Species search results
Searched: Region = Canterbury
Alpine galaxias Galaxias paucispondylus
- Species group: Fish
- Threat category: At Risk: Naturally Uncommon
- Distribution: South Island only.
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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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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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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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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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Bluegill bully Gobiomorphus hubbsi
- Species group: Fish
- Threat category: At Risk: Declining
- Distribution: Widespread.
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Brachyscome pinnata
- Species group: Dicot herbs
- Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
- Distribution: Canterbury
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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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Button daisy Leptinella filiformis
- Species group: Dicot herbs
- Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
- Distribution: South Island
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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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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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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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Carex strictissima
- Species group: Sedges, rushes & grasses
- Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Endangered
- Distribution: North Island and South Island
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Carmichaelia curta
- Species group: Shrubs
- Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
- Distribution: South Canterbury and Otago
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Carmichaelia vexillata
- Species group: Shrubs
- Threat category: At Risk: Declining
- Distribution: Marlborough, Canterbury, Otago
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