Threatened fauna South Gippsland Shire

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

 

 

Common name

Scientific name

Conservation status

    Victorian FFG threatened list

South Gippsland Shire – threatened birds

Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus CR  
Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis VU
Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea -
Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla palustris -  
Barking Owl Ninox connivens CR  
Black Falcon Falco subniger CR  
Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris melanophris - (EN EPBC Listed)  
Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens -  
Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis VU  
Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri EN  
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia VU  
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Calamanthus pyrrhopygius VU  
Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix -  
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia EN  
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos VU  
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea CR  
Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata VU  
Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis CR  
Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta VU  
Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae -
Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur -  
Fairy Tern Sternula nereis nereis CR  
Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa EN  
Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum EN  
Glossy Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami CR  
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus -  
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris CR  
Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiae EN  
Grey-headed Albatross Diomedea chrysostoma EN  
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola VU  
Ground Parrot Pezoporus wallicus wallicus EN  
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica macrotarsa EN  
Hardhead Aythya australis VU
Hooded Plover Thinornis rubricollis rubricollis VU  
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri EN  
King Quail Coturnix chinensis victoriae EN  
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii -  
Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis pectoralis VU  
Light-mantled Sooty Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata CR  
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides VU  
Little Egret Egretta garzetta nigripes EN  
Little Tern Sternula albifrons sinensis CR  
Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata VU  
Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae novaehollandiae CR  
Musk Duck Biziura lobata VU
Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus -
Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli EN  
Orange-bellied Parrot Neophema chrysogaster CR  
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva VU  
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus pacificus -  
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos -  
Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius -
Plumed Egret Ardea intermedia plumifera CR  
Powerful Owl Ninox strenua VU  
Red Knot Calidris canutus EN  
Regent Honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia CR  
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne EN  
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia -  
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres EN  
Sanderling Calidris alba -  
Shy Albatross Diomedea cauta EN  
Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca CR  
Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus -  
Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus EN  
Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis -
Spotted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum -  
Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor CR  
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus EN  
Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans CR  
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus EN  
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus -
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster EN  
White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina EN  
White-fronted Tern Sterna striata -  
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus VU
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus -
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola EN
     

South Gippsland Shire – threatened mammals

Broad-toothed Rat Mastacomys fuscus mordicus VU  
Bryde's Whale Balaenoptera edeni -  
Eastern Bent-winged Bat Miniopterus orianae oceanensis CR  
Eastern Pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus -  
Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus VU  
Long-footed Potoroo Potorous longipes EN  
Long-nosed Fur Seal Arctocephalus forsteri VU  
New Holland Mouse Pseudomys novaehollandiae EN  
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus VU  
Rufous-bellied Pademelon Thylogale billardierii Th  
Southern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus obesulus EN  
Southern Greater Glider Petauroides volans VU  
Southern Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae australis CR  
Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis EN  
Swamp Antechinus Antechinus minimus maritimus VU  
White-footed Dunnart Sminthopsis leucopus VU  
Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis australis VU  
Yellow-bellied Sheathtail Bat Saccolaimus flaviventris VU  
       

South Gippsland Shire – threatened fishes

Australian Grayling Prototroctes maraena EN  
Australian Mudfish Neochanna cleaveri EN  
Australian Whitebait Lovettia sealii CR  
Coxs Gudgeon Gobiomorphus coxii EN  
Dwarf Galaxias Galaxiella pusilla EN  
Macquarie Perch Macquaria australasica EN  
Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua -  
Striped Gudgeon Gobiomorphus australis -  
       

South Gippsland Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Eastern Snakenecked Turtle Chelodina longicollis -  
Glossy Grass Skink Pseudemoia rawlinsoni EN  
Growling Grass Frog Litoria raniformis VU  
Leathery Turtle Dermochelys coriacea CR  
Southern Toadlet Pseudophryne semimarmorata EN  
Swamp Skink Lissolepis coventryi EN  
Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) Varanus varius EN  
     

South Gippsland Shire – threatened invertebrates

Alpine Darner Dragonfly Austroaeschna flavomaculata VU  
Ancient Greenling Damselfly Hemiphlebia mirabilis EN  
Bullant Myrmecia sp. 17 -  
Caddisfly Plectrotarsus gravenhorstii EN  
Calanoid copepod Boeckella nyoraensis -  
Giant Gippsland Earthworm Megascolides australis EN  
Inland Ringtail Damselfly Austrolestes aridus -  
Crustacea
     
Lilly Pilly Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus australis CR  
Narracan Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus phyllocercus EN  
Gippsland Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus hemicirratulus -  
South Gippsland Spiny Crayfish Euastacus neodiversus EN  
Strzelecki Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus rostrogaleatus EN  

 

Note: - blank spaces indicate species previously on Advisory Lists which have been reassessed as not threatened.

Data Source: Information in this table has been derived from the Victorian Biodiversity Atlas (VBA), Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, 2023.  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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