Threatened fauna Campaspe Shire
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Campaspe Shire which are considered threatened under the FFG Threatened List 2021.
Victorian conservation status | |
| EX | Extinct |
| EW | Extinct in Wild |
| CR | Critically Endangered |
| EN | Endangered |
| VU | Vulnerable |
| Th | Threatened |
Common name | Scientific name | Conservation status | ||
| Victorian FFG threatened list | ||||
Campaspe Shire – threatened birds | ||||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | CR | ||
| Australasian Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus dubius | EN | ||
| Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis | CR | ||
| Australian Painted Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis australis | CR | ||
| Australian Pratincole | Stiltia isabella | - | ||
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | VU | ||
| Azure Kingfisher | Alcedo azurea | - | ||
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla palustris | - | ||
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | CR | ||
| 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 | ||
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | VU | ||
| Chestnut-rumped Heathwren | Calamanthus pyrrhopygius | VU | ||
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | EN | ||
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | VU | ||
| Crested Bellbird | Oreoica gutturalis | EN | ||
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | CR | ||
| 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 Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | - | ||
| Grey-crowned Babbler | Pomatostomus temporalis | VU | ||
| Grey Falcon | Falco hypoleucos | VU | ||
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiae | EN | ||
| Ground Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina maxima | EN | ||
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica macrotarsa | EN | ||
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU | ||
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | VU | ||
| Inland Dotterel | Charadrius australis | VU | ||
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | - | ||
| Lewin's Rail | Lewinia pectoralis pectoralis | VU | ||
| Little Button-quail | Turnix velox | - | ||
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | VU | ||
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | EN | ||
| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | VU | ||
| Malleefowl | Leipoa ocellata | VU | ||
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | EN | ||
| Masked Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae novaehollandiae | CR | ||
| 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 | ||
| Purple-gaped Honeyeater | Lichenostomus cratitius | VU | ||
| Red-backed Kingfisher | Todiramphus pyrropygia pyrropygia | - | ||
| Regent Honeyeater | Anthochaera phrygia | CR | ||
| 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-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | EN | ||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | VU | ||
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | EN | ||
Campaspe Shire – threatened mammals | ||||
| Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa | VU | ||
| Common Dunnart | Sminthopsis murina murina | VU | ||
| Eastern Pygmy-possum | Cercartetus nanus | - | ||
| Eastern Quoll | Dasyurus viverrinus | (Extinct in Vic.) | ||
| Fat-tailed Dunnart | Sminthopsis crassicaudata | - | ||
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | VU | ||
| Rufous Bettong | Aepyprymnus rufescens | Extinct | ||
| Southern Myotis | Myotis macropus | - | ||
| Squirrel Glider | Petaurus norfolcensis | VU | ||
Campaspe Shire – threatened fishes | ||||
| Bluenose Cod (Trout Cod) | Maccullochella macquariensis | CR | ||
| Flat-headed Galaxias | Galaxias rostratus | VU | ||
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN | ||
| Murray Cod | Maccullochella peelii | EN | ||
| Murray River Rainbowfish | Melanotaenia fluviatilis | EN | ||
| Golden Perch | Macquaria ambigua | - | ||
| Silver Perch | Bidyanus bidyanus | EN | ||
| Southern Pygmy Perch (Murray-Darling lineage) | Nannoperca australis (Murray-Darling lineage) | VU | ||
| Striped Gudgeon | Gobiomorphus australis | - | ||
| Trout Cod | Maccullochella macquariensis | EN | ||
Campaspe Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians | ||||
| Bandy Bandy | Vermicella annulata | EN | ||
| Bearded Dragon | Pogona barbata | VU | ||
| Broad-shelled Turtle | Chelodina expansa | EN | ||
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | EN | ||
| Carpet Python | Morelia spilota metcalfei | EN | ||
| Eastern Snake-necked Turtle | Chelodina longicollis | - | ||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU | ||
| Murray River Turtle | Emydura macquarii | CR | ||
| Sloane's Froglet | Crinia sloanei | EN | ||
| Striped Legless Lizard | Delma impar | EN | ||
| Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) | Varanus varius | EN | ||
| Woodland Blind Snake | Ramphotyphlops proximus | - | ||
Campaspe Shire – threatened invertebrates | ||||
| Bullant | Myrmecia sp. 17 | - | ||
| Golden Sun Moth | Synemon plana | EN | ||
| Murray Spiny Crayfish | Euastacus armatus | Th | ||
| Pale Sun Moth | Synemon selene | EN | ||
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.