Threatened fauna Nillumbik Shire
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Nillumbik Shire which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2021.
- 35 species of threatened birds
- 11 species of threatened mammals
- 4 species of threatened fish
- 4 species of threatened reptiles
- 3 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 | ||||
Nillumbik Shire – threatened birds | ||||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | CR | ||
| Australian Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus dubius | EN | ||
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | VU | ||
| Azure Kingfisher | Alcedo azurea | - | ||
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | CR | ||
| Black-eared Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx osculans | - | ||
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | CR | ||
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | VU | ||
| Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus victoriae | - | ||
| Bush Stone-curlew | Burhinus grallarius | CR | ||
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | VU | ||
| Chestnut-rumped Heathwren | Calamanthus pyrrhopygius | VU | ||
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata | VU | ||
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | VU | ||
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | EN | ||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | - | ||
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | EN | ||
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU | ||
| 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 | ||
| Major Mitchell's Cockatoo | Lophocroa leadbeateri | CR | ||
| 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 | - | ||
| Plains-wanderer | Plains-wanderer | CR | ||
| Plumed Egret | Ardea intermedia plumifera | CR | ||
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | VU | ||
| Regent Honeyeater | Anthochaera phrygia | EN | ||
| Regent Parrot | Polytelis anthopeplus monarchoides | VU | ||
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | - | ||
| Scarlet-chested Parrot | Neophema splendida | EN | ||
| Sooty Owl | Tyto tenebricosa tenebricosa | EN | ||
| Speckled Warbler | Chthonicola sagittatus | EN | ||
| Spotted Quail-thrush | Cinclosoma punctatum | - | ||
| Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura | VU | ||
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | CR | ||
| Turquoise Parrot | Neophema pulchella | VU | ||
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | EN | ||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | VU | ||
Nillumbik Shire – threatened mammals | ||||
| Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa | VU | ||
| Eastern Bent-wing Bat | ||||
| 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 | - | ||
| Eastern Quoll | Dasyurus viverrinus | EN | ||
| Grey-headed Flying-fox | Pteropus poliocephalus | VU | ||
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | VU | ||
| Southern Greater Glider | Petauroides volans | VU | ||
| Southern Myotis (bat) | Myotis macropus | - | ||
| Spot-tailed Quoll | Dasyurus maculatus maculatus | EN | ||
| White-footed Dunnart | Sminthopsis leucopus | VU | ||
| Yellow-bellied Glider | Petaurus australis australis | VU | ||
Nillumbik Shire – threatened fishes | ||||
| Australian Grayling | Prototroctes maraena | EN | ||
| Freshwater Catfish | Tandanus tandanus | EN | ||
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN | ||
| Murray Cod | Maccullochella peelii | EN | ||
| Golden Perch | Macquaria ambigua | - | ||
Nillumbik Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians | ||||
| Bearded Dragon | Pogona barbata | VU | ||
| Broad-shelled Turtle | Chelodina expansa | EN | ||
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | EN | ||
| Common Snake-necked Turtle | Chelodina longicollis | - | ||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU | ||
| Murray River Turtle | Emydura macquarii | CR | ||
| Southern Toadlet | Pseudophryne semimarmorata | EN | ||
| Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) | Varanus varius | EN | ||
Nillumbik Shire – threatened invertebrates | ||||
| Eltham Copper Butterly | Paralucia pyrodiscus lucida | CR | ||
| Jewel Beetle | Temognatha flavocincta | VU | ||
| Large Ant Blue Butterfly | Acrodipsas brisbanensis | EN | ||
| Stonefly | Thaumatoperla robusta | - | ||
| Yellow Ochre Butterfly | Trapezites luteus luteus | 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.