Threatened fauna Ballarat City
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known records (including historic records) and date of last record of fauna in Ballarat City which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2025.
- 38 species of threatened birds (25 since 2000)
- 7 species of threatened mammals (3 since 2000)
- 1 species of threatened fish (0 since 2000)
- 2 species of threatened amphibians (2 since 2000)
- 2 species of invertebrates (2 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 - up to 2025) | ||||
Ballarat City – threatened birds | ||||
| Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis | cr (1954) | ||
| Australian Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon macrotarsa | en (2013) | ||
| Australian Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | en (2017) | ||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | EN cr (2023) | ||
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | vu (2024) | ||
| Azure Kingfisher | Alcedo azurea | n/a | ||
| Baillon’s Crake | Porzana pusilla palustris | n/a | ||
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | cr (1989) | ||
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | EN en (2007) | ||
| Black-eared Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx osculans | n/a | ||
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | cr (2024) | ||
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | vu (2024) | ||
| Blue-winged Parrot | Neophema chrysostoma | VU vu (2024) | ||
| Brolga | Grus rubicunda | en (2023) | ||
| Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus | VU vu (2024) | ||
| Caspian Tern | Sterna caspia | vu (2019) | ||
| Common Greenshank | Tringa glareola | vu (2022) | ||
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | vu (2022) | ||
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | CR cr (2010) | ||
| Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | CR cr (1985) | ||
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea alba modesta | vu (2024) | ||
| Elegant Parrot | Neophema elegans | vu (1886) | ||
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | en (2024) | ||
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | EN en (1991) | ||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | n/a | ||
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | en (2023) | ||
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | n/a | ||
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | VU vu (2024) | ||
| Lewin's Rail | Rallus pectoralis | vu (2018) | ||
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | vu (2024) | ||
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | en (2023) | ||
| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | vu (2024) | ||
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | en (2016) | ||
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | vu (2024) | ||
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | n/a | ||
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | n/a | ||
| Plumed Egret | Ardea intermedia plumifera | cr (2024) | ||
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | vu (2023) | ||
| Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (south-eastern) | Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne | EN en (1896) | ||
| Regent Honeyeater | Xanthomyza phrygia | CR cr (1981) | ||
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | n/a | ||
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | VU vu (2020) | ||
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | n/a | ||
| Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura | vu (2019) | ||
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | n/a | ||
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | en (2024) | ||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | VU vu (2021) | ||
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | en (2024) | ||
Ballarat City – threatened mammals | ||||
| Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa | vu (1991) | ||
| Eastern Pygmy-possum | Cercartetus nanus | n/a | ||
| Eastern Bent-winged Bat | Miniopterus orianae oceanensis | cr (1962) | ||
| Eastern Quoll | Dasyurus viverrinus | EN ex (1896) | ||
| Fat-tailed Dunnart | Sminthopsis crassicaudata | vu (1991) | ||
| Grey-headed Flying-fox | Pteropus poliocephalus | VU vu (2025) | ||
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | vu (2021) | ||
| Spot-tailed Quoll | Dasyurus maculatus maculatus | EN en (2006) | ||
Ballarat City – threatened fishes | ||||
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | en (1970) | ||
Ballarat City – threatened reptiles & amphibians | ||||
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | en (2022) | ||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU vu (2023) | ||
| Swamp Skink | Lissolepis coventryi | EN en (1700's) | ||
| Tussock Skink | Pseudemoia pagenstecheri | en (2004) | ||
Ballarat City - threatened invertebrates | ||||
| Golden Sun Moth |
| VU vu (2011) | ||
| Western Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus merosetosus | en (2006) | ||
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.