Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Bannerman's shearwater (Puffinus bannermani), recorded as Endangered
Bannerman's shearwater (Puffinus bannermani). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Bannerman's shearwater

Puffinus bannermani

Bannerman's shearwater is a seabird in the family Procellariidae formerly considered conspecific with Audubon's shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri).

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Puffinus bannermani
Taxonomy
Aves · Procellariiformes · Procellariidae · Puffinus

The tubenose

Bannerman's shearwater is a tubenose seabird in the family Procellariidae (order Procellariiformes) — Puffinus bannermani.

Range and habitat

Little is known of this species other than that it breeds in the Volcano Islands in the Ogasawara Group to the southwest of Japan and doesn't seem to range far from this area.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

The species population size has not been estimated but is assessed to be decreasing.

Bannerman's shearwater is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Bannerman's shearwater, Wikidata item Q3410603. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Bryan's Shearwater (Puffinus bryani), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Bryan's Shearwater

Puffinus bryani
Photograph of Newell's Shearwater (Puffinus newelli), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Newell's Shearwater

Puffinus newelli
Photograph of Balearic shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Balearic shearwater

Puffinus mauretanicus
Photograph of Rapa shearwater (Puffinus myrtae), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Rapa shearwater

Puffinus myrtae

Quick answers

What is Bannerman's shearwater?
Bannerman's shearwater is a tubenose seabird in the family Procellariidae (order Procellariiformes) — Puffinus bannermani.
What is the conservation status of Bannerman's shearwater?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Puffinus bannermani. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Bannerman's shearwater live?
Little is known of this species other than that it breeds in the Volcano Islands in the Ogasawara Group to the southwest of Japan and doesn't seem to range far from this area.
Why is Bannerman's shearwater in crisis?
The species population size has not been estimated but is assessed to be decreasing.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Puffinus bannermani?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Bannerman's shearwater a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.