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Species at Lord Howe Island. means that Commons only has a few photos (or none), and none of high quality.

Animals

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Mammals

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Sea Birds

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Threatened

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Land Birds

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reference [1]

Extinct

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Surviving

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New birds (from elsewhere)

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  • Whitefaced Heron
  • European Songthrush
  • European Blackbird
  • Nankeen Kestrel
  • Australian Magpie Lark (Peewee)
  • Common Starling
  • Masked Owl (introduced to kill the rats)
  • Mallard cross Pacific Black duck
  • Welcome Swallow
  • Eastern Swamphen
  • Masked Lapwing

Invertebrates

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Spiders

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183 species observed [4]

Butterflies

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24 species

Family Pieridae
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Family Nymphalidae
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Family Lycaenidae
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Reptiles

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Fish

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Fish species endemic to the waters of Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, and Tasman Sea region[7]

Plants

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241 vascular plants natively on Lord Howe, 105 endemic. 5 endemic plant genera: Negria, Lordhowea, and the palms Hedyscepe, Howea, and Lepidorrhachis (Rodd and Pickard 1983). [8]

from here [9]

  • 52 tree species
  • 24 shrub species
  • 24 creeper species
  • 11 orchid species
  • 28 grasses and sedges
  • 48 herb species
  • 56 fern species


Endemics otherwise uncategorized

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Extinct [11]

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Endangered [12]

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Vulnerable [13]

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Lagunaria Swamp Forest[14]

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10-15 m tall Lagunaria patersonia patersonia (Sallywood), sometimes Hibiscus tileaceus (Kurrajong) and Myoporum insulare (Juniper) (Pickard 1983, Auld and Hutton 2002). Shrubs sparse Aegiceras corniculatum (Mangrove), Cryptocarya triplinervis (Blackbutt) and Celtis conferta amblyphylla (Cotton-Wood). Groundcover sparse where canopy solid Cyperus lucidus (Cutting grass), Commelina cyanea and Hydrocotyle hirta.

Characteristic species:

Climbers

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Shrubs or bushes

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Wildflowers

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Plants in bloom in April: Myoporum insulare (Juniper), Cassinia tenuifolia (Bullybush), Bloodwood, Christmas Bush, Axehandlewood, Big Mountain Palm and Exocarpos

Inedible fruits

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Palms

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four endemic palm species on Lord Howe in three endemic genera

Ferns

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57 species, 19 endemic. Strong endemism exists in the families Asteraceae, Myrsinaceae, Myrtaceae and Rubiaceae. Grow around the southern mountains including Mount Gower.

Tree ferns

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4 species, all endemic, Cyathaea

Orchids

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10 species