Threatened fauna Nillumbik Shire

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

Nillumbik Shire – threatened birds

Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus CR  
Australian Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus dubius EN  
Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis VU
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  
Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus victoriae -
Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius CR  
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia VU  
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Calamanthus pyrrhopygius VU  
Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata VU  
Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta VU  
Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum EN
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus -
Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae  EN  
Hardhead Aythya australis VU
Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata VU  
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii -  
Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis pectoralis VU  
Little Button-quail Turnix velox -  
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides VU  
Little Egret Egretta garzetta 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 -
Plains-wanderer Plains-wanderer CR  
Plumed Egret Ardea intermedia plumifera CR  
Powerful Owl Ninox strenua VU  
Regent Honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia EN  
Regent Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus monarchoides VU  
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia -  
Scarlet-chested Parrot Neophema splendida EN  
Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa tenebricosa EN  
Speckled Warbler Chthonicola sagittatus EN  
Spotted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum -  
Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura VU  
Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor CR  
Turquoise Parrot Neophema pulchella VU  
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster EN  
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus VU
     

Nillumbik Shire – threatened mammals

Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa VU  
Eastern Bent-wing Bat      
Common Dunnart Sminthopsis murina murina VU  
Eastern Bent-wing Bat Miniopterus orianae oceanensis CR  
Eastern Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus megaphyllus megaphyllus EN  
Eastern Pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus -  
Eastern Quoll Dasyurus viverrinus EN  
Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus VU  
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus VU  
Southern Greater Glider Petauroides volans VU  
Southern Myotis (bat) Myotis macropus -  
Spot-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus maculatus EN  
White-footed Dunnart Sminthopsis leucopus VU  
Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis australis VU  
       

Nillumbik Shire – threatened fishes

Australian Grayling Prototroctes maraena EN  
Freshwater Catfish Tandanus tandanus EN  
Macquarie Perch Macquaria australasica EN  
Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii EN  
Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua -  
       

Nillumbik Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata VU  
Broad-shelled Turtle Chelodina expansa EN  
Brown Toadlet Pseudophryne bibronii EN  
Common Snake-necked Turtle Chelodina longicollis -  
Growling Grass Frog Litoria raniformis VU  
Murray River Turtle Emydura macquarii CR  
Southern Toadlet Pseudophryne semimarmorata EN  
Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) Varanus varius EN  
     

Nillumbik Shire – threatened invertebrates

Eltham Copper Butterly Paralucia pyrodiscus lucida CR  
Jewel Beetle Temognatha flavocincta VU  
Large Ant Blue Butterfly Acrodipsas brisbanensis EN  
Stonefly Thaumatoperla robusta -  
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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