List of Vulnerable species in Sri Lanka



This is a list of Vulnerable species in Sri Lanka 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
Garcinia quaesita 30790 VU
Garcinia terpnophylla var. acuminata 30793 VU
Calophyllum tomentosum 30795 VU
Calophyllum walkeri 30798 VU
Calophyllum cordato-oblongum 30800 VU
Calophyllum thwaitesii 30799 VU
Adenanthera bicolor 30842 VU
Abarema bigemina 30843 VU
Diospyros acuminata 30848 VU
Diospyros chaetocarpa 30849 VU
Diospyros quaesita 30853 VU
Diospyros albiflora 30854 VU
Diospyros walkeri 30859 VU
Diospyros hirsuta 30860 VU
Diospyros thwaitesii 30863 VU
Artocarpus nobilis 30865 VU
Prunus walkeri 30866 VU
Symplocos cordifolia 30867 VU
Symplocos bractealis 30868 VU
Eugenia amoena 30870 VU
Eugenia rotundata 30871 VU
Eugenia rufo-fulva 30873 VU
Eugenia rivulorum 30874 VU
Eugenia fulva 30875 VU
Syzygium firmum 30877 VU
Syzygium rotundifolium 30878 VU
Syzygium oliganthum 30879 VU
Syzygium makul 30882 VU
Syzygium micranthum 30883 VU
Carallia calycina 30885 VU
Anisophyllea cinnamomoides 30886 VU
Garcinia terpnophylla var. terpnophylla 30888 VU
Calophyllum bracteatum 30890 VU
Syzygium cordifolium subsp. cordifolium 30892 VU
Symplocos cuneata var. cuneata 30895 VU
Symplocos coronata var. coronata 30896 VU
Syzygium neesianum 30891 VU
Srilankamys ohiensis Ohiya Rat 20688 VU
Ichthyophis orthoplicatus Pattipola Caecilia 59628 VU
Ichthyophis pseudangularis Taylor's Caecilian 59631 VU
Oziothelphusa hippocastanum 61716 VU
Oziothelphusa stricta 61720 VU
Perbrinckia fenestra 61724 VU
Oziothelphusa ritigala 61719 VU
Perbrinckia integra 61728 VU
Columba torringtoniae Ceylon Wood-Pigeon 22690178 VU
Ceratophora aspera Sri-lanka Horned Agama 170383 VU
Pseudophilautus hallidayi 61881 VU
Funambulus layardi Layard's Palm Squirrel 8700 VU
Sturnornis albofrontatus White-faced Starling 22710844 VU
Centropus chlororhynchos Green-billed Coucal 22684257 VU
Uperodon nagaoi 57988 VU
Mangifera zeylanica 31400 VU
Bhesa ceylanica 33505 VU
Euonymus walkeri 33506 VU
Calophyllum mooni 33507 VU
Terminalia parviflora 33508 VU
Mastixia nimali 33509 VU
Aporosa cardiosperma 33511 VU
Nepenthes distillatoria 39656 VU
Litsea longifolia 33516 VU
Memecylon clarkeanum 33517 VU
Memecylon grande 33518 VU
Memecylon varians 33521 VU
Memecylon sylvaticum 33520 VU
Urophyllum ellipticum 33535 VU
Palaquium rubiginosum 33541 VU
Symplocos hispidula 33542 VU
Cyclogomphus gynostylus 60277 VU
Macrogomphus lankanensis 60281 VU
Cinnamomum cappara-coronde 31622 VU
Nannophrys ceylonensis 58389 VU
Gaertnera walkeri 38013 VU
Mastixia macrophylla 38019 VU
Memecylon hookeri 38023 VU
Memecylon leucanthum 38024 VU
Memecylon royenii 38026 VU
Memecylon urceolatum 38027 VU
Psychotria waasii 38031 VU
Strychnos benthami 38035 VU
Syzygium spissum 38040 VU
Psydrax montanum 38042 VU
Lasianthus gardneri 38043 VU
Garrulax cinereifrons Ashy-headed Laughingthrush 22715586 VU
Semecarpus parvifolia 32099 VU
Cleistanthus collinus 34271 VU
Cinnamomum litseifolium 34272 VU
Acacia ferruginea 34273 VU
Urocissa ornata Ceylon Blue Magpie 22705787 VU
Palaquium zeylanicum 36495 VU
Mus mayori Mayor's Mouse 13969 VU
Campnosperma zeylanica 32520 VU
Semecarpus gardneri 32523 VU
Semecarpus marginata 32524 VU
Semecarpus moonii 32525 VU
Semecarpus nigro-viridis 32526 VU
Semecarpus obovata 32527 VU
Semecarpus pubescens Velvet Badulla 32528 VU
Semecarpus subpeltata 32529 VU
Semecarpus walkeri 32530 VU
Willughbeia cirrhifera 32532 VU
Miliusa zeylanica 32534 VU
Enicosanthum acuminatum 32535 VU
Goniothalamus hookeri 32537 VU
Goniothalamus salicinus 32538 VU
Cullenia ceylanica 32539 VU
Syzygium cordifolium subsp. spissum 32542 VU
Symplocos coronata var. glabrifolia 32543 VU
Symplocos cuneata var. acuta 32544 VU
Hydnocarpus octandra 32551 VU
Actinodaphne albifrons 32552 VU
Memecylon macrocarpum 32560 VU
Memecylon ovoideum 32562 VU
Memecylon rotundatum 32564 VU
Byrsophyllum ellipticum 32565 VU
Nargedia macrocarpa 32568 VU
Psychotria stenophylla 32572 VU
Madhuca moonii 32575 VU
Canarium zeylanicum 32577 VU
Mastixia tetrandra 32578 VU
Elaeocarpus glandulifer 32579 VU
Elaeocarpus subvillosus 32580 VU
Erythroxylum obtusifolium 32581 VU
Agrostistachys coriacea 32582 VU
Antidesma pyrifolium 32583 VU
Aporosa lanceolata 32584 VU
Bridelia moonii 32585 VU
Chaetocarpus coriaceus 32586 VU
Cleistanthus ferrugineus 32587 VU
Mallotus fuscescens 32588 VU
Cryptocarya wightiana 32590 VU
Litsea gardneri 32591 VU
Litsea iteodaphne 32592 VU
Gaertnera rosea 32593 VU
Axinandra zeylanica 32595 VU
Memecylon rostratum 32599 VU
Pseudocarapa championii 32600 VU
Myristica ceylanica 32602 VU
Psydrax dicoccos 32604 VU
Ixora jucunda 32605 VU
Psychotria dubia 32607 VU
Allophylus zeylanicus 32609 VU
Glenniea unijuga 32610 VU
Madhuca fulva 32611 VU
Trichadenia zeylanica 32612 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)