Threatened fauna Murrindindi Shire
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in Murrindindi Shire which are considered threatened, poorly known, near threatened or extinct in Victoria.
- 47 species of threatened birds
- 14 species of threatened mammals
- 9 species of threatened fish
- 6 species of threatened reptiles
- 6 species of threatened amphibians
- 6 species of threatened invertebrates
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 | |||
Murrindindi Shire – threatened birds | ||||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | EN | listed | |
| Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis | CR | listed | |
| Australian Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus dubius | EN | listed | |
| Australian Painted Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis australis | CR | listed | |
| 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 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 | |
| Chestnut-rumped Heathwren | Calamanthus pyrrhopygius | VU | listed | |
| Crested Bellbird | Oreoica gutturalis | NT | listed | |
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata | VU | listed | |
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | VU | listed | |
| Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | NT | ||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | NT | ||
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | VU | listed | |
| Ground Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina maxima | VU | listed | |
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU | ||
| Helmeted Honeyeater | Lichenostomus melanops cassidix | CR | listed | |
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | NT | listed | |
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | NT | nominated | |
| Lewin's Rail | Lewinia pectoralis pectoralis | VU | listed | |
| Little Button-quail | Turnix velox | NT | ||
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | EN | listed | |
| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | NT | listed | |
| Masked Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae novaehollandiae | EN | listed | |
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | VU | ||
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | NT | ||
| Painted Honeyeater | Grantiella picta | VU | listed | |
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | NT | ||
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | VU | listed | |
| Regent Honeyeater | Anthochaera phrygia | EN | listed | |
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | NT | ||
| Sooty Owl | Tyto tenebricosa tenebricosa | VU | listed | |
| Speckled Warbler | Chthonicola sagittatus | VU | listed | |
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | NT | ||
| Spotted Quail-thrush | Cinclosoma punctatum | NT | ||
| Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura | VU | listed | |
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | EN | listed | |
| Turquoise Parrot | Neophema pulchella | NT | listed | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | NT | ||
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | VU | listed | |
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | VU | ||
Murrindindi Shire – threatened mammals | ||||
| Broad-toothed Rat | Mastacomys fuscus mordicus | EN | listed | |
| Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa | VU | listed | |
| Common Bent-wing Bat | Miniopterus schreibersii (GROUP) | |||
| Common Dunnart | Sminthopsis murina murina | VU | ||
| Eastern Horseshoe Bat | Rhinolophus megaphyllus megaphyllus | VU | listed | |
| Eastern Pygmy-possum | Cercartetus nanus | NT | ||
| Greater Glider | Petauroides volans | VU | ||
| Grey-headed Flying-fox | Pteropus poliocephalus | VU | listed | |
| Leadbeater's Possum | Gymnobelideus leadbeateri | EN | listed | |
| Smoky Mouse | Pseudomys fumeus | NT | listed | |
| Southern Myotis | Myotis macropus | NT | ||
| Spot-tailed Quoll | Dasyurus maculatus maculatus | EN | listed | |
| White-footed Dunnart | Sminthopsis leucopus | NT | listed | |
| White-footed Rabbit-rat | Conilurus albipes | EX | listed | |
Murrindindi Shire – threatened fishes | ||||
| Australian Grayling | Prototroctes maraena | VU | listed | |
| Barred Galaxias | Galaxias fuscus | CR | listed | |
| Bluenose Cod (Trout Cod) | Maccullochella macquariensis | CR | listed | |
| Dwarf Galaxias | Galaxiella pusilla | VU | listed | |
| Flat-headed Galaxias | Galaxias rostratus | VU | ||
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN | listed | |
| Murray Cod | Maccullochella peelii | VU | listed | |
| Golden Perch | Macquaria ambigua | NT | listed | |
| Southern Pygmy Perch | Nannoperca australis (Murray-Darling lineage) | VU | ||
Murrindindi Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians | ||||
| Alpine Bog Skink | Pseudemoia cryodroma | EN | listed | |
| Alpine Tree Frog | Litoria verreauxii alpina | CR | listed | |
| Bearded Dragon | Pogona barbata | VU | ||
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | EN | listed | |
| Dendy's Toadlet | Pseudophryne dendyi | DD | ||
| Glossy Grass Skink | Pseudemoia rawlinsoni | VU | ||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | EN | listed | |
| Southern Toadlet | Pseudophryne semimarmorata | VU | ||
| Spotted Tree Frog | Litoria spenceri | CR | listed | |
| Striped Legless Lizard | Delma impar | EN | listed | |
| Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) | Varanus varius | VU | ||
| Tussock Skink | Pseudemoia pagenstecheri | VU | ||
Murrindindi Shire – threatened invertebrates | ||||
| Aquatic Invertebrate | Canthocamptus dedeckkeri | DD | ||
| Aquatic Invertebrate | Canthocamptus mammillifurca | DD | ||
| Aquatic Invertebrate | Archaeophylax canarus | DD | ||
| Aquatic Invertebrate | Plectrotarsus gravenhorstii | DD | ||
| Golden Sun Moth | Synemon plana | CR | listed | |
| 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).