Threatened fauna Surf Coast Shire

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

Surf Coast Shire – threatened birds

Australasian Bittern   Botaurus poiciloptilus   CR  
Australian Little Bittern   Ixobrychus dubius   CR  
Australian Painted Snipe   Rostratula australis   CR  
Australasian Shoveler   Anas rhynchotis   VU  
Baillon's Crake   Porzana pusilla   -  
Barking Owl   Ninox connivens   CR  
Black Falcon   Falco subniger   CR
Black-browed Albatross   Thalassarche melanophris   - (VU EPBC)
Black-eared Cuckoo   Chrysococcyx osculans   -
Black-faced Cormorant   Phalacrocorax fuscescens   -
Blue-billed Duck   Oxyura australis   VU  
Brolga   Grus rubicunda   EN  
Brown Treecreeper   Climacteris picumnus victoriae   -
Caspian Tern   Sterna caspia   VU  
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren   Hylacola pyrrhopygia   VU  
Common Diving-Petrel   Pelecanoides urinatrix   -  
Common Sandpiper   Actitis hypoleucos   VU  
Eastern Curlew   Numenius madagascariensis   CR  
Eastern Great Egret   Ardea alba modesta   VU  
Elegant Parrot   Neophema elegans   VU
Fairy Prion   Pachyptila turtur   -
Fairy Tern   Sterna nereis   CR  
Freckled Duck   Stictonetta naevosa   EN  
Gang-gang Cockatoo   Callocephalon fimbriatum   EN
Glossy Ibis   Plegadis falcinellus   -
Great Knot   Calidris tenuirostris   CR  
Grey Goshawk   Accipiter novaehollandiae   EN  
Grey Plover   Pluvialis squatarola   VU
Grey-headed Albatross   Thalassarche chrysostoma   EN  
Gull-billed Tern   Sterna nilotica   EN  
Hardhead   Aythya australis   VU
Hooded Plover   Thinornis rubricollis   VU  
Hooded Robin   Melanodryas cucullata   VU  
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross   Thalassarche carteri   EN  
Latham's Snipe   Gallinago hardwickii   -  
Lewin's Rail   Rallus pectoralis   VU  
Little Eagle   Hieraaetus morphnoides   VU  
Little Egret   Egretta garzetta nigripes   EN  
Magpie Goose   Anseranas semipalmata   VU  
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo   Lophocroa leadbeateri   CR  
Masked Owl   Tyto 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 fuva   VU
Pacific Gull   Larus pacificus   -
Pectoral Sandpiper   Calidris melanotos   -
Pied Cormorant   Phalacrocorax varius   -
Powerful Owl   Ninox strenua   VU  
Red-chested Button-quail   Turnix pyrrhothorax   EN  
Red Knot   Calidris canutus   EN  
Royal Spoonbill   Platalea regia   -
Rufous Bristlebird (Otway)   Dasyornis broadbenti caryochrous   VU  
Sanderling   Calidris alba   -
Shy Albatross   Diomedea cauta   EN  
Sooty Albatross   Phoebetria fusca   CR  
Sooty Oystercatcher   Haematopus fuliginosus   -
Southern Giant-Petrel   Macronectes giganteus   EN  
Speckled Warbler   Chthonicola sagittata   EN  
Spotted Harrier   Circus assimilis   -
Spotted Quail-thrush   Cinclosoma punctatum   -
Swift Parrot   Lathamus discolor   CR  
Wandering Albatross   Diomedea exulans   CR  
Whiskered Tern   Chlidonias hybridus   -
White-bellied Sea-Eagle   Haliaeetus leucogaster   EN  
White-faced Storm-Petrel   Pelagodroma marina   EN
White-winged Black Tern   Chlidonias leucopterus   -
         

Surf Coast Shire – threatened mammals

Blue Whale   Balaenoptera musculus   EN  
Broad-toothed Rat   Mastacomys fuscus   VU  
Bryde's Whale   Balaenoptera edeni   -  
Dingo   Canis lupus dingo   VU  
Eastern Bent-winged Bat   Miniopterus orianae oceanensis   CR  
Eastern Barred Bandicoot   Perameles gunnii   EN  
Long-nosed Potoroo   Potorous tridactylus   VU  
New Holland Mouse   Pseudomys novaehollandiae   EN  
Platypus   Ornithorhynchus anatinus   VU  
Southern Brown Bandicoot   Isoodon obesulus obesulus   EN  
Southern Humpback Whale   Megaptera novaeangliae australis   CR  
Southern Right Whale   Eubalaena australis   EN  
Spot-tailed Quoll   Dasyurus maculatus   EN  
Swamp Antechinus   Antechinus minimus   VU  
White-footed Dunnart   Sminthopsis leucopus   VU  
Yellow-bellied Sheathtail Bat   Saccolaimus flaviventris   VU  
Yellow-bellied Glider   Petaurus australis australis   VU
         

Surf Coast Shire – threatened fishes

Australian Grayling   Prototroctes maraena   EN  
Macquarie Perch   Macquaria australasica   EN  
Mountain Galaxias   Galaxias olidus   -  
Yarra Pigmy Perch   Nannoperca obscura   VU  
           

Surf Coast Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Reptiles
         
Broad-shelled Turtle   Chelodina expansa   EN  
Eastern Snake-necked Turtle   Chelodina longicollis   -  
Leathery Turtle   Dermochelys coriacea   CR  
Mountain Dragon (Angelsea form)   Rankinia diemensis (Anglesea)   -  
Striped Legless Lizard   Delma impar   EN  
Swamp Skink   Egernia coventryi   EN  
Tussock Skink   Pseudemoia pagenstecheri   EN  
Amphibians
         
Brown Toadlet   Pseudophryne bibronii   EN  
Growling Grass Frog   Litoria raniformis   VU  
Southern Toadlet   Pseudophryne semimarmorata   EN
           

Surf Coast Shire – threatened invertebrates

Caddisfly   Ecnomus nibbor   -  
Otway Black Snail   Victaphanta compacta   EN  
Land snail   Allocharopa erskinensis   VU  
Land snail   Geminoropa scindocataracta   EN  
Small Ant Blue Butterfly   Acrodipsas myrmecophila   EN  
Two-spotted Grass-skipper Butterfly   Pasma tasmanica   EN  
Crustacea
         
Hairy Burrowing Crayfish   Engaeus sericatus   VU  
Otway Bush Yabby   Geocharax tasmanicus   EN  
Western Burrowing Crayfish   Engaeus merosetosus   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 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.

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