Threatened fauna Glenelg Shire
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Glenelg Shire which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2021.
- 61 species of threatened birds
- 28 species of threatened mammals
- 7 species of threatened fish
- 6 species of threatened reptiles
- 3 species of threatened amphibians
- 14 species of threatened invertebrate
Victorian conservation status | |
| EX | Extinct |
| CR | Critically Endangered |
| EN | Endangered |
| VU | Vulnerable |
| Th | Threatened |
Common name | Scientific name | Conservation status | ||
| Victorian FFG threatened list | ||||
Glenelg Shire – threatened birds | ||||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | CR | ||
| Australian Painted Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | CR | ||
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | VU | ||
| Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis | CR | ||
| Azure Kingfisher | Alcedo azurea | - | ||
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla | - | ||
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | CR | ||
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | CR | ||
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | - (VU EPBC) | ||
| Black-chinned Honeyeater | Melithreptus gularis | - | ||
| Black-eared Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx osculans | - | ||
| Black-faced Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscescens | - | ||
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | VU | ||
| Brolga | Grus rubicunda | EN | ||
| Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus victoriae | - | ||
| Bush Stone-curlew | Burhinus grallarius | CR | ||
| Caspian Tern | Sterna caspia | VU | ||
| Chestnut-rumped Heathwren | Hylacola pyrrhopygia | VU | ||
| Common Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides urinatrix | - | ||
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | VU | ||
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata | VU | ||
| Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | CR | ||
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | VU | ||
| Fairy Prion | Pachyptila turtur | - | ||
| Fairy Tern | Sterna nereis | CR | ||
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | EN | ||
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | EN | ||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | - | ||
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | CR | ||
| Grey Falcon | Falco hypoleucos | VU | ||
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | EN | ||
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | VU | ||
| Grey-headed Albatross | Thalassarche chrysostoma | EN | ||
| Ground Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina maxima | EN | ||
| Ground Parrot | Pezoporus wallicus | EN | ||
| Gull-billed Tern | Sterna nilotica | EN | ||
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU | ||
| Hooded Plover | Thinornis rubricollis | EN | ||
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | VU | ||
| Inland Dotterel | Charadrius australis | VU | ||
| King Quail | Coturnix chinensis | EN | ||
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | - | ||
| Lewin's Rail | Rallus pectoralis | VU | ||
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | VU | ||
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta nigripes | EN | ||
| Little Tern | Sterna albifrons | CR | ||
| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | VU | ||
| Major Mitchell's Cockatoo | Lophochroa leadbeateri | CR | ||
| Malleefowl | Leipoa ocellata | VU | ||
| Masked Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae | CR | ||
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | VU | ||
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | - | ||
| Orange-bellied Parrot | Neophema chrysogaster | CR | ||
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fuva | VU | ||
| Pacific Gull | Larus pacificus | - | ||
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | - | ||
| Plains-wanderer | Pedionomus torquatus | CR | ||
| Plumed Egret | Ardea intermedia plumifera | CR | ||
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | VU | ||
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | EN | ||
| Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne | EN | ||
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | - | ||
| Rufous Bristlebird (Coorong) | Dasyornis broadbenti broadbenti | EN | ||
| Rufous Bristlebird (Otway) | Dasyornis broadbenti caryochrous | VU | ||
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | - | ||
| Shy Albatross | Diomedea cauta | EN | ||
| Sooty Oystercatcher | Haematopus fuliginosus | - | ||
| Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | EN | ||
| Southern Royal Albatross | Diomedea epomophora | CR | ||
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | - | ||
| Spotted Quail-thrush | Cinclosoma punctatum | - | ||
| Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura | VU | ||
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | CR | ||
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | EN | ||
| Turquoise Parrot | Neophema pulchella | VU | ||
| Wandering Albatross | Diomedea exulans | CR | ||
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | - | ||
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | EN | ||
| White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | EN | ||
| White-fronted Tern | Sterna striata | - | ||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | EN | ||
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | EN | ||
Glenelg Shire – threatened mammals | ||||
| Blue Whale | Balaenoptera musculus | EN | ||
| Bridled Nail-tailed Wallaby | Onychogalea fraenata | EX | ||
| Broad-toothed Rat | Mastacomys fuscus mordicus | VU | ||
| Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa | VU | ||
| Bryde's Whale | Balaenoptera edeni | - | ||
| Common Bent-wing Bat southern s. sp. | Miniopterus schreibersii bassanii | CR | ||
| Common Dunnart | Sminthopsis murina | VU | ||
| Dingo | Canis lupus dingo | VU | ||
| Eastern Barred Bandicoot | Perameles gunnii | EN | ||
| Eastern Bettong | Bettongia gaimardi gaimardi | EX | ||
| Eastern Pygmy-possum | Cercartetus nanus | - | ||
| Eastern Hare-wallaby | Lagorchestes leporides | EX | ||
| Fat-tailed Dunnart | Sminthopsis crassicaudata | VU | ||
| Grey-headed Flying-fox | Pteropus poliocephalus | VU | ||
| Heath Mouse | Pseudomys shortridgei | EN | ||
| Long-nosed Fur Seal | Arctophoca forsteri | VU | ||
| Long-nosed Potoroo | Potorous tridactylus | VU | ||
| New Holland Mouse | Pseudomys novaehollandiae | EN | ||
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | VU | ||
| Rufous-bellied Pademelon | Thylogale billardierii | Th | ||
| Rufous Bettong | Aepyprymnus rufescens | EX | ||
| Sea-lion | Neophoca cinerea | EN | ||
| Silky Mouse | Pseudomys apodemoides | - | ||
| Smoky Mouse | Pseudomys fumeus | EN | ||
| Southern Bent-winged Bat | Miniopterus orianae bassanii | CR | ||
| Southern Brown Bandicoot | Isoodon obesulus obesulus | EN | ||
| Southern Humpback Whale | Megaptera novaeangliae australis | CR | ||
| Southern Myotis | Myotis macropus | - | ||
| Southern Right Whale | Eubalaena australis | EN | ||
| Spot-tailed Quoll | Dasyurus maculatus | EN | ||
| Swamp Antechinus | Antechinus minimus | VU | ||
| White-footed Dunnart | Sminthopsis leucopus | VU | ||
| White-footed Rabbit-rat | Conilurus albipes | EX | ||
| Yellow-bellied Glider | Petaurus australis australis | VU | ||
Glenelg Shire – threatened fishes | ||||
| Australian Grayling | Prototroctes maraena | EN | ||
| Freshwater Catfish | Tandanus tandanus | EN | ||
| Freshwater Herring | Potamalosa richmondia | EX | ||
| Little Galaxias | Galaxiella toourtkoourt | EN | ||
| Golden Perch | Macquaria ambigua | - | ||
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN | ||
| Variegated Pygmy Perch | Nannoperca variegata | EN | ||
| Yarra Pygmy Perch | Nannoperca obscura | VU | ||
Glenelg Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians | ||||
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | EN | ||
| Eastern Bearded Dragon | Pogona barbata | VU | ||
| Four-toed Skink | Hemiergis peronii | - | ||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU | ||
| Leathery Turtle | Dermochelys coriacea | CR | ||
| Southern Toadlet | Pseudophryne semimarmorata | EN | ||
| Striped Legless Lizard | Delma impar | EN | ||
| Striped Worm-Lizard | Aprasia striolata | EN | ||
| Swamp Skink | Lissolepis coventryi | EN | ||
Glenelg Shire – threatened invertebrates | ||||
| Alpine Darner Dragonfly | Austroaeschna flavomaculata | VU | ||
| Ancient Greenling Damselfly | Hemiphlebia mirabilis | EN | ||
| Caddisfly | Ecnomus nibbor | - | ||
| Caddisfly | Plectrotarsus gravenhorstii | EN | ||
| Caddisfly | Leptocerus souta | VU | ||
| Calanoid Copepod (5030) | Boekella nyoraensis | - | ||
| Diving beetle | Antiporus willyamsi | - | ||
| Glenelg Freshwater Mussel | Hyridella glenelgensis | CR | ||
| Large Bronze Azure Butterfly | Ogyris halmaturia | CR | ||
| Mt Donna Buang Wingless Stonefly | Riekoperla darlingtoni | CR | ||
| Swamp Bluet Damselfly | Coenagrion lyelli | - | ||
| Water beetle species | Hygrobia australasiae | VU | ||
| Western Bright-eyed Brown Butterfly | Heteronympha cordace wilsoni | CR | ||
Crustacea | ||||
| Glenelg Spiny Crayfish | Euastacus bispinosus | EN | ||
| Hairy Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus sericatus | VU | ||
| Portland Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus strictifrons | VU | ||
| Western Bush Yabby | Geocharax falcata | EN | ||
| Western Swamp Crayfish | Gramastacus insolitus | 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 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.