Threatened fauna Hepburn Shire

Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Hepburn Shire which are considered threatened under the  Victorian 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

Hepburn Shire – threatened birds

Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis VU
Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis CR  
Barking Owl Ninox connivens CR
Black Falcon Falco subniger CR
Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis NT
Black-eared Cuckoo Chrysococcyx osculans -
Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis VU  
Brolga Grus rubicunda EN  
Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus victoriae -
Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallariu CR  
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Calamanthus pyrrhopygius VU  
Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis EN  
Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata VU  
Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta VU  
Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa EN  
Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum EN  
Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae EN  
Hardhead Aythya australis VU
Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata VU  
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides VU  
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii -  
Little Button-quail Turnix velox -
Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae novaehollandiae CR
Musk Duck Biziura lobata VU
Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta VU  
Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius -
Powerful Owl Ninox strenua VU  
Regent Honeyeater Xanthomyza phrygia CR  
Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa tenebricosa EN
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia -
Speckled Warbler Chthonicola sagittata EN  
Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis -
Spotted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum -
Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura VU  
Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor CR  
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster EN  
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus EN
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola EN
     

Hepburn Shire – threatened mammals

Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa VU  
Eastern Bent-wing Bat Miniopterus orianae oceanensis CR  
Fat-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis crassicaudata VU
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus VU
Southern Greater Glider Petauroides volans VU
     

Hepburn Shire – threatened fishes

Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii EN  
Macquarie Perch Macquaria australasica EN  
Mountain Galaxias Galaxias olidus -  
       

Hepburn Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Brown Toadlet Pseudophryne bibronii EN  
Eastern Snake-necked Turtle Chelodina longicollis -  
Growling Grass Frog Litoria raniformis VU  
Southern Toadlet Pseudophryne semimarmorata EN  
Striped Legless Lizard Delma impar EN  
       

Hepburn Shire – threatened invertebrates

 
Caddisfly Archaeophylax canarus -  
Golden Sun Moth Synemon plana VU  
Inland Ringtail Damselfly Austrolestes aridus -  
Silky Hairstreak Butterfly Pseudalmenus chlorinda zephyrus -  
       
     

 

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.

Back to Top