Threatened fauna Benalla Rural City
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Benalla Rural City which are considered threatened under the FFG Threatened List 2021.
- 55 species of threatened birds
- 11 species of threatened mammals
- 8 species of threatened fish
- 6 species of threatened reptiles
- 3 species of threatened amphibians
- 2 species of threatened invertebrates
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 | ||||
Benalla Rural City – threatened birds | ||||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | CR | ||
| Australian Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus dubius | EN | ||
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | VU | ||
| Azure Kingfisher | Alcedo azurea | - | ||
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla palustris | - | ||
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | CR | ||
| Black-browed Albatross | Diomedea melanophris melanophris | - | ||
| Black-eared Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx osculans | - | ||
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | EN | ||
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | VU | ||
| Brolga | Grus rubicunda | EN | ||
| Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus victoriae | - | ||
| Bush Stone-curlew | Burhinus grallarius | CR | ||
| Common Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides urinatrix | - | ||
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | EN | ||
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | CR | ||
| Diamond Dove | Geopelia cuneata | VU | ||
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata | VU | ||
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | VU | ||
| Fairy Prion | Pachyptila turtur | - | ||
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | EN | ||
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | EN | ||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | - | ||
| Grey-crowned Babbler | Pomatostomus temporalis temporalis | VU | ||
| Ground Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina maxima | EN | ||
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiae | EN | ||
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU | ||
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | VU | ||
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | NT | ||
| Lewin's Rail | Lewinia pectoralis pectoralis | VU | ||
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | VU | ||
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta nigripes | EN | ||
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | VU | ||
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | - | ||
| Pacific Gull | Larus pacificus pacificus | - | ||
| Painted Honeyeater | Grantiella picta | VU | ||
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | - | ||
| Plains-wanderer | Pedionomus torquatus | CR | ||
| Plumed Egret | Ardea intermedia plumifera | CR | ||
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | VU | ||
| Red-chested Button-quail | Turnix pyrrhothorax | EN | ||
| Regent Honeyeater | Anthochaera phrygia | CR | ||
| Shy Albatross | Diomedea cauta | EN | ||
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | - | ||
| Scarlet-chested Parrot | Neophema splendida | EN | ||
| Speckled Warbler | Chthonicola sagittatus | EN | ||
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | - | ||
| Spotted Quail-thrush | Cinclosoma punctatum | - | ||
| Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura | VU | ||
| 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-fronted Tern | Sterna striata | - | ||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | VU | ||
| Yellow-nosed Albatross | Diomedea chlororhynchus | VU | ||
Benalla Rural City – threatened mammals | ||||
| Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa | VU | ||
| Dingo | Canis lupus dingo | VU | ||
| Eastern Bent-winged Bat | Miniopterus orianae oceanensis | CR | ||
| Eastern Horseshoe Bat | Rhinolophus megaphyllus megaphyllus | VU | ||
| Eastern Pygmy-possum | Cercartetus nanus | - | ||
| Grey-headed Flying-fox | Grey-headed Flying-fox | VU | ||
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | VU | ||
| Southern Greater Glider | Petauroides volans | VU | ||
| Southern Myotis | Myotis macropus | - | ||
| Spot-tailed Quoll | Dasyurus maculatus maculatus | EN | ||
| Squirrel Glider | Petaurus norfolcensis | VU | ||
| Yellow-bellied Glider | Petaurus australis australis | VU | ||
Benalla Rural City – threatened fishes | ||||
| Bluenose Cod (Trout Cod) | Maccullochella macquariensis | CR | ||
| Flat-headed Galaxias | Galaxias rostratus | VU | ||
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN | ||
| Murray Cod | Maccullochella peelii | VU | ||
| Murray-Darling Rainbowfish | Melanotaenia fluviatilis | VU | ||
| Golden Perch | Macquaria ambigua | NT | ||
| Southern Purple-spotted Gudgeon | Mogurnda adspersa | RX | ||
| Southern Pygmy Perch | Nannoperca australis (Murray-Darling lineage) | VU | ||
Benalla Rural City – threatened reptiles & amphibians | ||||
| Bandy Bandy | Vermicella annulata | EN | ||
| Bearded Dragon | Pogona barbata | VU | ||
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | EN | ||
| Carpet Python | Morelia spilota metcalfei | EN | ||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU | ||
| Rugose Toadlet | Uperoleia rugosa | EN | ||
| Striped Legless Lizard | Delma impar | EN | ||
| Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) | Varanus varius | EN | ||
| Woodland Blind Snake | Ramphotyphlops proximus | - | ||
Benalla Rural City – threatened invertebrates | ||||
| Golden Sun Moth | Synemon plana | CR | ||
| Murray Spiny Crayfish | Euastacus armatus | NT | ||
Note: - blank spaces indicate species previously on Advisory lists which have been reassessed as not threatened.
Data Source: Information in this table has been derived from the Victorian Biodiversity Atlas (VBA), Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning, Victoria, 2021. Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act Threatened List (FFG Threatened List, June 2023). 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) and Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning.