global population estimated to be 300,000 individuals (Fishpool and Evans 2001). Global population trends have not been quantified; population models are being developed for this species (B. Baker in litt. 2002), but at present there is insufficient information to warrant its uplisting. Therefore at present, the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
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Countries:
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Native:
Australia; British Indian Ocean Territory; Canada; Chile; French Southern Territories; Japan; Korea, Republic of; Madagascar; Maldives; Mexico; New Zealand; Oman; South Africa; Sri Lanka; United States
Vagrant:
Indonesia; Israel; Jordan; Seychelles
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Habitat and Ecology
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System:
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Terrestrial; Marine
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