Threatened fauna Moira Shire
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in Moira Shire which are considered threatened, poorly known, near threatened or extinct in Victoria.
Victorian conservation status | |
| EW | Extinct in Wild |
| RX | Regionally Extinct |
| CR | Critically Endangered |
| EN | Endangered |
| VU | Vulnerable |
| NT | Near Threatened |
| DD | Data Deficient |
Common name | Scientific name | Conservation status | ||
| Vic | FFG | |||
Moira Shire – threatened birds | ||||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | EN | listed | |
| Australian Painted Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis australis | CR | listed | |
| Australian Pratincole | Stiltia isabella | NT | ||
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | VU | ||
| Azure Kingfisher | Alcedo azurea | NT | ||
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla palustris | VU | listed | |
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | EN | listed | |
| Black-eared Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx osculans | NT | ||
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | VU | ||
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | EN | listed | |
| Brolga | Grus rubicunda | VU | listed | |
| Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus victoriae | NT | ||
| Bush Stone-curlew | Burhinus grallarius | EN | listed | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | VU | ||
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | EN | ||
| Diamond Dove | Geopelia cuneata | NT | listed | |
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata | VU | listed | |
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | VU | listed | |
| Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | NT | ||
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | EN | listed | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | NT | ||
| Grey-crowned Babbler | Pomatostomus temporalis | EN | listed | |
| Grey Falcon | Falco hypoleucos | EN | listed | |
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiae | VU | listed | |
| Ground Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina maxima | VU | listed | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica macrotarsa | EN | listed | |
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU | ||
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | NT | listed | |
| Inland Dotterel | Charadrius australis | VU | ||
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | CR | listed | |
| King Quail | Coturnix chinensis victoriae | EN | listed | |
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | NT | nominated | |
| Lewin's Rail | Lewinia pectoralis pectoralis | VU | listed | |
| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus dubius | EN | listed | |
| Little Button-quail | Turnix velox | NT | ||
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | EN | listed | |
| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | NT | listed | |
| Major Mitchell's Cockatoo | Lophocroa leadbeateri | VU | listed | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | VU | ||
| Masked Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae novaehollandiae | EN | listed | |
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | VU | ||
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | NT | ||
| Painted Honeyeater | Grantiella picta | VU | listed | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | NT | ||
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | NT | ||
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | VU | listed | |
| Red-backed Kingfisher | Todiramphus pyrropygia pyrropygia | NT | ||
| Red-chested Button-quail | Turnix pyrrhothorax | VU | listed | |
| Regent Honeyeater | Anthochaera phrygia | EN | listed | |
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | NT | ||
| Speckled Warbler | Chthonicola sagittatus | VU | listed | |
| Spotted Bowerbird | Ptilonorhynchus maculatus | CR | listed | |
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | NT | ||
| Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura | VU | listed | |
| Superb Parrot | Polytelis swainsonii | EN | listed | |
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | EN | listed | |
| Turquoise Parrot | Neophema pulchella | NT | listed | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | NT | ||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | VU | ||
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | VU | ||
Moira Shire – threatened mammals | ||||
| Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa | VU | listed | |
| Fat-tailed Dunnart | Sminthopsis crassicaudata | NT | ||
| Rufous-bellied Pademelon | Thylogale billardierii | RE | listed | |
| Southern Myotis | Myotis macropus | NT | ||
| Squirrel Glider | Petaurus norfolcensis | EN | liste | |
MoiraShire – threatened fishes | ||||
| Bluenose Cod (Trout Cod) | Maccullochella macquariensis | CR | listed | |
| Flat-headed Galaxias | Galaxias rostratus | VU | ||
| Freshwater Catfish | Tandanus tandanus | EN | listed | |
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN | listed | |
| Murray Cod | Maccullochella peelii | VU | listed | |
| Murray-Darling Rainbowfish | Melanotaenia fluviatilis | VU | listed | |
| Golden Perch | Macquaria ambigua | NT | listed | |
| Southern Pygmy Perch | Nannoperca australis (Murray-Darling lineage) | VU | ||
Moira Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians | ||||
| Bandy Bandy | Vermicella annulata | VU | listed | |
| Bearded Dragon | Pogona barbata | VU | ||
| Broad-shelled Turtle | Chelodina expansa | EN | listed | |
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | EN | listed | |
| Carpet Python | Morelia spilota metcalfei | EN | listed | |
| Giant Bullfrog | Limnodynastes interioris | CR | listed | |
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | EN | listed | |
| Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) | Varanus varius | VU | ||
| Woodland Blind Snake | Ramphotyphlops proximus | NT | ||
Moira Shire – threatened invertebrates | ||||
| Murray Spiny Crayfish | Euastacus armatus | NT | listed | |
Data Source: Information in this table has been derived from the Victorian Biodiversity Atlas, Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning, Victoria, January 2016. Advisory List of Threatened Invertebrate Fauna in Victoria (2009)-pdf, Victorian Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Advisory List of Threatened Vertebrate Fauna in Victoria (2013)-pdf and Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning, Flora & Fauna Guarantee Act 1988, Threatened List, May 2015 pdf (129 KB).