Threatened fauna Wellington Shire

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

Wellington 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-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris melanophris - (VU EPBC)  
Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens -  
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 -
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia VU  
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Calamanthus pyrrhopygius VU  
Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix -  
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia EN  
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos VU  
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 -
Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur -  
Fairy Tern Sternula nereis nereis CR  
Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa EN  
Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum EN  
Glossy Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami CR  
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus -  
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris CR  
Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii VU  
Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiae EN  
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola VU  
Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes CR  
Ground Parrot Pezoporus wallicus wallicus EN  
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica macrotarsa EN  
Hardhead Aythya australis VU
Hooded Plover Thinornis rubricollis rubricollis VU  
Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata VU  
King Quail Coturnix chinensis victoriae EN  
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii -  
Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus EN  
Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis pectoralis VU  
Little Button-quail Turnix velox -  
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides VU  
Little Egret Egretta garzetta nigripes EN  
Little Tern Sternula albifrons sinensis CR  
Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata VU  
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis VU  
Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae novaehollandiae CR  
Musk Duck Biziura lobata VU
Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus -
Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli EN  
Orange-bellied Parrot Neophema chrysogaster CR  
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva VU  
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus pacificus -  
Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta VU  
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos -  
Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius -
Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus CR  
Plumed Egret Ardea intermedia plumifera CR  
Powerful Owl Ninox strenua VU  
Red-chested Button-quail Turnix pyrrhothorax EN  
Red Knot Calidris canutus EN  
Regent Honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia CR  
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia -  
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres EN  
Sanderling Calidris alba -  
Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta EN  
Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa tenebricosa EN  
Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus -  
Speckled Warbler Chthonicola sagittatus EN  
Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis -
Spotted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum -  
Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura VU  
Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor CR  
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus EN  
Turquoise Parrot Neophema pulchella VU  
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus EN  
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus -
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster EN  
White-fronted Tern Sterna striata -  
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus VU
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus -
     

Wellington Shire – threatened mammals

Broad-toothed Rat Mastacomys fuscus mordicus VU  
Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa VU  
Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby Petrogale penicillata CR  
Dingo Canis lupus dingo VU  
Eastern Bent-winged Bat Miniopterus orianae oceanensis CR  
Eastern Pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus -  
Fat-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis crassicaudata VU  
Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus VU  
Long-footed Potoroo Potorous longipes EN  
New Holland Mouse Pseudomys novaehollandiae EN  
Smoky Mouse Pseudomys fumeus EN  
Southern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus obesulus EN  
Southern Greater Glider Petauroides volans VU  
Southern Myotis (bat) Myotis macropus -  
Spot-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus maculatus EN  
Swamp Antechinus Antechinus minimus maritimus VU  
White-footed Dunnart Sminthopsis leucopus VU  
Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis australis VU  
Yellow-bellied Sheathtail Bat Saccolaimus flaviventris VU  
       

Wellington Shire – threatened fishes

Australian Grayling Prototroctes maraena EN  
Bluenose Cod (Trout Cod) Maccullochella macquariensis EN  
Coxs Gudgeon Gobiomorphus coxii EN  
Dwarf Galaxias Galaxiella pusilla EN  
Flat-headed Galaxias Galaxias rostratus VU  
Flinders Pygmy Perch Nannoperca sp. 1 VU  
Freshwater Catfish Tandanus tandanus EN  
Macquarie Perch Macquaria australasica EN  
Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii EN  
Murray River Rainbowfish Melanotaenia fluviatilis EN  
Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua -  
Shaw Galaxias Galaxias sp. 7 CR  
Silver Perch Bidyanus bidyanus EN  
Striped Gudgeon Gobiomorphus australis -  
Tapered Galaxias Galaxias sp. 8 CR  
       

Wellington Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Reptiles
     
Alpine Bog Skink Pseudemoia cryodroma EN  
Alpine She-oak Skink Cyclodomorphus praealtus CR  
Common Long-necked Turtle Chelodina longicollis -  
Glossy Grass Skink Pseudemoia rawlinsoni EN  
Leathery Turtle Dermochelys coriacea CR  
Swamp Skink Lissolepis coventryi EN  
Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) Varanus varius EN  
Amphibians
     
Alpine Tree Frog Litoria verreauxii alpina CR  
Dendy's Toadlet Pseudophryne dendyi -  
Giant Burrowing Frog Heleioporus australiacus CR  
Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea -  
Growling Grass Frog Litoria raniformis VU  
Martin's Toadlet Uperoleia martini CR  
Southern Toadlet Pseudophryne semimarmorata EN  
Tyler's Toadlet Uperoleia tyleri -  
     

Wellington Shire – threatened invertebrates

Alpine Darner Dragonfly Austroaeschna flavomaculata VU  
Brittle Star species Amphiura triscacantha VU  
Brittle Star species Ophiocomina australis VU  
Caddisfly Archaeophylax canarus -  
Large River Damselfly Caliagrion billinghursti VU  
Mayfly Wundacaenis flabellum -  
Planarian (flat worm) Spathula tryssa VU  
Sea-cucumber species Trochodota shepherdi VU  
Stonefly Thaumatoperla timmsi -  
Two-spotted Grass-skipper Butterfly Pasma tasmanica EN  
Wide-Faced Darner Dragonfly Dendroaeschna conspersa -  
Crustacea
     
Gippsland Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus hemicirratulus -  
South Gippsland Spiny Crayfish Euastacus neodiversus EN  
Strzelecki Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus rostrogaleatus EN  

 

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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