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

Mammals

 * Lord Howe Island Bat Nyctophilus howensis Camera-photo.svg, extinct
 * Large Forest Bat Eptesicus sagittula Camera-photo.svg

Threatened

 * Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri Camera-photo.svg, Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands are the only breeding sites in the world. Little Island Track between March and November to view the spectacular aerial courtship displays, winter breeding.
 * Masked Booby Sula dactylatra tasmani, nesting and gliding along the sea clifs at Mutton Bird Point
 * Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes Camera-photo.svg
 * Red-tailed tropic bird Phaethon rubricauda viewed from the northern Hills or the Goathouse walking track below Mt. Lidgbird
 * White Tern Gygis alba, lay single egg on a bare branch until April
 * Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata, September to January
 * White-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta grallaria Camera-photo.svg
 * Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta Camera-photo.svg
 * Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis Camera-photo.svg
 * Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis Camera-photo.svg

Land Birds
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Extinct

 * White Gallinule Porphyrio albus
 * White-throated Pigeon Columba vitiensis godmanae
 * Lord Howe Red-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae subflavescens
 * Lord Howe Island Boobook Owl Ninox novaeseelandiae albaria
 * Tasman Starling (Lord Howe Is. Subsp.) Aplonis fusca hullianus
 * Lord Howe Gerygone Gerygone insularis
 * Grey Fantail (Lord Howe Is. subsp.) Rhipidura fuliginosa cervina
 * Island Thrush (Lord Howe Is. subsp.) Turdus poliocephalus vinitinctus
 * Robust White-eye Zosterops strenuus

Surviving

 * Emerald Ground Dove, Chalcophaps indica
 * Sacred Kingfisher
 * Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
 * Lord Howe Island White-eye Zosterops lateralis tephropleurus Camera-photo.svg endemic species, vulnerable
 * Lord Howe Woodhen Camera-photo.svg endemic species
 * Lord Howe Island Currawong Pied Currawong Strepera graculina crissalis Camera-photo.svg endemic subspecies, vulnerable
 * Lord Howe Island Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis contempta Camera-photo.svg endemic subspecies, vulnerable

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 Camera-photo.svg
 * Placostylus bivaricosus Camera-photo.svg, 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 Camera-photo.svg mainly seen in summer.
 * Longicorn Beetle Agrianome spinicollis Camera-photo.svg
 * Lord Howe Island Phasmid (stick insect) Dryococelus australis, only on Balls Pyramid?
 * Pericryptodrilus nanus Camera-photo.svg earthworm on Mt Gower, endangered

Spiders
183 species observed


 * Bird shit spider Archemorus occidentalis
 * Brown huntsman spider (Heteropoda sp.)
 * Golden orb weaver Nephila plumipes
 * Saint Andrews cross spider Argiope keyserlingi

Butterflies
24 species

Family Hesperidae

 * Taractrocera papyria - White grass dart Camera-photo.svg

Family Papilionidae

 * Papilio aegeus Orchard swallowtail
 * Graphium macleayanum Graphium macleayanus Macleay's swallowtail
 * Papilio demoleus Chequered swallowtail

Family Pieridae

 * Eurema smilax Small grass yellow Camera-photo.svg
 * Eurema brigitta No brand grass yellow
 * Catopsilia pyranthe Common migrant
 * Appiaas paulina Common albatross Camera-photo.svg
 * Anapheis java Caper white Camera-photo.svg

Family Nymphalidae

 * Danaus plexippus Monarch or Wanderer
 * ''Danaus chrysippus Lesser Wanderer
 * Danaus hamatus Tirumala hamata Blue tiger Camera-photo.svg
 * Polyura pyrrhus Four tail Camera-photo.svg
 * Euploea core Common crow Oleander butterfly
 * Melanitis leda Evening brown
 * Hypolimnas bolina Common eggfly
 * Vanessa kershawi Junonia villida Australian painted lady

Family Lycaenidae

 * Boeticus Pea blue Long tailed blue
 * Everes lacturnus Tailed cupid
 * Lucia limbaria Small copper
 * Zizina labradus Common grass blue
 * Candalides xanthospilos Yellow spot blue Camera-photo.svg

Reptiles

 * Lord Howe Island Southern Gecko Christinus guentheri Camera-photo.svg, vulnerable
 * Lord Howe Island Skink Pseudomoia lichenigerum Camera-photo.svg, vulnerable
 * Garden Skink Lampropholis delicata, accidentally introduced recently

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). 

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 * 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

 * Melicope contermina, very uncommon
 * Apium insulare, very uncommon
 * Chionochloa conspicua, very uncommon
 * Alyxia squamulosa, abundant
 * Xylosma, very uncommon
 * Lepidorrachis moorei, very uncommon
 * Melicytus novae-zelandiae centurionis, very uncommon
 * Rapanea mccomishii, very uncommon
 * Carmichaelia exsul, very uncommon
 * Olearia mooneyi, very uncommon
 * Plectorrhiza erecta (orchid), very uncommon
 * Wahlenbergia insulae-howei, common
 * Olearia ballii, common

Extinct

 * Solanum baueranum, not since 1937, used to be collected many times, the only plant likely extinct due to man
 * Pandanus pedunculatus
 * Calystegia affinis, not since 1936
 * Pseuderanthemum grandiflorum, herb
 * Sicyos australis, twiner
 * Plectranthus graveolens, herb
 * Pelargonium australe, herb

Endangered

 * Aegiceras coniculatum, shrub, tidal estuaries
 * Typha, graminoid, brackish swamp
 * Triglochin striata, graminoid, tidal estuaries
 * Leptopteris moorei, endemic, tufted fern, damp rock faces in montane forest
 * Marattia salicina howeana, endemic, tufted fern, forest, all altitudes

Vulnerable

 * Caesalpinia bonduc Vine-shrub Coastal scrub
 * Hibiscus tiliaceus Tree Swamps
 * Mucuna gigantea Vine Lowland forest
 * Parietaria debilis Herb Coast
 * Passiflora herbertiana insulae-howei, endemic, Twiner Forest
 * Botrychium australe Fern Forest
 * Asplenium howeanum, endemic, Tufted Moist forest, fern montane forest
 * Carex pumila, Graminoid, estuary, unknown abundance

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:
 * Aegiceras corniculatum
 * Apium prostratum howense
 * Atriplex prostrata
 * Avicennia marina
 * Celtis conferta amblyphylla
 * Commelina cyanea
 * Cryptocarya triplinervis
 * Cyperus lucidus
 * Ficus macrophylla columnaris
 * Flagellaria indica
 * Hibiscus tileaceus
 * Howea forsteriana
 * Hydrocotyle hirta
 * Lagunaria patersonia patersonia
 * Lobelia anceps
 * Myoporum insulare
 * Ochrosia elliptica
 * Oxalis corniculata sens. lat.
 * Parsonsia howeana
 * Sesuvium portulacastrum
 * Sophora howinsula
 * Syzygium fullagarii
 * Triglochin striata
 * Typha domingensis
 * Vigna marina
 * Wollastonia biflora

Climbers

 * Alyxia vine Alyxia lindii
 * Beach pea Canavalia rosea
 * Boat vine Marsdenia rostrata
 * Burny bean Mucuna gigantea
 * Calystegia Calystegia affinis
 * Clematis Clematis glycinoides
 * Jasmin Jasminum didymum
 * Native passionfruit Passiflora herbertiana
 * Scrambling lily Geitonoplesium cymosum
 * Stephania Stephania japonica
 * Wonga vine Pandorea pandorana

Shrubs or bushes

 * Bullybush Cassinia tenuifolia
 * Christmas bush Alyxia ruscifolia
 * Heath Leucopogon parviflorus
 * Hopwood Dodonaea viscosa
 * Kava Macropiper excelsum
 * Pimelia Pimelia congesta
 * Swamp lily Crinum asiaticum
 * Tea tree Melaleuca howeana
 * Wedding lily Dietes robinsoniana

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


 * Mountain Rose Metrosideros nervulosa and Metrosideros sclerocarpa, bright red spiky
 * Fitzgeraldii Tree Dracophyllum fitzgeraldii white spiky
 * Pumpkin Tree Negria rhabdothamnoides at altitude, orange fleshy flowers
 * Corokia Corokia carpoetoides bushes, masses of tiny yellow flowers.
 * Wedding Lily Dietes robinsoniana large white flowers with yellow markings from June to November

Inedible fruits

 * Berrywood Tree Ochrosia elliptica, red berry
 * Christmas Bush Alyxia ruscifolia, orange berry
 * Green Plum Atractocarpus stipularis
 * Blue Plum Chionanthus quadristamineus
 * Black Grape Psychotria carronis
 * Island Apple Dysoxylon pachyphyllum

Palms
four endemic palm species on Lord Howe in three endemic genera
 * Kentia Palm Howea Forsteriana, export industry
 * Curly Palms Howea belmoreana, lowlands and a little higher
 * Big Mountain Palms Hedyscepe canterburyana 400m+, golf-ball seeds
 * Little Mountain Palms Lepidorrhachis mooreana summits, marble-sized fruit

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


 * Polystichum moorei endemic Shield fern crowded under rocky overhangs at base of southern mountains.
 * Adiantum hispidulum Rough maidenhair, found elsewhere
 * Grammitis nudicarpa small epiphytic, endemic, densely shaded summits of southern mountains
 * Cyrtomium falcatum, introduced
 * Stieherus sp.
 * Blechnum patersonii
 * Botrychium australe
 * Adiantum aethiopicum
 * Leptopteris moorei, endemic
 * Asplenium howeanum, endemic
 * Marattia salicina var. howeana, endemic
 * Ophioglossum prantlii
 * Lycopodium myrtif olium
 * Pyrrosia confluens
 * Tmesipteris truncata

Tree ferns
4 species, all endemic, Cyathaea
 * Cyathea macarthurii distinguishing dark brown to black hairs at stipe bases, all altitudes.

Orchids
10 species
 * Bush Orchid Dendrobium macropus Dendrobium comptonii lowland (Aug/Sep flowers)
 * Moorei Orchid Dendrobium moorei, higher up, endemic, flowers most of year
 * others smaller and rarer with brief flowering:
 * Bulbophyllum orchid Bulbophyllum argyropus
 * Christmas orchid Calanthe triplicata
 * Greenhood orchid Pterostylis curta
 * Helmet orchid Corybas barbarae
 * Onion orchid Microtis unifolia