Threatened fauna Latrobe City
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the City of Latrobe which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2021.
- 25 species of threatened birds
- 10 species of threatened mammals
- 4 species of threatened fish
- 3 species of threatened reptiles
- 2 species of threatened amphibians
- 8 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 | ||||
Latrobe City – threatened birds | ||||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | CR | ||
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | VU | ||
| Azure Kingfisher | Alcedo azurea | - | ||
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | CR | ||
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | CR | ||
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | VU | ||
| Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus victoriae | - | ||
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | VU | ||
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata | VU | ||
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | VU | ||
| Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | - | ||
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | EN | ||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | - | ||
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiae | EN | ||
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU | ||
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | VU | ||
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | - | ||
| Lewin's Rail | Lewinia pectoralis pectoralis | VU | ||
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | VU | ||
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta nigripes | EN | ||
| Masked Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae novaehollandiae | CR | ||
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | VU | ||
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | - | ||
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | - | ||
| Plumed Egret | Ardea intermedia plumifera | CR | ||
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | VU | ||
| Regent Honeyeater | Anthochaera phrygia | CR | ||
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | - | ||
| Sooty Owl | Tyto tenebricosa tenebricosa | EN | ||
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | - | ||
| Spotted Quail-thrush | Cinclosoma punctatum | - | ||
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | CR | ||
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | EN | ||
| White-browed Treecreeper | Climacteris affinis | EN | ||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | VU | ||
Latrobe City – threatened mammals | ||||
| Broad-toothed Rat | Mastacomys fuscus mordicus | VU | ||
| Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa | VU | ||
| Eastern Quoll | Dasyurus viverrinus | EN | ||
| Grey-headed Flying-fox | Pteropus poliocephalus | VU | ||
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | VU | ||
| Southern Brown Bandicoot | Isoodon obesulus obesulus | EN | ||
| Southern Greater Glider | Petauroides volans | VU | ||
| Spot-tailed Quoll | Dasyurus maculatus maculatus | EN | ||
| White-footed Dunnart | Sminthopsis leucopus | VU | ||
| Yellow-bellied Glider | Petaurus australis australis | VU | ||
Latrobe City – threatened fishes | ||||
| Australian Grayling | Prototroctes maraena | EN | ||
| Dwarf Galaxias | Galaxiella pusilla | EN | ||
| Flinders Pygmy Perch | Nannoperca sp. 1 | VU | ||
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN | ||
Latrobe City – threatened reptiles & amphibians | ||||
| Dendy's Toadlet | Pseudophryne dendyi | - | ||
| Eastern Snakenecked Turtle | Chelodina longicollis | - | ||
| Glossy Grass Skink | Pseudemoia rawlinsoni | EN | ||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU | ||
| Southern Toadlet | Pseudophryne semimarmorata | EN | ||
| Swamp Skink | Lissolepis coventryi | EN | ||
| Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) | Varanus varius | EN | ||
Latrobe City – threatened invertebrates | ||||
| Aquatic Invertebrate (caddisfly) | Ecnomus nibbor | - | ||
| Aquatic Invertebrate (caddisfly) | Tanjistomella verna | EN | ||
| Large Ant Blue (butterfly) | Acrodipsas brisbanensis | EN | ||
| Heath Sand-skipper Butterfly | Antipodia chaostola chares | - | ||
| Two-spotted Grass-skipper Butterfly | Pasma tasmanica | EN | ||
| Silky Hairstreak Butterfly | Pseudalmenus chlorinda zephyrus | - | ||
| Yellow Ochre Butterfly | Trapezites luteus luteus | EN | ||
Crustacea | ||||
| Glenelg Spiny Crayfish | Euastacus bispinosus | EN | ||
| Narracan Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus phyllocercus | EN | ||
| South Gippsland Spiny Crayfish | Euastacus neodiversus | EN | ||
| Strzelecki Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus rostrogaleatus | 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 2023). 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.