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Threatened species of St Helena and dependencies
Red-listed species

Search the current Red List for most recent information about the threatened species of St Helena. This search is for the combined protectorate of Ascension, St Helena and Tristan da Cunha.

Of the 125 threatened species listed on the IUCN website, eighteen are declining. Further information may be found below.

Threatened and declining species of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (as of October 2007)
Group Common name Scientific name More information
Plant Atriplex plebeja
False Gumwood Commidendrum spurium
She Cabbage Tree Lachanodes arborea
Small Bellflower Wahlenbergia angustifolia
Large Bellflower Wahlenbergia linifolia
Sharks & Rays (Oceanic) Whitetip Shark Carcharhinus longimanus
Reptiles Green Turtle Chelonia mydas
Birds St Helena Plover
Wirebird
Charadrius sanctaehelenae
Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena
Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans
Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi
Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome
Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila
Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus
Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca
White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos
Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma

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