State Wide Integrated Flora and Fauna Teams

Threatened fauna Pyrenees Shire

Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Pyrenees Shire which are considered threatened under the EPBC Act 1999 and FFG Threatened List 2026. 

Threatened fauna not recorded in Pyrenees Shire 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

 

Common name

 

Scientific name

 

Conservation status

    Date last recorded in Pyrenees Shire (up to 2026)

Pyrenees Shire – threatened birds

Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus EN cr2017 
Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis vu2025
Australian Gull-billed TernGelochelidon macrotarsa
en2024
Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis cr1859 
Australian Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus dubius en2023 
Australian Painted Snipe Rostratula australis EN cr2017 
Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla n/a 
Barking Owl Ninox connivens cr2023 
Black Falcon Falco subniger cr2024
Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis n/a
Black-eared Cuckoo Chrysococcyx osculans n/a
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
EN en2022
Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis vu2024 
Blue-winged Parrot
Neophema chrysostoma
VU vu2025
Brolga Grus rubicunda en2026 
Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus victoriae VU vu2023
Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius cr1996 
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia vu2017 
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Hylacola pyrrhopygia vu2004 
Common Greenshankringa nebularia
EN en2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
vu2024
Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis en2008 
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
CR cr2024
Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata VU vu2021 
Eastern Great Egret Ardea alba modesta vu2024 
Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa en2024 
Gang-gang CockatooCallocephalon fimbriatum
EN en1975
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus n/a
Grey-crowned Babbler
Pomatostomus temporalis
vu1901
Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae en2010 
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
VU vu2023
Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata EN en2021 
Inland Dotterel Charadrius australis vu1990
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii VU vu2024 
Lewin's RailLewinia pectoralis
vu2024
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides vu2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
en2024
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
en2024
Musk Duck Biziura lobata vu2025
Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus n/a
Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta VU vu2021 
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos n/a
Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius n/a
Plains-wandererPedionomus torquatus
CR cr1988
Plumed Egret Ardea intermedia plumifera cr2024 
Powerful Owl Ninox strenua vu2022 
Red Knot Calidris canutus VU vu1988 
Regent Honeyeater Xanthomyza phrygia CR cr1989 
Regent ParrotPolytelis anthopeplus monarchoides
VU vu1899
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia n/a
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
VU vu2025
Southern Whiteface
Aphelocephala leucopsis
VU vu2021
Speckled Warbler Chthonicola sagittata en2019 
Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis n/a
Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura vu2020 
Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor CR cr2021 
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster en2024 
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus VU vu2023 
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
en2024
      

Pyrenees Shire – threatened mammals

Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa vu2023 
Eastern Barred Bandicoot Perameles gunnii EN en2008 
Eastern Bent-winged BatMiniopterus orianae oceanensis
cr2023
Southern Bent-winged Bat
Miniopterus orianae bassanii
CR cr2023
Eastern Pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus n/a
Fat-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis crassicaudata vu2010
Grey-headed Flying-foxPteropus poliocephalus
VU vu2023
Heath Mouse Pseudomys shortridgei EN en1969
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus vu2022
Spot-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus EN en2012
Squirrel Glider
Aphelocephala leucopsis
vu2021
Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis australis VU vu1982
     

Pyrenees Shire – threatened fish

Freshwater Catfish Tandanus tandanus en2018 
Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua n/a 
Little Galaxias  Galaxiella toourtkoourt  en2011 
Macquarie Perch Macquaria australasica EN en1700's 
Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii peelii VU en1975 
Southern Pygmy Perch Nannoperca australis (Murray-Darling lineage) VU vu2011 
      

Pyrenees Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Reptiles
 
Bearded DragonPogona barbata
vu1997
Eastern Snake-necked Turtle Chelodina longicollis n/a 
Striped Legless Lizard Delma impar VU en2024 
Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) Varanus varius en2009
Tussock Skink Pseudemoia pagenstecheri en2024
Woodland Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops proximus n/a
 Amphibians
    
Brown ToadletPseudophryne bibroniien2022
Growling Grass FrogLitoria raniformisVU vu2022
Southern ToadletPseudophryne semimarmorata
en1976

Pyrenees Shire - threatened invertebrates

Alpine Darner Dragonfly Austroaeschna flavomaculata vu1994
Golden Sun Moth Synemon plana VU vu2025
Crustacea
    
Hairy Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus sericatus vu1982
Otway Bush YabbyGeocharax tasmanicus
en2024

 

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 - July 2026  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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