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    • About the NBA
    • Using the NBA
    • South Africa’s biodiversity profile
    • The importance of biodiversity
    • Key messages
    • Integrated findings
      • Headline indicators
        • Ecosystem threat status and protection level
          • About ecosystem threat status and the RLE
          • About ecosystem protection level
        • Species threat status and protection level
          • Species trends - Red List Index
          • About species threat status
          • About species protection level
      • Pressures on biodiversity
    • Realm findings
      • Terrestrial
        • Ecosystem types
        • Pressures on biodiversity
        • Ecosystem threat status
        • Ecosystem protection level
        • Intersection of ecosystem threat status and protection level
        • Species status
      • Freshwater
        • Wetland ecosystem types
        • River ecosystem types
        • Pressures on freshwater ecosystems
        • Wetland ecological condition
        • River ecological condition
        • Wetland ecosystem threat status
        • River ecosystem threat status
        • Wetland ecosystem protection level
        • River ecosystem protection level
        • Species status
      • Estuarine
        • Ecosystem types
        • Habitat
        • Pressures
        • Ecological condition
        • Ecosystem threat status
        • Ecosystem protection level
        • Intersection of ecosystem threat status and protection level
      • Marine
        • Ecosystem types
        • Pressures
        • Ecological condition
        • Ecosystem threat status
        • Ecosystem protection level
        • Intersection of ecosystem threat status and protection levels
        • Species status
        • Knowledge gaps, priority actions and priority areas
      • Coast
        • Ecosystem types
        • Pressures and ecological condition
        • Ecosystem threat status
        • Ecosystem protection level
        • Intersection of ecosystem threat status and protection level
        • Species assessments
        • Priority actions and research
      • Subantarctic
    • Species findings
      • Plants
      • Mammals
        • Selected iconic wildlife species
      • Reptiles
      • Birds
        • Seabirds
      • Spiders
      • Butterflies
      • Amphibians
      • Freshwater fishes
        • South African Freshwater fish species recovery actions
      • Freshwater crabs
      • Fairy shrimps (Anostraca)
      • Dragonflies and damselflies
      • Sharks, rays and chimaeras
      • Seabreams (Sparids)
    • Genetic diversity
      • Biodiversity biobanks in South Africa
      • Wildlife forensics in South Africa
      • DNA barcoding in South Africa
    • Priority actions and knowledge gaps
      • Priority actions, responses and interventions
      • Knowledge gaps and research priorities
  1. Contents
  2. Species findings

Plants

Mammals

Reptiles

Birds

Spiders

Butterflies

Amphibians

Freshwater fishes

Freshwater crabs

Fairy shrimps (Anostraca)

Dragonflies and damselflies

Sharks, rays and chimaeras

Seabreams (Sparids)
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The National Biodiversity Assessment (NBA) is a collaborative effort to synthesise the best available science on the status of South Africa’s biodiversity.

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