List of Critically Endangered species in Cook Islands



This is a list of Critically Endangered species in Cook Islands according to the IUCN Red List.

This list was last updated 2019-09-14

 

This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.

Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.

scientific_namecommon_nametaxonidcategory
Asplenium schizotrichum 199822 CR
Psychotria whistleri Rarotonga Psychotria 58356367 CR
Coprosma laevigata Rarotongan Coprosma 199830 CR
Cyrtandra lillianae Te Manga Cyrtandra 203424 CR
Cyrtandra rarotongensis Rarotonga Cyrtandra 203429 CR
Garnotia cheesemanii Rarotongan Garnotia Grass 203457 CR
Haloragis stokesii 203506 CR
Sclerotheca viridiflora 203518 CR

 

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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups:
  • Extinct (EX) – beyond reasonable doubt that the species is no longer extant.
  • Extinct in the wild (EW) – survives only in captivity, cultivation and/or outside native range, as presumed after exhaustive surveys.
  • Critically endangered (CR) – in a particularly and extremely critical state.
  • Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered.
  • Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
  • Near threatened (NT) – close to being at high risk of extinction in the near future.
  • Least concern (LC) – unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
  • Data deficient (DD)
  • Not evaluated (NE)