Threatened fauna Casey 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 Casey City which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2025.
- 57 species of threatened birds (36 recorded since 2000)
- 8 species of threatened mammals (4 recorded since 2000)
- 4 species of threatened fish (2 recorded since 2000)
- 2 species of threatened reptiles (2 recorded since 2000)
- 2 species of threatened amphibians (1 recorded since 2000)
- 5 species of threatened invertebrates (2 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 Casey City up to 2025 | ||||
Casey City – threatened birds | ||||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | EN cr | 2018 | |
| Australian Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon macrotarsa | en | 2017 | |
| Australian Little Bittern | Ixobrychus dubius | en | 2002 | |
| Australian Painted Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis australis | EN cr | 1976 | |
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | vu | 2020 | |
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla palustris | n/a | ||
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | cr | 2005 | |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | EN en | 1979 | |
| Black-eared Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx osculans | n/a | ||
| Black-faced Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscescens | n/a | ||
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | cr | 2018 | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | EN en | 1984 | |
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | vu | 2019 | |
| Blue-winged Parrot | Neophema chrysostoma | VU vu | 2019 | |
| Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus victoriae | VU vu | 1994 | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | vu | 2021 | |
| Chestnut-rumped Heathwren | Calamanthus pyrrhopygius | vu | 2019 | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | EN en | 2018 | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | vu | 2018 | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | CR cr | 2019 | |
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata | VU vu | 1994 | |
| Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | CR cr | 1991 | |
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | vu | 2023 | |
| Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | n/a | ||
| Fairy Tern | Sternula nereis nereis | VU cr | 1975 | |
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | en | 2019 | |
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | EN en | 2013 | |
| Glossy Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus lathami | VU vu | 2020 | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | n/a | ||
| Grey-crowned Babbler | Pomatostomus temporalis temporalis | vu | 1995 | |
| Grey Falcon | Falco hypoleucos | VU vu | 1994 | |
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiae | en | 2019 | |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | cr | 1992 | |
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU n/a | ||
| Helmeted Honeyeater | Lichenostomus melanops cassidix | CR cr | 1983 | |
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | EN en | 2005 | |
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | VU vu | 2023 | |
| Lewin's Rail | Lewinia pectoralis pectoralis | vu | 2020 | |
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | vu | 2023 | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta nigripes | en | 2021 | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | VU cr | 2018 | |
| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | vu | 1994 | |
| Major Mitchell's Cockatoo | Lophochroa leadbeateri | EN en | 1994 | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | en | 2004 | |
| Masked Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae novaehollandiae | cr | 1961 | |
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | vu | 2021 | |
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | n/a | ||
| Orange-bellied Parrot | Neophema chrysogaster | CR cr | 2021 | |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | vu | 1990 | |
| Pacific Gull | Larus pacificus pacificus | n/a | ||
| Painted Honeyeater | Grantiella picta | VU vu | 2007 | |
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | n/a | ||
| Pilotbird | Pycnoptilus floccosus | vu | 2010 | |
| Plumed Egret | Ardea intermedia plumifera | cr | 2019 | |
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | vu | 2022 | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | VU vu | 2018 | |
| Regent Honeyeater | Regent Honeyeater | CR cr | 1994 | |
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | n/a | ||
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | VU vu | 1981 | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | VU vu | 2018 | |
| Sooty Oystercatcher | Haematopus fuliginosus | n/a | ||
| Speckled Warbler | Chthonicola sagittatus | en | 1994 | |
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | n/a | ||
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | CR cr | 2021 | |
| Turquoise Parrot | Neophema pulchella | vu | 1982 | |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | en | 1984 | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | n/a | ||
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | en | 2020 | |
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | VU vu | 2020 | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | en | 1980 | |
Casey City – threatened mammals | ||||
| Eastern Pygmy-possum | Cercartetus nanus | n/a | ||
| Eastern Quoll | Dasyurus viverrinus | EN ex in Vic. | 1850 | |
| Grey-headed Flying-fox | Pteropus poliocephalus | VU vu | 2025 | |
| New Holland Mouse | Pseudomys novaehollandiae | VU vu | 2025 | |
| Long-nosed Fur Seal | Arctocephalus australis forsteri | vu | 1977 | |
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | vu | 2008 | |
| Southern Brown Bandicoot | Isoodon obesulus obesulus | EN en | 2025 | |
| Spot-tailed Quoll | Dasyurus maculatus maculatus | EN en | 1900 | |
| Yellow-bellied Glider | Petaurus australis australis | VU vu | 1980 | |
Casey City – threatened fishes | ||||
| Australian Grayling | Prototroctes maraena | VU vu | 1985 | |
| Dwarf Galaxias | Galaxiella pusilla | EN en | 2025 | |
| Golden Perch | Macquaria ambigua | n/a | ||
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN en | 1970 | |
| Flatback Mangrove Goby | Mugilogobius platynotus | en | 2000 | |
Casey City – threatened reptiles & amphibians | ||||
| Glossy Grass Skink | Pseudemoia rawlinsoni | en | 2026 | |
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU vu | 1999 | |
| Southern Toadlet | Pseudophryne semimarmorata | en | 2025 | |
| Swamp Skink | Lissolepis coventryi | EN en | 2012 | |
Casey City – threatened invertebrates | ||||
| Golden Sun Moth | Synemon plana | VU vu | 1700's | |
| Large Ant Blue (butterfly) | Acrodipsas brisbanensis | en | 1941 | |
| Foothill Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus victoriensis | en | 1962 | |
| Jewel Beetle | Temognatha sanguinipennis | vu | 2017 | |
| Yellow Ochre Butterfly | Trapezites luteus luteus | en | 2021 | |
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.