State Wide Integrated Flora and Fauna Teams

Threatened fauna Northern Grampians Shire

Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Northern Grampians 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 Threatened

 

Common name

Scientific name

Conservation status
    Victorian FFG threatened list

Northern Grampians Shire – threatened birds
Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus CR  
Australian Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus dubius EN  
Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis VU
Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis CR  
Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea -
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 grallarius CR  
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 alba VU  
Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans VU  
Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa EN  
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus -
Grey Falcon Falco hypoleucos VU  
Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis VU  
Hardhead Aythya australis VU
Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata VU  
King Quail Coturnix chinensis victoriae EN  
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii -  
Lewin's Rail Rallus pectoralis VU  
Little Button-quail Turnix velox -
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides VU  
Little Egret Egretta garzetta nigripes EN  
Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata VU  
Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata VU
Musk Duck Biziura lobata VU
Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus -
Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta VU  
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos -
Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius -
Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus CR  
Plumed Egret Ardea intermedia plumifera CR  
Powerful Owl Ninox strenua VU  
Red-chested Button-quail Turnix pyrrhothorax EN  
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksi EN  
Regent Honeyeater Xanthomyza phrygia CR  
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia -
Speckled Warbler Chthonicola sagittata EN  
Spotted Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus maculatus EX
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  
White-browed Treecreeper Climacteris affinis EN  
       

Northern Grampians Shire – threatened mammals
Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa VU  
Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby Petrogale penicillata CR  
Common Dunnart Sminthopsis murina VU
Fat-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis crassicaudata -
Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus VU  
Heath Mouse Pseudomys shortridgei EN  
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus VU  
Smoky Mouse Pseudomys fumeus EN  
Southern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus obesulus EN  
Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensis VU  
Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis australis VU  
       

Northern Grampians Shire – threatened fishes
Little Galaxias  Galaxiella toourtkoourt  EN  
Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua -
Mountain Galaxias Galaxias olidus -  
       

Northern Grampians Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians
Bandy Bandy Vermicella annulata EN
Brown Toadlet Pseudophryne bibronii EN
Eastern Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata VU
Eastern Snake-necked Turtle Chelodina longicollis -  
Growling Grass Frog Litoria raniformis VU  
Mountain Dragon (Grampians form) Rankinia diemensis (Grampians) CR
Samphire Skink Morethia adelaidensis EN
Southern Toadlet Pseudophryne semimarmorata EN
Striped Legless Lizard Delma impar EN  
Striped Worm-Lizard Aprasia striolata EN  
Swamp Skink Egernia coventryi EN
Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) Varanus varius EN
Woodland Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops proximus -
     

Northern Grampians Shire – threatened invertebrates
Amethyst Hairstreak Butterfly Jalmenus icilius EN  
Ancient Greenling Damselfly Hemiphlebia mirabilis EN  
Caddisfly Ecnomus nibbor -  
Centropagid copepod Calamoecia australis VU  
Freshwater isopod Colubotelson joyneri VU  
Genoveva Blue Butterfly Ogyris genoveva EN  
Golden Sun Moth
  Synemon plana
VU  
Heath Sand-skipper Butterfly Antipodia chaostola chares -  
Large Ant Blue Butterfly Acrodipsas brisbanensis EN  
Large Bronze Azure Butterfly Ogyris halmaturia CR
Silky Hairstreak Butterfly Pseudalmenus chlorinda zephyrus -
Western Bright-eyed Brown Butterfly Heteronympha cordace wilsoni CR
Crustacea
      
Glenelg Spiny Cray Euastacus bispinosus EN  
Western Bush Yabby Geocharax falcata EN  
Western Swamp Cray Gramastacus insolitus EN  

 

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 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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