Threatened fauna Baw Baw Shire

 

Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known records (including historic records) and date of last record of fauna in Baw Baw Shire which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2025.

 

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 Victoria up to 2026

Baw Baw Shire – threatened birds

Australasian BitternBotaurus poiciloptilusEN cr 2001
Australian Little BitternIxobrychus minutus dubiusen 1905
Australasian ShovelerAnas rhynchotisvu 2020
Azure KingfisherAlcedo azurean/a
Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla palustrisn/a 
Barking OwlNinox connivenscr 2021
Black FalconFalco subnigercr 2002
Blue-billed DuckOxyura australisvu 2023
Blue-winged Parrot Neophema chrysostoma
VU vu 2020
Brown TreecreeperClimacteris picumnus victoriaeVU vu 2018
Chestnut-rumped HeathwrenCalamanthus pyrrhopygiusvu 1998
Common GreenshankTringa nebulariaEN en 1987
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosvu 2006
Crested BellbirdOreoica gutturalis
en 2020
Diamond FiretailStagonopleura guttataVU vu 1998
Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensisCR cr 1934
Eastern Great EgretArdea modestavu 2023
EmuDromaius novaehollandiaen/a
Freckled DuckStictonetta naevosaen 2019
Gang-gang CockatooCallocephalon fimbriatumEN en 2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusn/a 
Grey GoshawkAccipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiaeen 2020
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica macrotarsaen 1978
Helmeted HoneyeaterLichenostomus melanops cassidixCR cr 2012
Hooded RobinMelanodryas cucullataEN en 1999
King QuailCoturnix chinensis victoriaeen 1911
Latham's SnipeGallinago hardwickiiVU vu 2019
Lewin's RailLewinia pectoralis pectoralisvu 2012
Little Eagle
Hieraaetus morphnoides
vu 2005
Little EgretEgretta garzetta nigripesen 2018
Masked OwlTyto novaehollandiae novaehollandiaecr 2024
Musk DuckBiziura lobatavu 2023
Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicusn/a
Pacific GullLarus pacificus pacificusn/a 
Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax variusn/a
PilotbirdPycnoptilus floccosus
VU vu 2024
Plumed EgretArdea intermedia plumiferacr 2000
Powerful OwlNinox strenuavu 2024
Regent HoneyeaterAnthochaera phrygiaCR cr 1966
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata
VU vu 2009
Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regian/a 
Sooty OwlTyto tenebricosa tenebricosaen 2023
Speckled WarblerChthonicola sagittatusen 1966
Spotted HarrierCircus assimilisn/a
Spotted Quail-thrushCinclosoma punctatumn/a 
Swift ParrotLathamus discolorCR cr 1980
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybridus-
White-bellied Sea-EagleHaliaeetus leucogasteren 2021
White-browed TreecreeperClimacteris affinis
en 2020
White-throated NeedletailHirundapus caudacutusVU vu 2020
   

Baw Baw Shire – threatened mammals

Broad-toothed RatMastacomys fuscus mordicusEN en 2023
Brush-tailed PhascogalePhascogale tapoatafavu 2006
Common Bent-wing Bat (eastern ssp.)Miniopterus orianae oceanensiscr 2021
Common DunnartSminthopsis murina murinavu 1968
DingoCanis lupus dingovu 2024
Eastern Pygmy-possumCercartetus nanusn/a 
Eastern QuollDasyurus viverrinusEN ex 1900
Grey-headed Flying-foxPteropus poliocephalusVU vu 2025
Leadbeater's PossumGymnobelideus leadbeateriCR cr 2025
PlatypusOrnithorhynchus anatinusvu 2024
Rufous-bellied PademelonThylogale billardieriiTh 1830
Smoky MousePseudomys fumeusEN en 2023
Southern Brown BandicootIsoodon obesulus obesulusEN en 2024
Southern Greater GliderPetauroides volansEN en  2024
Southern MyotisMyotis macropusn/a 
Spot-tailed QuollDasyurus maculatus maculatusEN en  2018
White-footed DunnartSminthopsis leucopusvu  2025
Yellow-bellied Sheathtail BatSaccolaimus flaviventrisvu  2002
Yellow-bellied GliderPetaurus australis australisVU vu  2024
    

Baw Baw Shire – threatened fishes

Australian GraylingPrototroctes maraenaVU vu 2023
Dwarf GalaxiasGalaxiella pusillaEN en 2024
Flinders Pygmy PerchNannoperca sp. 1vu 2025
Freshwater CatfishTandanus tandanusen 1993
Macquarie PerchMacquaria australasicaEN en 1993
Murray CodMaccullochella peeliiVU en 1992
Murray River RainbowfishMelanotaenia fluviatilisen 1981
Golden PerchMacquaria ambiguan/a 
West Gippsland GalaxiasGalaxias longifundusCR cr 2023
    

Baw Baw Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Alpine Bog SkinkPseudemoia cryodromaEN en 2016
Alpine Tree FrogLitoria verreauxii alpinaVU cr 1982
Baw Baw FrogPhiloria frostiCR cr 2011
Dendy's ToadletPseudophryne dendyin/a 
Giant Burrowing FrogHeleioporus australiacusEN cr 1966
Growling Grass FrogLitoria raniformisVU vu 2024
Murray River TurtleEmydura macquarii
cr 2025
Southern ToadletPseudophryne semimarmorataen 2021
Spotted Tree FrogLitoria spenceriCR cr 1980
Swamp SkinkLissolepis coventryiEN en 2013
Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor)Varanus variusen 2023
   

Baw Baw Shire – threatened invertebrates

Alpine Darner DragonflyAustroaeschna flavomaculatavu 2016
Aquatic Invertebrate (copepod)Canthocamptus sublaevisn/a 
Aquatic Invertebrate (copepod)Attheyella (Delachauxiella) dedeckkerien 1987
Aquatic Invertebrate (caddisfly)Tanjistomella vernaen 2012
Aquatic Invertebrate (caddisfly)Archaeophylax canarusn/a 
Aquatic Invertebrate (stonefly)
Thaumatoperla robusta
n/a 
Curve-tail Burrowing CrayfishEngaeus curvisuturusen 1982
Giant Gippsland EarthwormMegascolides australisVU en 2022
Narracan Corrugated MusselHyridella narracanensis
en 2022
Heath Sand-skipper ButterflyAntipodia chaostola charesn/a 
Narracan Burrowing CrayfishEngaeus phyllocercusen 2021
Silky Hairstreak ButterflyPseudalmenus chlorinda zephyrusn/a 
South Gippsland Spiny CrayfishEuastacus neodiversusen 2025
Tubercle Burrowing Crayfish
Engaeus tuberculatus
en 2023
Warragul Burrowing CrayfishEngaeus sternaliscr  2025
    

 

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.

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