Christmas Island

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Threatened

24

CR + EN + VU

Critically Endangered

0

CR

Endemic Threatened

1

Found only here

Declining

0%

0 species

Category Breakdown

Distribution of 24 threatened species

EN 8
VU 16
CR: 0
EN: 8
VU: 16
Taxonomic Breakdown

Threatened % by group

birds2/2 (100%)
insects1/1 (100%)
other invertebrates13/13 (100%)
plants2/2 (100%)
corals6/6 (100%)
Top Threats in Christmas Island

No threat data available

Endemic Spotlight

1 endemic threatened species found only here

Humphead wrasse

EN

Cheilinus undulatus

whale shark

EN

Rhincodon typus

Thickskin shark

EN

Carcharhinus plumbeus

Grey Shark, Blacktail reef shark, Grey reef shark

EN

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos

All Species in Christmas Island (24)
SpeciesStatusGroupTrend
Christmas Island Stick-insectRamulus stilpnoidesVUinsects?
Humphead wrasseCheilinus undulatusENother invertebrates?
Blue CoralHeliopora coeruleaVUcorals?
Christmas Island Hawk-OwlNinox natalisVUbirds?
leaf coralPavona venosaVUcorals?
Natal RockskipperPraealticus natalisVUother invertebrates?
leaf coralPavona bipartitaVUcorals?
pore coralMontipora crassituberculataVUcorals?
pore coralMontipora turtlensisVUcorals?
net coralAlveopora allingiVUcorals?
Bigeye tunaThunnus obesusVUother invertebrates?
whale sharkRhincodon typusENother invertebrates?
Blue SharkPrionace glaucaVUother invertebrates?
Thickskin sharkCarcharhinus plumbeusENother invertebrates?
Oceanic Whitetip SharkCarcharhinus longimanusVUother invertebrates?
whitetip reef sharkTriaenodon obesusVUother invertebrates?
Grey Shark, Blacktail reef shark, Grey reef sharkCarcharhinus amblyrhynchosENother invertebrates?
silky sharkCarcharhinus falciformisVUother invertebrates?
Smooth-tail mobula, Smoothtail mobulaMobula thurstoniENother invertebrates?
Porcupine rayUrogymnus asperrimusVUother invertebrates?
Christmas Island Blind SnakeRamphotyphlops exocoetiENother invertebrates?
Cycas lindstromiiENplants?
Curlew SanspiperCalidris ferrugineaVUbirds?
Arabica coffee, Arabian coffee, Coffee tree, Coffee,Coffea arabicaENplants?
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