Short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus): COSEWIC status report

Official title: COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus in Canada

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Table of contents

• Assessment Summary
• Executive Summary
• COSEWIC History, Mandate, Membership and Definitions
• Lists of Figures and Tables
• Species Information
• Distribution
• Habitat
• Biology
• Population Sizes and Trends
• Limiting Factors and Threats
• Special Significance of the Species
• Existing Protection or Other Status
• Summary of Status Report
• Technical Summary
• Acknowledgements and Literature Cited
• Biographical Summary of the Report Writer and Authorities Consulted

COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:

COSEWIC 2003. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 25 pp.
(Species at Risk Status Reports)

For additional copies contact:

COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa ON
K1A 0H3

Tel.: 819–953–3215
Fax: 819–994–3684
E-mail: COSEWIC/COSEPAC@ec.gc.ca
http://www.cosewic.gc.ca

Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur l'albatros à queue courte (Phoebastria albatrus) au Canada.

Cover illustration:
Short-tailed Albatross -- Hiroshi Hasegawa, supplied by the author.

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2004
Catalogue No.: CW69-14/362-2004E-PDF
ISBN: 0-662-36695-6
HTML: CW69-14/362-2004E-HTML
0-662-36696-4