Canterbury

1. 

   Alpine galaxias Galaxias paucispondylus

   • Species group: Fish
   • Threat category: At Risk: Naturally Uncommon
   • Distribution: South Island only.
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2. 

   Angled fruit rush Juncus holoschoenus var. holoschoenus

   • Species group: Sedges, rushes & grasses
   • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
   • Distribution: North Island, Canterbury
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   Australasian bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus

   • Species group: Wetland birds
   • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
   • Distribution: Throughout New Zealand
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4. Australian fairy penguin Eudyptula novaehollandiae

   • Species group: Coastal birds
   • Threat category: At Risk: Recovering
   • Distribution: Coastal areas around Otago and southern Canterbury, and Australia
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   Banded dotterel Charadrius bicinctus bicinctus

   • Species group: Coastal birds
   • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Vulnerable
   • Distribution: Locally in coastal habitats, riverbeds, and occasionally farmland throughout New Zealand
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6. 

   Bignose galaxias Galaxias macronasus

   • Species group: Fish
   • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Vulnerable
   • Distribution: Mackenzie basin.
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   Black shag Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae

   • Species group: Wetland birds
   • Threat category: At Risk: Naturally Uncommon
   • Distribution: Widespread throughout New Zealand
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8. 

   Bloodwood Coprosma wallii

   • Species group: Shrubs
   • Threat category: At Risk: Declining
   • Distribution: North Island and South Island
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   Blue penguin Eudyptula minor

   • Species group: Coastal birds
   • Threat category: At Risk: Declining, At Risk: Naturally Uncommon
   • Distribution: New Zealand shoreline, including Chatham Islands
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10. 

    Bluegill bully Gobiomorphus hubbsi

    • Species group: Fish
    • Threat category: At Risk: Declining
    • Distribution: Widespread.
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11. 

    Brachyscome pinnata

    • Species group: Dicot herbs
    • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
    • Distribution: Canterbury
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12. 

    Buchanan’s sedge Carex buchananii

    • Species group: Sedges, rushes & grasses
    • Threat category: At Risk: Declining
    • Distribution: Uncommon in North Island, but more widespread in South Island
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13. 

    Button daisy Leptinella filiformis

    • Species group: Dicot herbs
    • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
    • Distribution: South Island
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14. 

    Canterbury galaxias Galaxias vulgaris

    • Species group: Fish
    • Threat category: At Risk: Declining
    • Distribution: South Island - predominantly northern and eastern, but also West Coast headwaters.
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15. 

    Canterbury grass skink Oligosoma aff. polychroma Clade 4

    • Species group: Lizards
    • Threat category: At Risk: Declining
    • Distribution: Central Canterbury and West Coast
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16. 

    Canterbury mudfish Neochanna burrowsius

    • Species group: Fish
    • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
    • Distribution: Canterbury Plains and foothills, mainly between the Ashley and Waitaki rivers.
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    Canterbury spotted skink Oligosoma lineoocellatum

    • Species group: Lizards
    • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Vulnerable
    • Distribution: Marlborough southwards to Mid Canterbury
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18. 

    Carex strictissima

    • Species group: Sedges, rushes & grasses
    • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Endangered
    • Distribution: North Island and South Island
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19. Carmichaelia curta

    • Species group: Shrubs
    • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
    • Distribution: South Canterbury and Otago
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20. 

    Carmichaelia vexillata

    • Species group: Shrubs
    • Threat category: At Risk: Declining
    • Distribution: Marlborough, Canterbury, Otago
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