Norfolk Island
Birds
found nowhere
else include the Norfolk Island Parakeet (Australasian
Bird Image Database), the Slender-billed White-eye (BirdLife
Int'l), and the White-chested White-eye (Wikipedia).
The Norfolk Island Gerygone Gerygone
modesta (Australasian
Bird Image Database) is also usually considered a full
species. The Norfolk Island Ground-dove Gallicolumba norfolciensis
(Te
Papa) and Norfolk Island Kaka Nestor productus (Naturalis)
are extinct.
Marine fish known only from Norfolk Island include a sandperch Parapercis colemani
(eol),
a
cusk eel Dipulus
norfolkanus (eol),
a combtooth blenny Parablennius
serratolineatus (Morphbank),
and a shore-eel Alabes
springeri (eol).
Insects unique to Norfolk Island include the Nythos Island Cricket Insulascirtus nythos
(OSF),
the Norfolk Island Spiny Katydid Beiericolya
tardipes (OSF),
another
katydid Caedicia
araucariae (OSF),
the Norfolk Island Cicada Kikihia
convicta (ALA),
an ant Ponera mina
(p. 13 of Antbase
pdf file), a leafroller moth Tracholena
hedraea (Tortricid.net),
and the looper moths Austrocidaria
ralstonae and Pseudocoremia
christiani (both at Butterflies
on Stamps). Other endemic invertebrates include the land
snails Mathewsoconcha
suteri (Te
Papa) and Advena campbelli
(top right of Robert
V.J. Varman), a salt marsh snail Omphalotropis suteri
(Te
Papa), a centipede Cormocephalus
coynei (p. 3 of environment.gov.au
pdf file) and a freshwater shrimp Paratya
norfolkensis (p. 6 of EcoNorfolk
pdf file).
The 44 endemic species of vascular plants include the Norfolk Island
Pine (ARKive),
the Norfolk Island Tree Fern (PlantFiles),
the Chaff Tree (APII),
the Phillip Island Hibiscus (ARKive),
the Norfolk Island Orchid ( p. 11 of SOSWA
pdf file),
the Shieldfern (Flora
of Australia), the Popwood (environment.gov.au),
the
Norfolk Island Abutilon (environment.gov.au),
the Hanging Fork-fern and a beech Myrsine ralstoniae
(both on p. 8 of environment.gov.au
pdf file),
the
Norfolk Island Mahoe (environment.gov.au), the Norfolk Island
Euphorbia (environment.gov.au),
the Broad-leaved Meryta (Wikipedia),
Capparis nobilis
(APII),
Korthalsella disticha
(APII),
Pittosporum bracteolatum
(APII),
Coprosma pilosa
(APII),
and Clematis dubia
(APII).
Endemic genera include Ungeria
(environment.gov.au)
and
the probably
extinct Streblorrhiza
(Wikipedia).
Although Norfolk Island is a territory of Australia,
biologically it is
part of the New Zealand biodiversity hotspot (Biodiversity
Hotspots).
It comprises the Norfolk Island Subtropical Forests ecoregion (EoE). A list of the
vascular plants indicating
the endemic species is at (Wikipedia).
Descriptions of many of Norfolk Islands threatened endemic
species can be found in the "Norfolk Island Region Threatened Species
Recovery Plan" (environment.gov.au
pdf file)