Threatened fauna Ararat Rural City
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records and date of last record of fauna in Ararat Rural City which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2025.
- 58 species of threatened birds (34 since 2000)
- 12 species of threatened mammals (7 since 2000)
- 5 species of threatened fish (4 since 2000)
- 7 species of threatened reptiles (5 since 2000)
- 3 species of threatened amphibians (2 since 2000)
- 11 species of threatened invertebrates (3 since 2000)
Conservation status | |
| Australia (EPBC Act 1999) | |
| EX | Extinct |
| CR | Critically Endangered |
| EN | Endangered |
| VU | Vulnerable |
| P | Poorly known |
| Victorian FFG Threatened List status | |
| ex | Extinct |
| cr | Critically Endangered |
| en | Endangered |
| vu | Vulnerable |
Common name | Scientific name | Conservation status | ||
| (Last recorded in Ararat Rural City up to 2025) | ||||
Ararat Rural City - Threatened Birds | ||||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | EN cr (2021) | ||
| Australian Little Bittern | Ixobrychus dubius | en (2017) | ||
| Australian Painted Snipe | Rostratula australis | EN cr (2011) | ||
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | vu (2024) | ||
| Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis | cr (1875) | ||
| Azure Kingfisher | Alcedo azurea | n/a | ||
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla | n/a | ||
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | EN en (1965) | ||
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | cr (2014) | ||
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | cr (2023) | ||
| Black-chinned Honeyeater | Melithreptus gularis | n/a | ||
| Black-eared Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx osculans | n/a | ||
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | EN en (2018) | ||
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | vu (2025) | ||
| Blue-winged Parrot | Neophema chrysostoma | VU vu (2021) | ||
| Brolga | Grus rubicunda | en (2025) | ||
| Brown Treecreeper (south-eastern sub species) | Climacteris picumnus victoriae | VU vu (2023) | ||
| Bush Stone-curlew | Burhinus grallarius | cr (1997) | ||
| Caspian Tern | Sterna caspia | vu (2019) | ||
| Chestnut-rumped Heathwren | Hylacola pyrrhopygia | vu (2023) | ||
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | EN en (2020) | ||
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | vu (2012) | ||
| Crested Bellbird | Oreoica gutturalis | en (1976) | ||
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | CR cr (2018) | ||
| Diamond Dove | Geopelia cuneata | vu (1978) | ||
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata | VU vu (2022) | ||
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea alba modesta | vu (2024) | ||
| Elegant Parrot | Neophema elegans | vu (1999) | ||
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | en (2024) | ||
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | EN en (2025) | ||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | n/a | ||
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea alba modesta | vu (2024) | ||
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | EN en (2025) | ||
| Grey-crowned Babbler | Pomatostomus temporalis | vu (2000) | ||
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | en (2019) | ||
| Gull-billed Tern | Sterna nilotica macrotarsa | en (2013) | ||
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | n/a | ||
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata cucullata | EN en (2018) | ||
| King Quail | Coturnix chinensis victoriae | en (2001) | ||
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | VU vu (2023) | ||
| Lewin's Rail | Lewinia pectoralis | vu (2018) | ||
| Little Button-quail | Turnix velox | n/a | ||
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | vu (2022) | ||
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta nigripes | en (2024) | ||
| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | vu (2020) | ||
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | en (2018) | ||
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | vu (2025) | ||
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus hillii | n/a | ||
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fuva | vu (1992) | ||
| Pacific Gull | Larus pacificus pacificus | n/a | ||
| Painted Honeyeater | Grantiella picta | VU vu (2020) | ||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | n/a | ||
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | n/a | ||
| Plains-wanderer | Pedionomus torquatus | CR cr (1965) | ||
| Plumed Egret | Ardea intermedia plumifera | cr (2024) | ||
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | vu (2021) | ||
| Redthroat | Pyrrholaemus brunneus | en (1998) | ||
| Red-backed Kingfisher | Todiramphus pyrrhopygia | - | ||
| Red-chested Button-quail | Turnix pyrrhothorax | en (1965) | ||
| Red-lored Whistler | Pachycephala rufogularis | VU vu (1998) | ||
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | vu (1998) | ||
| Regent Honeyeater | Xanthomyza phrygia | CR cr (1906) | ||
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | n/a | ||
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | VU vu (2021) | ||
| Southern Whiteface | Aphelocephala leucopsis | VU vu (2021) | ||
| Speckled Warbler | Chthonicola sagittata | en (2020) | ||
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | n/a | ||
| Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura | vu (2001) | ||
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | CR cr (2023) | ||
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | n/a | ||
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | en (2022) | ||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | VU vu (2020) | ||
| White-winged Black Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | n/a | ||
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | en (2019) | ||
Ararat Rural City - Threatened Mammals | ||||
| Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa tapoatafa | vu (2022) | ||
| Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby | Petrogale penicillata | VU cr (1982) | ||
| Common Dunnart | Sminthopsis murina | vu (2025) | ||
| Eastern Barred Bandicoot | Perameles gunnii | EN en (1970) | ||
| Fat-tailed Dunnart | Sminthopsis crassicaudata | vu (2022) | ||
| Heath Mouse | Pseudomys shortridgei | EN en (2024) | ||
| Long-nosed Potoroo | Potorous tridactylus | VU vu (2022) | ||
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | vu (2022) | ||
| Smoky Mouse | Pseudomys fumeus | EN en (2019) | ||
| Southern Brown Bandicoot | Isoodon obesulus obesulus | EN en (2024) | ||
| Squirrel Glider | Petaurus norfolcensis | vu (2015) | ||
| Yellow-bellied Glider | Petaurus australis australis | VU vu (1982) | ||
Ararat Rural City - Threatened Fish | ||||
| Golden Perch | Macquaria ambigua | n/a | ||
| Little Galaxias | Galaxiella toourtkoourt | en (2024) | ||
| Maquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN en (1955) | ||
| Murray Cod | Maccullochella peelii peelii | VU en (2000) | ||
| River Blackfish (upper Wannon River form) | Gadopsis marmoratus (upper Wannon) | cr (2024) | ||
| Yarra Pygmy Perch | Nannoperca obscura | EN en (2023) | ||
Ararat Rural City - Threatened Reptiles & Amphibians | ||||
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | en (2023) | ||
| Corangamite Water Skink | Eulamprus tympanum | EN en (2023) | ||
| Eastern Bearded Dragon | Pogona barbata | vu (2019) | ||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU vu (2023) | ||
| Lace Monitor (Tree Goanna) | Varanus varius | en (2021) | ||
| Mountain Dragon | Rankinia diemensis (Grampians) | cr (2014) | ||
| Southern Toadlet | Pseudophryne semimarmorata | en (2012) | ||
| Striped Legless Lizard | Delma impar | VU en (2023) | ||
| Swamp Skink | Egernia coventryi | EN en (1985) | ||
| Tussock Skink | Pseudemoia pagenstecheri | en (2022) | ||
Ararat Rural City - Threatened Invertebrates | ||||
| Amethyst Hairstreak Butterfly | Jalmenus icilius | en (1909) | ||
| Caddisfly | Ecnomus nibbor | n/a | ||
| Cryptic Sun Moth | Synemon theresa | ex (1700's) | ||
| Freshwater isopod | Colubotelson joyneri | cr (2006) | ||
| Glenelg Spiny Cray | Euastacus bispinosus | EN en (2018) | ||
| Golden Sun Moth | Synemon plana | VU vu (2022) | ||
| Jewel Beetle | Temognatha sanguinipennis | vu (2017) | ||
| Silvered Skipper | Hesperilla crypsargyra lesouefi | n/a | ||
| Metallic Green Carpenter Bee | Xylocopa (Lestis) aeratus | ex (1904) | ||
| Water beetle (squeak beetle) | Hygrobia australasiae | en (1969) | ||
| Western Bush Yabby | Geocharax falcata | en (2007) | ||
| Western Swamp Crayfish | Gramastacus insolitus | en (2024) | ||
| Yellow Sedge-skipper Butterfly | Hesperilla flavescens | EN en (1989) | ||
n/a - species previously on Advisory Lists (2009 & 2013) which have since 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, 2026. Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 - Threatened List - September 2025 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.