Threatened fauna Mount Alexander Shire

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

Mount Alexander Shire – threatened birds

Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus CR  
Australian Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus dubius EN  
Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis -
Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea -
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 Hylacola pyrrhopygia VU  
Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis EN  
Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata VU  
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  
Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis VU  
Grey Falcon Falco hypoleucos VU  
Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiae EN  
Ground Cuckoo-shrike Coracina maxima EN  
Hardhead Aythya australis VU
Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata VU  
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii -  
Lewin's Rail Rallus pectoralis VU  
Little Button-quail Turnix velox -
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides VU  
Little Egret Egretta garzetta nigripes EN  
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Lophocroa leadbeateri CR  
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 -
Powerful Owl Ninox strenua VU  
Plumed Egret Ardea intermedia plumifera CR
Purple-gaped Honeyeater Lichenostomus cratitius VU
Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrropygia pyrropygia -
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  
Superb Parrot Polytelis swainsonii EN  
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

Mount Alexander Shire – threatened mammals

Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa VU  
Eastern Bent-wing Bat Miniopterus orianae oceanensis CR  
Eastern Pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus -
Fat-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis crassicaudata VU
Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus VU  
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus VU  

Mount Alexander Shire – threatened fish

Bluenose Cod (Trout Cod) Maccullochella macquariensis CR  
Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua -  
Macquarie Perch Macquaria australasica EN  
Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii EN  

Mount Alexander Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata VU
Brown Toadlet Pseudophryne bibronii EN  
Eastern Snake-necked Turtle Chelodina longicollis -  
Growling Grass Frog Litoria raniformis VU  
Murray River Turtle Emydura macquarii CR  
Striped Legless Lizard Delma impar EN  
Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) Varanus varius EN
Woodland Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops proximus -

Mount Alexander Shire – threatened invertebrates

Cryptic Sun Moth Synemon theresa EX  
Eltham Copper Butterfly Paralucia pyrodiscus lucida CR  
Golden Sun Moth Synemon plana VU  
Inland Ringtail Damselfly Austrolestes aridus -  
Jewel Beetle Temognatha flavocincta VU  
Yellow Ochre Butterfly Trapezites luteus luteus 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 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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