Threatened fauna Mitchell Shire

Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Mitchell Shire which are considered threatened under the Commonwealth EPBC Act 1999 and the 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

 

Threatened fauna not recorded in Mitchell Shire since 2000

 

Common name

Scientific name

Conservation status

  Last recorded in Mitchell Shire (up to 2025)

Mitchell Shire – threatened birds

Australasian BitternBotaurus poiciloptilusEN cr2003 
Australasian ShovelerAnas rhynchotis
vu2020
Australian BustardArdeotis australiscr1920 
Australian Gull-billed TernGelochelidon macrotarsa
en1928
Australian Painted SnipeRostratula benghalensis australisEN cr1976 
Azure KingfisherAlcedo azurean/a
Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla palustrisn/a 
Barking OwlNinox connivenscr2023 
Black-eared CuckooChrysococcyx osculansn/a 
Black FalconFalco subnigercr2017
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaEN en1928 
Blue-billed DuckOxyura australisvu2023 
Blue-winged ParrotNeophema chrysostoma
VU vu2012
BrolgaGrus rubicundaen1980 
Brown TreecreeperClimacteris picumnus victoriaeVU vu2023
Bush Stone-curlewBurhinus grallariuscr2013 
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspiavu1980 
Chestnut-rumped HeathwrenCalamanthus pyrrhopygiusvu2012 
Common GreenshankTringa nebulariaEN en1928 
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosvu2018 
Crested BellbirdOreoica gutturalisen2013 
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaCR cr1976 
Diamond DoveGeopelia cuneatavu1928 
Diamond FiretailStagonopleura guttataVU vu2021 
Eastern Great EgretArdea modestavu2023 
EmuDromaius novaehollandiaen/a 
Freckled DuckStictonetta naevosaen2020 
Gang-gang CockatooCallocephalon fimbriatumEN en2023 
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusn/a 
Grey-crowned BabblerPomatostomus temporalis temporalisvu2017 
Grey FalconFalco hypoleucosVU vu2005 
Grey GoshawkAccipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiaeen2021 
Hooded RobinMelanodryas cucullataEN en2018 
Latham's SnipeGallinago hardwickiiVU vu2020 
Lewin's RailRallus pectoralisvu1928 
Little Button-quailTurnix veloxn/a 
Little EagleHieraaetus morphnoidesvu2020 
Little EgretEgretta garzetta nigripesen2023 
Magpie GooseAnseranas semipalmatavu1997 
MalleefowlLeipoa ocellataVU vu1926 
Musk DuckBiziura lobatavu2023
Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicusn/a
Painted HoneyeaterGrantiella pictaVU vu2013 
Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax variusn/a
PilotbirdPycnoptilus floccosu
VU vu1991
Plains-wandererPedionomus torquatusCR cr1983 
Plumed EgretArdea intermedia plumiferacr1928 
Powerful OwlNinox strenuavu2025 
Purple-gaped HoneyeaterLichenostomus cratitiusvu1981 
Red-backed KingfisherTodiramphus pyrropygia pyrropygian/a 
Red-chested Button-quailTurnix pyrrhothoraxen1989 
Regent HoneyeaterXanthomyza phrygiaCR cr2018 
Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regian/a
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
VU vu1989
Sooty OwlTyto tenebricosa tenebricosaen2023 
Southern WhitefaceAphelocephala leucopsis
VU vu2018
Speckled WarblerChthonicola sagittataen2022 
Spotted HarrierCircus assimilisn/a
Spotted Quail-thrushCinclosoma punctatumn/a
Square-tailed KiteLophoictinia isuravu2019 
Swift ParrotLathamus discolorCR cr2019 
Turquoise ParrotNeophema pulchellavu2018 
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybridusn/a 
White-bellied Sea-EagleHaliaeetus leucogasteren2019 
White-throated NeedletailHirundapus caudacutusVU vu2021
   

Mitchell Shire – threatened mammals

Brush-tailed PhascogalePhascogale tapoatafavu2025 
Brush-tailed Rock-wallabyPetrogale penicillata
VU cr1924
Common DunnartSminthopsis murinavu2024
DingoCanis lupus dingo
vu2012
Eastern Bent-winged BatMiniopterus orianae oceanensis
cr2004
Eastern BettongBettongia gaimardi gaimardiEX ex1869 
Eastern Horseshoe BatRhinolophus megaphyllus megaphyllusen1991 
Fat-tailed DunnartSminthopsis crassicaudatavu2022 
Grey-headed Flying-foxPteropus poliocephalus
VU vu2023
PlatypusOrnithorhynchus anatinusvu2021
Southern Brown BandicootIsoodon obesulus obesulusEN en1968 
Southern Greater GliderPetauroides volansEN en2024
Southern Myotis (bat)Myotis macropusn/a
Spot-tailed QuollDasyurus maculatus maculatusEN en2018 
Squirrel GliderPetaurus norfolcensisvu2023 
White-footed Rabbit-ratConilurus albipesEX ex1839 
Yellow-bellied GliderPetaurus australis australisVU vu2023 
    

Mitchell Shire – threatened fish

Barred GalaxiasGalaxias fuscusEN cr2019 
Bluenose Cod (Trout Cod)Maccullochella macquariensisEN en1991 
Flat-headed GalaxiasGalaxias rostratusCr cr1990 
Freshwater CatfishTandanus tandanusen1981 
Golden PerchMacquaria ambiguan/a 
Macquarie PerchMacquaria australasicaEN en2024 
Murray CodMaccullochella peeliiVU en2016 
Southern Pygmy PerchNannoperca australis (Murray-Darling lineage)VU vu2009 
    

Mitchell Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Reptiles
 
Bearded DragonPogona barbatavu2022 
Broad-shelled TurtleChelodina expansa
en2025
Eastern Snake-necked TurtleChelodina longicollisn/a 
Lace Monitor (tree goanna)Varanus variusen2023 
Murray River TurtleEmydura macquarii
cr2025
Striped Legless LizardDelma imparVU en2021 
Tussock SkinkPseudemoia pagenstecherien1988 
Woodland Blind SnakeRamphotyphlops proximusn/a 
Amphibians
 
Brown ToadletPseudophryne bibronii
en2020
Growling Grass FrogLitoria raniformis
VU vu2023
Southern ToadletPseudophryne semimarmorata
en2011
   

Mitchell Shire – threatened invertebrates

    
Amethyst Hairstreak ButterflyJalmenus iciliusen1992 
Genoveva Blue ButterflyOgyris genovevaen1993 
Golden Sun MothSynemon planaVU vu2024 
Inland Ringtail DamselflyAustrolestes aridusn/a 
Jewel BeetleTemognatha flavocinctavu2015 
Large Ant Blue ButterflyAcrodipsas brisbanensisen1993 
Small Ant Blue ButterflyAcrodipsas myrmecophilaen1995 
Yellow Ochre ButterflyTrapezites luteus luteusen1994 
Crustacea
   
Murray Spiny CrayfishEuastacus armatusVU Th1997 

 

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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