TerraNature - NZ Threatened & Endangered Species

NEW ZEALAND SPECIES LISTED IN
2000 IUCN RED LIST OF THREATENED SPECIES
of the International Union for Conservation of Nature

IUCN LISTING CATEGORIES:
EX Extinct,   CR Critically endangered,   EN Endangered,
VU Vulnerable,   LR/cd Lower risk - conservation dependent,
LR/nt Lower risk - near threatened,   DD Data deficient

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Freshwater fish \| Marine fish and mammals \| Ocean and shore birds
Scientific Name A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Scientific Name	Common Name(s) or (description)	Red Listing
1. Agathis australis	Kauri	LR/cd
2. Anarhynchus frontalis	Wrybill	VU C2b
	Ngutu-parore	VU C2b
3. Anas aucklandica	Auckland Island teal	VU D1+2
	Brown teal	VU D1+2
4. Anas chlorotis	Brown teal	EN B1+2abcde
5. Anas nesiotis	Campbell Island teal	CR D
6. Anthornis melanocephala	Chatham Island bellbird	EX
7. Antipodochlora braueri		LR/nt
8. Antiponemertes allisonae		VU D2
9. Apteryx australis 'Fiordland/Stewart Island'	Southern tokoeka kiwi	VU A1be+2be
Apteryx australis 'Haast'	Haast tokoeka kiwi	VU A1be+2be
10. Apteryx haastii	Great spotted kiwi	VU A1be+2be
11. Apteryx mantelli 'North Island'	North Island brown kiwi	EN A1abce+2bce
Apteryx mantelli 'Okarito'	Okarito brown kiwi	EN A1abce+2bce
12. Apteryx owenii	Little spotted kiwi	VU D2
13. Archidium elatum		EN B1+2c
14. Australophocaena dioptrica	Spectacled porpoise	DD
15. Balaenoptera acutorostrata	Common minke whale	LR/nt
RETURN TO TOP	Lesser rorqual	LR/nt
	Little piked whale	LR/nt
16. Balaenoptera edeni	Bryde's whale	DD
	Tropical whale	DD
17. Balaenoptera musculus	Blue whale	EN A1abd
	Sibbald's rorqual	EN A1abd
	Sulphur-bottom whale	EN A1abd
18. Balaenoptera physalus	Common rorqual	EN A1abd
	Fin whale	EN A1abd
	Fin-backed whale	EN A1abd
	Finback	EN A1abd
	Finner	EN A1abd
	Herring whale	EN A1abd
	Razorback whale	EN A1abd
19. Berardius arnuxii	Arnoux's beaked whale	LR/cd
	Southern four-toothed whale	LR/cd
20. Boehmeria australis var. dealbata		EN D
21. Botaurus poiciloptilus	Australasian bittern	VU C2a
22. Bowdleria rufescens	Chatham Island fernbird	EX
23. Brachyglottis arborescens		EN D
24. Brachyglottis huntii		VU B1+2c
25. Brachyglottis pentacopa		VU D2
26. Brachyglottis perdicioides	Raukumara	LR/nt
27. Cabalus modestus	Chatham rail	EX
28. Callaeas cinerea	Kokako	EN A1abce B1+2abcde C1
29. Cephalorhynchus hectori maui	Maui dolphin	CR C1, D
	North Island Hector's dolphin	CR C1, D
30. Cephalorhynchus hectori	Hector's dolphin	EN A1d, C1
	New Zealand dolphin	EN A1d, C1
	White-headed dolphin	EN A1d, C1
31. Chalinolobus tuberculatus	New Zealand long-tailed bat	VU A2bc
32. Charadrius obscurus	New Zealand dotterel	VU B1+2bce, C2a
33. Chlidonias albostriatus	Black-fronted tern	EN A1bce, C2b
RETURN TO TOP	Tara	EN A1bce, C2b
34. Chordospartium muritai	Coastal tree broom	CR D
35. Chordospartium stevensonii	Tree broom	VU D2
	Weeping broom	VU D2
36. Clianthus puniceus	Kaka beak	EN D
	Red kowhai	EN D
	Kowhai ngutu-kaka	EN D
37. Coenocorypha aucklandica	New Zealand snipe	LR/nt
	Subantarctic snipe	LR/nt
38. Coenocorypha pusilla	Chatham Island snipe	VU D2
	Chatham Islands snipe	VU D2
39. Coprosma wallii		VU B1+2c, D2
40. Corokia macrocarpa	Chatham Island korokio	LR/nt
41. Coturnix novaezelandiae	New Zealand quail	EX
42. Cyanoramphus auriceps	Yellow-crowned parakeet	LR/nt
	Yellow-fronted kakariki	LR/nt
	Yellow-fronted parakeet	LR/nt
	Kakariki	LR/nt
43. Cyanoramphus forbesi	Forbes's parakeet	EN D
44. Cyanoramphus malherbi	Orange-fronted parakeet	EN B1+2abde, C2a, D
45. Cyanoramphus unicolor	Antipodes green parakeet	VU D2
RETURN TO TOP	Antipodes Island parakeet	VU D2
	Antipodes parakeet	VU D2
46. Cyclodina alani	Robust skink	VU D1+2
47. Cyclodina macgregori	MacGregor's skink	VU D2
48. Cyclodina whitakeri	Whitaker's skink	VU D1+2
49. Cytora hirsutissima	(land snail)	DD
50. Deinacrida fallai	Poor Knights weta	VU D2
51. Deinacrida heteracantha	Wetapunga	VU D2
52. Deinacrida parva	Kaikoura weta	DD
53. Deinacrida rugosa	Stephens Island weta	VU D2
54. Diomedea antipodensis	Antipodean albatross	VU D2
55. Diomedea epomophora	Royal albatross	VU D2
	Southern royal albatross	VU D2
56. Diomedea sanfordi	Northern royal albatross	EN A2c, B1+2ce
57. Elingamita johnsonii		VU D2
58. Eubalaena australis	Southern right whale	LR/cd
59. Eudyptes chrysocome	Rockhopper penguin	VU A1bce+2bce
60. Eudyptes pachyrhynchus	Fiordland crested penguin	VU A1be+2be, C1
	Fiordland penguin	VU A1be+2be, C1
61. Eudyptes robustus	Snares crested penguin	VU D2
RETURN TO TOP	Snares Island penguin	VU D2
62. Eudyptes sclateri	Erect-crested penguin	EN A1a, B1+2abde
63. Falco novaeseelandiae	New Zealand falcon	LR/nt
	Karearea	LR/nt
64. Galaxias argenteus	Giant kokopu	VU C2a
65. Galaxias gracilis	Dwarf inanga	VU A1ce B1+2cd, D2
66. Galaxias postvectis	Short jawed kokopu	VU B1+2bcd
67. Galaxias rekohua	Chathams galaxias	VU D2
68. Gallirallus australis	Weka	VU A1abce+2bce
69. Gallirallus dieffenbachii	Dieffenbach's rail	EX
70. Globicephala macrorhynchus	Pacific pilot whale	LR/cd
	Short-finned pilot whale	LR/cd
71. Gobiomorphus alpinus	Tarndale bully	VU D2
72. Grampus griseus	Grey dolphin	DD
	Risso's dolphin	DD
73. Haematopus chathamensis	Chatham Island oystercatcher	EN D
RETURN TO TOP	Chatham Islands oystercatcher	EN D
74. Halocarpus kirkii	Monoao	VU A1a+2b
75. Hebe barkeri		VU D2
76. Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae	New Zealand pigeon	LR/nt
	Kereru	LR/nt
77. Heteralocha acutirostris	Huia	EX
78. Himantopus novaeseelandiae	Black stilt	CR C2b, D
	Kaki	CR C2b, D
79. Hippocampus abdominalis	Big-bellied seahorse	VU A2d
80. Homalanthus polyandrus		VU D2
81. Hoplodactylus delcourti	Delcourt's gecko	EX
82. Hoplodactylus kahutarae	Black-eyed gecko	LR/nt
83. Hoplodactylus rakiurae	Harlequin gecko	LR/nt
84. Hoplodactylus stephensi	Stephens Island gecko	VU D2
85. Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos	Blue duck	VU C2a
RETURN TO TOP	Whio	VU C2a
86. Hyperoodon planifrons	Southern bottlenose whale	LR/cd
87. Ixobrychus novaezelandiae	New Zealand little bittern	EX
88. Karocolens tuberculatus		EX
89. Lagenorhynchus obscurus	Dusky dolphin	DD
90. Larus bulleri	Black-billed gull	VU A1ace+2bce
91. Leiopelma archeyi	Archey's frog	LR/nt
92. Leiopelma Hamiltoni	Hamilton's frog	VU D2
93. Lewinia muelleri	Auckland Island rail	VU D2
	Auckland Islands rail	VU D2
94. Libocedrus plumosa	Kawaka	LR/nt
95. Limnodromus semipalmatus	Asian dowitcher	LR/nt
	Asiatic dowitcher	LR/nt
96. Lissodelphis peronii	Southern right whale dolphin	DD
97. Macronectes halli	Northern giant-petrel	LR/nt
98. Mecodema punctellum	(flightless ground beetle)	EX
99. Megadyptes antipodes	Yellow-eyed penguin	EN B2c+3d
100. Megaptera novaeangliae	Bunch whale	VU A1ad
RETURN TO TOP	Hump whale	VU A1ad
	Humpback whale	VU A1ad
	Hunchbacked whale	VU A1ad
101. Melicytus flexuosus		LR/nt
102. Mergus australis	Auckland Island merganser	EX
103. Meryta sinclairii	Puka	VU D2
104. Mesoplodon bowdoini	Andrews' beaked whale	DD
	Splaytoothed beaked whale	DD
105. Mesoplodon ginkgodens	Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale	DD
106. Mesoplodon grayi	Gray's beaked whale	DD
	Southern beaked whale	DD
107. Mesoplodon hectori	Hector's beaked whale	DD
	Skew-beaked whale	DD
108. Mesoplodon layardii	Layard's beaked whale	DD
	Strap-toothed whale	DD
109. Mesoplodon mirus	True's beaked whale	DD
110. Metrosideros bartlettii	Bartlett's rata	EN D
111. Mohoua ochrocephala	Yellowhead	VU B1+2abde+3d, C2a
	Mohua	VU B1+2abde+3d, C2a
112. Mustelus lenticulatus	Rig	LR/cd
113. Myrsine oliveri		VU D2
114. Mystacina robusta	NZ greater short-tailed bat	EX
115. Mystacina tuberculata	NZ lesser short-tailed bat	VU A2c, C2a
116. Neochanna apoda	Brown mudfish	LR/nt
117. Neochanna burrowsius	Canterbury mudfish	VU B1+2bcd
118. Neochanna diversus	Black mudfish	DD
119. Neophocaena phocaenoides	Black finless porpoise	DD
RETURN TO TOP	Finless black porpoise	DD
	Finless porpoise	DD
120. Nestor meridionalis	Kaka	VU C1
121. Nestor notabilis	Kea	VU C2b
122. Notiomystis cincta	Stitchbird	VU D1+2
123. Notorynchus cepedianus	Broadnose sevengill shark	DD
124. Notospartium carmichaeliae	Pink broom	LR/nt
125. Notospartium glabrescens	Pink tree broom	LR/nt
126. Notospartium torulosum		LR/nt
127. Numenius madagascariensis	Far Eastern curlew	LR/nt
128. Numenius tahitiensis	Bristle-thighed curlew	VU C1+2b
129. Oceanites maorianus	New Zealand storm petrel	EX
130. Olearia angulata		DD
131. Olearia chathamica		LR/nt
132. Olearia fragrantissima	Fragrant tree daisy	LR/nt
133. Olearia hectorii	Deciduous tree daisy	EN C2a
	Hector's tree daisy	EN C2a
134. Olearia polita		EN C2b
135. Olearia traversii	Akeake	LR/nt
136. Oligosoma fallai	Falla's skink	LR/nt
137. Oligosoma gracilicorpus	Narrow-bodied skink	DD
138. Oligosoma grande	Grand skink	VU C2a
139. Oligosoma homalonotum	Chevron skink	VU D2
140. Oligosoma infrapunctatum	Speckled skink	LR/nt
141. Oligosoma microlepis	Small-scaled skink	VU B1+2bcd
142. Oligosoma otagense	Otago skink	VU C2a
143. Oligosoma striatum	Striped skink	VU B1+2bcd
144. Oligosoma waimatense	Scree skink	VU B1+2bd
145. Orcinus orca	Killer whale	LR/cd
RETURN TO TOP	Orca	LR/cd
146. Paryphanta busbyi	Kauri snail	LR/nt
	Pupurangi	LR/nt
147. Paryphanta gilliesi	Gillies' land snail	DD
148. Paryphanta hochstetteri	Hochstetter's land snail	DD
149. Paryphanta lignaria	Woodformed land snail	DD
150. Paryphanta rossiana	Ross' land snail	DD
151. Paryphanta traversi	Travers' land snail	DD
152. Pennantia baylisiana		CR D
153. Peripatoides indigo	Velvet worm	VU B1+2cd
154. Peripatoides suteri		VU B1+2c
155. Petroica traversi	Black robin	EN D
	Chatham Islands black robin	EN D
	Chatham Islands robin	EN D
	Chatham robin	EN D
156. Phalacrocorax campbelli	Campbell Island shag	VU D2
157. Phalacrocorax carunculatus	New Zealand king shag	VU D1+2
	Rough-faced shag	VU D1+2
158. Phalacrocorax chalconotus	Bronze shag	VU B1+2bcd, D2
	Stewart Island shag	VU B1+2bcd, D2
159. Phalacrocorax colensoi	Auckland Island shag	VU D2
	Auckland Islands shag	VU D2
160. Phalacrocorax featherstoni	Pitt Island shag	VU D2
161. Phalacrocorax onslowi	Chatham Island shag	EN B1+2bcd
RETURN TO TOP	Chatham Islands shag	EN B1+2bcd
	Chatham shag	EN B1+2bcd
162. Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi	Bounty Island shag	VU D2
	Bounty Islands shag	VU D2
163. Philesturnus carunculatus	Saddleback	LR/nt
164. Phocarctos hookeri	Hooker's sea lion	VU D2
	Hooker's sealion	VU D2
	New Zealand sealion	VU D2
165. Phoebetria palpebrata	Light-mantled albatross	LR/nt
166. Physeter catodon	Cachelot	VU A1bd
	Pot whale	VU A1bd
	Sperm whale	VU A1bd
	Spermacet whale	VU A1bd
167. Pittosporum dallii	Dall's pittosporum	VU B1+2c
168. Pittosporum fairchildii	Three Kings pittosporum	VU D2
169. Pittosporum obcordatum	Heart-leaved kohuhu	LR/nt
170. Pittosporum patulum		EN D
171. Pittosporum turneri		LR/cd
172. Pittosporum virgatum		LR/nt
173. Placostylus ambagiosus	Flax snail	VU B1+2abcde
	New Zealand flax snail	VU B1+2abcde
174. Placostylus bollonsi	New Zealand flax snail	VU D2
	Pupuharakeke	VU D2
175. Placostylus hongii	New Zealand flax snail	VU C1+2a, D2
RETURN TO TOP	Pupuharakeke	VU C1+2a, D2
	Flax snail	VU C1+2a, D2
176. Plagianthus regius var. chathamicus	Manatu	LR/nt
	Ribbonwood	LR/nt
177. Poliocephalus rufopectus	New Zealand dabchick	VU C2a
	Weweia	VU C2a
178. Pomaderris hamiltonii		LR/nt
179. Porphyrio hochstetteri	North Island takahe	EX
180. Porphyrio mantelli	Takahe	EN D
181. Powelliphanta marchantii		LR/nt
182. Procellaria aequinoctialis	White-chinned petrel	VU A1bcde+2bcde
183. Procellaria cinerea	Grey petrel	LR/nt
184. Procellaria parkinsoni	Black petrel	VU D2
	Parkinson's petrel	VU D2
185. Procellaria westlandica	Westland black petrel	VU D2
RETURN TO TOP	Westland petrel	VU D2
186. Prodontria lewisi	Cromwell chafer	CR B1+2c
187. Prototroctes oxyrhynchus	New Zealand grayling	EX
188. Pseudopanax ferox	Toothed lancewood	LR/nt
189. Pseudopanax gilliesii		LR/nt
190. Pterodroma alba	Phoenix petrel	VU A1abce B1+2abde C1
191. Pterodroma axillaris	Chatham Islands petrel	CR B1+2e
	Chatham petrel	CR B1+2e
192. Pterodroma cervicalis	White-necked petrel	VU D2
193. Pterodroma cookii	Cook's petrel	EN B1+2abd
194. Pterodroma inexpectata	Mottled petrel	LR/nt
195. Pterodroma magentae	Chatham Island taiko	CR A1e, B1+2e, C2b
	Magenta petrel	CR A1e, B1+2e, C2b
196. Pterodroma pycrofti	Pycroft's petrel	VU D2
197. Puffinus bulleri	Buller's shearwater	VU D2
198. Puffinus huttoni	Hutton's shearwater	EN B1+2bc
199. Rhopalostylis baueri var. cheesemanii	Norfolk palm	LR/cd
RETURN TO TOP	Kermadec nikau	LR/cd/td>
200. Rhopalostylis sapida	Nikau	LR/cd
201. Rhytida clarki		CR B1+2ab
202. Rhytida oconnori		CR B1+2d
203. Sceloglaux albifacies	Laughing owl (Shown above)	EX
204. Solegnathus spinosissimus	Spiny pipehorse	VU A1d+2d
205. Spelungula cavernicola	Nelson cave spider	DD
206. Sphenodon guntheri	Tuatara	VU D1+2
	Brother Islands tuatara	VU D1+2
207. Stenella attenuata	Bridled dolphin	LR/cd
	Narrow-snouted dolphin	LR/cd
	Pantropical spotted dolphin	LR/cd
208. Stenella coeruleoalba	Euphrosyne dolphin	LR/cd
	Striped dolphin	LR/cd
209. Stenella longirostris	Long-beaked dolphin	LR/cd
	Long-snouted dolphin	LR/cd
	Spinner dolphin	LR/cd
210. Steno bredanensis	Rough-toothed dolphin	DD
211. Strigops habroptilus	Kakapo	CR D
	Owl parrot	CR D
212. Strumigenys xenos	(Australian ant)	VU D2
213. Tasmacetus shepherdi	Shepherd's beaked whale	DD
RETURN TO TOP	Tasman whale	DD
214. Thalassarche bulleri	Buller's albatross	VU D2
215. Thalassarche cauta	Shy albatross	LR/nt
216. Thalassarche chrysostoma	Grey-headed albatross	VU A1bd+2bd
217. Thalassarche eremita	Chatham albatross	CR B1+2c
218. Thalassarche impavida	Campbell albatross	VU A1ad, D2
219. Thalassarche melanophrys	Black-browed albatross	LR/nt
220. Thalassarche salvini	Salvin's albatross	VU D2
221. Thinornis novaeseelandiae	Shore plover	EN D
222. Traversia lyalli	Stephens Island wren	EX
223. Turnagra capensis	South Island piopio	EX
224. Turnagra tanagra	North Island piopio	EX
225. Xenicus gilviventris	Rock wren	LR/nt
	South Island rock wren	LR/nt
226. Xenicus longipes	Bush wren	EX
	New Zealand bush wren	EX
227. Xylotoles costatus	(insect)	EX
228. Ziphius cavirostris	Cuvier's beaked whale	DD
	Goose-beaked whale	DD
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Freshwater fish \| Marine fish and mammals \| Ocean and shore birds
Illustration above: John Gerrard Keulemans 1842-1912 Morepork Spiloglaux novaezelandiae, Laughing Owl Sceloglaux albifacies 1888. Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.