Threatened fauna Moorabool Shire
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Moorabool Shire which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2021.
- 34 species of threatened birds
- 8 species of threatened mammals
- 1 species of threatened fish
- 3 species of threatened reptiles
- 2 species of threatened amphibians
- 4 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 | |||||
Moorabool Shire – threatened birds | |||||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | CR | |||
| Australian Painted Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | CR | |||
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | VU | |||
| 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 grallariu | CR | |||
| Caspian Tern | Sterna caspia | VU | |||
| Chestnut-rumped Heathwren | Hylacola pyrrhopygia | VU | |||
| Crested Bellbird | Oreoica gutturalis | EN | |||
| Diamond Dove | Geopelia cuneata | VU | |||
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata | VU | |||
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | VU | |||
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | EN | |||
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | EN | |||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | - | |||
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | EN | |||
| Gull-billed Tern | Sterna nilotica | EN | |||
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU | |||
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | VU | |||
| King Quail | Coturnix chinensis | EN | |||
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | - | |||
| Lewin's Rail | Rallus pectoralis | VU | |||
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | VU | |||
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta nigripes | EN | |||
| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | VU | |||
| Masked Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae | CR | |||
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | VU | |||
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | - | |||
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | - | |||
| Plains-wanderer | Pedionomus torquatus | CR | |||
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | VU | |||
| Red-chested Button-quail | Turnix pyrrhothorax | EN | |||
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | - | |||
| Speckled Warbler | Chthonicola sagittata | 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 | |||
Moorabool Shire – threatened mammals | |||||
| Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa | VU | |||
| Eastern Bent-wing Bat | Miniopterus orianae oceanensis | CR | |||
| Common Dunnart | Sminthopsis murina | VU | |||
| Eastern Barred Bandicoot | Perameles gunnii | EN | |||
| Fat-tailed Dunnart | Sminthopsis crassicaudata | VU | |||
| Grey-headed Flying-fox | Pteropus poliocephalus | VU | |||
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | VU | |||
| Southern Greater Glider | Petauroides volans | VU | |||
| Spot-tailed Quoll | Dasyurus maculatus | EN | |||
Moorabool Shire – threatened fish | |||||
| Mountain Galaxias | Galaxias olidus | - | |||
Moorabool Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians | |||||
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | EN | |||
| Eastern Bearded Dragon | Pogona barbata | VU | |||
| Eastern Snake-necked Turtle | Chelodina longicollis | - | |||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU | |||
| Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) | Varanus varius | EN | |||
| Tussock Skink | Pseudemoia pagenstecheri | EN | |||
Moorabool Shire – threatened invertebrates | |||||
| Bullant | Myrmecia sp. 17 | - | |||
| Caddisfly | Archaeophylax canarus | - | |||
| Caddisfly | Plectrotarsus gravenhorstii | EN | |||
| Genoveva Blue Butterfly | Ogyris genoveva | EN | |||
| Inland Ringtail Damselfly | Austrolestes aridus | - | |||
| Silky Hairstreak Butterfly | Pseudalmenus chlorinda zephyrus | - | |||
Crustacea | |||||
| Otway Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus fultoni | VU | |||
| Western Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus merosetosus | 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.