Threatened fauna Brimbank 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 Brimbank City which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2025.
- 11 species of threatened birds (8 since 2000)
- 4 species of threatened mammals (3 since 2000)
- 5 species of threatened fish (1 since 2000)
- 4 species of threatened reptiles (3 since 2000)
- 3 species of threatened amphibians (2 since 2000)
- 2 species of threatened invertebrates (1 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 Brimbank up to 2025 | |||||
Brimbank City – threatened birds | |||||
| Australian Little Bittern | Ixobrychus dubius | en | 1980 | ||
| Baillon’s Crake | Porzana pusilla | n/a | |||
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | cr | 2018 | ||
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | vu | 2021 | ||
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | en | 2019 | ||
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | n/a | |||
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | n/a | |||
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | VU vu | 2014 | ||
| Lewin's Rail | Lewinia pectoralis | vu | 2013 | ||
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | vu | 2021 | ||
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | n/a | |||
| Pacific Gull | Larus pacificus pacificus | n/a | |||
| Plains-wanderer | Pedionomus torquatus | CR cr | 1974 | ||
| Plumed Egret | Ardea intermedia plumifera | cr | 2021 | ||
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | n/a | |||
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | CR cr | 2000 | ||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | VU vu | 1981 | ||
Brimbank City – threatened mammals | |||||
| Fat-tailed Dunnart | Sminthopsis crassicaudata | vu | 2004 | ||
| Grey-headed Flying-fox | Pteropus poliocephalus | VU vu | 2025 | ||
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | vu | 1988 | ||
| Yellow-bellied Sheathtail Bat | Saccolaimus flaviventris | vu | 2000 | ||
Brimbank City – threatened fish | |||||
| Australian Grayling | Prototroctes maraena | vu | 2017 | ||
| Freshwater Catfish | Tandanus tandanus | en | 1997 | ||
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN en | 1970 | ||
| Murray Cod | Maccullochella peelii | EN vu | 1981 | ||
| Silver Perch | Bidyanus bidyanus | EN en | 1981 | ||
Brimbank City – threatened reptiles & amphibians | |||||
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | en | 1988 | ||
| Eastern Bearded Dragon | Pogona barbata | vu | 1988 | ||
| Eastern Snakenecked Turtle | Chelodina longicollis | n/a | |||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU vu | 2023 | ||
| Murray River Turtle | Emydura macquarii | cr | 2000 | ||
| Southern Toadlet | Pseudophryne semimarmorata | en | 2025 | ||
| Striped Legless Lizard | Delma impar | VU en | 2025 | ||
| Tussock Skink | Pseudemoia pagenstecheri | en | 2025 | ||
Brimbank City – threatened invertebrates | |||||
| Eltham Copper Butterfly | Paralucia pyrodiscus lucida | EN en | 1920 | ||
| Golden Sun Moth | Synemon plana | VU vu | 2020 | ||
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.