Threatened fauna Ararat Rural City
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Ararat Rural City which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2021.
- 42 species of threatened birds
- 11 species of threatened mammals
- 2 species of threatened fish
- 5 species of threatened reptiles
- 2 species of threatened amphibians
- 10 species of threatened invertebrates
Victorian conservation status | |
| EW | Extinct in Wild |
| RX | Regionally Extinct |
| CR | Critically Endangered |
| EN | Endangered |
| VU | Vulnerable |
| th | Threatened |
Common name | Scientific name | Conservation status | ||
| Victorian FFG threatened list | ||||
Ararat Rural City - Threatened Birds | ||||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | CR | ||
| Australian Painted Snipe | Rostratula australis | CR | ||
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | VU | ||
| Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis | CR | ||
| Azure Kingfisher | Alcedo azurea | - | ||
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla | - | ||
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | CR | ||
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | CR | ||
| Black-chinned Honeyeater | Melithreptus gularis | - | ||
| Black-eared Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx osculans | - | ||
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | CR | ||
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | VU | ||
| Brolga | Grus rubicunda | EN | ||
| Brown Treecreeper (south-eastern sub species) | Climacteris picumnus victoriae | - | ||
| Bush Stone-curlew | Burhinus grallarius | CR | ||
| Caspian Tern | Sterna caspia | VU | ||
| Chestnut-rumped Heathwren | Hylacola pyrrhopygia | VU | ||
| Crested Bellbird | Oreoica gutturalis | EN | ||
| Diamond Dove | Geopelia cuneata | VU | ||
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata | VU | ||
| Elegant Parrot | Neophema elegans | VU | ||
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | EN | ||
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | EN | ||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | - | ||
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | VU | ||
| Grey-crowned Babbler | Pomatostomus temporalis | VU | ||
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | EN | ||
| Gull-billed Tern | Sterna nilotica macrotarsa | EN | ||
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU | ||
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata cucullata | VU | ||
| King Quail | Coturnix chinensis victoriae | EN | ||
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | - | ||
| Little Button-quail | Turnix velox | - | ||
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | VU | ||
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta nigripes | EN | ||
| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | VU | ||
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | VU | ||
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus hillii | - | ||
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fuva | 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 | ||
| Redthroat | Pyrrholaemus brunneus | EN | ||
| Red-backed Kingfisher | Todiramphus pyrrhopygia | - | ||
| Red-chested Button-quail | Turnix pyrrhothorax | EN | ||
| Red-lored Whistler | Pachycephala rufogularis | VU | ||
| Regent Honeyeater | Xanthomyza phrygia | CR | ||
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | - | ||
| Speckled Warbler | Chthonicola sagittata | EN | ||
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | - | ||
| Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura | VU | ||
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | CR | ||
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | - | ||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | VU | ||
| White-winged Black Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | - | ||
Ararat Rural City - Threatened Mammals | ||||
| Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa tapoatafa | VU | ||
| Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby | Petrogale penicillata | CR | ||
| Common Dunnart | Sminthopsis murina | VU | ||
| Eastern Barred Bandicoot | Perameles gunnii | EN | ||
| Fat-tailed Dunnart | Sminthopsis crassicaudata | VU | ||
| Heath Mouse | Pseudomys shortridgei | EN | ||
| Long-nosed Potoroo | Potorous tridactylus | VU | ||
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | VU | ||
| Smoky Mouse | Pseudomys fumeus | EN | ||
| Southern Brown Bandicoot | Isoodon obesulus obesulus | EN | ||
| Squirrel Glider | Petaurus norfolcensis | VU | ||
| Yellow-bellied Glider | Petaurus australis australis | VU | ||
Ararat Rural City - Threatened Fish | ||||
| Dwarf Galaxias | Galaxiella pusilla | EN | ||
| Golden Perch | Macquaria ambigua | - | ||
| Murray Cod | Maccullochella peelii peelii | EN | ||
Ararat Rural City - Threatened Reptiles & Amphibians | ||||
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | EN | ||
| Corangamite Water Skink | Eulamprus tympanum | EN | ||
| Eastern Bearded Dragon | Pogona barbata | VU | ||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU | ||
| Lace Monitor (Tree Goanna) | Varanus varius | EN | ||
| Striped Legless Lizard | Delma impar | EN | ||
| Swamp Skink | Egernia coventryi | EN | ||
Ararat Rural City - Threatened Invertebrates | ||||
| Amethyst Hairstreak Butterfly | Jalmenus icilius | EN | ||
| Caddisfly | Ecnomus nibbor | - | ||
| Cryptic Sun Moth | Synemon theresa | EX | ||
| Freshwater isopod | Colubotelson joyneri | CR | ||
| Glenelg Spiny Cray | Euastacus bispinosus | EN | ||
| Golden Sun Moth | Synemon plana | VU | ||
| Jewel Beetle | Temognatha sanguinipennis | EN | ||
| Silvered Skipper | Hesperilla crypsargyra lesouefi | - | ||
| Metallic Green Carpenter Bee | Xylocopa (Lestis) aeratus | EX | ||
| Water beetle | Hygrobia australasiae | - | ||
| Western Bush Yabby | Geocharax falcata | EN | ||
| Western Swamp Crayfish | Gramastacus insolitus | EN | ||
| Yellow Sedge-skipper Butterfly | Hesperilla flavescens | 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 Environment, Land, Water & Planning, Victoria, 2021. Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act Threatened List (FFG Threatened List, June 2023). 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.