Cocos (Keeling) Islands

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Threatened

25

CR + EN + VU

Critically Endangered

1

CR

Endemic Threatened

0

Found only here

Declining

0%

0 species

Category Breakdown

Distribution of 25 threatened species

EN 5
VU 19
CR: 1
EN: 5
VU: 19
Taxonomic Breakdown

Threatened % by group

birds2/2 (100%)
other invertebrates14/14 (100%)
plants1/1 (100%)
corals8/8 (100%)
Top Threats in Cocos (Keeling) Islands

No threat data available

Endemic Spotlight

0 endemic threatened species found only here

Humphead wrasse

EN

Cheilinus undulatus

Sandfish

EN

Holothuria scabra

whale shark

EN

Rhincodon typus

Grey Shark, Blacktail reef shark, Grey reef shark

EN

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos

All Species in Cocos (Keeling) Islands (25)
SpeciesStatusGroupTrend
Humphead wrasseCheilinus undulatusENother invertebrates?
Marbled Grouper, Camouflage grouperEpinephelus polyphekadionVUother invertebrates?
brown-marbled grouperEpinephelus fuscoguttatusVUother invertebrates?
leaf coralPavona venosaVUcorals?
SandfishHolothuria scabraENother invertebrates?
Deep Water RedfishActinopyga echinitesVUother invertebrates?
Green humphead parrotfishBolbometopon muricatumVUother invertebrates?
Potato Chip CoralPavona cactusVUcorals?
pore coralMontipora angulataVUcorals?
pore coralMontipora capricornisVUcorals?
pore coralMontipora lobulataVUcorals?
Cactus CoralPavona decussataVUcorals?
lesser knob coralCyphastrea agassiziVUcorals?
crust coralLeptastrea aequalisVUcorals?
Bigeye tunaThunnus obesusVUother invertebrates?
whale sharkRhincodon typusENother invertebrates?
Blue SharkPrionace glaucaVUother invertebrates?
Blacktip reef sharkCarcharhinus melanopterusVUother invertebrates?
whitetip reef sharkTriaenodon obesusVUother invertebrates?
Grey Shark, Blacktail reef shark, Grey reef sharkCarcharhinus amblyrhynchosENother invertebrates?
Thresher, Thintail thresher, Thresher SharkAlopias vulpinusVUother invertebrates?
WhiptailAlopias superciliosusVUother invertebrates?
Curlew SanspiperCalidris ferrugineaVUbirds?
Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensisENbirds?
Jack BeanCanavalia pubescensCRplants?
AI Biodiversity Brief

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