Threatened fauna Alpine Shire

Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Alpine Shire which are considered threatened under the FFG Threatened List 2021. 

 

Victorian conservation status

 
EW Extinct in Wild
RX Regionally Extinct
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
th Threatened

 

Common name

Scientific name

Conservation status

    Victorian FFG threatened list  

Alpine Shire – threatened birds

Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis VU
Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea -
Black-eared Cuckoo Chrysococcyx osculans -  
Black Falcon Falco subniger CR  
Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus victoriae -
Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius CR  
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia VU  
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Calamanthus pyrrhopygius VU  
Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis EN  
Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata VU  
Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata VU  
Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta VU  
Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae -
Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa EN  
Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum EN  
Glossy Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami CR  
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus -  
Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis temporalis VU  
Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiae EN  
Ground Cuckoo-shrike Coracina maxima EN  
Hardhead Aythya australis VU
Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata VU  
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii -  
Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis pectoralis VU  
Little Button-quail Turnix velox -  
Little Egret Egretta garzetta nigripes EN  
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Lophocroa leadbeateri CR  
Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae novaehollandiae CR  
Musk Duck Biziura lobata VU
Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus -
Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta VU  
Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius -
Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus CR  
Powerful Owl Ninox strenua VU  
Plumed Egret Ardea intermedia plumifera CR  
Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrropygia pyrropygia -  
Regent Honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia CR  
Regent Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus monarchoides VU  
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia -  
Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa tenebricosa EN  
Speckled Warbler Chthonicola sagittatus EN  
Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis -
Spotted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum -  
Superb Parrot Polytelis swainsonii EN  
Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor CR  
Turquoise Parrot Neophema pulchella VU  
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus -
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster EN  
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus VU
     

Alpine Shire – threatened mammals

Broad-toothed Rat Mastacomys fuscus mordicus VU  
Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa VU  
Common Bent-wing Bat Miniopterus schreibersii (GROUP) -  
Dingo Canis lupus dingo VU  
Eastern Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus megaphyllus megaphyllus EN  
Eastern Pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus -  
Long-footed Potoroo Potorous longipes EN  
Mountain Pygmy-possum Burramys parvus EN  
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus VU  
Smoky Mouse Pseudomys fumeus EN  
Southern Greater Glider Petauroides volans VU  
Spot-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus maculatus EN  
Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis australis VU  
       

Alpine Shire – threatened fishes

Australian Grayling Prototroctes maraena EN  
Trout Cod Maccullochella macquariensis EN  
Dargo Galaxias Galaxias mungadhan CR  
Flat-headed Galaxias Galaxias rostratus VU  
Macquarie Perch Macquaria australasica EN  
Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii EN  
Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua -  
Southern Pygmy Perch Nannoperca australis (Murray-Darling lineage) VU  
       

Alpine Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Alpine Bog Skink Pseudemoia cryodroma EN  
Alpine She-oak Skink Cyclodomorphus praealtus CR  
Alpine Water Skink Eulamprus kosciuskoi EN  
Brown Toadlet Pseudophryne bibronii EN  
Dendy's Toadlet Pseudophryne dendyi -  
Growling Grass Frog Litoria raniformis VU  
Guthega Skink Liopholis guthega CR  
Mountain Skink Liopholis montana -  
Spotted Tree Frog Litoria spenceri CR  
Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) Varanus varius EN  
Tussock Skink Pseudemoia pagenstecheri EN  
Woodland Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops proximus -  
     

Alpine Shire – threatened invertebrates

Alpine Darner Dragonfly Austroaeschna (Austroaeschna) flavomaculata VU  
Alpine Stonefly Thaumatoperla alpina EN  
Stonefly Riekoperla intermedia VU  
Caddisfly Leptocerus souta VU  
Golden Sun Moth Synemon plana VU  
Mt Buffalo Glow-worm Arachnocampa (Lucifera) buffaloensis CR  
Small Alpine Xenica Butterfly Oreixenica latialis theddora CR  
Murray Spiny Crayfish Euastacus armatus th  
Variable Spiny Crayfish Euastacus yanga EN  
Glenelg Spiny Crayfish Euastacus bispinosus EN  
       

 

Data Source: Information in this table has been derived from the Victorian Biodiversity Atlas (VBA), Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA), Victoria, 2023.  Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 - Threatened List - June 2023  Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA), Victoria.  Advisory List of Threatened Invertebrate Fauna in Victoria (2009),  Victorian Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Advisory List of Threatened Vertebrate Fauna in Victoria (2013) Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning 2013.

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