Threatened fauna Benalla Rural City

 

Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the  Benalla Rural City which are considered threatened under the FFG Threatened List 2021. 

 

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

Benalla Rural City – threatened birds

Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus CR  
Australian Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus dubius EN  
Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis VU
Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea -
Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla palustris -  
Barking Owl Ninox connivens CR  
Black-browed Albatross Diomedea melanophris melanophris -  
Black-eared Cuckoo Chrysococcyx osculans -  
Black Falcon Falco subniger EN  
Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis VU  
Brolga Grus rubicunda EN  
Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus victoriae -
Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius CR  
Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix -  
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia EN  
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea CR  
Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata VU  
Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata VU  
Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta VU  
Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur -  
Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa EN  
Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum EN  
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus -  
Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis temporalis VU  
Ground Cuckoo-shrike Coracina maxima EN  
Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiae EN  
Hardhead Aythya australis VU
Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata VU  
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii NT  
Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis pectoralis VU  
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides VU  
Little Egret Egretta garzetta nigripes EN  
Musk Duck Biziura lobata VU
Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus -
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus pacificus -  
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 Anthochaera phrygia CR  
Shy Albatross Diomedea cauta EN  
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia -  
Scarlet-chested Parrot Neophema splendida EN  
Speckled Warbler Chthonicola sagittatus EN  
Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis -
Spotted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum -  
Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura VU  
Superb Parrot Polytelis swainsonii EN  
Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor CR  
Turquoise Parrot Neophema pulchella VU  
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus -
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster EN  
White-fronted Tern Sterna striata -  
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus VU  
Yellow-nosed Albatross Diomedea chlororhynchus VU  
     

Benalla Rural City – threatened mammals

Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa VU  
Dingo Canis lupus dingo VU  
Eastern Bent-winged Bat Miniopterus orianae oceanensis CR  
Eastern Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus megaphyllus megaphyllus VU  
Eastern Pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus -  
Grey-headed Flying-fox Grey-headed Flying-fox VU  
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus VU  
Southern Greater Glider Petauroides volans VU  
Southern Myotis Myotis macropus -  
Spot-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus maculatus EN  
Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensis VU  
Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis australis VU  
       

Benalla Rural City – threatened fishes

Bluenose Cod (Trout Cod) Maccullochella macquariensis CR  
Flat-headed Galaxias Galaxias rostratus VU
Macquarie Perch Macquaria australasica EN  
Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii VU  
Murray-Darling Rainbowfish Melanotaenia fluviatilis VU  
Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua NT  
Southern Purple-spotted Gudgeon Mogurnda adspersa RX  
Southern Pygmy Perch Nannoperca australis (Murray-Darling lineage) VU  
       

Benalla Rural City – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Bandy Bandy Vermicella annulata EN  
Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata VU  
Brown Toadlet Pseudophryne bibronii EN  
Carpet Python Morelia spilota metcalfei EN  
Growling Grass Frog Litoria raniformis VU  
Rugose Toadlet Uperoleia rugosa EN  
Striped Legless Lizard Delma impar EN  
Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) Varanus varius EN  
Woodland Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops proximus -  
     

Benalla Rural City – threatened invertebrates

Golden Sun Moth Synemon plana CR  
Murray Spiny Crayfish Euastacus armatus NT  
       

 

Note: - blank spaces indicate species previously on Advisory lists which have been reassessed as not threatened.

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.

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