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title: "Proposal to down-list the Critically Endangered Amsterdam Albatross gets postponed"
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# Proposal to down-list the Critically Endangered Amsterdam Albatross gets postponed

The ACAP-listed Amsterdam Albatross *Diomedea amsterdamensis* breeds only on [Amsterdam Island](http://www.acap.aq/en/news/news-archive/60-2013-news-archive/1429-acap-breeding-sites-no-37-ileamsterdam-only-home-of-the-amsterdam-albatross?highlight=WyJhbXN0ZXJkYW0iLCJhbXN0ZXJkYW0ncyIsIm5vIiwiJ25vIl0=) in the southern Indian Ocean.  Since 1994 it has been listed as [Critically Endangered](http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/22698310).

 Following a review the [BirdLife International Threatened Seabird Forum](http://www.birdlife.org/globally-threatened-bird-forums/category/species-group/threatened-seabirds/) has proposed down-listing the threatened species to Endangered due to a “steadily increasing” population ([click here](http://www.birdlife.org/globally-threatened-bird-forums/2016/11/amsterdam-albatross-diomedea-amsterdamensis-downlist-from-critically-endangered-to-endangered/)).

 ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/A/Amsterdam/Amsterdam_Albatross_by_Scott_Shaffer.jpg)

 Amsterdam Albatross, photograph by Scott Shaffer

 However, following expert comment arguing for retaining its current threatened status, BirdLife has now proposed that a decision on down-listing will be postponed, allowing for continued discussion into 2017, while leaving the current Red List category of Critically Endangered for the Amsterdam Albatross in place.

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 08 December 2016*