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Discover the incredible plants and animals at the heart of the Phoenix Species Project—each a testament to resilience.

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Stories of Hope

These species already share a story representing what’s at stake – a cross section of taxa across geographies and habitats.

North America
Plants | Critically Endangered

Torrey Pine

Pinus torreyana

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Africa
Fish | Critically Endangered

Steinfort’s Killifish

Nothobranchius steinforti

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Caribbean
Reptiles | Critically Endangered

Union Island Gecko

Gonatodes daudini

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Asia
Reptiles | Critically Endangered

Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle

Rafetus swinhoei

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Latin America
Amphibians | Critically Endangered

Río Faisanes Harlequin Toad

Atelopus coynei

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Latin America
Fish | Critically Endangered

Red Pencilfish

Nannostomus mortenthaleri

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Australasia & Oceania
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Poncelet’s Giant Rat

Solomys ponceleti

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Australasia & Oceania
Birds | Extinct in the Wild

Guam Kingfisher

Todiramphus cinnamominus

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Africa
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Madame Berthe’s Mouse Lemur

Microcebus berthae

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Australasia & Oceania
Birds | Critically Endangered

Kākāpō

Strigops habroptilus

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Latin America
Plants | Critically Endangered

Goma de Canaquil Tree

Parkinsonia peruviana

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Caribbean
Plants | Critically Endangered

Ekman’s Magnolia

Magnolia ekmanii

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North America
Plants | Critically Endangered

Torrey Pine

Pinus torreyana

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Africa
Fish | Critically Endangered

Steinfort’s Killifish

Nothobranchius steinforti

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Caribbean
Reptiles | Critically Endangered

Union Island Gecko

Gonatodes daudini

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Asia
Reptiles | Critically Endangered

Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle

Rafetus swinhoei

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Latin America
Amphibians | Critically Endangered

Río Faisanes Harlequin Toad

Atelopus coynei

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Latin America
Fish | Critically Endangered

Red Pencilfish

Nannostomus mortenthaleri

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Australasia & Oceania
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Poncelet’s Giant Rat

Solomys ponceleti

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Australasia & Oceania
Birds | Extinct in the Wild

Guam Kingfisher

Todiramphus cinnamominus

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Africa
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Madame Berthe’s Mouse Lemur

Microcebus berthae

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Australasia & Oceania
Birds | Critically Endangered

Kākāpō

Strigops habroptilus

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Latin America
Plants | Critically Endangered

Goma de Canaquil Tree

Parkinsonia peruviana

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Caribbean
Plants | Critically Endangered

Ekman’s Magnolia

Magnolia ekmanii

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Asia
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Delacour’s Langur

Trachypithecus delacouri

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Asia
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Bawean Deer

Axis kuhlii

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North America
Invertebrates | Critically Endangered

Appalachian Elktoe

Alasmidonta raveneliana

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Latin America
Plants | Critically Endangered

Almanegra de Ventanas Magnolia

Magnolia polyhypsophylla

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Australasia & Oceania
Reptiles | Critically Endangered

Fijian Crested Iguana

Brachylophus vitiensis

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Africa
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Golden-crowned Sifaka

Propithecus tattersalli

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Asia
Fish | Critically Endangered

Bowmouth Guitarfish

Rhina ancylostomus

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Africa
Plants | Critically Endangered

Fuzzy Belly Button

Conophytum concavum

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North America
Amphibians | Critically Endangered

Hickory Nut Gorge Green Salamander

Aneides caryaensis

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Latin America
Fish | Extinct in the Wild

Charco Azul Pupfish

Cyprinodon veronicae

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Australasia & Oceania
Birds | Critically Endangered

Night Parrot

Pezoporus occidentalis

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Africa
Sharks and Rays | Critically Endangered

Whitespotted Wedgefish

Rhynchobatus australiae

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Asia
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Visayan Warty Pig

Sus cebifrons

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Asia
Birds | Critically Endangered

Vietnam Pheasant

Lophura edwardsi

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Australasia & Oceania
Reptiles | Critically Endangered

Victorian Grassland Earless Dragon

Tympanocryptis pinguicolla

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Fish swimming above rocks
North America
Fish | Critically Endangered

Vermilion Darter

Etheostoma chermocki

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North America
Marine | Critically Endangered

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus

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Latin America
Amphibians | Critically Endangered

Taylor’s Salamander

Ambystoma taylori

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Asia
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Tapanuli Orangutan

Pongo tapanuliensis

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Asia
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Tamaraw

Bubalus mindorensis

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Asia
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Sumatran Rhino

Dicerorhinus sumatrensis

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Asia
Invertebrates | Critically Endangered

Sulawesi Cardinal Shrimp

Caridina dennerli

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monkey in a tree
Africa
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Southern Patas Monkey

Erythrocebus baumstarki

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Latin America
Birds | Extinct in the Wild

Socorro Dove

Zenaida graysoni

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Africa
Sharks and Rays | Critically Endangered

Shorttail Nurse Shark

Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum

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Australasia & Oceania
Reptiles | Critically Endangered

Western Swamp Turtle

Pseudemydura umbrina

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Caribbean
Reptiles | Critically Endangered

Saint Lucia Racer

Erythrolamprus ornatus

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Latin America
Amphibians | Critically Endangered

Restinga Toadlet

Melanophryniscus setiba

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redbelly egg frog
Africa
Amphibians | Critically Endangered

Redbelly Egg Frog

Leptodactylodon erythrogaster

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Latin America
Amphibians | Critically Endangered

Red-banded Poison Frog

Oophaga lehmanni

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North America
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Red Wolf

Canis rufus

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Africa
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Preuss’s Red Colobus

Piliocolobus preussi

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Caribbean
Amphibians | Critically Endangered

Portland Ridge Frog

Eleutherodactylus cavernicola

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Australasia & Oceania
Invertebrates | Critically Endangered

Polynesian Tree Snail

Partula affinis

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Latin America
Reptiles | Critically Endangered

Pink Iguana

Conolophus marthae

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Africa
Reptiles | Critically Endangered

Ploughshare Tortoise

Astrochelys yniphora

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Asia
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Pig-tailed Langur

Simias concolor

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Africa
Reptiles | Critically Endangered

Pancake Tortoise

Malacochersus tornieri

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Asia
Reptiles | Critically Endangered

Palawan Forest Turtle

Siebenrockiella leytensis

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Latin America
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Northern Muriqui

Brachyteles hypoxanthus

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Asia
Amphibians | Critically Endangered

Nilgiris Torrent Frog

Micrixalus spelunca

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Africa
Amphibians | Critically Endangered

Nguru Warty Frog

Callulina meteora

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Caribbean
Amphibians | Critically Endangered

Mountain Chicken

Leptodactylus fallax

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Latin America
Birds | Critically Endangered

Medium Tree-finch

Geospiza pauper

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North America
Birds | Critically Endangered

Maui Parrotbill (Kiwikiu)

Pseudonestor xanthophrys

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Asia
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Malayan Pangolin

Manis javanica

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Latin America
Reptiles | Critically Endangered

Magdalena River Turtle

Podocnemis lewyana

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Africa
Reptiles | Critically Endangered

Madagascan Big-headed Turtle

Erymnochelys madagascariensis

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Asia
Fish | Critically Endangered

Lake Tawar Carp

Poropuntius tawarensis

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Latin America
Amphibians | Critically Endangered

Lake Junín Giant Frog

Telmatobius macrostomus

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Africa
Plants | Critically Endangered

Kimboza Cola

Cola kimbozensis

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Asia
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Javan Rhino

Rhinoceros sondaicus

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Caribbean
Reptiles | Critically Endangered

Jamaican Iguana

Cyclura collei

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Africa
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Indri

Indri indri

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Asia
Fish | Critically Endangered

Hump-backed Mahseer

Tor remadevii

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Africa
Amphibians | Critically Endangered

Helena’s Stump-toed Frog

Anilany helenae

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North America
Birds | Extinct in the Wild

Hawaiian Crow (ʻAlalā)

Corvus hawaiiensis

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Caribbean
Birds | Critically Endangered

Grenada Dove

Leptotila wellsi

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Asia
Sharks and Rays | Critically Endangered

Green Sawfish

Pristis zijsron

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Latin America
Fish | Extinct in the Wild

Golden Skiffia

Skiffia francesae

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Asia
Reptiles | Critically Endangered

Gharial

Gavialis gangeticus

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Africa
Reptiles | Critically Endangered

Geometric Tortoise

Psammobates geometricus

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Latin America
Birds | Critically Endangered

Galápagos Petrel

Pterodroma phaeopygia

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Asia
Reptiles | Critically Endangered

Four-eyed Turtle

Sacalia quadriocellata

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Asia
Reptiles | Critically Endangered

Forsten’s Tortoise

Indotestudo forstenii

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Latin America
Reptiles | Critically Endangered

Fernandina Giant Tortoise

Chelonoidis phantasticus

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Australasia & Oceania
Birds | Critically Endangered

Fatu Hiva Monarch

Pomarea whitneyi

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Australasia & Oceania
Plants | Critically Endangered

Drautabua

Acmopyle sahniana

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Latin America
Amphibians | Critically Endangered

Cuetzalan Salamander

Aquiloeurycea quetzalanensis

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Latin America
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Cozumel Harvest Mouse

Reithrodontomys spectabilis

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Latin America
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Cotton-top Tamarin

Oedipomidas oedipus

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Latin America
Plants | Critically Endangered

Chigua

Zamia wallisii

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Latin America
Birds | Critically Endangered

Cherry-throated Tanager

Nemosia rourei

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Australasia & Oceania
Birds | Critically Endangered

Chatham Island Taiko

Pterodroma magentae

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Australasia & Oceania
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Central Rock Rat

Zyzomys pedunculatus

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Latin America
Amphibians | Critically Endangered

Casque-headed Painted Treefrog

Nyctimantis pomba

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Latin America
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Brown Spider Monkey

Ateles hybridus

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Latin America
Amphibians | Critically Endangered

Bogotá Harlequin Toad

Atelopus subornatus

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North America
Reptiles | Critically Endangered

Bog Turtle

Glyptemys muhlenbergii

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Latin America
Birds | Critically Endangered

Blue-eyed Ground-dove

Columbina cyanopis

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Asia
Birds | Critically Endangered

Black-hooded Coucal

Centropus steerii

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Africa
Plants | Critically Endangered

Barnard’s Iris

Moraea barnardii

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Caribbean
Reptiles | Critically Endangered

Barbados Leaf-toed Gecko

Phyllodactylus pulcher

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Asia
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Banteng

Bos javanicus

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Caribbean
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Bahamian Hutia

Geocapromys ingrahami

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Asia
Mammals | Critically Endangered

Attenborough’s Long-beaked Echidna

Zaglossus attenboroughi

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Caribbean
Reptiles | Critically Endangered

Antiguan Racer

Alsophis antiguae

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Asia
Reptiles | Critically Endangered

Vietnamese Pond Turtle

Mauremys annamensis

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