Threatened fauna Southern Grampians Shire
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Southern Grampians Shire which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2021.
- 40 species of threatened birds
- 18 species of threatened mammals
- 5 species of threatened fish
- 6 species of threatened reptiles
- 3 species of threatened amphibians
- 10 species of invertebrates
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 | ||||
Southern Grampians Shire - threatened birds | ||||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | CR | ||
| Australian Little Bittern | Ixobrychus dubius | EN | ||
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | VU | ||
| Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis | CR | ||
| Azure Kingfisher | Alcedo azurea | - | ||
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla | - | ||
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | CR | ||
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | CR | ||
| Black-chinned Honeyeater | Melithreptus gularis | - | ||
| Black-eared Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx osculans | - | ||
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | VU | ||
| Brolga | Grus rubicunda | EN | ||
| Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus victoriae | - | ||
| Chestnut-rumped Heathwren | Hylacola pyrrhopygia | VU | ||
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | VU | ||
| Diamond Dove | Geopelia cuneata | VU | ||
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata | VU | ||
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea alba modesta | VU | ||
| Elegant Parrot | Neophema elegans | VU | ||
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | EN | ||
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | EN | ||
| Ground Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina maxima | EN | ||
| Grey-crowned Babbler | Pomatostomus temporalis temporalis | VU | ||
| 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 | ||
| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | VU | ||
| Malleefowl | Leipoa ocellata | VU | ||
| Masked Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae | CR | ||
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | VU | ||
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | - | ||
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fuva | VU | ||
| Pacific Gull | Larus pacificus | - | ||
| Painted Honeyeater | Grantiella picta | VU | ||
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | - | ||
| Plumed Egret | Ardea intermedia plumifera | CR | ||
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | VU | ||
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | EN | ||
| Red-chested Button-quail | Turnix pyrrhothorax | EN | ||
| Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus banksi | EN | ||
| 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 | ||
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | CR | ||
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | - | ||
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | EN | ||
| White-browed Treecreeper | Climacteris affinis | EN | ||
Southern Grampians Shire - threatened mammals | ||||
| Broad-toothed Rat | Mastacomys fuscus mordicus | VU | ||
| Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa | VU | ||
| Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby | Petrogale penicillata | CR | ||
| Common Dunnart | Sminthopsis murina | VU | ||
| Eastern Barred Bandicoot | Perameles gunnii | EN | ||
| Eastern Bettong | Bettongia gaimardi gaimardi | EX | ||
| Eastern Pygmy-possum | Cercartetus nanus | - | ||
| Eastern Quoll | Dasyurus viverrinus | EN | ||
| Fat-tailed Dunnart | Sminthopsis crassicaudata | VU | ||
| Heath Mouse | Pseudomys shortridgei | EN | ||
| Long-nosed Potoroo | Potorous tridactylus | VU | ||
| New Holland Mouse | Pseudomys novaehollandiae | EN | ||
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | VU | ||
| Smoky Mouse | Pseudomys fumeus | EN | ||
| Southern Bent-wing Bat | Miniopterus orianae bassanii | CR | ||
| Southern Brown Bandicoot | Isoodon obesulus obesulus | EN | ||
| Southern Myotis (bat) | Myotis macropus | - | ||
| Spot-tailed Quoll | Dasyurus maculatus maculatus | EN | ||
| White-footed Rabbit-rat | Conilurus albipes | EX | ||
| Yellow-bellied Sheathtail Bat | Saccolaimus flaviventris | VU | ||
Southern Grampians Shire - threatened fishes | ||||
| Dwarf Galaxias | Galaxiella pusilla | EN | ||
| Little Galaxias | Galaxiella toourtkoourt | EN | ||
| Golden Perch | Macquaria ambigua | - | ||
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN | ||
| Mountain Galaxias | Galaxias olidus | - | ||
| Variegated Pygmy Perch | Nannoperca variegata | EN | ||
| Yarra Pigmy Perch | Nannoperca obscura | VU | ||
Southern Grampians Shire - threatened reptiles & amphibians | ||||
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | EN | ||
| Eastern Bearded Dragon | Pogona barbata | VU | ||
| Eastern Snake-necked Turtle | Chelodina longicollis | - | ||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU | ||
| Southern Toadlet | Pseudophryne semimarmorata | EN | ||
| Striped Legless Lizard | Delma impar | EN | ||
| Striped Worm-Lizard | Aprasia striolata | EN | ||
| Swamp Skink | Egernia coventryi | EN | ||
| Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) | Varanus varius | EN | ||
| Tussock Skink | Pseudemoia pagenstecheri | EN | ||
Southern Grampians Shire - threatened invertebrates | ||||
| Alpine Darner Dragonfly | Austroaeschna flavomaculata | VU | ||
| Ancient Greenling Damselfly | Hemiphlebia mirabilis | EN | ||
| Caddisfly | Ecnomus nibbor | - | ||
| Diving beetle | Antiporus willyamsi | - | ||
| Freshwater isopod | Colubotelson joyneri | VU | ||
| Golden Sun Moth | Synemon plana | VU | ||
| Large Bronze Azure Butterfly | Ogyris halmaturia | CR | ||
| Stonefly | Dinotoperia walkeri | EN | ||
| Yellow Sedge-skipper Butterfly | Hesperilla flavescens | EN | ||
Crustacea | ||||
| Glenelg Spiny Crayfish | Euastacus bispinosus | EN | ||
| Hairy Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus sericatus | VU | ||
| Western Swamp Crayfish | Gramastacus insolitus | EN | ||
| White Yabby | Cherax destructor albidus | - | ||
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 (DEECA), Victoria, 2023. Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 - Threatened List - June 2023 Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA), Victoria. 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) Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning 2013.