Threatened fauna Hepburn Shire
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Hepburn Shire which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2021.
- 30 species of threatened birds
- 4 species of threatened mammals
- 2 species of threatened fish
- 1 species of threatened reptile
- 3 species of threatened amphibians
- 1 species of invertebrate
Victorian conservation status | |
| EX | Extinct |
| CR | Critically Endangered |
| EN | Endangered |
| VU | Vulnerable |
| Th | Threatened |
Common name | Scientific name | Conservation status | ||
| Victorian FFG threatened list | ||||
Hepburn Shire – threatened birds | ||||
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | VU | ||
| Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis | CR | ||
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | CR | ||
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | CR | ||
| Black-chinned Honeyeater | Melithreptus gularis | NT | ||
| Black-eared Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx osculans | - | ||
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | VU | ||
| Brolga | Grus rubicunda | EN | ||
| Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus victoriae | - | ||
| Bush Stone-curlew | Burhinus grallariu | CR | ||
| Chestnut-rumped Heathwren | Calamanthus pyrrhopygius | VU | ||
| Crested Bellbird | Oreoica gutturalis | EN | ||
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata | VU | ||
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | VU | ||
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | EN | ||
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | EN | ||
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | EN | ||
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU | ||
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | VU | ||
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | VU | ||
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | - | ||
| Little Button-quail | Turnix velox | - | ||
| Masked Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae novaehollandiae | CR | ||
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | VU | ||
| Painted Honeyeater | Grantiella picta | VU | ||
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | - | ||
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | VU | ||
| Regent Honeyeater | Xanthomyza phrygia | CR | ||
| Sooty Owl | Tyto tenebricosa tenebricosa | EN | ||
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | - | ||
| Speckled Warbler | Chthonicola sagittata | EN | ||
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | - | ||
| Spotted Quail-thrush | Cinclosoma punctatum | - | ||
| Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura | VU | ||
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | CR | ||
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | EN | ||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | EN | ||
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | EN | ||
Hepburn Shire – threatened mammals | ||||
| Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa | VU | ||
| Eastern Bent-wing Bat | Miniopterus orianae oceanensis | CR | ||
| Fat-tailed Dunnart | Sminthopsis crassicaudata | VU | ||
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | VU | ||
| Southern Greater Glider | Petauroides volans | VU | ||
Hepburn Shire – threatened fishes | ||||
| Murray Cod | Maccullochella peelii | EN | ||
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN | ||
| Mountain Galaxias | Galaxias olidus | - | ||
Hepburn Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians | ||||
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | EN | ||
| Eastern Snake-necked Turtle | Chelodina longicollis | - | ||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU | ||
| Southern Toadlet | Pseudophryne semimarmorata | EN | ||
| Striped Legless Lizard | Delma impar | EN | ||
Hepburn Shire – threatened invertebrates | ||||
| Caddisfly | Archaeophylax canarus | - | ||
| Golden Sun Moth | Synemon plana | VU | ||
| Inland Ringtail Damselfly | Austrolestes aridus | - | ||
| Silky Hairstreak Butterfly | Pseudalmenus chlorinda zephyrus | - | ||
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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 2022). 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.