Threatened Fauna Greater Shepparton City

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

 
 

Victorian conservation status

 
EX Extinct 
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
Th Threatened

 

Common name

Scientific name

Conservation status

    Victorian FFG threatened list

Greater Shepparton City – threatened birds

Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus CR  
Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis CR  
Australian Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis australis CR  
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 CR
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa CR  
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
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  
Ground Cuckoo-shrike Coracina maxima EN  
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica macrotarsa EN  
Hardhead Aythya australis VU
Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata VU  
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii -  
Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis pectoralis VU  
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus dubius EN  
Little Button-quail Turnix velox -
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides VU  
Little Egret Egretta garzetta EN  
Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta -  
Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata VU  
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis EN  
Musk Duck Biziura lobata VU
Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus -
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva VU  
Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta VU  
Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius -
Plumed Egret Ardea intermedia plumifera CR  
Powerful Owl Ninox strenua VU  
Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrropygia pyrropygia -
Red-chested Button-quail Turnix pyrrhothorax EN  
Regent Honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia CR  
Regent Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus monarchoides VU  
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia -  
Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa 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-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus VU
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola EN
     

Greater Shepparton City – threatened mammals

Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa VU  
Fat-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis crassicaudata VU
Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus VU  
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus VU  
Southern Myotis (bat) Myotis macropus -  
Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensis EN  
       

Greater Shepparton City – threatened fishes

Bluenose Cod (Trout Cod) Maccullochella macquariensis CR  
Flat-headed Galaxias Galaxias rostratus VU
Freshwater Catfish Tandanus tandanus EN  
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 Nannoperca australis (Murray-Darling lineage) VU  
       

Greater Shepparton City – 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 -  
Giant Bullfrog Limnodynastes interioris CR  
Growling Grass Frog Litoria raniformis VU  
Sloane's Froglet Crinia sloanei EN
Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) Varanus varius EN
Woodland Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops proximus -
     

Greater Shepparton City – threatened invertebrates

Murray Spiny Crayfish Euastacus armatus Th  

 

Note: - blank spaces indicate species previously on Advisory lists which have been reassessed as not threatened in Victoria.

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 2022). 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.

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