Threatened fauna Hindmarsh Shire
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Hindmarsh Shire which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2021.
- 44 species of threatened birds
- 2 species of threatened mammal
- 4 species of threatened fish
- 10 species of threatened reptiles
- 2 species of threatened amphibians
- 11 species of threatened invertebrates
Victorian conservation status | |
| EX | Extinct |
| CR | Critically Endangered |
| EN | Endangered |
| VU | Vulnerable |
| Th | Threatened |
Common name | Scientific name | Conservation status | ||
| Victorian FFG threatened list | ||||
Hindmarsh Shire – Threatened Birds | ||||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | CR | ||
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | VU | ||
| Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis | CR | ||
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla | - | ||
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | CR | ||
| Black-chinned Honeyeater | Melithreptus gularis | - | ||
| Black-eared Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx osculans | - | ||
| Black-eared Miner | Manorina melanotis | CR | ||
| 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 Quail-thrush | Cinclosoma castanotus | - | ||
| Chestnut-rumped Heathwren | Calamanthus pyrrhopygius | VU | ||
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | VU | ||
| Crested Bellbird | Oreoica gutturalis | EN | ||
| Diamond Dove | Geopelia cuneata | VU | ||
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata | VU | ||
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | VU | ||
| Elegant Parrot | Neophema elegans | VU | ||
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | EN | ||
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | EN | ||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | - | ||
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | EN | ||
| Grey-crowned Babbler | Pomatostomus temporalis | VU | ||
| Gull-billed Tern | Sterna nilotica | EN | ||
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU | ||
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | VU | ||
| Inland Dotterel | Charadrius australis | VU | ||
| Lewin's Rail | Rallus pectoralis | VU | ||
| Little Button-quail | Turnix velox | - | ||
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | VU | ||
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta nigripes | EN | ||
| Major Mitchell's Cockatoo | Cacatua leadbeateri | CR | ||
| Mallee Emu-wren | Stipiturus mallee | EN | ||
| Malleefowl | Leipoa ocellata | VU | ||
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | VU | ||
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | - | ||
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | - | ||
| Plains-wanderer | Pedionomus torquatus | CR | ||
| Plumed Egret | Ardea intermedia plumifera | CR | ||
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | VU | ||
| Purple-gaped Honeyeater | Lichenostomus cratitius | VU | ||
| Red-backed Kingfisher | Todiramphus pyrrhopygia | - | ||
| Red-lored Whistler | Pachycephala rufogularis | VU | ||
| Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus banksi | EN | ||
| Redthroat | Pyrrholaemus brunneus | EN | ||
| Regent Parrot | Polytelis anthopeplus | VU | ||
| Rufous Fieldwren | Calamanthus campestris | - | ||
| Slender-billed Thornbill | Acanthiza iredalei | EN | ||
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | - | ||
| Striated Grasswren | Amytornis striatus | - | ||
| Western Whipbird | Psophodes nigrogularis | CR | ||
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | - | ||
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | EN | ||
| White-bellied Whipbird | Psophodes leucogaster | - | ||
| White-browed Treecreeper | Climacteris affinis | EN | ||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | EN | ||
Hindmarsh Shire – Threatened Mammals | ||||
| Common Dunnart | Sminthopsis murina | VU | ||
| Fat-tailed Dunnart | Sminthopsis crassicaudata | VU | ||
| Little Pygmy-possum | Cercartetus lepidus | - | ||
| Mallee Ningaui | Ningaui yvonneae | - | ||
| Mitchell's Hopping-mouse | Notomys mitchelli | - | ||
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | VU | ||
| Silky Mouse | Pseudomys apodemoides | - | ||
| Western Pygmy-possum | Cercartetus concinnus | - | ||
Hindmarsh Shire – Threatened Fishes | ||||
| Freshwater Catfish | Tandanus tandanus | EN | ||
| Golden Perch | Macquaria ambigua | - | ||
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN | ||
| Murray Cod | Maccullochella peelii peelii | EN | ||
| Silver Perch | Bidyanus bidyanus | EN | ||
Hindmarsh Shire – Threatened Reptiles & Amphibians | ||||
| Bandy Bandy | Vermicella annulata | EN | ||
| Bardick | Echiopsis curta | EN | ||
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | EN | ||
| Eastern Bearded Dragon | Pogona barbata | VU | ||
| Four-toed Skink | Hemiergis peronii | - | ||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU | ||
| Heath Skink | Egernia multiscutata | CR | ||
| Lined Earless Dragon | Tympanocryptis lineata lineata | CR | ||
| Masters Snake | Drysdalia mastersii | CR | ||
| Port Lincoln Snake | Suta spectabilis | EN | ||
| Rosenberg's Goanna | Varanus rosenbergi | CR | ||
| Samphire Skink | Morethia adelaidensis | EN | ||
| Striped Worm-Lizard | Aprasia striolata | EN | ||
| Tree Goanna | Varanus varius | EN | ||
| Western Blue-tongued Lizard | Tiliqua occipitalis | - | ||
Hindmarsh Shire – Threatened Invertebrates | ||||
| Amethyst Hairstreak Butterfly | Jalmenus icilius | EN | ||
| Eltham Copper Butterfly | Paralucia pyrodiscus lucida | CR | ||
| Fiery Jewel Butterfly | Hypochrysops ignitus ignitus | EN | ||
| Genoveva Blue Butterfly | Ogyris genoveva | EN | ||
| Golden Sun Moth | Synemon plana | VU | ||
| Jewel Beetle | Temognatha flavocincta | VU | ||
| Jewel Beetle | Temognatha maculiventris | VU | ||
| Large Bronze Azure Butterfly | Ogyris halmaturia | CR | ||
| Pale Sun Moth | Synemon selene | EN | ||
| Reddish-orange Sun Moth | Synemon jcaria | EN | ||
| Small Orange-spotted Sun Moth | Synemon discalis | EN | ||
| Small Whistling Moth | Hecatesia exultans | - | ||
| White-spotted Owl Moth | Donuca spectabilis | - | ||
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.