Threatened fauna Macedon Ranges Shire

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

Macedon Ranges Shire – threatened birds

Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus CR  
Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis CR  
Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis VU
Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea -
Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla palustris -  
Barking Owl Ninox connivens CR  
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  
Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis EN  
Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata VU  
Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata VU  
Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta VU  
Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa EN  
Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum EN  
Grey Falcon Falco hypoleucos VU  
Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiae EN  
Hardhead Aythya australis VU
Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata VU  
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii NT  
Lewin's Rail Rallus pectoralis VU  
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides VU  
Little Egret Egretta garzetta nigripes EN  
Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae novaehollandiae CR  
Musk Duck Biziura lobata VU
Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus -
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 Xanthomyza phrygia CR  
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  
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus -
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster EN
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus VU
     

Macedon Ranges Shire – threatened mammals

Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa VU  
Common Dunnart Sminthopsis murina murina VU
Eastern Pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus -
Fat-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis crassicaudata VU
Eastern Barred Bandicoot Perameles gunnii EN  
Eastern Quoll Dasyurus viverrinus EN  
Leadbeater's Possum Gymnobelideus leadbeateri CR  
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus VU  
Southern Brown Bandicoot Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus obesulus EN  
Southern Myotis (bat) Myotis macropus -
Southern Greater Glider Petauroides volans VU  
Spot-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus maculatus EN  
       

Macedon Ranges Shire – threatened fishes

Australian Grayling Prototroctes maraena EN  
Bluenose Cod (Trout Cod) Maccullochella macquariensis CR  
Flat-headed Galaxias Galaxias rostratus VU  
Freshwater Catfish Tandanus tandanus EN  
Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua -  
Macquarie Perch Macquaria australasica EN  
Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii EN  
Silver Perch Bidyanus bidyanus EN  
Southern Pygmy Perch (Murray-Darling lineage) Nannoperca australis VU  
Yarra Pygmy Perch Nannoperca obscura VU  
       

Macedon Ranges 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
Tussock Skink Pseudemoia pagenstecheri EN
     

Macedon Ranges Shire – threatened invertebrates

Amethyst Hairstreak Butterfly Jalmenus icilius EN  
Aquatic Invertebrate (caddisfly) Archaeophylax canarus -  
Aquatic Invertebrate (caddisfly) Leptocerus souta VU  
Golden Sun Moth Synemon plana VU  
Inland Ringtail Damselfly Austrolestes aridus -  
Large River Damselfly Caliagrion billinghursti VU  
Silky Hairstreak Butterfly Pseudalmenus chlorinda zephyrus -  
Two-spotted Grass-skipper Butterfly Pasma tasmanica EN  
Wide-Faced Darner Dragonfly Dendroaeschna conspersa -  

 

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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