Threatened fauna Baw Baw Shire
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in Baw Baw Shire which are considered threatened, poorly known, near threatened or extinct in Victoria.
- 44 species of threatened birds
- 17 species of threatened mammals
- 9 species of threatened fish
- 3 species of threatened reptiles
- 7 species of threatened amphibians
- 11 species of threatened invertebrates
Victorian conservation status | |
| EW | Extinct in Wild |
| RX | Regionally Extinct |
| CR | Critically Endangered |
| EN | Endangered |
| VU | Vulnerable |
| NT | Near Threatened |
| DD | Data Deficient |
Common name | Scientific name | Conservation status | ||
| Vic | FFG | |||
Baw Baw Shire – threatened birds | ||||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | EN | listed | |
| Australian Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus dubius | EN | listed | |
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | VU | ||
| Azure Kingfisher | Alcedo azurea | NT | ||
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla palustris | VU | listed | |
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | EN | listed | |
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | VU | ||
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | EN | listed | |
| Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus victoriae | NT | ||
| Chestnut-rumped Heathwren | Calamanthus pyrrhopygius | VU | listed | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | VU | ||
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | VU | ||
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata | VU | listed | |
| Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | VU | ||
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | VU | listed | |
| Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | NT | ||
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | EN | listed | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | NT | ||
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiae | VU | listed | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica macrotarsa | EN | listed | |
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU | ||
| Helmeted Honeyeater | Lichenostomus melanops cassidix | CR | listed | |
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | NT | listed | |
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | EN | listed | |
| King Quail | Coturnix chinensis victoriae | EN | listed | |
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | NT | nominated | |
| Lewin's Rail | Lewinia pectoralis pectoralis | VU | listed | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta nigripes | EN | listed | |
| Masked Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae novaehollandiae | EN | listed | |
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | VU | ||
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | NT | ||
| Pacific Gull | Larus pacificus pacificus | NT | ||
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | NT | ||
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | VU | listed | |
| Regent Honeyeater | Anthochaera phrygia | EN | listed | |
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | NT | ||
| Sooty Owl | Tyto tenebricosa tenebricosa | VU | listed | |
| Speckled Warbler | Chthonicola sagittatus | VU | listed | |
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | NT | ||
| Spotted Quail-thrush | Cinclosoma punctatum | NT | ||
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | EN | listed | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | NT | ||
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | VU | listed | |
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | VU | ||
Baw Baw Shire – threatened mammals | ||||
| Broad-toothed Rat | Mastacomys fuscus mordicus | EN | listed | |
| Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa | VU | listed | |
| Common Bent-wing Bat | Miniopterus schreibersii (GROUP) | listed | ||
| Common Dunnart | Sminthopsis murina murina | VU | ||
| Dingo | Canis lupus dingo | DD | listed | |
| Eastern Pygmy-possum | Cercartetus nanus | NT | ||
| Eastern Quoll | Dasyurus viverrinus | RX | listed | |
| Greater Glider | Petauroides volans | VU | ||
| Grey-headed Flying-fox | Pteropus poliocephalus | VU | listed | |
| Leadbeater's Possum | Gymnobelideus leadbeateri | EN | listed | |
| Rufous-bellied Pademelon | Thylogale billardierii | RX | listed | |
| Smoky Mouse | Pseudomys fumeus | NT | listed | |
| Southern Brown Bandicoot | Isoodon obesulus obesulus | NT | listed | |
| Southern Myotis | Myotis macropus | NT | ||
| Spot-tailed Quoll | Dasyurus maculatus maculatus | EN | listed | |
| White-footed Dunnart | Sminthopsis leucopus | NT | listed | |
| Yellow-bellied Sheathtail Bat | Saccolaimus flaviventris | DD | listed | |
Baw Baw Shire – threatened fishes | ||||
| Australian Grayling | Prototroctes maraena | VU | listed | |
| Dwarf Galaxias | Galaxiella pusilla | EN | listed | |
| Flinders Pygmy Perch | Nannoperca sp. 1 | VU | ||
| Freshwater Catfish | Tandanus tandanus | EN | listed | |
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN | listed | |
| Murray Cod | Maccullochella peelii | VU | listed | |
| Murray-Darling Rainbowfish | Melanotaenia fluviatilis | VU | listed | |
| Golden Perch | Macquaria ambigua | NT | listed | |
| West Gippsland Galaxias | Galaxias sp. 9 | CR | nominated | |
Baw Baw Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians | ||||
| Alpine Bog Skink | Pseudemoia cryodroma | EN | listed | |
| Alpine Tree Frog | Litoria verreauxii alpina | CR | listed | |
| Baw Baw Frog | Philoria frosti | CR | listed | |
| Dendy's Toadlet | Pseudophryne dendyi | DD | ||
| Giant Burrowing Frog | Heleioporus australiacus | CR | listed | |
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | EN | listed | |
| Southern Toadlet | Pseudophryne semimarmorata | VU | ||
| Spotted Tree Frog | Litoria spenceri | CR | listed | |
| Swamp Skink | Lissolepis coventryi | VU | listed | |
| Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) | Varanus varius | VU | ||
Baw Baw Shire – threatened invertebrates | ||||
| Aquatic Invertebrate (copepod) | Canthocamptus dedeckkeri | VU | ||
| Aquatic Invertebrate (copepod) | Canthocamptus sublaevis | DD | ||
| Aquatic Invertebrate (caddisfly) | Tanjistomella verna | CR | ||
| Aquatic Invertebrate (stonefly) | Thaumatoperla robusta | DD | ||
| Curve-tail Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus curvisuturus | EN | listed | |
| Gippsland Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus hemicirratulus | EN | ||
| Gippsland Giant Earthworm | Megascolides australis | EN | listed | |
| Narracan Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus phyllocercus | EN | listed | |
| South Gippsland Spiny Crayfish | Euastacus neodiversus | EN | listed | |
| Tubercle Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus tuberculatus | EN | ||
| Warragul Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus sternalis | CR | listed | |
Data Source: Information in this table has been derived from the Victorian Biodiversity Atlas, Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning, Victoria, January 2016. Advisory List of Threatened Invertebrate Fauna in Victoria (2009)-pdf, Victorian Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Advisory List of Threatened Vertebrate Fauna in Victoria (2013)-pdf and Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning, Flora & Fauna Guarantee Act 1988, Threatened List, May 2015 pdf (129 KB).