List of Vulnerable species in Cook Islands



This is a list of Vulnerable 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
Emoia tuitarere 196623 VU
Ptilinopus rarotongensis Lilac-crowned Fruit Dove 22691465 VU
Aplonis cinerascens Rarotonga Starling 22710502 VU
Meryta pauciflora Rarotonga Meryta 203515 VU
Nesoluma polynesicum Island Nesoluma 32010 VU
Todiramphus ruficollaris Cook Islands Kingfisher 22683465 VU
Aerodramus sawtelli Atiu Swiftlet 22686581 VU
Partula hyalina Polynesian Tree Snail 16313 VU
Vini peruviana Blue Lorikeet 22684641 VU
Pomarea dimidiata Rarotonga Flycatcher 22707172 VU

 

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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)