Threatened fauna Hume City

Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the City of Hume 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

 

Threatened fauna not recorded in Hume City since 2000

Common name

Scientific name

Conservation status

   Last recorded in Hume City (up to 2025)

Hume City – threatened birds

Australasian BitternBotaurus poiciloptilusEN cr 1950 
Australian BustardArdeotis australiscr 1846 
Australian PratincoleStiltia isabellan/a 
Australasian ShovelerAnas rhynchotisvu 2019
Azure KingfisherAlcedo azurean/a
Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla palustrisn/a 
Black-eared CuckooChrysococcyx osculansn/a 
Black FalconFalco subnigercr 2019
Blue-billed DuckOxyura australisvu 2025 
Blue-winged ParrotNeophema chrysostoma
VU vu 2015
Brown TreecreeperClimacteris picumnus victoriaeVU vu 1991
Bush Stone-curlewBurhinus grallariuscr 1901 
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspiavu 2007 
Common GreenshankTringa nebulariaEN en 1977 
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosvu 1980 
Crested BellbirdOreoica gutturalisen 1901 
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaCR cr 1977 
Diamond DoveGeopelia cuneatavu 1999 
Diamond FiretailStagonopleura guttataVU vu 2020 
Eastern Great EgretArdea modestavu 2019 
EmuDromaius novaehollandiaen/a 
Freckled DuckStictonetta naevosaen 2019 
Gang-gang CockatooCallocephalon fimbriatumEN en 2025 
Grey-crowned BabblerPomatostomus temporalis temporalisvu 1901 
Grey GoshawkAccipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiaeen 2018 
HardheadAythya australisVU n/a
Hooded RobinMelanodryas cucullataEN en 1990 
Latham's SnipeGallinago hardwickiiVU vu 2024 
Little Button-quailTurnix veloxn/a 
Little EagleHieraaetus morphnoidesvu 2025 
Little EgretEgretta garzetta nigripesen 2019 
Magpie Goose
Anseranas semipalmata
vu 2016
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
en 2018
Musk DuckBiziura lobatavu 2025
Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicusn/a
Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax variusn/a
Plains-wandererPedionomus torquatuscr 1989 
Red-chested Button-quailTurnix pyrrhothoraxen 1990 
Plumed EgretArdea intermedia plumiferacr 2021 
Red-tailed Black-CockatooCalyptorhynchus banksii graptogyneEN en 1846 
Regent HoneyeaterXanthomyza phrygiaCR cr 1846 
Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regian/a
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
VU vu 2008
Sooty OystercatcherHaematopus fuliginosusn/a 
Southern WhitefaceAphelocephala leucopsis
VU vu 1995
Speckled WarblerChthonicola sagittataen 2018 
Spotted HarrierCircus assimilisn/a
Spotted Quail-thrushCinclosoma punctatumn/a
Superb ParrotPolytelis swainsoniiVU en 1846 
Swift ParrotLathamus discolorCR cr 2022 
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybridusn/a 
White-bellied Sea-EagleHaliaeetus leucogasteren 2019 
White-throated NeedletailHirundapus caudacutusVU vu 2007
   

Hume City – threatened mammals

Brush-tailed PhascogalePhascogale tapoatafavu 2017 
Common DunnartSminthopsis murinavu 1990
Eastern Barred BandicootPerameles gunniiEN en 2024 
Eastern Bent-winged BatMiniopterus orianae oceanensis
cr 2022
Eastern QuollDasyurus viverrinusEN ex 1846 
Fat-tailed DunnartSminthopsis crassicaudatavu 1990 
Grey-headed Flying-foxPteropus poliocephalus
VU vu 2025
PlatypusOrnithorhynchus anatinusvu 2023 
    

Hume City – threatened fish

Australian GraylingPrototroctes maraenaVU vu 2017 
Macquarie PerchMacquaria australasicaEN en 1970 
    

Hume City – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Reptiles
 
 
Eastern Snake-necked TurtleChelodina longicollisn/a 
Murray River TurtleEmydura macquarii
cr 2019
Tussock SkinkPseudemoia pagenstecheri
en 2025
Victorian Grassland Earless DragonTympanocryptis pinguicolla
CR cr 1990
Amphibians
 
Brown ToadletPseudophryne bibronii
en 1994
Growling Grass FrogLitoria raniformisVU vu 2025 
Southern ToadletPseudophryne semimarmorataen 1961 
 
   

Hume City – threatened invertebrates

Amethyst Hairstreak ButterflyJalmenus iciliusen 2021 
Eltham Copper ButterflyParalucia pyrodiscus lucidaEN en 1922 
Golden Sun MothSynemon planaVU vu 2024 
Wide-Faced Darner DragonflyDendroaeschna conspersan/a 

 

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 2013.

 

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