Threatened fauna Horsham Rural City
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Horsham Rural City which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2021.
- 49 species of threatened birds
- 7 species of threatened mammals
- 4 species of threatened fish
- 6 species of threatened reptiles
- 3 species of threatened amphibians
- 6 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 | ||||
Horsham Rural City – threatened birds | ||||
| Apostlebird | Struthidea cinerea | VU | ||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | CR | ||
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | VU | ||
| Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis | CR | ||
| Australian Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | EN | ||
| Australian Pratincole | Stiltia isabella | - | ||
| Azure Kingfisher | Alcedo azurea | - | ||
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla | - | ||
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | CR | ||
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | CR | ||
| Black-chinned Honeyeater | Melithreptus gularis | - | ||
| Black-eared Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx osculans | - | ||
| 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 | ||
| Chestnut Quail-thrush | Cinclosoma castanotus | - | ||
| 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-crowned Babbler | Pomatostomus temporalis | VU | ||
| Grey Falcon | Falco hypoleucos | VU | ||
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | EN | ||
| Gull-billed Tern | Sterna nilotica | EN | ||
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU | ||
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | 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 | ||
| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | VU | ||
| Major Mitchell's Cockatoo | Cacatua leadbeateri | CR | ||
| Malleefowl | Leipoa ocellata | VU | ||
| Masked Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae | CR | ||
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | VU | ||
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | - | ||
| Painted Honeyeater | Grantiella picta | VU | ||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | - | ||
| 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-chested Button-quail | Turnix pyrrhothorax | EN | ||
| Red-lored Whistler | Pachycephala rufogularis | VU | ||
| Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus banksi | EN | ||
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | - | ||
| Rufous Fieldwren | Calamanthus campestris | - | ||
| Speckled Warbler | Chthonicola sagittata | EN | ||
| Slender-billed Thornbill | Acanthiza iredalei | 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-browed Treecreeper | Climacteris affinis | EN | ||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | EN | ||
Horsham Rural City – threatened mammals | ||||
| Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa | VU | ||
| Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby | Petrogale penicillata | CR | ||
| Eastern Pygmy-possum | Cercartetus nanus | - | ||
| Heath Mouse | Pseudomys shortridgei | EN | ||
| Little Pygmy-possum | Cercartetus lepidus | - | ||
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | VU | ||
| Silky Mouse | Pseudomys apodemoides | - | ||
| Southern Brown Bandicoot | Isoodon obesulus obesulus | EN | ||
| Squirrel Glider | Petaurus norfolcensis | VU | ||
| Western Pygmy-possum | Cercartetus concinnus | - | ||
| White-footed Rabbit-rat | Conilurus albipes | EX | ||
Horsham Rural City – threatened fishes | ||||
| Freshwater Catfish | Tandanus tandanus | EN | ||
| Golden Perch | Macquaria ambigua | - | ||
| Mountain Galaxias | Galaxias olidus | - | ||
| Murray Cod | Maccullochella peelii peelii | EN | ||
| Silver Perch | Bidyanus bidyanus | EN | ||
| Yarra Pigmy Perch | Nannoperca obscura | VU | ||
Horsham Rural City – threatened reptiles & amphibians | ||||
| Bardick | Echiopsis curta | EN | ||
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | EN | ||
| Eastern Bearded Dragon | Pogona barbata | VU | ||
| Eastern Snake-necked Turtle | Chelodina longicollis | - | ||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU | ||
| Southern Toadlet | Pseudophryne semimarmorata | EN | ||
| Striped Legless Lizard | Delma impar | EN | ||
| Striped Worm-Lizard | Aprasia striolata | EN | ||
| Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) | Varanus varius | EN | ||
| Western Blue-tongued Lizard | Tiliqua occipitalis | - | ||
| Woodland Blind Snake | Ramphotyphlops proximus | - | ||
Horsham Rural City – threatened invertebrates | ||||
| Amethyst Hairstreak Butterfly | Jalmenus icilius | EN | ||
| Bullant | Myrmecia sp. 17 | - | ||
| Genoveva Blue Butterfly | Ogyris genoveva | EN | ||
| Golden Rayed Blue Butterfly | Candalides noelkeri | EN | ||
| Pale Sun Moth | Synemon selene | EN | ||
| Western Bright-eyed Brown Butterfly | Heteronympha cordace wilsoni | CR | ||
| White Yabby | Cherax destructor albidus | - | ||
| Yellow Sedge-skipper Butterfly | Hesperilla flavescens | 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 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.