List of Vulnerable species in New Zealand



This is a list of Vulnerable species in New Zealand 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
Mokopirirakau kahutarae Black-eyed Gecko 10251 VU
Naultinus elegans Common Green Gecko 120188938 VU
Notiomystis cincta Stitchbird 22704154 VU
Anarhynchus frontalis Wrybill 22693928 VU
Apteryx rowi Okarito Brown Kiwi 22732871 VU
Naultinus punctatus Wellington Green Gecko 120189003 VU
Coprosma wallii 34900 VU
Naultinus stellatus Nelson Green Gecko 120189038 VU
Hemiphaga chathamensis Chatham Pigeon 22732918 VU
Naultinus tuberculatus West Coast Green Gecko 120189071 VU
Deinacrida fallai Poor Knights Weta 6304 VU
Deinacrida heteracantha Wetapunga 6305 VU
Deinacrida rugosa Stephens Island Weta 6306 VU
Catapyrgus sororius 198836 VU
Cortaderia turbaria Chatham Island Toe 44392631 VU
Hadopyrgus rawhiti 198842 VU
Leptopyrgus melbourni 198853 VU
Opacuincola cervicesmadentes 198863 VU
Opacuincola dulcinella 198866 VU
Opacuincola eduardstraussi 198867 VU
Opacuincola johannstraussi 198872 VU
Opacuincola josefstraussi 198873 VU
Opacuincola lentesferens 198875 VU
Opacuincola ngatapuna 198877 VU
Opacuincola ovata 198878 VU
Opacuincola permutata 198879 VU
Peripatoides indigo 16616 VU
Peripatoides suteri 16617 VU
Potamopyrgus doci 198891 VU
Potamopyrgus kaitunuparaoa 198893 VU
Tongapyrgus kohitatea 198904 VU
Chalinolobus tuberculatus New Zealand Long-tailed Bat 4425 VU
Oligosoma inconspicuum 120189469 VU
Gallirallus australis Weka 22692384 VU
Apteryx australis Southern Brown Kiwi 22678122 VU
Apteryx mantelli Northern Brown Kiwi 45353580 VU
Galaxias gracilis Dwarf Inanga 8812 VU
Galaxias argenteus Giant Kokopu 8817 VU
Apteryx haastii Great Spotted Kiwi 22678132 VU
Galaxias depressiceps Taieri Flathead Galaxias 197290 VU
Lewinia muelleri Auckland Rail 22692529 VU
Gobiomorphus hubbsi Bluegill Bully 197321 VU
Cheimarrichthys fosteri Torrentfish 197330 VU
Anas aucklandica Brown Teal 22680280 VU
Leucocarbo campbelli Campbell Shag 22696840 VU
Leucocarbo carunculatus Rough-faced Shag 22696846 VU
Leucocarbo chalconotus Bronzed Shag 22696853 VU
Oligosoma fallai Three Kings Skink 15263 VU
Oligosoma striatum Striped Skink 15261 VU
Leucocarbo colensoi Auckland Island Shag 22696869 VU
Leucocarbo ranfurlyi Bounty Island Shag 22696876 VU
Leiopelma pakeka Maud Island Frog 56298 VU
Placostylus ambagiosus Flax Snail 17444 VU
Placostylus bollonsi Pupuharakeke 17445 VU
Placostylus hongii Pupuharakeke Or Flax Snail 17446 VU
Decachaetus minor 103107629 VU
Opacuincola caeca 189498 VU
Oligosoma repens Eyres Skink 120190052 VU
Leiopelma hamiltoni Hamilton's Frog 11451 VU
Oligosoma tekakahu Te Kakahu Skink 120190180 VU
Coenocorypha pusilla Chatham Island Snipe 22693137 VU
Decachaetus erici 103167289 VU
Diplotrema bilboi 103167397 VU
Cyanoramphus unicolor Antipodes Green Parakeet 22685162 VU
Brachyglottis huntii Chatham Island Christmas tree 34298 VU
Meryta sinclairii 34300 VU
Brachyglottis pentacopa 38399 VU
Petroica dannefaerdi Snares Tomtit 103734886 VU
Poodytes caudatus Snares Fernbird 103798418 VU
Pittosporum dallii Dalls Pittosporum 30403 VU
Elingamita johnsonii 30482 VU
Myrsine oliveri 30483 VU
Pittosporum fairchildii Fairchild's kohuhu 30484 VU
Chordospartium stevensonii Cord Broom 30488 VU
Hebe barkeri Barker’s koromiko 30493 VU
Homalanthus polyandrus Kermadec Poplar 30494 VU
Mokopirirakau granulatus Forest Gecko 120188740 VU
Oligosoma alani Robust Skink 6010 VU
Oligosoma macgregori Macgregor's Skink 6011 VU
Mystacina tuberculata New Zealand Lesser Short-tailed Bat 14261 VU
Cyanoramphus forbesi Forbes’ Parakeet 22724553 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)