Threatened fauna Wangaratta Shire

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

Wangaratta Shire – threatened birds

Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus 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  
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  
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos VU  
Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata VU  
Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata VU  
Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta VU  
Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae -  
Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa EN  
Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum EN  
Glossy Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami CR  
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus -  
Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis temporalis VU  
Grey Falcon Falco hypoleucos VU  
Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiae EN  
Ground Cuckoo-shrike Coracina maxima EN  
Hardhead Aythya australis VU
Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata VU  
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii -  
Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis pectoralis VU  
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides VU  
Little Egret Egretta garzetta nigripes EN  
Little Button-quail Turnix velox -  
Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata VU  
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Lophocroa leadbeateri 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  
Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrropygia pyrropygia -  
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  
     

Wangaratta Shire – threatened mammals

Broad-toothed Rat Mastacomys fuscus mordicus VU  
Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa VU  
Common Bent-wing Bat Miniopterus schreibersii (GROUP) CR  
Eastern Pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus -  
Eastern Quoll Dasyurus viverrinus EN  
Grey-headed Flying-fox Grey-headed Flying-fox VU  
Long-footed Potoroo Potorous longipes EN  
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus VU  
Rufous-bellied Pademelon Thylogale billardierii Th  
Smoky Mouse Pseudomys fumeus EN  
Southern Greater Glider Petauroides volans VU  
Southern Myotis (bat) Myotis macropus -  
Spot-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus maculatus EN  
Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensis VU  
Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis australis VU  
       

Wangaratta Shire – threatened fishes

Bluenose Cod (Trout Cod) Maccullochella macquariensis EN  
Flat-headed Galaxias Galaxias rostratus VU
Macquarie Perch Macquaria australasica EN  
Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii EN  
Murray River Rainbowfish Melanotaenia fluviatilis EN  
Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua -  
Silver Perch Bidyanus bidyanus EN  
Southern Pygmy Perch Nannoperca australis (Murray-Darling lineage) VU  
       

Wangaratta Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Reptiles
     
Bandy Bandy Vermicella annulata EN  
Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata VU  
Broad-shelled Turtle Chelodina expansa EN  
Carpet Python Morelia spilota metcalfei EN  
Striped Legless Lizard Delma impar EN  
Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) Varanus varius EN  
Woodland Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops proximus -  
Amphibians
     
Brown Toadlet Pseudophryne bibronii EN  
Growling Grass Frog Litoria raniformis VU  
Rugose Toadlet Uperoleia rugosa EN  
Spotted Tree Frog Litoria spenceri CR  
       

Wangaratta Shire – threatened invertebrates

Alpine Darner Dragonfly Austroaeschna flavomaculata VU  
Bullant Myrmecia sp. 17 -  
Caddisfly Archaeophylax canarus -  
Golden Sun Moth Synemon plana VU  
Wide-Faced Darner Dragonfly Dendroaeschna conspersa -  
       
Crustacea
     
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 Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA), Victoria, 2023.  Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 - Threatened List - June 2023  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 2013.

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