Biodiversity - List Species on a Lineage

Authority Name Bonn Convention (CMS) 1979 - Appendix II
Authority Name (Expanded) Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
Authority URL http://www.wcmc.org.uk/cms/
Date Signed 23-Jun-1979
Date Ratified 1-Nov-1983
Current Yes
Category Convention Measures
Purpose/Comments Appendix II lists migratory species which have an unfavourable conservation status and which require or would benefit from international agreements for their conservation and management.

List of 29 species sorted by family. (View same list sorted by Kingdom)

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FamilyScientific NameAuthorityCommon Name Status
Anatidae Cygnus melanocorypha (Molina, 1782) Black-necked Swan Not set
Balaenidae Eubalaena marginata Gray, 1846 Pygmy Right Whale Threatened
Balaenopteridae Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister, 1867 Antarctic Minke Whale, Dark-shoulder Minke Whale Vulnerable
Balaenopteridae Balaenoptera borealis Lesson,1828 Sei Whale Vulnerable
Balaenopteridae Balaenoptera physalus Linnaeus,1758 Fin Whale Not set
Delphinidae Globicephala melas Traill,1809 Long-finned Pilot Whale Not set
Delphinidae Lagenorhynchus obscurus Gray,1828 Dusky Dolphin Not set
Delphinidae Orcinus orca Linnaeus,1758 Killer Whale Not set
Delphinidae Tursiops truncatus Montagu,1821 Bottlenose Dolphin Not set
Diomedeidae Diomedea epomophora Lesson,1825 Southern Royal Albatross Vulnerable
Diomedeidae Diomedea exulans Linnaeus,1758 Wandering Albatross Vulnerable
Diomedeidae Phoebetria fusca Hilsenberg,1822 Sooty Albatross Not set
Diomedeidae Phoebetria palpebrata Forster,1785 Light-mantled Sooty Albatross Not set
Diomedeidae Thalassarche bulleri Rothschild, 1893 Buller's Albatross Not set
Diomedeidae Thalassarche chlororhynchos Gmelin, 1789 Yellow-nosed Albatross, Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Not set
Diomedeidae Thalassarche chrysostoma Forster,1785 Grey-headed Albatross Not set
Diomedeidae Thalassarche melanophrys Temminck, 1828 Black-browed Albatross Not set
Laridae Sterna bergii Lichtenstein,1823 Crested Tern Vulnerable
Laridae Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan,1763 Arctic Tern Vulnerable
Otariidae Arctocephalus australis Zimmerman, 1783 South American Fur Seal Not set
Otariidae Otaria flavescens Shaw, 1800 South American sea lion Not set
Physeteridae Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus,1758 Sperm Whale Vulnerable
Procellariidae Macronectes giganteus Gmelin,1789 Southern Giant Petrel Not set
Procellariidae Macronectes halli Mathews,1912 Northern Giant Petrel Not set
Procellariidae Procellaria aequinoctialis ssp. conspicillata Linnaeus,1758 White-chinned Petrel Not set
Procellariidae Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus,1758 White-chinned Petrel Vulnerable
Procellariidae Procellaria cinerea Gmelin,1789 Grey Petrel Vulnerable
Procellariidae Procellaria parkinsoni Gray,1862 Black Petrel Vulnerable
Procellariidae Procellaria westlandica Falla,1946 Westland Petrel Vulnerable