Threatened fauna Swan Hill Rural City Council

Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Swan Hill Rural City which are considered threatened under the 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

Swan Hill Rural City Council – threatened birds

Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea VU  
Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus CR  
Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis CR  
Australian Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus dubius EN  
Australian Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis australis CR  
Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella -
Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis VU
Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea -
Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla palustris -  
Barking Owl Ninox connivens CR  
Black-eared Cuckoo Chrysococcyx osculans -
Black Falcon Falco subniger CR
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa CR
Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis VU  
Brolga Grus rubicunda EN  
Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus victoriae -
Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius CR  
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia VU  
Chestnut Quail-thrush Cinclosoma castanotus -
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia EN
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos VU
Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis EN  
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea CR
Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata VU  
Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata VU  
Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis CR
Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta VU  
Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae -
Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa EN  
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus -
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris CR  
Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis VU  
Grey Falcon Falco hypoleucos VU  
Grey-fronted Honeyeater Lichenostomus plumulus EN
Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiae EN  
Ground Cuckoo-shrike Coracina maxima EN  
Ground Parrot Pezoporus wallicus wallicus EN  
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica macrotarsa EN  
Hardhead Aythya australis VU
Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata VU  
Inland Dotterel Charadrius australis VU
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii -  
Little Button-quail Turnix velox -
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides VU  
Little Egret Egretta garzetta nigripes EN  
Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta -  
Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata VU  
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Lophocroa leadbeateri CR  
Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata VU  
Mallee Emu-wren Stipiturus mallee EN  
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis EN
Musk Duck Biziura lobata VU
Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus -
Orange-bellied Parrot Neophema chrysogaster CR  
Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta VU  
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos -
Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius -
Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus CR  
Plumed Egret Ardea intermedia plumifera CR
Purple-gaped Honeyeater Lichenostomus cratitius VU
Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrropygia pyrropygia -
Red-chested Button-quail Turnix pyrrhothorax EN  
Red Knot Calidris canutus EN
Red-lored Whistler Pachycephala rufogularis VU  
Regent Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus monarchoides VU  
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia -
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres EN
Rufous Fieldwren Calamanthus campestris -  
Spotted Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus maculatus CR  
Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis -
Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura VU  
Striated Grasswren Amytornis striatus striatus -
Superb Parrot Polytelis swainsonii EN  
Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor CR  
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus -
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster EN  
White-browed Treecreeper Climacteris affinis EN  
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus VU
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus -
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola EN
     

Swan Hill Rural City Council – threatened mammals

Fat-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis crassicaudata -
Lesser Stick-nest Rat Leporillus apicalis EX
Little Pygmy-possum Cercartetus lepidus -
Mallee Ningaui Ningaui yvonneae -
Mitchell's Hopping-mouse Notomys mitchelli -  
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus VU  
Spot-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus maculatus EN  
White-footed Rabbit-rat Conilurus albipes EX  
       

Swan Hill Rural City Council – threatened fishes

Bluenose Cod (Trout Cod) Maccullochella macquariensis EN  
Flat-headed Galaxias Galaxias rostratus VU  
Freshwater Catfish Tandanus tandanus EN  
Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii EN  
Murray River Rainbowfish Melanotaenia fluviatilis EN  
Murray Hardyhead Craterocephalus fluviatilis CR  
Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua -  
Silver Perch Bidyanus bidyanus EN  
       

Swan Hill Rural City Council – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Reptiles
     
Bandy Bandy Vermicella annulata EN  
Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata VU
Carpet Python Morelia spilota metcalfei EN  
Common Death Adder Acanthophis antarcticus CR
Eastern Snake-necked Turtle Chelodina longicollis -
Murray River Turtle Emydura macquarii CR
Patch-nosed Brown Snake Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha -
Samphire Skink Morethia adelaidensis EN  
Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) Varanus varius EN
Western Blue-tongued Lizard Tiliqua occipitalis -
Amphibians
   
Growling Grass Frog Litoria raniformis VU
     

Swan Hill Rural City Council – threatened invertebrates

Mildura Ogyris Butterfly Ogyris subterrestris subterrestris VU
     
 

 

Note: - blank spaces indicate species previously on Advisory Lists which have been reassessed as not threatened.

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 2021). 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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