Threatened fauna Loddon Shire

Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Loddon 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

Loddon Shire – threatened birds

Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus CR  
Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis CR  
Australian Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus dubius EN  
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 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  
Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans VU
Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta VU  
Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae -
Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa 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 -  
Little Button-quail Turnix velox -  
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides VU  
Little Egret Egretta garzetta nigripes EN  
Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata VU  
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Lophocroa leadbeateri CR  
Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata 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 -
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 -
Red-chested Button-quail Turnix pyrrhothorax EN  
Regent Honeyeater Xanthomyza phrygia CR  
Regent Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus monarchoides VU  
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia -
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres EN
Speckled Warbler Chthonicola sagittata VU  
Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis -
Spotted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum -
Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura VU  
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
     

Loddon Shire – threatened mammals

Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa VU  
Common Dunnart Sminthopsis murina murina VU
Eastern Hare-wallaby Lagorchestes leporides EX  
Fat-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis crassicaudata -
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus VU  
South-eastern Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus corbeni EN  
Spot-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus maculatus EN  
       

Loddon Shire – threatened fishes

Freshwater Catfish Tandanus tandanus EN  
Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii EN  
Murray Hardyhead Craterocephalus fluviatilis CR  
Murray River Rainbowfish Melanotaenia fluviatilis EN  
Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua -  
Macquarie Perch Macquaria australasica EN  
Silver Perch Bidyanus bidyanus EN  
       

Loddon Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Bandy Bandy Vermicella annulata EN  
Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata VU
Brown Toadlet Pseudophryne bibronii EN  
Carpet Python Morelia spilota metcalfei EN  
Eastern Snake-necked Turtle Chelodina longicollis -  
Growling Grass Frog Litoria raniformis VU  
Hooded Scaly-foot Pygopus schraderi CR  
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 -
     

Loddon Shire – threatened invertebrates

Ant species Peronomyrmex bartoni CR  
Genoveva Blue Butterfly Ogyris genoveva EN  
Golden Sun Moth Synemon plana VU  
Jewel Beetle Temognatha flavocincta EN  
Large Ant Blue Butterfly Acrodipsas brisbanensis EN  
Pale Sun Moth Synemon selene EN  

 

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 2021). 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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