Threatened fauna Mansfield Shire
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Mansfield Shire which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2021.
- 28 species of threatened birds
- 13 species of threatened mammals
- 6 species of threatened fish
- 6 species of threatened reptiles
- 5 species of threatened amphibians
- 8 species of threatened invertebrates
Victorian conservation status | |
| EW | Extinct |
| CR | Critically Endangered |
| EN | Endangered |
| VU | Vulnerable |
| Th | Threatened |
Common name | Scientific name | Conservation status | ||
| Victorian FFG threatened list | ||||
Mansfield Shire – threatened birds | ||||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | CR | ||
| Australian Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus dubius | EN | ||
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | VU | ||
| Azure Kingfisher | Alcedo azurea | - | ||
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla palustris | - | ||
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | CR | ||
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | VU | ||
| Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus victoriae | - | ||
| Bush Stone-curlew | Burhinus grallarius | CR | ||
| Chestnut-rumped Heathwren | Calamanthus pyrrhopygius | VU | ||
| Crested Bellbird | Oreoica gutturalis | EN | ||
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata | VU | ||
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | VU | ||
| Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | - | ||
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | EN | ||
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | EN | ||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | - | ||
| Grey-crowned Babbler | Pomatostomus temporalis temporalis | VU | ||
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica macrotarsa | EN | ||
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU | ||
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | VU | ||
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | - | ||
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | VU | ||
| Masked Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae novaehollandiae | CR | ||
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | VU | ||
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | - | ||
| Painted Honeyeater | Grantiella picta | VU | ||
| 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 | ||
| Speckled Warbler | Chthonicola sagittatus | EN | ||
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | - | ||
| Spotted Quail-thrush | Cinclosoma punctatum | - | ||
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | CR | ||
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | - | ||
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | EN | ||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | VU | ||
Mansfield Shire – threatened mammals | ||||
| Broad-toothed Rat | Mastacomys fuscus mordicus | VU | ||
| Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa | VU | ||
| Common Bent-wing Bat | Miniopterus schreibersii (GROUP) | CR | ||
| Dingo | Canis lupius dingo | VU | ||
| Eastern Bent-wing Bat | Miniopterus orianae oceanensis | CR | ||
| Eastern Horseshoe Bat | Rhinolophus megaphyllus megaphyllus | EN | ||
| Eastern Pygmy-possum | Cercartetus nanus | - | ||
| Leadbeater's Possum | Gymnobelideus leadbeateri | CR | ||
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | VU | ||
| Smoky Mouse | Pseudomys fumeus | EN | ||
| Southern Myotis (bat) | Myotis macropus | - | ||
| 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 | ||
Mansfield Shire – threatened fishes | ||||
| Barred Galaxias | Galaxias fuscus | CR | ||
| Flat-headed Galaxias | Galaxias rostratus | VU | ||
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN | ||
| Murray Cod | Maccullochella peelii | EN | ||
| Golden Perch | Macquaria ambigua | - | ||
| Southern Pygmy Perch | Nannoperca australis (Murray-Darling lineage) | VU | ||
| Yarra Pygmy Perch | Nannoperca obscura | EN | ||
Mansfield Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians | ||||
| Alpine Bog Skink | Pseudemoia cryodroma | EN | ||
| Alpine Tree Frog | Litoria verreauxii alpina | CR | ||
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | EN | ||
| Dendy's Toadlet | Pseudophryne dendyi | - | ||
| Eastern Snakenecked Turtle | Chelodina longicollis | - | ||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU | ||
| Mountain Skink | Liopholis montana | - | ||
| Murray River Turtle | Emydura macquarii | CR | ||
| Southern Toadlet | Pseudophryne semimarmorata | EN | ||
| Spotted Tree Frog | Litoria spenceri | CR | ||
| Striped Legless Lizard | Delma impar | EN | ||
| Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) | Varanus varius | EN | ||
| Tussock Skink | Pseudemoia pagenstecheri | EN | ||
Mansfield Shire – threatened invertebrates | ||||
| Alpine Darner Dragonfly | Austroaeschna flavomaculata | VU | ||
| Aquatic Invertebrate (caddisfly) | Archaeophylax canarus | - | ||
| Aquatic Invertebrate (caddisfly) | Tamasia furcilla | CR | ||
| Genoveva Blue Butterfly | Ogyris genoveva | EN | ||
| Golden Sun Moth | Synemon plana | VU | ||
| Large Ant Blue Butterfly | Acrodipsas brisbanensis | EN | ||
| Mount Stirling Stonefly | Thaumatoperla flaveola | CR | ||
| Planarian (flat worm) | Spathula tryssa | EN | ||
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 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.