Threatened fauna Central Goldfields Shire

Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Central Goldfields Shire 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

 

Common name

Scientific name

Conservation status

    Victorian FFG threatened list

Central Goldfields Shire – threatened birds

Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus CR  
Australian Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis australis CR  
Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella -
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  
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Hylacola pyrrhopygia VU  
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia EN
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos VU
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea CR
Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis EN  
Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata VU  
Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata VU  
Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta VU  
Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae -
Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa EN  
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus -
Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis VU  
Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiae EN  
Hardhead Aythya australis VU
Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata VU  
Inland Dotterel Charadrius australis VU
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii -  
Lewin's Rail Rallus pectoralis VU  
Little Button-quail Turnix velox -
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides VU  
Little Egret Egretta garzetta nigripes EN  
Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta -
Musk Duck Biziura lobata VU
Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus -
Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta VU  
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos -
Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius -
Plumed Egret Ardea intermedia plumifera CR  
Powerful Owl Ninox strenua VU  
Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrropygia pyrropygia -
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 EN
     

Central Goldfields Shire – threatened mammals

Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa VU  
Common Dunnart Sminthopsis murina VU
Eastern Pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus -
Fat-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis crassicaudata -
Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus VU  
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus VU  
Spot-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus maculatus EN  
       

Central Goldfields Shire – threatened fishes

Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii EN  
Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua -  
Macquarie Perch Macquaria australasica EN  
Freshwater Catfish Tandanus tandanus EN  
       

Central Goldfields Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata VU
Brown Toadlet Pseudophryne bibronii EN  
Growling Grass Frog Litoria raniformis VU  
Lace Monitor (Tree Goanna) Varanus varius EN  
Southern Toadlet Pseudophryne semimarmorata EN
Striped Legless Lizard Delma impar EN  
Woodland Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops proximus -
     

Central Goldfields Shire – threatened invertebrates

Bullant Myrmecia sp. 17 -  
Golden Sun Moth Synemon plana VU  
Stonefly Dinotoperla walkeri EN  

 

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.

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