Threatened fauna Murrindindi Shire

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

Murrindindi Shire – threatened birds

Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus CR  
Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis CR  
Australian Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus dubius EN  
Australian Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis australis CR  
Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis VU
Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea -
Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla palustris -  
Barking Owl Ninox connivens CR  
Black Falcon Falco subniger CR
Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis VU  
Brolga Grus rubicunda EN  
Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus victoriae -
Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius CR  
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Calamanthus pyrrhopygius VU  
Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis EN  
Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata VU  
Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta VU  
Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae -
Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum EN
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus -
Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae  EN  
Ground Cuckoo-shrike Coracina maxima EN  
Hardhead Aythya australis VU
Helmeted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops cassidix CR  
Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata VU  
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii -  
Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis pectoralis VU  
Little Button-quail Turnix velox -
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides VU  
Little Egret Egretta garzetta EN  
Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata VU  
Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae novaehollandiae CR  
Musk Duck Biziura lobata VU
Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus -
Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta VU  
Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius -
Plumed Egret Ardea intermedia plumifera CR  
Powerful Owl Ninox strenua VU  
Regent Honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia CR  
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia -  
Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa tenebricosa EN  
Speckled Warbler Chthonicola sagittatus EN  
Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis -
Spotted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum -  
Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura VU  
Superb Parrot Polytelis swainsonii EN  
Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor CR  
Turquoise Parrot Neophema pulchella VU  
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus -
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster EN  
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus VU
     

Murrindindi Shire – threatened mammals

Broad-toothed Rat Mastacomys fuscus mordicus VU  
Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa VU  
Common Dunnart Sminthopsis murina murina VU  
Eastern Bent-wing Bat Miniopterus orianae oceanensis CR  
Eastern Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus megaphyllus megaphyllus EN  
Eastern Pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus -  
Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus VU  
Leadbeater's Possum Gymnobelideus leadbeateri CR  
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus VU  
Smoky Mouse Pseudomys fumeus EN  
Southern Greater Glider Petauroides volans VU  
Southern Myotis (bat) Myotis macropus -  
Spot-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus maculatus EN  
White-footed Dunnart Sminthopsis leucopus VU  
White-footed Rabbit-rat Conilurus albipes EX  
Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis australis VU  
       

Murrindindi Shire – threatened fishes

Australian Grayling Prototroctes maraena EN  
Barred Galaxias Galaxias fuscus CR  
Bluenose Cod (Trout Cod) Maccullochella macquariensis CR  
Dwarf Galaxias Galaxiella pusilla EN  
Flat-headed Galaxias Galaxias rostratus VU
Macquarie Perch Macquaria australasica EN  
Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii EN  
Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua -  
Southern Pygmy Perch Nannoperca australis (Murray-Darling lineage) VU  
       

Murrindindi Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Alpine Bog Skink Pseudemoia cryodroma EN  
Alpine Tree Frog Litoria verreauxii alpina CR  
Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata VU
Brown Toadlet Pseudophryne bibronii EN  
Dendy's Toadlet Pseudophryne dendyi -  
Eastern Snake-necked Turtle Chelodina longicollis -  
Glossy Grass Skink Pseudemoia rawlinsoni EN  
Growling Grass Frog Litoria raniformis VU  
Murray River Turtle Emydura macquarii CR  
Southern Toadlet Pseudophryne semimarmorata EN  
Spotted Tree Frog Litoria spenceri CR  
Striped Legless Lizard Delma impar EN  
Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) Varanus varius EN  
Tussock Skink Pseudemoia pagenstecheri EN  
     

Murrindindi Shire – threatened invertebrates

Alpine Darner Dragonfly Austroaeschna flavomaculata VU  
Ancient Greenling Damselfly Hemiphlebia mirabilis EN  
Caddisfly Archaeophylax canarus -  
Caddisfly Plectrotarsus gravenhorstii EN  
Golden Sun Moth Synemon plana VU  
Silky Hairstreak Butterfly Pseudalmenus chlorinda zephyrus -  
Crustacea
     
Gippsland Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus hemicirratulus -  
Murray Spiny Crayfish Euastacus armatus Th  

 

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 2023). 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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