Threatened fauna Hindmarsh Shire

Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Hindmarsh Shire which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2021. 

 

Victorian conservation status

 
EX Extinct 
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
Th Threatened

 

Common name

Scientific name

Conservation status

    Victorian FFG threatened list

Hindmarsh Shire – Threatened Birds

Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus CR  
Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis VU
Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis CR  
Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla -  
Black Falcon Falco subniger CR
Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis -
Black-eared Cuckoo Chrysococcyx osculans -
Black-eared Miner Manorina melanotis CR  
Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis VU  
Brolga Grus rubicunda EN  
Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus victoriae -
Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius CR  
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia VU  
Chestnut Quail-thrush Cinclosoma castanotus -
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Calamanthus pyrrhopygius VU
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos VU
Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis EN  
Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata VU  
Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata VU  
Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta VU  
Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans VU
Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa EN  
Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum EN
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus -
Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae EN  
Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis VU  
Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica EN  
Hardhead Aythya australis VU
Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata VU  
Inland Dotterel Charadrius australis VU  
Lewin's Rail Rallus pectoralis VU  
Little Button-quail Turnix velox -
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides VU  
Little Egret Egretta garzetta nigripes EN  
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Cacatua leadbeateri CR  
Mallee Emu-wren Stipiturus mallee EN  
Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata VU  
Musk Duck Biziura lobata VU
Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus -
Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius -
Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus CR  
Plumed Egret Ardea intermedia plumifera CR
Powerful Owl Ninox strenua VU
Purple-gaped Honeyeater Lichenostomus cratitius VU
Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygia -
Red-lored Whistler Pachycephala rufogularis VU  
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksi EN  
Redthroat Pyrrholaemus brunneus EN  
Regent Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus VU  
Rufous Fieldwren Calamanthus campestris -
Slender-billed Thornbill Acanthiza iredalei EN  
Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis -
Striated Grasswren Amytornis striatus -  
Western Whipbird Psophodes nigrogularis CR  
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus -
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster EN  
White-bellied Whipbird Psophodes leucogaster -  
White-browed Treecreeper Climacteris affinis EN  
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus EN  
       

Hindmarsh Shire – Threatened Mammals

Common Dunnart Sminthopsis murina VU
Fat-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis crassicaudata VU
Little Pygmy-possum Cercartetus lepidus -
Mallee Ningaui Ningaui yvonneae -
Mitchell's Hopping-mouse Notomys mitchelli -
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus VU
Silky Mouse Pseudomys apodemoides -
Western Pygmy-possum Cercartetus concinnus -
     

Hindmarsh Shire – Threatened Fishes

Freshwater Catfish Tandanus tandanus EN  
Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua -
Macquarie Perch Macquaria australasica EN  
Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii peelii EN  
Silver Perch Bidyanus bidyanus EN  
       

Hindmarsh Shire – Threatened Reptiles & Amphibians

Bandy Bandy Vermicella annulata EN  
Bardick Echiopsis curta EN  
Brown Toadlet Pseudophryne bibronii EN  
Eastern Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata VU
Four-toed Skink Hemiergis peronii -
Growling Grass Frog Litoria raniformis VU  
Heath Skink Egernia multiscutata CR  
Lined Earless Dragon Tympanocryptis lineata lineata CR  
Masters Snake Drysdalia mastersii CR  
Port Lincoln Snake Suta spectabilis EN  
Rosenberg's Goanna Varanus rosenbergi CR  
Samphire Skink Morethia adelaidensis EN  
Striped Worm-Lizard Aprasia striolata EN  
Tree Goanna Varanus varius EN
Western Blue-tongued Lizard Tiliqua occipitalis -
     

Hindmarsh Shire – Threatened Invertebrates

Amethyst Hairstreak Butterfly Jalmenus icilius EN  
Eltham Copper Butterfly Paralucia pyrodiscus lucida CR  
Fiery Jewel Butterfly Hypochrysops ignitus ignitus EN  
Genoveva Blue Butterfly Ogyris genoveva EN  
Golden Sun Moth Synemon plana VU  
Jewel Beetle Temognatha flavocincta VU  
Jewel Beetle Temognatha maculiventris VU  
Large Bronze Azure Butterfly Ogyris halmaturia CR  
Pale Sun Moth Synemon selene EN  
Reddish-orange Sun Moth Synemon jcaria EN  
Small Orange-spotted Sun Moth Synemon discalis EN  
Small Whistling Moth Hecatesia exultans -  
White-spotted Owl Moth Donuca spectabilis -  
       

 

Note: - blank spaces indicate species previously on Advisory lists which have been reassessed as not threatened in Victoria.

Data Source: Information in this table has been derived from the Victorian Biodiversity Atlas (VBA), Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning, Victoria, 2021.  Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act Threatened List (FFG Threatened List,  June 2022). 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)  and Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning.

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