Threatened fauna Mildura Rural City Council

Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Mildura Rural City which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2021.

 

Victorian conservation status

 
EX Extinct
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
Th Threatened

 

Common name

Scientific name

Conservation status

    Victorian FFG threatened list

Mildura Rural City Council – threatened birds

Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea VU  
Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus CR  
Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis CR  
Australian Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus dubius EN  
Australian Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis australis CR  
Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella -
Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis VU
Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea -
Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla palustris -  
Barking Owl Ninox connivens CR  
Black-eared Cuckoo Chrysococcyx osculans -
Black-eared Miner Manorina melanotis CR  
Black Falcon Falco subniger CR
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa CR
Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis VU  
Brolga Grus rubicunda EN  
Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus victoriae -
Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius CR  
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia VU  
Chestnut Quail-thrush Cinclosoma castanotus -
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Calamanthus pyrrhopygius VU  
Chirruping Wedgebill Psophodes cristatus EX
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia EN
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos VU
Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis EN  
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea CR
Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata VU  
Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata VU  
Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis CR
Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta VU  
Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans VU
Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae -
Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa EN  
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus -
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris CR  
Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis VU  
Grey Falcon Falco hypoleucos VU  
Grey-fronted Honeyeater Lichenostomus plumulus EN
Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiae EN  
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola VU
Ground Cuckoo-shrike Coracina maxima EN  
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica macrotarsa EN  
Hardhead Aythya australis VU
Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata VU  
Inland Dotterel Charadrius australis VU
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii -  
Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis pectoralis VU  
Little Button-quail Turnix velox -
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides VU  
Little Egret Egretta garzetta nigripes EN  
Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta -  
Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata VU  
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Lophocroa leadbeateri CR  
Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata VU  
Mallee Emu-wren Stipiturus mallee EN  
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis EN
Musk Duck Biziura lobata VU
Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus -
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva VU
Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta VU  
Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius -
Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus CR  
Plumed Egret Ardea intermedia plumifera CR
Purple-gaped Honeyeater Lichenostomus cratitius VU
Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrropygia pyrropygia -
Red-chested Button-quail Turnix pyrrhothorax EN  
Red Knot Calidris canutus EN
Red-lored Whistler Pachycephala rufogularis VU  
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksi EN  
Redthroat Pyrrholaemus brunneus EN  
Regent Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus monarchoides VU  
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia -
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres EN
Rufous Fieldwren Calamanthus campestris -
Scarlet-chested Parrot Neophema splendida EN  
Slender-billed Thornbill Acanthiza iredalei hedleyi -  
Spotted Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus maculatus EX  
Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis -
Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura VU  
Striated Grasswren Amytornis striatus striatus -
Superb Parrot Polytelis swainsonii EN  
Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor CR  
Turquoise Parrot Neophema pulchella VU  
Western Whipbird (Mallee) Psophodes nigrogularis leucogaster CR  
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus -
White-bellied Whipbird Psophodes  leucogaster -  
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster EN  
White-browed Treecreeper Climacteris affinis EN  
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus VU
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola EN
     

Mildura Rural City Council – threatened mammals

Bolam's Mouse Pseudomys bolami EX
Common Dunnart Sminthopsis murina murina VU  
Dingo Canis lupus dingo VU  
Eastern Pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus -
Fat-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis crassicaudata -
Gile's Planigale Planigale gilesi VU  
Little Broad-nosed Bat Scotorepens greyii -
Little Pygmy-possum Cercartetus lepidus -
Mallee Ningaui Ningaui yvonneae -
Mitchell's Hopping-mouse Notomys mitchelli -
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus VU
Silky Mouse Pseudomys apodemoides -
South-eastern Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus corbeni EN  
Spot-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus maculatus EN  
Western Pygmy-possum Cercartetus concinnus minor -
Yellow-bellied Sheathtail Bat Saccolaimus flaviventris VU  
       

Mildura Rural City Council – threatened fishes

Agassizs Glassfish Ambassis agassizii EX  
Flat-headed Galaxia Galaxias rostratus  VU
Freshwater Catfish Tandanus tandanus EN  
Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii EN  
Murray River Rainbowfish Melanotaenia fluviatilis EN  
Murray Hardyhead Craterocephalus fluviatilis CR  
Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua -  
Silver Perch Bidyanus bidyanus EN  
Southern Purple-spotted Gudgeon Mogurnda adspersa CR  
       

Mildura Rural City Council – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Bandy Bandy Vermicella annulata EN  
Bardick Echiopsis curta EN  
Beaked Gecko Rhynchoedura ornata EN  
Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata VU
Broad-shelled Turtle Chelodina expansa EN  
Carpet Python Morelia spilota metcalfei EN  
De Vis' Banded Snake Denisonia devisi CR  
Dwarf Burrowing Skink Lerista timida EN  
Eastern Snake-necked Turtle Chelodina longicollis -  
Growling Grass Frog Litoria raniformis VU  
Heath Skink Liopholis multiscutata CR  
Hooded Scaly-foot Pygopus schraderi CR  
Lined Earless Dragon Tympanocryptis lineata EN  
Mallee Worm-Lizard Aprasia aurita EN  
Masters' Snake Drysdalia mastersii CR
Millewa Skink Hemiergis millewae EN  
Murray River Turtle Emydura macquarii CR
Patch-nosed Brown Snake Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha -
Port Lincoln Snake Parasuta spectabilis EN  
Red-naped Snake Furina diadema EN  
Rossenberg's Goanna Varanus rosenbergi CR  
Saltbush Striped Skink Ctenotus olympicus CR  
Samphire Skink Morethia adelaidensis 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 -
Yellow-faced Whip Snake Demansia psammophis -
     

Mildura Rural City Council – threatened invertebrates

Bitterbush Blue Butterfly Theclinesthes albocincta EN  
Diamond Sand-skipper Butterfly Antipodia atralba EN  
Jewel Beetle Temognatha flavocincta VU  
Large Bronze Azure Ogyris idmo halmaturia CR  
Large Yellow-spotted Cicada Marteena rubricincta CR  
Mildura Ogyris Ogyris subterrestris subterrestris VU  
Orange Sun Moth Synemon nais CR  
Reddish-orange Sun Moth Synemon jcaria EN  
Small Bronze Azure Ogyris otanes CR  
Small Orange-spotted Sun Moth Synemon discalis EN  
White-spotted Owl Moth Donuca spectabills -  
Crustacea
     
Hairy Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus sericatus VU  

 

Note: - blank spaces indicate species previously on Advisory lists which have been reassessed as not threatened.

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.

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