Threatened fauna Moyne Shire

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Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Moyne 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 Moyne Shire since 2000

 

Common name

Scientific name

Conservation status

  Last recorded in Moyne Shire (up to 2025)

Moyne Shire – threatened birds

Australasian BitternBotaurus poiciloptilusEN cr 2021
Australasian ShovelerAnas rhynchotis
vu 2024
Australian Little BitternIxobrychus minutus dubiusen 1994
Australian BustardArdeotis australis
cr 2018
Australian Gull-billed TernGelochelidon macrotarsa
en 2021
Australian Painted SnipeRostratula benghalensisEN cr 2015
Azure KingfisherAlcedo azurean/a
Barking OwlNinox connivenscr 2003
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
EN en 2022
Black FalconFalco subnigercr 2019
Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophrisVU n/a 2019
Black-eared CuckooChrysococcyx osculansn/a
Black-faced CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscescensn/a
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaEN en 2002
Blue-billed DuckOxyura australisvu 2025
Blue-winged ParrotNeophema chrysostoma
VU vu 2024
Blue PetrelHalobaena caerulea
VU n/a 1974
BrolgaGrus rubicundaen 2025
Brown TreecreeperClimacteris picumnus victoriaeVU vu 1984
Buller's AlbatrossThalassarche bulleri
VU en 2008
Bush Stone-curlewBurhinus grallarius
cr 1963
Caspian TernSterna caspiavu 2020
Chestnut-rumped HeathwrenHylacola pyrrhopygiavu 2009
Common Diving-PetrelPelecanoides urinatrixn/a
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
EN en 2021
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosvu 2021
Crested BellbirdOreoica gutturalisen 1975
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
CR cr 2025
Diamond DoveGeopelia cuneatavu 1963
Diamond FiretailStagonopleura guttataVU vu 2009
Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensisCR cr 2017
Eastern Great EgretArdea alba modestavu 2024
Fairy PrionPachyptila turturn/a
Fairy TernSterna nereisVU cr 2020
Freckled DuckStictonetta naevosaen 2020
Gang-gang CockatooCallocephalon fimbriatumEN en 2007
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusn/a
Gould's PetrelPterodroma leucoptera
EN n/a 2008
Great KnotCalidris tenuirostrisVU vu 1984
Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultiiVU vu 1973
Grey GoshawkAccipiter novaehollandiaeen 2020
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU vu 2007
Grey-crowned BabblerPomatostomus temporalis temporalisvu 1927
Grey-headed AlbatrossThalassarche chrysostomaEN en 1957
Grey-tailed TattlerHeteroscelus brevipescr 2018
Ground ParrotPezoporus wallicusen 1907
Hooded PloverThinornis rubricollisVU vu 2025
Hooded RobinMelanodryas cucullataEN en 1984
Indian Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche carteri
VU en 2019
King QuailCoturnix chinensisen 2001
Latham's SnipeGallinago hardwickiiVU vu 2025
Lesser Sand PloverCharadrius mongolusEN en 1993
Lewin's RailRallus pectoralisvu 2019
Light-mantled Sooty AlbatrossPhoebetria palpebrata
cr 2007
Little Button-quailTurnix veloxn/a
Little EagleHieraaetus morphnoidesvu 2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta nigripesen 2023
Little TernSternula albifrons
VU cr 2019
Magpie GooseAnseranas semipalmatavu 2023
Major Mitchell's CockatooCacatua leadbeateriEN en 1999
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
en 2019
Masked OwlTyto novaehollandiaecr 1901
Musk DuckBiziura lobatavu 2025
Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicusn/a
Northern Giant-PetrelMacronectes halliVU en 2008
Orange-bellied ParrotNeophema chrysogasterCR cr 2024
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fuvavu 2020
Pacific GullLarus pacificusn/a
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosn/a
Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax variusn/a
Plumed EgretArdea intermedia plumiferacr 2023
Powerful OwlNinox strenuavu 2019
Red-chested Button-quailTurnix pyrrhothoraxen 1975
Red KnotCalidris canutusVU vu 2018
Regent HoneyeaterAnthochaera phrygia
CR cr 1898
Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regian/a
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
VU vu 2021
Rufous Bristlebird (Otway)Dasyornis broadbenti caryochrousvu 2004
SanderlingCalidris alban/a
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
VU vu 2024
Shy AlbatrossDiomedea cautaEN en 2008
Soft-plumaged PetrelPterodroma mollis
VU n/a 2008
Sooty Albatross
Phoebetria fusca
VU cr 2008
Sooty OystercatcherHaematopus fuliginosusn/a
Southern Giant-PetrelMacronectes giganteusEN en 2009
Southern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea epomophora
VU cr 2006
Southern WhitefaceAphelocephala leucopsis
VU vu 1977
Speckled WarblerChthonicola sagittatusen 1971
Spotted HarrierCircus assimilisn/a
Swift ParrotLathamus discolor
CR cr 1898
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
VU vu 2021
Wandering AlbatrossDiomedea exulansVU cr 2009
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusen 2007
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybridusn/a
White-bellied Sea-EagleHaliaeetus leucogasteren 2023
White-faced Storm-PetrelPelagodroma marinaen 2008
White-fronted TernSterna striatan/a
White-throated NeedletailHirundapus caudacutus
VU vu 2019
White-winged Black TernChlidonias leucopterusn/a
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
en 2018
Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche chlororhynchosEN 
    

Moyne Shire – threatened mammals

Blue WhaleBalaenoptera musculusEN en 2018
Bridled Nail-tailed WallabyOnychogalea fraenataEN ex 1700's
Brush-tailed PhascogalePhascogale tapoatafa
vu 1946
Burrowing Bettong (mainland subspecies)Bettongia lesueur graii
EX n/a 1700's
Common DunnartSminthopsis murinavu 2013
Eastern Barred BandicootPerameles gunniiEN en 2021
Eastern BettongBettongia gaimardi gaimardiEX ex 1700's
Eastern Hare-wallabyLagorchestes leporidesEX ex 1700's
Eastern QuollDasyurus viverrinusEN ex 1840
Fat-tailed DunnartSminthopsis crassicaudatavu 2010
Grey-headed Flying-foxPteropus poliocephalusVU vu 2023
Long-nosed PotorooPotorous tridactylusVU vu 2024
PlatypusOrnithorhynchus anatinusvu 2022
Rufous BettongAepyprymnus rufescensex 1700's
Rufous-bellied PademelonThylogale billardieriith 1700's
Sea-lionNeophoca cinereaEN en 2013
Southern Bent-winged Bat (southern ssp.)Miniopterus orianae bassaniiCR cr 2023
Southern Brown BandicootIsoodon obesulus obesulusEN en 2014
Southern Elephant SealMirounga leonina
VU n/a 2000
Southern Right WhaleEubalaena australisEN en 2019
Spot-tailed QuollDasyurus maculatusEN en 1998
Subantarctic Fur SealArctophoca tropicalis
EN en 2018
White-footed DunnartSminthopsis leucopusvu 1982
White-footed Rabbit-ratConilurus albipesEX ex 1700's
Yellow-bellied GliderPetaurus australis australisVU vu 1999
Yellow-bellied Sheathtail BatSaccolaimus flaviventrisvu 2011
   

Moyne Shire – threatened fish

Australian GraylingPrototroctes maraenaVU vu 1990
Little GalaxiasGalaxiella toourtkoourten 2016
Macquarie PerchMacquaria australasicaEN en 1970
Mountain GalaxiasGalaxias olidusn/a 
Yarra Pigmy PerchNannoperca obscuraEN en 2016
    

Moyne Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Reptiles
 
Corangamite Water SkinkEulamprus tympanum marnieaeEN en 2016
Eastern Snake-necked TurtleChelodina longicollisn/a
Glossy Grass SkinkPseudemoia rawlinsonien 2018
Green TurtleChelonia mydasVU 2015
Leathery TurtleDermochelys coriaceaEN cr 2018
Loggerhead TurtleCaretta caretta
EN n/a 2014
Striped Legless LizardDelma imparVU en 2021
Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor)Varanus variusen 2009
Tussock SkinkPseudemoia pagenstecherien 2021
Amphibians
 
Brown ToadletPseudophryne bibronii
en 2009
Growling Grass FrogLitoria raniformis
VU vu 2019
Southern ToadletPseudophryne semimarmorata
en 2015
 

Moyne Shire - threatened invertebrates

 
Golden Sun MothSynemon planaVU vu 2012
Large Ant Blue ButterflyAcrodipsas brisbanensis en 1907
Narracan Corrugated Mussel en 2016
StoneflyDinotoperia walkerien 2004
Swamp Bluet DamselflyCoenagrion lyellin/a 
Crustacea
   
Hairy Burrowing CrayfishEngaeus sericatusvu 2021
Western Bush YabbyGeocharax falcataen 2001
Western Swamp CrayfishGramastacus insolitusen 2011

 

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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