Threatened fauna Macedon Ranges Shire
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Macedon Ranges Shire which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2021.
- 35 species of threatened birds
- 9 species of threatened mammals
- 9 species of threatened fish
- 1 species of threatened reptile
- 3 species of threatened amphibians
- 5 species of threatened invertebrates
Victorian conservation status | |
| EX | Extinct |
| CR | Critically Endangered |
| EN | Endangered |
| VU | Vulnerable |
| Th | Threatened |
Common name | Scientific name | Conservation status | ||
| Victorian FFG threatened list | ||||
Macedon Ranges Shire – threatened birds | ||||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | CR | ||
| Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis | CR | ||
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | VU | ||
| Azure Kingfisher | Alcedo azurea | - | ||
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla palustris | - | ||
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | CR | ||
| 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 | ||
| Crested Bellbird | Oreoica gutturalis | EN | ||
| Diamond Dove | Geopelia cuneata | VU | ||
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata | VU | ||
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | VU | ||
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | EN | ||
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | EN | ||
| Grey Falcon | Falco hypoleucos | VU | ||
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiae | EN | ||
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU | ||
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | VU | ||
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | NT | ||
| Lewin's Rail | Rallus pectoralis | VU | ||
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | VU | ||
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta nigripes | EN | ||
| Masked Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae novaehollandiae | CR | ||
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | VU | ||
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | - | ||
| Painted Honeyeater | Grantiella picta | VU | ||
| 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 | ||
| Regent Honeyeater | Xanthomyza phrygia | CR | ||
| 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 | ||
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | - | ||
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | EN | ||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | VU | ||
Macedon Ranges Shire – threatened mammals | ||||
| Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa | VU | ||
| Common Dunnart | Sminthopsis murina murina | VU | ||
| Eastern Pygmy-possum | Cercartetus nanus | - | ||
| Fat-tailed Dunnart | Sminthopsis crassicaudata | VU | ||
| Eastern Barred Bandicoot | Perameles gunnii | EN | ||
| Eastern Quoll | Dasyurus viverrinus | EN | ||
| Leadbeater's Possum | Gymnobelideus leadbeateri | CR | ||
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | VU | ||
| Southern Brown Bandicoot | Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus obesulus | EN | ||
| Southern Myotis (bat) | Myotis macropus | - | ||
| Southern Greater Glider | Petauroides volans | VU | ||
| Spot-tailed Quoll | Dasyurus maculatus maculatus | EN | ||
Macedon Ranges Shire – threatened fishes | ||||
| Australian Grayling | Prototroctes maraena | EN | ||
| Bluenose Cod (Trout Cod) | Maccullochella macquariensis | CR | ||
| Flat-headed Galaxias | Galaxias rostratus | VU | ||
| Freshwater Catfish | Tandanus tandanus | EN | ||
| Golden Perch | Macquaria ambigua | - | ||
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN | ||
| Murray Cod | Maccullochella peelii | EN | ||
| Silver Perch | Bidyanus bidyanus | EN | ||
| Southern Pygmy Perch (Murray-Darling lineage) | Nannoperca australis | VU | ||
| Yarra Pygmy Perch | Nannoperca obscura | VU | ||
Macedon Ranges 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 | ||
| Tussock Skink | Pseudemoia pagenstecheri | EN | ||
Macedon Ranges Shire – threatened invertebrates | ||||
| Amethyst Hairstreak Butterfly | Jalmenus icilius | EN | ||
| Aquatic Invertebrate (caddisfly) | Archaeophylax canarus | - | ||
| Aquatic Invertebrate (caddisfly) | Leptocerus souta | VU | ||
| Golden Sun Moth | Synemon plana | VU | ||
| Inland Ringtail Damselfly | Austrolestes aridus | - | ||
| Large River Damselfly | Caliagrion billinghursti | VU | ||
| Silky Hairstreak Butterfly | Pseudalmenus chlorinda zephyrus | - | ||
| Two-spotted Grass-skipper Butterfly | Pasma tasmanica | EN | ||
| Wide-Faced Darner Dragonfly | Dendroaeschna conspersa | - | ||
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.