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.
- 82 species of threatened birds (62 recorded since 2000)
- 26 species of threatened mammals (14 recorded since 2000)
- 4 species of threatened fish (2 recorded since 2000)
- 8 species of threatened reptiles (8 recorded since 2000)
- 3 species of threatened amphibians (3 recorded since 2000)
- 7 species of invertebrates (6 recorded since 2000)
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 Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | EN cr | 2021 | |
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | vu | 2024 | |
| Australian Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus dubius | en | 1994 | |
| Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis | cr | 2018 | |
| Australian Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon macrotarsa | en | 2021 | |
| Australian Painted Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | EN cr | 2015 | |
| Azure Kingfisher | Alcedo azurea | n/a | ||
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | cr | 2003 | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | EN en | 2022 | |
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | cr | 2019 | |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | VU n/a | 2019 | |
| Black-eared Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx osculans | n/a | ||
| Black-faced Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscescens | n/a | ||
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | EN en | 2002 | |
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | vu | 2025 | |
| Blue-winged Parrot | Neophema chrysostoma | VU vu | 2024 | |
| Blue Petrel | Halobaena caerulea | VU n/a | 1974 | |
| Brolga | Grus rubicunda | en | 2025 | |
| Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus victoriae | VU vu | 1984 | |
| Buller's Albatross | Thalassarche bulleri | VU en | 2008 | |
| Bush Stone-curlew | Burhinus grallarius | cr | 1963 | |
| Caspian Tern | Sterna caspia | vu | 2020 | |
| Chestnut-rumped Heathwren | Hylacola pyrrhopygia | vu | 2009 | |
| Common Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides urinatrix | n/a | ||
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | EN en | 2021 | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | vu | 2021 | |
| Crested Bellbird | Oreoica gutturalis | en | 1975 | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | CR cr | 2025 | |
| Diamond Dove | Geopelia cuneata | vu | 1963 | |
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata | VU vu | 2009 | |
| Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | CR cr | 2017 | |
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea alba modesta | vu | 2024 | |
| Fairy Prion | Pachyptila turtur | n/a | ||
| Fairy Tern | Sterna nereis | VU cr | 2020 | |
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | en | 2020 | |
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | EN en | 2007 | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | n/a | ||
| Gould's Petrel | Pterodroma leucoptera | EN n/a | 2008 | |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | VU vu | 1984 | |
| Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | VU vu | 1973 | |
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | en | 2020 | |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | VU vu | 2007 | |
| Grey-crowned Babbler | Pomatostomus temporalis temporalis | vu | 1927 | |
| Grey-headed Albatross | Thalassarche chrysostoma | EN en | 1957 | |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Heteroscelus brevipes | cr | 2018 | |
| Ground Parrot | Pezoporus wallicus | en | 1907 | |
| Hooded Plover | Thinornis rubricollis | VU vu | 2025 | |
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | EN en | 1984 | |
| Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche carteri | VU en | 2019 | |
| King Quail | Coturnix chinensis | en | 2001 | |
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | VU vu | 2025 | |
| Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | EN en | 1993 | |
| Lewin's Rail | Rallus pectoralis | vu | 2019 | |
| Light-mantled Sooty Albatross | Phoebetria palpebrata | cr | 2007 | |
| Little Button-quail | Turnix velox | n/a | ||
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | vu | 2023 | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta nigripes | en | 2023 | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | VU cr | 2019 | |
| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | vu | 2023 | |
| Major Mitchell's Cockatoo | Cacatua leadbeateri | EN en | 1999 | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | en | 2019 | |
| Masked Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae | cr | 1901 | |
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | vu | 2025 | |
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | n/a | ||
| Northern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes halli | VU en | 2008 | |
| Orange-bellied Parrot | Neophema chrysogaster | CR cr | 2024 | |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fuva | vu | 2020 | |
| Pacific Gull | Larus pacificus | n/a | ||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | n/a | ||
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | n/a | ||
| Plumed Egret | Ardea intermedia plumifera | cr | 2023 | |
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | vu | 2019 | |
| Red-chested Button-quail | Turnix pyrrhothorax | en | 1975 | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | VU vu | 2018 | |
| Regent Honeyeater | Anthochaera phrygia | CR cr | 1898 | |
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | n/a | ||
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | VU vu | 2021 | |
| Rufous Bristlebird (Otway) | Dasyornis broadbenti caryochrous | vu | 2004 | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | n/a | ||
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | VU vu | 2024 | |
| Shy Albatross | Diomedea cauta | EN en | 2008 | |
| Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | VU n/a | 2008 | |
| Sooty Albatross | Phoebetria fusca | VU cr | 2008 | |
| Sooty Oystercatcher | Haematopus fuliginosus | n/a | ||
| Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | EN en | 2009 | |
| Southern Royal Albatross | Diomedea epomophora | VU cr | 2006 | |
| Southern Whiteface | Aphelocephala leucopsis | VU vu | 1977 | |
| Speckled Warbler | Chthonicola sagittatus | en | 1971 | |
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | n/a | ||
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | CR cr | 1898 | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | VU vu | 2021 | |
| Wandering Albatross | Diomedea exulans | VU cr | 2009 | |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | en | 2007 | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | n/a | ||
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | en | 2023 | |
| White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | en | 2008 | |
| White-fronted Tern | Sterna striata | n/a | ||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | VU vu | 2019 | |
| White-winged Black Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | n/a | ||
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | en | 2018 | |
| Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | EN | ||
Moyne Shire – threatened mammals | ||||
| Blue Whale | Balaenoptera musculus | EN en | 2018 | |
| Bridled Nail-tailed Wallaby | Onychogalea fraenata | EN ex | 1700's | |
| Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa | vu | 1946 | |
| Burrowing Bettong (mainland subspecies) | Bettongia lesueur graii | EX n/a | 1700's | |
| Common Dunnart | Sminthopsis murina | vu | 2013 | |
| Eastern Barred Bandicoot | Perameles gunnii | EN en | 2021 | |
| Eastern Bettong | Bettongia gaimardi gaimardi | EX ex | 1700's | |
| Eastern Hare-wallaby | Lagorchestes leporides | EX ex | 1700's | |
| Eastern Quoll | Dasyurus viverrinus | EN ex | 1840 | |
| Fat-tailed Dunnart | Sminthopsis crassicaudata | vu | 2010 | |
| Grey-headed Flying-fox | Pteropus poliocephalus | VU vu | 2023 | |
| Long-nosed Potoroo | Potorous tridactylus | VU vu | 2024 | |
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | vu | 2022 | |
| Rufous Bettong | Aepyprymnus rufescens | ex | 1700's | |
| Rufous-bellied Pademelon | Thylogale billardierii | th | 1700's | |
| Sea-lion | Neophoca cinerea | EN en | 2013 | |
| Southern Bent-winged Bat (southern ssp.) | Miniopterus orianae bassanii | CR cr | 2023 | |
| Southern Brown Bandicoot | Isoodon obesulus obesulus | EN en | 2014 | |
| Southern Elephant Seal | Mirounga leonina | VU n/a | 2000 | |
| Southern Right Whale | Eubalaena australis | EN en | 2019 | |
| Spot-tailed Quoll | Dasyurus maculatus | EN en | 1998 | |
| Subantarctic Fur Seal | Arctophoca tropicalis | EN en | 2018 | |
| White-footed Dunnart | Sminthopsis leucopus | vu | 1982 | |
| White-footed Rabbit-rat | Conilurus albipes | EX ex | 1700's | |
| Yellow-bellied Glider | Petaurus australis australis | VU vu | 1999 | |
| Yellow-bellied Sheathtail Bat | Saccolaimus flaviventris | vu | 2011 | |
Moyne Shire – threatened fish | ||||
| Australian Grayling | Prototroctes maraena | VU vu | 1990 | |
| Little Galaxias | Galaxiella toourtkoourt | en | 2016 | |
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN en | 1970 | |
| Mountain Galaxias | Galaxias olidus | n/a | ||
| Yarra Pigmy Perch | Nannoperca obscura | EN en | 2016 | |
Moyne Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians | ||||
Reptiles | ||||
| Corangamite Water Skink | Eulamprus tympanum marnieae | EN en | 2016 | |
| Eastern Snake-necked Turtle | Chelodina longicollis | n/a | ||
| Glossy Grass Skink | Pseudemoia rawlinsoni | en | 2018 | |
| Green Turtle | Chelonia mydas | VU | 2015 | |
| Leathery Turtle | Dermochelys coriacea | EN cr | 2018 | |
| Loggerhead Turtle | Caretta caretta | EN n/a | 2014 | |
| Striped Legless Lizard | Delma impar | VU en | 2021 | |
| Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) | Varanus varius | en | 2009 | |
| Tussock Skink | Pseudemoia pagenstecheri | en | 2021 | |
Amphibians | ||||
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | en | 2009 | |
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU vu | 2019 | |
| Southern Toadlet | Pseudophryne semimarmorata | en | 2015 | |
Moyne Shire - threatened invertebrates | ||||
| Golden Sun Moth | Synemon plana | VU vu | 2012 | |
| Large Ant Blue Butterfly | Acrodipsas brisbanensis | en | 1907 | |
| Narracan Corrugated Mussel | en | 2016 | ||
| Stonefly | Dinotoperia walkeri | en | 2004 | |
| Swamp Bluet Damselfly | Coenagrion lyelli | n/a | ||
Crustacea | ||||
| Hairy Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus sericatus | vu | 2021 | |
| Western Bush Yabby | Geocharax falcata | en | 2001 | |
| Western Swamp Crayfish | Gramastacus insolitus | en | 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.