Threatened fauna Brimbank City
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Brimbank City which are considered threatened under the FFG Threatened List 2021.
- 8 species of threatened birds
- 2 species of threatened mammals
- 4 species of threatened fish
- 4 species of threatened reptiles
- 2 species of threatened amphibians
- 2 species of threatened invertebrates
Victorian conservation status | |
| EW | Extinct in Wild |
| RX | Regionally Extinct |
| CR | Critically Endangered |
| EN | Endangered |
| VU | Vulnerable |
Common name | Scientific name | Conservation status | |||
| Victorian FFG threatened list | |||||
Brimbank City – threatened birds | |||||
| Australasian Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus dubius | EN | |||
| Baillon’s Crake | Porzana pusilla | - | |||
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | EN | |||
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | VU | |||
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | - | |||
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU | |||
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | VU | |||
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | - | |||
| Pacific Gull | Larus pacificus pacificus | - | |||
| Plains-wanderer | Pedionomus torquatus | CR | |||
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | - | |||
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | CR | |||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | VU | |||
Brimbank City – threatened mammals | |||||
| Fat-tailed Dunnart | Sminthopsis crassicaudata | - | |||
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | VU | |||
| Yellow-bellied Sheathtail Bat | Saccolaimus flaviventris | VU | |||
Brimbank City – threatened fish | |||||
| Australian Grayling | Prototroctes maraena | VU | |||
| Freshwater Catfish | Tandanus tandanus | EN | |||
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN | |||
| Silver Perch | Bidyanus bidyanus | CR | |||
Brimbank City – threatened reptiles & amphibians | |||||
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | EN | |||
| Eastern Bearded Dragon | Pogona barbata | VU | |||
| Eastern Snakenecked Turtle | Chelodina longicollis | - | |||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU | |||
| Murray River Turtle | Emydura macquarii | CR | |||
| Striped Legless Lizard | Delma impar | EN | |||
| Tussock Skink | Pseudemoia pagenstecheri | EN | |||
Brimbank City – threatened invertebrates | |||||
| Eltham Copper Butterfly | Paralucia pyrodiscus lucida | CR | |||
| Golden Sun Moth | Synemon plana | VU | |||
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 2021). 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.