Threatened fauna Buloke 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 Buloke Shire which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2025.
- 57species of threatened birds (31 recorded since 2000)
- 3 species of threatened mammals (2 recorded since 2000)
- 3 species of threatened fish (2 recorded since 2000)
- 6 species of threatened reptiles (4 recorded since 2000)
- 2 species of threatened amphibians (1 recorded since 2000)
- 1 species of invertebrate (0 recorded 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 Buloke Shire up to 2025 | |||
Buloke Shire – Threatened Birds | |||
| Apostlebird | Struthidea cinerea | vu | 1951 |
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | EN cr | 1991 |
| Australian Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica macrotarsa | en | 1993 |
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | vu | 2024 |
| Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis | cr | 1991 |
| Australian Little Bittern | Ixobrychus dubius | en | 1988 |
| Australian Painted-snipe | Rostratula australis | EN cr | 1922 |
| Australian Pratincole | Stiltia isabella | n/a | |
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla palustris | n/a | |
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | cr | 2006 |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | EN en | 1988 |
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | cr | 2019 |
| Black-eared Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx osculans | n/a | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | EN en | 1997 |
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | vu | 2024 |
| Blue-winged Parrot | Neophema chrysostoma | VU vu | 2004 |
| Brolga | Grus rubicunda | en | 2000 |
| Brown Treecreeper (south-eastern sub-sp.) | Climacteris picumnus victoriae | VU vu | 2024 |
| Bush Stone-curlew | Burhinus grallarius | cr | 2006 |
| Caspian Tern | Sterna caspia | vu | 2013 |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | EN en | 2018 |
| Crested Bellbird | Oreoica gutturalis | en | 2006 |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | CR cr | 1995 |
| Diamond Dove | Geopelia cuneata | vu | 2012 |
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata | VU vu | 2012 |
| Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | CR cr | 1997 |
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | vu | 2024 |
| Elegant Parrot | Neophema elegans | vu | 2005 |
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | en | 2024 |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | n/a | |
| Grey-crowned Babbler | Pomatostomus temporalis | vu | 2008 |
| Grey Falcon | Falco hypoleucos | VU vu | 1922 |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | VU vu | 1981 |
| Ground Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina maxima | en | 1975 |
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU n/a | |
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata cucullata | EN en | 2019 |
| Inland Dotterel | Charadrius australis | vu | 1901 |
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | VU vu | 2019 |
| Little Button-quail | Turnix velox | n/a | |
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | vu | 2021 |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta nigripes | en | 2023 |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | n/a | |
| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | vu | 1986 |
| Major Mitchell's Cockatoo | Lophochroa leadbeateri | EN en | 1981 |
| Malleefowl | Leipoa ocellata | VU vu | 1981 |
| Mallee Emu-wren | Stipiturus mallee | EN en | 1975 |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | en | 1997 |
| Murray Mallee Striated Grasswren | Amytornis striatus howei | EN en | 1951 |
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | vu | 2024 |
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | n/a | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | n/a | |
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | n/a | |
| Plains-wanderer | Pedionomus torquatus | CR cr | 2022 |
| Plumed Egret | Ardea intermedia plumifera | cr | 2001 |
| Purple-gaped Honeyeater | Lichenostomus cratitius | vu | 1981 |
| Red-backed Kingfisher | Todiramphus pyrrhopygia | n/a | |
| Red-chested Button-quail | Turnix pyrrhothorax | en | 1998 |
| Red-lored Whistler | Pachycephala rufogularis | VU vu | 1938 |
| Redthroat | Pyrrholaemus brunneus | en | 1975 |
| Regent Parrot | Polytelis anthopeplus | VU vu | 2019 |
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | n/a | |
| Rufous Fieldwren | Calamanthus campestris | n/a | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | VU vu | 2018 |
| Southern Whiteface | Aphelocephala leucopsis | VU vu | 2017 |
| Spotted Bowerbird | Chlamydera maculata | ex | 1922 |
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | n/a | |
| Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura | vu | 2018 |
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | CR cr | 2005 |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | n/a | |
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | en | 2000 |
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | VU vu | 2006 |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | en | 1982 |
Buloke Shire – Threatened Mammals | |||
| Eastern Quoll | Dasyurus viverrinus | EN (Extinct in Vic.) | 1910 |
| Fat-tailed Dunnart | Sminthopsis crassicaudata | vu | 2021 |
| Spot-tailed Quoll | Dasyurus maculatus maculatus | EN en | 2004 |
Buloke Shire – Threatened Fishes | |||
| Freshwater Catfish | Tandanus tandanus | en | 2014 |
| Golden Perch | Macquaria ambigua | n/a | |
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN en | 1910 |
| Murray Cod | Maccullochella peelii peelii | VU en | 2014 |
Buloke Shire – Threatened Reptiles & Amphibians | |||
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | en | 1976 |
| Carpet Python | Morelia spilota metcalfei | en | 2023 |
| Eastern Bearded Dragon | Pogona barbata | vu | 2011 |
| Eastern Snake-necked Turtle | Chelodina longicollis | n/a | |
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU vu | 2010 |
| Hooded Scaly-foot | Pygopus schraderi | cr | 2014 |
| Lace Monitor (Tree Goanna) | Varanus varius | en | 1985 |
| Lined Earless Dragon | Tympanocryptis lineata lineata | en | 1991 |
| Samphire Skink | Morethia adelaidensis | en | 2017 |
| Woodland Blind Snake | Anilios proximus | n/a | |
Buloke Shire – Threatened invertebrates | |||
| Orange Sun Moth | Synemon nais | en | 1908 |
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.