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.
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.
See also research and monitoring.