Threatened fauna Colac Otway 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 Colac Otway Shire which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2025.
- 63 species of threatened birds (50 recorded since 2000)
- 21 species of threatened mammals (16 recorded since 2000)
- 6 species of threatened fish (4 recorded since 2000)
- 6 species of threatened reptiles (4 recorded since 2000)
- 3 species of threatened amphibians (2 recorded since 2000)
- 4 species of threatened invertebrates (3 recorded since 2000)
- 4 species of threatened crustaceans (4 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 Colac Otway Shire (up to 2025) | |||||
Colac Otway Shire - Threatened Birds | |||||
| Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis | cr | 1921 | ||
| Australian Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon macrotarsa | en | 2019 | ||
| Australian Painted-snipe | Rostratula australis | EN cr | 1980 | ||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | EN cr | 2020 | ||
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | vu | 2023 | ||
| Azure Kingfisher | Alcedo azurea | n/a | |||
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | cr | 2020 | ||
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | EN en | 2017 | ||
| Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis australis | en | 2006 | ||
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | EN en | 1979 | ||
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | cr | 2019 | ||
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | VU n/a | 2019 | ||
| Black-faced Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscescens | n/a | |||
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | vu | 2019 | ||
| Blue-winged Parrot | Neophema chrysostoma | VU vu | 2024 | ||
| Blue Petrel | Halobaena caerulea | VU n/a | 1995 | ||
| Brolga | Grus rubicunda | en | 2025 | ||
| Bush Stone-curlew | Burhinus grallarius | cr | 2000 | ||
| Caspian Tern | Sterna caspia | vu | 2018 | ||
| Chestnut-rumped Heathwren | Hylacola pyrrhopygia | vu | 2015 | ||
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | EN en | 2024 | ||
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | vu | 2018 | ||
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | CR cr | 2024 | ||
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata | VU vu | 1941 | ||
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | vu | 2024 | ||
| Fairy Prion | Pachyptila turtur | n/a | |||
| Fairy Tern | Sternula nereis | VU cr | 2018 | ||
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | en | 2019 | ||
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | EN en | 2024 | ||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | n/a | |||
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | en | 2024 | ||
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | VU vu | 2009 | ||
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | cr | 1956 | ||
| Ground Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina maxima | en | 2024 | ||
| Ground Parrot (Eastern) | Pezoporus wallicus | en | 1991 | ||
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU n/a | |||
| Hooded Plover | Thinornis rubricollis | VU vu | 2025 | ||
| Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche carteri | VU en | 2018 | ||
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | VU vu | 2024 | ||
| Lewin's Rail | Rallus pectoralis | vu | 2022 | ||
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | vu | 2019 | ||
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta nigripes | en | 2019 | ||
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | VU cr | 2018 | ||
| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | vu | 2022 | ||
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | en | 2020 | ||
| Masked Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae | cr | 2024 | ||
| Murray Mallee Striated Grasswren | Amytornis striatus howei | EN en | 2017 | ||
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | vu | 2024 | ||
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus hillii | n/a | |||
| Northern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes halli | VU en | 2019 | ||
Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | vu | 1977 | ||
| Pacific Gull | Larus pacificus pacificus | n/a | |||
| Painted Honeyeater | Grantiella picta | VU vu | 2020 | ||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | n/a | |||
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | n/a | |||
| Plains-wanderer | Pedionomus torquatus | CR cr | 1992 | ||
| Plumed Egret | Ardea intermedia plumifera | cr | 2018 | ||
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | vu | 2024 | ||
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | VU vu | 2017 | ||
| Regent Honeyeater | Xanthomyza phrygia | CR cr | 1982 | ||
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | n/a | |||
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | VU vu | 2018 | ||
| Rufous Bristlebird (Otway) | Dasyornis broadbenti caryochrous | vu | 2024 | ||
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | VU vu | 2024 | ||
| Shy Albatross | Diomedea cauta | EN en | 2018 | ||
| Sooty Oystercatcher | Haematopus fuliginosus | n/a | |||
| Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | EN en | 2000 | ||
| Southern Whiteface | Aphelocephala leucopsis | VU vu | 1997 | ||
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | n/a | |||
| Superb Parrot | Polytelis swainsonii | VU en | 1996 | ||
| Wandering Albatross | Diomedea exulans | VU cr | 1999 | ||
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | n/a | |||
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | en | 2023 | ||
| White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | en | 2001 | ||
| White-fronted Tern | Sterna striata | n/a | |||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | VU vu | 2024 | ||
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | en | 2018 | ||
| Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | EN | |||
Colac Otway Shire - Threatened Mammals | |||||
| Broad-toothed Rat | Mastacomys fuscus | EN en | 2024 | ||
| Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa | vu | 1989 | ||
| Bent-wing Bat (Eastern) | Miniopterus orianae oceanensis | cr | 2000 | ||
| Bent-wing Bat (Southern) | Miniopterus orianae bassanii | CR cr | 2000 | ||
| Eastern Barred Bandicoot | Perameles gunnii | EN en | 1994 | ||
| Eastern Quoll | Dasyurus viverrinus | EN ex | 1936 | ||
| Fat-tailed Dunnart | Sminthopsis crassicaudata | vu | 2020 | ||
| Grey-headed Flying-fox | Pteropus poliocephalus | VU vu | 2025 | ||
| Long-nosed Fur Seal | Arctophoca forsteri | vu | 2019 | ||
| Long-nosed Potoroo | Potorous tridactylus | VU vu | 2025 | ||
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | vu | 2025 | ||
| Smoky Mouse | Pseudomys fumeus | EN en | 1985 | ||
| Southern Brown Bandicoot | Isoodon obesulus obesulus | EN en | 2025 | ||
| Southern Elephant Seal | Mirounga leonina | VU n/a | 2015 | ||
| Southern Right Whale | Eubalaena australis | EN en | 2015 | ||
| Spot-tailed Quoll | Dasyurus maculatus | EN en | 2012 | ||
| Subantarctic Fur Seal | Arctophoca tropicalis | EN en | 2019 | ||
| Swamp Antechinus | Antechinus minimus | VU vu | 2025 | ||
| White-footed Dunnart | Sminthopsis leucopus | vu | 2023 | ||
| Yellow-bellied Glider | Petaurus australis australis | VU vu | 2024 | ||
| Yellow-bellied Sheathtail Bat | Saccolaimus flaviventris | vu | 1969 | ||
Colac Otway Shire - Threatened Fishes | |||||
| Australian Grayling | Prototroctes maraena | VU vu | 2025 | ||
| Australian Mudfish | Galaxias cleaveri | en | 2022 | ||
| Freshwater Catfish | Tandanus tandanus | en | 1981 | ||
| Little Galaxias | Galaxiella toourtkoourt | en | 2024 | ||
| Mountain Galaxias | Galaxias olidus (group) | n/a | |||
| Silver Perch | Bidyanus bidyanus | EN en | 1981 | ||
| Yarra Pigmy Perch | Nannoperca obscura | EN en | 2007 | ||
Colac Otway Shire - Threatened Reptiles & Amphibians | |||||
| Broad-shelled Turtle | Chelodina expansa | en | 1999 | ||
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | en | 1961 | ||
| Corangamite Water Skink | Eulamprus tympanum | EN en | 2023 | ||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU vu | 2020 | ||
| Leatherback Turtle | Dermochelys coriacea | EN cr | 1992 | ||
| Southern Toadlet | Pseudophryne semimarmorata | en | 2025 | ||
| Striped Legless Lizard | Delma impar | VU en | 2024 | ||
| Swamp Skink | Egernia coventryi | EN en | 2023 | ||
| Tussock Skink | Pseudemoia pagenstecheri | en | 2020 | ||
Colac Otway Shire - Threatened Invertebrates | |||||
| Caddisfly | Orphninotrichia justini | n/a | |||
| Caddisfly | Archaeophylax canarus | n/a | |||
| Caddisfly | Taskiria otwayensis | vu | 2000 | ||
| Golden Sun Moth |
| VU vu | 2020 | ||
| Narracan Corrugated Mussel | Hyridella narracanensis | en | 1970 | ||
| Otway Black Snail | Victaphanta compacta | en | 2024 | ||
Crustacea | |||||
| Hairy Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus sericatus | vu | 2025 | ||
| Otway Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus fultoni | vu | 2012 | ||
| Otway Bush Yabby | Geocharax tasmanicus | en | 2008 | ||
| Western Bush Yabby | Geocharax falcata | en | 2007 | ||
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.