Threatened fauna Gannawarra Shire

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

 

Victorian conservation status

 
EW Extinct in Wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
Th Threatened

 

Common name

Scientific name

Conservation status

    Victorian FFG threatened list

Gannawarra Shire Council – threatened birds

Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea VU  
Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus CR  
Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis CR  
Australian Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus dubius EN  
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-eared Cuckoo Chrysococcyx osculans -
Black Falcon Falco subniger CR
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa CR
Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis VU  
Brolga Grus rubicunda EN  
Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus victoriae -
Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius CR  
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia VU  
Chestnut Quail-thrush Cinclosoma castanotus -
Chirruping Wedgebill Psophodes cristatus EX
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia EN
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos VU
Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis EN  
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea CR
Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata VU  
Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata VU  
Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis CR
Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta VU  
Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans VU
Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae -
Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa EN  
Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum EN
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus -
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris CR  
Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii VU
Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis VU  
Grey Falcon Falco hypoleucos VU  
Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiae EN  
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola VU
Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes CR  
Ground Cuckoo-shrike Coracina maxima EN  
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica macrotarsa EN  
Hardhead Aythya australis VU
Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata VU  
Inland Dotterel Charadrius australis VU
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii -  
Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis pectoralis VU  
Little Button-quail Turnix velox -
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides VU  
Little Egret Egretta garzetta EN  
Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta -  
Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata VU  
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Lophocroa leadbeateri CR  
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis EN
Musk Duck Biziura lobata VU
Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus -
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva VU
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos -
Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius -
Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus CR  
Plumed Egret Ardea intermedia plumifera CR
Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrropygia pyrropygia -
Red-chested Button-quail Turnix pyrrhothorax EN  
Red Knot Calidris canutus EN
Regent Honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia CR  
Regent Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus monarchoides VU  
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia VU
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres EN
Rufous Fieldwren Calamanthus campestris -
Sanderling Calidris alba -
Spotted Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus maculatus CR  
Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis -
Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura VU  
Superb Parrot Polytelis swainsonii EN  
Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor CR  
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus -
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster EN  
White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina EN
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus VU
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus -
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola EN
     

Gannawarra Shire Council – threatened mammals

Fat-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis crassicaudata VU
Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus VU  
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus VU
Mitchell's Hopping-mouse Notomys mitchelli -
Rufous Bettong Aepyprymnus rufescens EX  
       

Gannawarra Shire Council – threatened fishes

Little Galaxias Galaxiella toourtkoourt  EN  
Flat-headed Galaxia Galaxias rostratus VU
Freshwater Catfish Tandanus tandanus EN  
Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua -  
Macquarie Perch Macquaria australasica EN  
Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii EN  
Murray River Rainbowfish Melanotaenia fluviatilis EN  
Murray Hardyhead Craterocephalus fluviatilis CR  
Silver Perch Bidyanus bidyanus CR  
Trout Cod Maccullochella macquariensis EN  

Gannawarra Shire Council – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Bandy Bandy Vermicella annulata EN  
Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata VU
Broad-shelled Turtle Chelodina expansa EN  
Brown Toadlet Pseudophryne bibronii EN  
Carpet Python Morelia spilota metcalfei EN  
Eastern Snake-necked Turtle Chelodina longicollis -  
Giant Bullfrog Limnodynastes interioris EN  
Growling Grass Frog Litoria raniformis VU  
Hooded Scaly-foot Pygopus schraderi CR  
Murray River Turtle Emydura macquarii CR  
Samphire Skink Morethia adelaidensis EN  
Striped Legless Lizard Delma impar EN  
Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) Varanus varius EN
Woodland Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops proximus -
     

Gannawarra Shire Council – threatened invertebrates

Jewel Beetle Temognatha flavocincta VU  
Large River Damselfly Caliagrion billinghursti VU  
Crustacea
     
Murray Spiny Crayfish Euastacus armatus Th  

 

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 2022). 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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