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. 

 

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 BitternBotaurus poiciloptilusEN cr 2021
Australian Painted SnipeRostratula benghalensisEN cr 2025
Australasian ShovelerAnas rhynchotisvu 2024
Australian BustardArdeotis australiscr 1967
Australian Gull-billed TernGelochelidon macrotarsa
en 2019
Australian Little Bittern
Ixobrychus dubius
en 1949
Azure KingfisherAlcedo azurean/a
Baillon's CrakePorzana pusillan/a 
Barking OwlNinox connivenscr 2018
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
EN en 2025
Black FalconFalco subnigercr 2010
Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophrisVU 2019
Black-chinned HoneyeaterMelithreptus gularisn/a
Black-eared CuckooChrysococcyx osculansn/a
Black-faced CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscescensn/a
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
EN en 2014
Blue-billed DuckOxyura australisvu 2019
Blue PetrelHalobaena caerulea
VU 1992
Blue-winged Parrot
Neophema chrysostoma
VU vu 2025
BrolgaGrus rubicundaen 2025
Brown TreecreeperClimacteris picumnus victoriaeVU vu 2021
Bush Stone-curlewBurhinus grallariuscr 1984
Caspian TernSterna caspiavu 2025
Chestnut-rumped HeathwrenHylacola pyrrhopygiavu 2019
Common Diving-PetrelPelecanoides urinatrixn/a
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
EN en 2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosvu 2019
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
CR cr 2019
Diamond DoveGeopelia cuneata
vu 1938
Diamond FiretailStagonopleura guttataVU vu 2006
Eastern BristlebirdDasyornis brachypterus
EN cr 2020
Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensisCR cr 2005
Eastern Great EgretArdea modestavu 2025
Elegant ParrotNeophema elegans
vu 2020
Fairy PrionPachyptila turturn/a
Fairy TernSterna nereisVU cr 2024
Freckled DuckStictonetta naevosaen 2021
Gang-gang CockatooCallocephalon fimbriatumEN en 2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusn/a
Great KnotCalidris tenuirostrisVU vu 2019
Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
VU vu 2024
Grey-crowned Babbler
Pomatostomus temporalis
vu 1963
Grey FalconFalco hypoleucosVU vu 1979
Grey GoshawkAccipiter novaehollandiaeen 2021
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU vu 2020
Grey-headed AlbatrossThalassarche chrysostomaEN en 2011
Grey-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
cr 2005
Ground Cuckoo-shrikeCoracina maximaen 1957
Ground ParrotPezoporus wallicusen 2020
HardheadAythya australisVU n/a
Hooded PloverThinornis rubricollisVU vu 2025
Hooded RobinMelanodryas cucullataEN en 2015
Indian Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche carteri
VU en 2017
Inland DotterelCharadrius australisvu 1982
King QuailCoturnix chinensisen 2009
Latham's SnipeGallinago hardwickiiVU vu 2024
Lewin's RailRallus pectoralisvu 2021
Light-mantled Sooty AlbatrossPhoebetria palpebrata
cr 1980
Little EagleHieraaetus morphnoidesvu 2008
Little EgretEgretta garzetta nigripesen 2025
Little TernSterna albifronsVU cr 2022
Magpie GooseAnseranas semipalmatavu 2021
Major Mitchell's CockatooLophochroa leadbeateriEN en 1957
MalleefowlLeipoa ocellataVU vu 1991
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
en 2018
Masked OwlTyto novaehollandiaecr 2025
Musk DuckBiziura lobatavu 2025
Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicusn/a
Northern Giant-PetrelMacronectes halli
VU en 1981
Orange-bellied ParrotNeophema chrysogasterCR cr 2006
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fuvavu 2005
Pacific GullLarus pacificusn/a
Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax variusn/a
Plains-wandererPedionomus torquatusCR cr 1972
Plumed EgretArdea intermedia plumiferacr 2010
Powerful OwlNinox strenuavu 2024
Red-chested Button-quailTurnix pyrrhothorax
en 1980
Red KnotCalidris canutusVU vu 2024
Red-tailed Black-CockatooCalyptorhynchus banksii graptogyneEN en 2025
Regent HoneyeaterAnthochaera phrygia
CR cr 1958
Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regian/a
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
VU vu 2024
Rufous Bristlebird  (Coorong)Dasyornis broadbenti broadbentien 2024
Rufous Bristlebird (Otway)Dasyornis broadbenti caryochrousvu 2007
SanderlingCalidris alban/a
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
VU vu 2022
Shy AlbatrossDiomedea cautaEN en 2019
Sooty OystercatcherHaematopus fuliginosusn/a
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
VU vu 1992
Southern Giant-PetrelMacronectes giganteusEN en 2017
Southern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea epomophoraVU cr 1986
Southern WhitefaceAphelocephala leucopsis
VU vu 1979
Speckled Warbler
Pyrrholaemus sagittatus
en 1952
Spotted HarrierCircus assimilisn/a
Spotted Quail-thrushCinclosoma punctatumn/a
Square-tailed KiteLophoictinia isuravu 2018
Swift ParrotLathamus discolorCR cr 2008
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereusVU vu 2022
Wandering AlbatrossDiomedea exulansVU cr 1995
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
en 2005
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybridusn/a
White-bellied Sea-EagleHaliaeetus leucogasteren 2025
White-capped AlbatrossThalassarche steadi
VU 2019
White-faced Storm-PetrelPelagodroma marinaen 1984
White-fronted TernSterna striatan/a
White-throated NeedletailHirundapus caudacutusVU vu 2023
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaen 2006
   

Glenelg Shire – threatened mammals

Blue WhaleBalaenoptera musculusEN en 2018
Bridled Nail-tailed WallabyOnychogalea fraenataEX ex 1700's
Broad-toothed RatMastacomys fuscus mordicusEN en 1700's
Brush-tailed PhascogalePhascogale tapoatafavu 2017
Bryde's WhaleBalaenoptera edenin/a 
Burrowing Bettong (mainland subspecies)
Bettongia lesueur graiiEX1700's
Bent-wing Bat (southern)Miniopterus schreibersii bassaniiCR cr 2017
Common DunnartSminthopsis murinavu 2008
Eastern Barred BandicootPerameles gunniiEN en 1930
Eastern BettongBettongia gaimardi gaimardiEX ex 1700's
Eastern Pygmy-possumCercartetus nanusn/a 
Eastern Hare-wallabyLagorchestes leporidesEX ex 1700's
Eastern QuollDasyurus viverrinus
EN ex 1700's
Fat-tailed DunnartSminthopsis crassicaudatavu 1700's
Grey-headed Flying-foxPteropus poliocephalusVU vu 2013
Heath MousePseudomys shortridgeiEN en 2019
Long-nosed Fur SealArctophoca forsterivu 2020
Long-nosed PotorooPotorous tridactylusVU vu 2024
New Holland MousePseudomys novaehollandiaeVU vu 1700's
PlatypusOrnithorhynchus anatinusvu 2025
Rufous-bellied PademelonThylogale billardieriith 1980
Rufous BettongAepyprymnus rufescensex 1700's
Sea-lionNeophoca cinereaEN en 2022
Silky MousePseudomys apodemoidesn/a 
Smoky MousePseudomys fumeusEN en 2005
Southern Bent-winged Bat Miniopterus orianae bassaniiCR 
Southern Brown BandicootIsoodon obesulus obesulusEN en 2024
Southern Elephant Seal
Mirounga leoninaVU 2025
Southern MyotisMyotis macropusn/a
Southern Right WhaleEubalaena australisEN en 2023
Spot-tailed QuollDasyurus maculatusEN en 2008
Subantarctic Fur SealArctophoca tropicalis
EN en 2019
Swamp AntechinusAntechinus minimusVU vu 2022
White-footed DunnartSminthopsis leucopusvu 2020
White-footed Rabbit-ratConilurus albipesEX ex 1836
Yellow-bellied GliderPetaurus australis australisVU vu 2024
    

Glenelg Shire – threatened fishes

Australian GraylingPrototroctes maraenaVU vu 2021
Dwarf GalaxiasGalaxiella pusilla
EN en 2011
Freshwater CatfishTandanus tandanusen 2025
Freshwater HerringPotamalosa richmondiaex 1974
Little GalaxiasGalaxiella toourtkoourten 2024
Golden PerchMacquaria ambiguan/a
Macquarie PerchMacquaria australasicaEN en 1982
'Morwell' GalaxiasGalaxias sp. 15
CR cr 2020
River Blackfish (upper Wannon River form)Gadopsis marmoratus (upper Wannon)
cr 2023
Variegated Pygmy PerchNannoperca variegataVU en 2025
Yarra Pygmy PerchNannoperca obscuraEN en 2025
    

Glenelg Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Brown ToadletPseudophryne bibroniien 1972
Eastern Bearded DragonPogona barbatavu 2024
Four-toed SkinkHemiergis peroniin/a 
Growling Grass FrogLitoria raniformisVU vu 2018
Leathery TurtleDermochelys coriaceaEN cr 2013
Loggerhead TurtleCaretta caretta
EN 1981
Southern ToadletPseudophryne semimarmorataen 2022
Striped Legless LizardDelma imparVU en 2011
Striped Worm-LizardAprasia striolataen 2020
Swamp SkinkLissolepis coventryi EN en 2009
Tussock SkinkPseudemoia pagenstecheri
en 2005
    

Glenelg Shire – threatened invertebrates

Alpine Darner DragonflyAustroaeschna flavomaculatavu 1995
Ancient Greenling DamselflyHemiphlebia mirabilisen 2025
CaddisflyEcnomus nibborn/a
CaddisflyPlectrotarsus gravenhorstiien 1952
CaddisflyLeptocerus soutavu 2004
Calanoid Copepod (5030)Boekella nyoraensisn/a
Diving beetleAntiporus willyamsin/a 
Glenelg Freshwater MusselHyridella glenelgensisCR cr 2016
Large Bronze Azure ButterflyOgyris halmaturiacr 1905
Mt Donna Buang Wingless StoneflyRiekoperla darlingtonicr 2003
Narracan Corrugated MusselHyridella narracanensis
en 2016
Swamp Bluet DamselflyCoenagrion lyellin/a 
Water beetle species (Squeak)Hygrobia australasiaeen 1973
Western Bright-eyed Brown ButterflyHeteronympha cordace wilsonicr 1958
Crustacea
   
Glenelg Spiny CrayfishEuastacus bispinosusEN en 2025
Hairy Burrowing CrayfishEngaeus sericatusvu 2008
Portland Burrowing CrayfishEngaeus strictifronsen 2024
Western Bush YabbyGeocharax falcataen 2018
Western Swamp CrayfishGramastacus insolitusen 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.

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