Threatened species: Tāwharanui Marine Reserve report card

Introduction

Which threatened species are present in Tāwharanui Marine Reserve?

Species and classification

The table below lists all the threatened and at risk species that have been observed in the marine reserve. The species are classified using the New Zealand Threat Classification System.

Threatened and at risk species observed in the marine reserve
Common and Māori name	Species	Threat status
Bryde's whale	Balaenoptera edeni	Nationally Critical
Killer whale, orca, kera wēra	Orcinus orca	Nationally Critical
Bottlenose dolphin, terehu	Tursiops truncatus	Nationally Endangered
Little penguin, kororā	Eudyptula minor	Declining
Salvin’s mollywawk, toroa	Thalassarche salvini	Nationally Critical
Cook's petrel, tītī	Pterodroma cookii	Relict
Black petrel, tāiko	Procellaria parkinsoni	Nationally Vulnerable
White-faced storm petrel, takahikare	Pelagodroma marina	Relict
Sooty shearwater, tītī	Puffinus griseus	Declining
Flesh-footed shearwater, toanu	Puffinus carneipes hullianus	Declining
Fluttering shearwater, pahaka	Puffinus gavia	Relict
Buller’s shearwater	Puffinus bulleri	Naturally Uncommon
Northern diving petrel	Pelecanoides urinatrix urinatrix	Relict
Banded dotterel, pohowera	Charadrius bicinctus bicinctus	Nationally Vulnerable
New Zealand dotterel, tūturiwhatu	Charadrius obscurus	Nationally Vulnerable
Black shag, kawau tūī	Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae	Naturally Uncommon
Pied shag, karuhiruhi	Phalacrocorax varius varius	Nationally Vulnerable
Little black shag, kawau tūī	Phalacrocorax sulcirostris	Naturally Uncommon
Little shag, kawaupaka	Phalacrocorax melanoleucos brevirostris	Naturally Uncommon
South Island pied oystercatcher, torea	Haematopus ostralegus finschi	Declining
Variable oystercatcher, torea	Haematopus unicolor	Recovering
White-fronted tern, tara	Sterna striata	Declining
Caspian tern, taranui	Hydroprogne caspia	Nationally Vulnerable
Red-billed gull, tarāpunga	Larus novaehollandiae	Nationally Vulnerable
Reef heron, matuku moana	Egretta sacra	Nationally Endangered
Fairy prion, tītī wainui	Pachyptila turtur	Relict
Bar-tailed godwit, kuaka	Limosa lapponica	Declining

Reports

A list of threatened species in the Hauraki Gulf can be found in the Auckland Conservation Management Strategy 2014–2024. See Appendix 6, Table A6.3.

Threatened species in Tāwharanui Marine Reserve

Introduction

Species and classification

Reports

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