Threatened fauna Mansfield Shire

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

 

Victorian conservation status

 
EW Extinct
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
Th Threatened

 

 

Common name

Scientific name

Conservation status

    Victorian FFG threatened list

Mansfield Shire – threatened birds

Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus CR  
Australian Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus dubius EN  
Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis VU
Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea -
Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla palustris -  
Barking Owl Ninox connivens CR  
Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis VU  
Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus victoriae -
Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius CR  
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Calamanthus pyrrhopygius VU  
Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis EN  
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 temporalis VU  
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica macrotarsa EN  
Hardhead Aythya australis VU
Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata VU  
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii -  
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides VU  
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 -
Plumed Egret Ardea intermedia plumifera CR  
Powerful Owl Ninox strenua VU  
Regent Honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia CR  
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia -  
Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa tenebricosa EN  
Speckled Warbler Chthonicola sagittatus EN  
Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis -
Spotted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum -  
Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor CR  
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus -
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster EN  
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus VU
     

Mansfield Shire – threatened mammals

Broad-toothed Rat Mastacomys fuscus mordicus VU  
Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa VU  
Common Bent-wing Bat Miniopterus schreibersii (GROUP) CR  
Dingo Canis lupius dingo VU  
Eastern Bent-wing Bat Miniopterus orianae oceanensis CR  
Eastern Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus megaphyllus megaphyllus EN  
Eastern Pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus -  
Leadbeater's Possum Gymnobelideus leadbeateri CR  
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus VU  
Smoky Mouse Pseudomys fumeus EN  
Southern Myotis (bat) Myotis macropus -  
Southern Greater Glider Petauroides volans VU  
Spot-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus maculatus EN  
White-footed Dunnart Sminthopsis leucopus VU  
Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis australis VU  
       

Mansfield Shire – threatened fishes

Barred Galaxias Galaxias fuscus CR  
Flat-headed Galaxias Galaxias rostratus VU
Macquarie Perch Macquaria australasica EN  
Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii EN  
Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua -  
Southern Pygmy Perch Nannoperca australis (Murray-Darling lineage) VU  
Yarra Pygmy Perch Nannoperca obscura EN  
       

Mansfield Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Alpine Bog Skink Pseudemoia cryodroma EN  
Alpine Tree Frog Litoria verreauxii alpina CR  
Brown Toadlet Pseudophryne bibronii EN  
Dendy's Toadlet Pseudophryne dendyi -  
Eastern Snakenecked Turtle Chelodina longicollis -  
Growling Grass Frog Litoria raniformis VU  
Mountain Skink Liopholis montana -  
Murray River Turtle Emydura macquarii CR  
Southern Toadlet Pseudophryne semimarmorata EN  
Spotted Tree Frog Litoria spenceri CR  
Striped Legless Lizard Delma impar EN  
Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) Varanus varius EN  
Tussock Skink Pseudemoia pagenstecheri EN  
     

Mansfield Shire – threatened invertebrates

Alpine Darner Dragonfly Austroaeschna flavomaculata VU  
Aquatic Invertebrate (caddisfly) Archaeophylax canarus -  
Aquatic Invertebrate (caddisfly) Tamasia furcilla CR  
Genoveva Blue Butterfly Ogyris genoveva EN  
Golden Sun Moth Synemon plana VU  
Large Ant Blue Butterfly Acrodipsas brisbanensis EN  
Mount Stirling Stonefly Thaumatoperla flaveola CR  
Planarian (flat worm) Spathula tryssa EN  
Crustacea
     
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 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.

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