Threatened fauna Murrindindi Shire
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Murrindindi Shire which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2021.
- 38 species of threatened birds
- 14 species of threatened mammals
- 8 species of threatened fish
- 7 species of threatened reptiles
- 5 species of threatened amphibians
- 5 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 | ||||
Murrindindi Shire – threatened birds | ||||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | CR | ||
| Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis | CR | ||
| Australian Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus dubius | EN | ||
| Australian Painted Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis australis | CR | ||
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | VU | ||
| Azure Kingfisher | Alcedo azurea | - | ||
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla palustris | - | ||
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | CR | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | - | ||
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | EN | ||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | - | ||
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | EN | ||
| Ground Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina maxima | EN | ||
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU | ||
| Helmeted Honeyeater | Lichenostomus melanops cassidix | CR | ||
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | 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 | EN | ||
| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | 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 | - | ||
| 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 | ||
Murrindindi Shire – threatened mammals | ||||
| Broad-toothed Rat | Mastacomys fuscus mordicus | VU | ||
| Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa | VU | ||
| Common Dunnart | Sminthopsis murina murina | VU | ||
| Eastern Bent-wing Bat | Miniopterus orianae oceanensis | CR | ||
| Eastern Horseshoe Bat | Rhinolophus megaphyllus megaphyllus | EN | ||
| Eastern Pygmy-possum | Cercartetus nanus | - | ||
| Grey-headed Flying-fox | Pteropus poliocephalus | VU | ||
| Leadbeater's Possum | Gymnobelideus leadbeateri | CR | ||
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | VU | ||
| Smoky Mouse | Pseudomys fumeus | EN | ||
| Southern Greater Glider | Petauroides volans | VU | ||
| Southern Myotis (bat) | Myotis macropus | - | ||
| Spot-tailed Quoll | Dasyurus maculatus maculatus | EN | ||
| White-footed Dunnart | Sminthopsis leucopus | VU | ||
| White-footed Rabbit-rat | Conilurus albipes | EX | ||
| Yellow-bellied Glider | Petaurus australis australis | VU | ||
Murrindindi Shire – threatened fishes | ||||
| Australian Grayling | Prototroctes maraena | EN | ||
| Barred Galaxias | Galaxias fuscus | CR | ||
| Bluenose Cod (Trout Cod) | Maccullochella macquariensis | CR | ||
| Dwarf Galaxias | Galaxiella pusilla | EN | ||
| 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 | ||
Murrindindi Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians | ||||
| Alpine Bog Skink | Pseudemoia cryodroma | EN | ||
| Alpine Tree Frog | Litoria verreauxii alpina | CR | ||
| Bearded Dragon | Pogona barbata | VU | ||
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | EN | ||
| Dendy's Toadlet | Pseudophryne dendyi | - | ||
| Eastern Snake-necked Turtle | Chelodina longicollis | - | ||
| Glossy Grass Skink | Pseudemoia rawlinsoni | EN | ||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU | ||
| 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 | ||
Murrindindi Shire – threatened invertebrates | ||||
| Alpine Darner Dragonfly | Austroaeschna flavomaculata | VU | ||
| Ancient Greenling Damselfly | Hemiphlebia mirabilis | EN | ||
| Caddisfly | Archaeophylax canarus | - | ||
| Caddisfly | Plectrotarsus gravenhorstii | EN | ||
| Golden Sun Moth | Synemon plana | VU | ||
| Silky Hairstreak Butterfly | Pseudalmenus chlorinda zephyrus | - | ||
Crustacea | ||||
| Gippsland Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus hemicirratulus | - | ||
| 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.