Threatened fauna Glenelg Shire
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Glenelg Shire which are considered threatened under the Commonwealth EPBC Act 1999 and Victorian FFG Threatened List 2025.
- 88 species of threatened birds (66 recorded since 2000)
- 31 species of threatened mammals (19 recorded since 2000)
- 10 species of threatened fish (8 recorded since 2000)
- 7 species of threatened reptiles (6 recorded since 2000)
- 3 species of threatened amphibians (2 recorded since 2000)
- 10 species of threatened invertebrate (5 recorded since 2000)
- 5 species of crustaceans (5 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 |
| th | Threatened |
Common name | Scientific name | Conservation status | ||
| Last recorded in Glenelg Shire (up to 2025) | ||||
Glenelg Shire – threatened birds | ||||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | EN cr | 2021 | |
| Australian Painted Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | EN cr | 2025 | |
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | vu | 2024 | |
| Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis | cr | 1967 | |
| Australian Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon macrotarsa | en | 2019 | |
| Australian Little Bittern | Ixobrychus dubius | en | 1949 | |
| Azure Kingfisher | Alcedo azurea | n/a | ||
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla | n/a | ||
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | cr | 2018 | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | EN en | 2025 | |
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | cr | 2010 | |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | VU | 2019 | |
| Black-chinned Honeyeater | Melithreptus gularis | n/a | ||
| Black-eared Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx osculans | n/a | ||
| Black-faced Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscescens | n/a | ||
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | EN en | 2014 | |
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | vu | 2019 | |
| Blue Petrel | Halobaena caerulea | VU | 1992 | |
| Blue-winged Parrot | Neophema chrysostoma | VU vu | 2025 | |
| Brolga | Grus rubicunda | en | 2025 | |
| Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus victoriae | VU vu | 2021 | |
| Bush Stone-curlew | Burhinus grallarius | cr | 1984 | |
| Caspian Tern | Sterna caspia | vu | 2025 | |
| Chestnut-rumped Heathwren | Hylacola pyrrhopygia | vu | 2019 | |
| Common Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides urinatrix | n/a | ||
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | EN en | 2024 | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | vu | 2019 | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | CR cr | 2019 | |
| Diamond Dove | Geopelia cuneata | vu | 1938 | |
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata | VU vu | 2006 | |
| Eastern Bristlebird | Dasyornis brachypterus | EN cr | 2020 | |
| Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | CR cr | 2005 | |
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | vu | 2025 | |
| Elegant Parrot | Neophema elegans | vu | 2020 | |
| Fairy Prion | Pachyptila turtur | n/a | ||
| Fairy Tern | Sterna nereis | VU cr | 2024 | |
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | en | 2021 | |
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | EN en | 2025 | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | n/a | ||
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | VU vu | 2019 | |
| Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | VU vu | 2024 | |
| Grey-crowned Babbler | Pomatostomus temporalis | vu | 1963 | |
| Grey Falcon | Falco hypoleucos | VU vu | 1979 | |
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | en | 2021 | |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | VU vu | 2020 | |
| Grey-headed Albatross | Thalassarche chrysostoma | EN en | 2011 | |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | cr | 2005 | |
| Ground Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina maxima | en | 1957 | |
| Ground Parrot | Pezoporus wallicus | en | 2020 | |
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU n/a | ||
| Hooded Plover | Thinornis rubricollis | VU vu | 2025 | |
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | EN en | 2015 | |
| Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche carteri | VU en | 2017 | |
| Inland Dotterel | Charadrius australis | vu | 1982 | |
| King Quail | Coturnix chinensis | en | 2009 | |
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | VU vu | 2024 | |
| Lewin's Rail | Rallus pectoralis | vu | 2021 | |
| Light-mantled Sooty Albatross | Phoebetria palpebrata | cr | 1980 | |
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | vu | 2008 | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta nigripes | en | 2025 | |
| Little Tern | Sterna albifrons | VU cr | 2022 | |
| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | vu | 2021 | |
| Major Mitchell's Cockatoo | Lophochroa leadbeateri | EN en | 1957 | |
| Malleefowl | Leipoa ocellata | VU vu | 1991 | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | en | 2018 | |
| Masked Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae | cr | 2025 | |
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | vu | 2025 | |
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | n/a | ||
| Northern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes halli | VU en | 1981 | |
| Orange-bellied Parrot | Neophema chrysogaster | CR cr | 2006 | |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fuva | vu | 2005 | |
| Pacific Gull | Larus pacificus | n/a | ||
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | n/a | ||
| Plains-wanderer | Pedionomus torquatus | CR cr | 1972 | |
| Plumed Egret | Ardea intermedia plumifera | cr | 2010 | |
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | vu | 2024 | |
| Red-chested Button-quail | Turnix pyrrhothorax | en | 1980 | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | VU vu | 2024 | |
| Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne | EN en | 2025 | |
| Regent Honeyeater | Anthochaera phrygia | CR cr | 1958 | |
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | n/a | ||
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | VU vu | 2024 | |
| Rufous Bristlebird (Coorong) | Dasyornis broadbenti broadbenti | en | 2024 | |
| Rufous Bristlebird (Otway) | Dasyornis broadbenti caryochrous | vu | 2007 | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | n/a | ||
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | VU vu | 2022 | |
| Shy Albatross | Diomedea cauta | EN en | 2019 | |
| Sooty Oystercatcher | Haematopus fuliginosus | n/a | ||
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | VU vu | 1992 | |
| Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | EN en | 2017 | |
| Southern Royal Albatross | Diomedea epomophora | VU cr | 1986 | |
| Southern Whiteface | Aphelocephala leucopsis | VU vu | 1979 | |
| Speckled Warbler | Pyrrholaemus sagittatus | en | 1952 | |
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | n/a | ||
| Spotted Quail-thrush | Cinclosoma punctatum | n/a | ||
| Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura | vu | 2018 | |
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | CR cr | 2008 | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | VU vu | 2022 | |
| Wandering Albatross | Diomedea exulans | VU cr | 1995 | |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | en | 2005 | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | n/a | ||
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | en | 2025 | |
| White-capped Albatross | Thalassarche steadi | VU | 2019 | |
| White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | en | 1984 | |
| White-fronted Tern | Sterna striata | n/a | ||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | VU vu | 2023 | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | en | 2006 | |
Glenelg Shire – threatened mammals | ||||
| Blue Whale | Balaenoptera musculus | EN en | 2018 | |
| Bridled Nail-tailed Wallaby | Onychogalea fraenata | EX ex | 1700's | |
| Broad-toothed Rat | Mastacomys fuscus mordicus | EN en | 1700's | |
| Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa | vu | 2017 | |
| Bryde's Whale | Balaenoptera edeni | n/a | ||
Burrowing Bettong (mainland subspecies) | Bettongia lesueur graii | EX | 1700's | |
| Bent-wing Bat (southern) | Miniopterus schreibersii bassanii | CR cr | 2017 | |
| Common Dunnart | Sminthopsis murina | vu | 2008 | |
| Eastern Barred Bandicoot | Perameles gunnii | EN en | 1930 | |
| Eastern Bettong | Bettongia gaimardi gaimardi | EX ex | 1700's | |
| Eastern Pygmy-possum | Cercartetus nanus | n/a | ||
| Eastern Hare-wallaby | Lagorchestes leporides | EX ex | 1700's | |
| Eastern Quoll | Dasyurus viverrinus | EN ex | 1700's | |
| Fat-tailed Dunnart | Sminthopsis crassicaudata | vu | 1700's | |
| Grey-headed Flying-fox | Pteropus poliocephalus | VU vu | 2013 | |
| Heath Mouse | Pseudomys shortridgei | EN en | 2019 | |
| Long-nosed Fur Seal | Arctophoca forsteri | vu | 2020 | |
| Long-nosed Potoroo | Potorous tridactylus | VU vu | 2024 | |
| New Holland Mouse | Pseudomys novaehollandiae | VU vu | 1700's | |
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | vu | 2025 | |
| Rufous-bellied Pademelon | Thylogale billardierii | th | 1980 | |
| Rufous Bettong | Aepyprymnus rufescens | ex | 1700's | |
| Sea-lion | Neophoca cinerea | EN en | 2022 | |
| Silky Mouse | Pseudomys apodemoides | n/a | ||
| Smoky Mouse | Pseudomys fumeus | EN en | 2005 | |
| Southern Bent-winged Bat | Miniopterus orianae bassanii | CR | ||
| Southern Brown Bandicoot | Isoodon obesulus obesulus | EN en | 2024 | |
Southern Elephant Seal | Mirounga leonina | VU | 2025 | |
| Southern Myotis | Myotis macropus | n/a | ||
| Southern Right Whale | Eubalaena australis | EN en | 2023 | |
| Spot-tailed Quoll | Dasyurus maculatus | EN en | 2008 | |
| Subantarctic Fur Seal | Arctophoca tropicalis | EN en | 2019 | |
| Swamp Antechinus | Antechinus minimus | VU vu | 2022 | |
| White-footed Dunnart | Sminthopsis leucopus | vu | 2020 | |
| White-footed Rabbit-rat | Conilurus albipes | EX ex | 1836 | |
| Yellow-bellied Glider | Petaurus australis australis | VU vu | 2024 | |
Glenelg Shire – threatened fishes | ||||
| Australian Grayling | Prototroctes maraena | VU vu | 2021 | |
| Dwarf Galaxias | Galaxiella pusilla | EN en | 2011 | |
| Freshwater Catfish | Tandanus tandanus | en | 2025 | |
| Freshwater Herring | Potamalosa richmondia | ex | 1974 | |
| Little Galaxias | Galaxiella toourtkoourt | en | 2024 | |
| Golden Perch | Macquaria ambigua | n/a | ||
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN en | 1982 | |
| 'Morwell' Galaxias | Galaxias sp. 15 | CR cr | 2020 | |
| River Blackfish (upper Wannon River form) | Gadopsis marmoratus (upper Wannon) | cr | 2023 | |
| Variegated Pygmy Perch | Nannoperca variegata | VU en | 2025 | |
| Yarra Pygmy Perch | Nannoperca obscura | EN en | 2025 | |
Glenelg Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians | ||||
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | en | 1972 | |
| Eastern Bearded Dragon | Pogona barbata | vu | 2024 | |
| Four-toed Skink | Hemiergis peronii | n/a | ||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU vu | 2018 | |
| Leathery Turtle | Dermochelys coriacea | EN cr | 2013 | |
| Loggerhead Turtle | Caretta caretta | EN | 1981 | |
| Southern Toadlet | Pseudophryne semimarmorata | en | 2022 | |
| Striped Legless Lizard | Delma impar | VU en | 2011 | |
| Striped Worm-Lizard | Aprasia striolata | en | 2020 | |
| Swamp Skink | Lissolepis coventryi | EN en | 2009 | |
| Tussock Skink | Pseudemoia pagenstecheri | en | 2005 | |
Glenelg Shire – threatened invertebrates | ||||
| Alpine Darner Dragonfly | Austroaeschna flavomaculata | vu | 1995 | |
| Ancient Greenling Damselfly | Hemiphlebia mirabilis | en | 2025 | |
| Caddisfly | Ecnomus nibbor | n/a | ||
| Caddisfly | Plectrotarsus gravenhorstii | en | 1952 | |
| Caddisfly | Leptocerus souta | vu | 2004 | |
| Calanoid Copepod (5030) | Boekella nyoraensis | n/a | ||
| Diving beetle | Antiporus willyamsi | n/a | ||
| Glenelg Freshwater Mussel | Hyridella glenelgensis | CR cr | 2016 | |
| Large Bronze Azure Butterfly | Ogyris halmaturia | cr | 1905 | |
| Mt Donna Buang Wingless Stonefly | Riekoperla darlingtoni | cr | 2003 | |
| Narracan Corrugated Mussel | Hyridella narracanensis | en | 2016 | |
| Swamp Bluet Damselfly | Coenagrion lyelli | n/a | ||
| Water beetle species (Squeak) | Hygrobia australasiae | en | 1973 | |
| Western Bright-eyed Brown Butterfly | Heteronympha cordace wilsoni | cr | 1958 | |
Crustacea | ||||
| Glenelg Spiny Crayfish | Euastacus bispinosus | EN en | 2025 | |
| Hairy Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus sericatus | vu | 2008 | |
| Portland Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus strictifrons | en | 2024 | |
| Western Bush Yabby | Geocharax falcata | en | 2018 | |
| Western Swamp Crayfish | Gramastacus insolitus | en | 2019 | |
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.