Threatened fauna Moira Shire

 
 

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

 
 

Victorian conservation status

 
EX Extinct
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
Th Near Threatened

 

Common name

Scientific name

Conservation status

    Victorian FFG threatened list

Moira Shire – threatened birds

Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea VU  
Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus 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 Falcon Falco subniger CR
Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis VU  
Brolga Grus rubicunda EN  
Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus victoriae -
Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius CR  
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia EN
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea CR
Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata VU  
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 VU  
Grey Falcon Falco hypoleucos VU  
Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiae EN  
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
King Quail Coturnix chinensis victoriae EN  
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 EN  
Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata VU  
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Lophocroa leadbeateri CR  
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis EN  
Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae 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 -
Plumed Egret Ardea intermedia plumifera CR  
Powerful Owl Ninox strenua VU  
Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrropygia pyrropygia -
Red-chested Button-quail Turnix pyrrhothorax EN  
Regent Honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia CR  
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia -  
Speckled Warbler Chthonicola sagittatus EN  
Spotted Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus maculatus CR  
Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis -
Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura VU  
Superb Parrot Polytelis swainsonii EN  
Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor CR  
Turquoise Parrot Neophema pulchella VU  
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus -
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster EN
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus VU
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola EN
     

Moira Shire – threatened mammals

Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa VU  
Fat-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis crassicaudata VU
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus VU  
Rufous-bellied Pademelon Thylogale billardierii Th  
Southern Myotis (bat) Myotis macropus -  
Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensis EN  
Yellow-bellied Sheathtail Bat Saccolaimus flaviventris VU  
       

MoiraShire – threatened fishes

Bluenose Cod (Trout Cod) Maccullochella macquariensis CR  
Flat-headed Galaxias Galaxias rostratus VU
Freshwater Catfish Tandanus tandanus EN  
Macquarie Perch Macquaria australasica EN  
Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii EN  
Murray River Rainbowfish Melanotaenia fluviatilis EN  
Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua -  
Silver Perch Bidyanus bidyanus EN  
Southern Pygmy Perch Nannoperca australis (Murray-Darling lineage) VU  
       

Moira Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Bandy Bandy Vermicella annulata EN  
Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata VU
Broad-shelled Turtle Chelodina expansa EN  
Brown Toadlet Pseudophryne bibronii EN  
Carpet Python Morelia spilota metcalfei EN  
Eastern Snakenecked Turtle Chelodina longicollis -  
Giant Bullfrog Limnodynastes interioris EN  
Growling Grass Frog Litoria raniformis VU  
Murray River Turtle Emydura macquarii CR
Sloane's Froglet Crinia sloanei EN
Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) Varanus varius EN
Woodland Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops proximus -
     

Moira Shire – threatened invertebrates

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.

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