Threatened fauna Ballarat City
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Ballarat City which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2021.
- 22 species of threatened birds
- 2 species of threatened mammals
- 1 species of threatened fish
- 1 species of threatened amphibian
- 2 species of invertebrates
Victorian conservation status | |
| EX | Extinct |
| CR | Critically Endangered |
| EN | Endangered |
| VU | Vulnerable |
Common name | Scientific name | Conservation status | ||
| Victorian FFG threatened list | ||||
Ballarat City – threatened birds | ||||
| Australian Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | EN | ||
| 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 | - | ||
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | VU | ||
| Brolga | Grus rubicunda | EN | ||
| Caspian Tern | Sterna caspia | VU | ||
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | VU | ||
| Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | CR | ||
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | VU | ||
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | EN | ||
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | EN | ||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | - | ||
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | EN | ||
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU | ||
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | - | ||
| Lewin's Rail | Rallus pectoralis | VU | ||
| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | VU | ||
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | VU | ||
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | - | ||
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | - | ||
| Plumed Egret | Ardea intermedia plumifera | CR | ||
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | VU | ||
| Regent Honeyeater | Xanthomyza phrygia | CR | ||
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | - | ||
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | - | ||
| Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura | VU | ||
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | - | ||
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | EN | ||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | VU | ||
Ballarat City – threatened mammals | ||||
| Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa | VU | ||
| Eastern Pygmy-possum | Cercartetus nanus | - | ||
| Fat-tailed Dunnart | Sminthopsis crassicaudata | - | ||
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | VU | ||
| Spot-tailed Quoll | Dasyurus maculatus maculatus | EN | ||
Ballarat City – threatened fishes | ||||
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN | ||
Ballarat City – threatened reptiles & amphibians | ||||
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | EN | ||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | EN | ||
| Tussock Skink | Pseudemoia pagenstecheri | EN | ||
Ballarat City - threatened invertebrates | ||||
| Golden Sun Moth |
| VU | ||
| Western Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus merosetosus | 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.