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A full-body African elephant on a rock in the savannah at sunset, with zebras and giraffes behind

Species

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Learn what each species is like, find out where it lives in the wild, and plan your next sighting — all in one place.

2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

Parks connected

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Apex predators187speciesGiants of nature57speciesThreatened species515speciesNight life768speciesBig cats39speciesPolar wildlife74speciesEndemic species6speciesThe Big Five6species

Conservation

Showing 19 species · Rakiura (Stewart Island)

Showing 19 species · Rakiura (Stewart Island)

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Endangered

Yellow-eyed Penguin

Megadyptes antipodes

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Great Pied Cormorant

Phalacrocorax varius

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Least Concern

Common Brush-tailed Possum

Trichosurus vulpecula

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Little Penguin

Eudyptula minor

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
Least Concern

Spotted Shag

Phalacrocorax punctatus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Least Concern

Australian Magpie

Cracticus tibicen

OmnivoreDiurnalFamily group
Endangered

New Zealand Kaka

Nestor meridionalis

OmnivoreDiurnalEndangered
Endangered

South Island Takahe

Porphyrio hochstetteri

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Vulnerable

Wetapunga

Deinacrida heteracantha

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
Relevancia
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Great White SharkVulnerable

Great White Shark

Carcharodon carcharias

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
68 countries31 parks16 dive sites
Southern Royal AlbatrossVulnerable

Southern Royal Albatross

Diomedea epomophora

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
15 countries5 parks1 dive site
Black-browed AlbatrossLeast Concern

Black-browed Albatross

Thalassarche melanophris

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
17 countries19 parks
New Zealand Fur SealLeast Concern

New Zealand Fur Seal

Arctocephalus forsteri

CarnivoreColonialOcean
2 countries6 parks12 dive sites
WekaVulnerable

Weka

Gallirallus australis

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
1 country6 parks
Vulnerable

Southern Brown Kiwi

Apteryx australis

InsectivoreNocturnalIn pairs
1 country5 parks
Endangered

Hector's Dolphin

Cephalorhynchus hectori

CarnivoreDiurnalEndangered
1 country5 parks3 dive sites
Least Concern

Kelp Gull

Larus dominicanus

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial
13 countries34 parks
Least Concern

Common Diving-Petrel

Pelecanoides urinatrix

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
12 countries11 parks
Near Threatened

Fiordland Penguin

Eudyptes pachyrhynchus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
1 country5 parks1 dive site
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Bony fish
Insects
Endangered
1 country2 parks
4 countries49 parks
2 countries59 parks
2 countries15 parks
1 country16 parks
4 countries68 parks
1 country9 parks
1 country3 parks
1 country10 parks