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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

Mammals

Sea Birds

Threatened

Land Birds

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Extinct

Surviving

New birds (from elsewhere)

  • 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

  • Land Snail Gudeoconcha sophiae
  • Placostylus bivaricosus , endangered endemic snail up to 7 cm long. It has a brown skin on its shell, which disappears when the snails die.
  • one endemic cicada heard in summer
  • small 2 cm long endemic shrimp in streams
  • small 1 cm freshwater crab
  • 7cm long cerambid beetle
  • Lord Howe Stag Beetle Lamprima insularis mainly seen in summer.
  • Longicorn Beetle Agrianome spinicollis
  • Lord Howe Island Phasmid (stick insect) Dryococelus australis, only on Balls Pyramid?
  • Pericryptodrilus nanus earthworm on Mt Gower, endangered

Spiders

183 species observed

Butterflies

24 species

Family Hesperidae
Family Papilionidae
Family Pieridae
Family Nymphalidae
Family Lycaenidae

Reptiles

Fish

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

  • Amphiprion mccullochi McCulloch’s anemone fish
  • Bathygobius aeolosoma frill goby
  • Cantherhines longipinnis longfinned leather jacket
  • Cirrhitus splendens splendid hawkfish
  • Enigmapercis sp sand fish
  • Genicanthus semicinctus half-banded angel fish
  • Insopiscis altipinnis unknown
  • Navodon analis unknown
  • Syngnathus howensis Lord Howe Island pipefish

Plants

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).

from here

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


  • Ficus macrophylla ssp. columnaris. Examples of the Banyan Tree near Ned's Beach or the track to Clear Place.
  • Pandanus forsteri. Along creek beds and soaks of the Island, with the best examples along the Boat Harbour track
  • Chamaesyce psammogeton endangered perennial herb on foreshore
  • The critically endangered species of creeping vine Calystegia affinis has only been found on Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.
  • Another endemic feature of the island are the glowing mushrooms, which can be seen after heavy rain, including species such as Mycena chlorophanos and Omphalotus nidiformis. Found in the palm forests, they continue glowing for a number of days after being picked. The glow is bright enough that it can be used for reading at night.Ten Ridiculously Amazing Things To Do On Lord Howe Island
  • Carmichaelia exsul, vulnerable (no longer threatened)
  • Passiflora herbertiana insulae-howei, vulnerable (no longer endangered)

Endemics otherwise uncategorized

Extinct

Endangered

Vulnerable

Lagunaria Swamp Forest

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

Shrubs or bushes

Wildflowers

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

Inedible fruits

Palms

four endemic palm species on Lord Howe in three endemic genera

Ferns

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

4 species, all endemic, Cyathaea

Orchids

10 species

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