Threatened fauna South Gippsland Shire
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the South Gippsland Shire which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2021.
- 56 species of threatened birds
- 16 species of threatened mammals
- 6 species of threatened fish
- 4 species of threatened reptiles
- 2 species of threatened amphibians
- 8 species of threatened invertebrates
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 | ||||
South Gippsland Shire – threatened birds | ||||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | 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 | ||
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris melanophris | - (EN EPBC Listed) | ||
| Black-faced Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscescens | - | ||
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | VU | ||
| Buller's Albatross | Thalassarche bulleri | EN | ||
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | VU | ||
| Chestnut-rumped Heathwren | Calamanthus pyrrhopygius | VU | ||
| Common Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides urinatrix | - | ||
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | EN | ||
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | VU | ||
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | CR | ||
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata | VU | ||
| Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | CR | ||
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | VU | ||
| Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | - | ||
| Fairy Prion | Pachyptila turtur | - | ||
| Fairy Tern | Sternula nereis nereis | CR | ||
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | EN | ||
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | EN | ||
| Glossy Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami | CR | ||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | - | ||
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | CR | ||
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiae | EN | ||
| Grey-headed Albatross | Diomedea chrysostoma | EN | ||
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | VU | ||
| Ground Parrot | Pezoporus wallicus wallicus | EN | ||
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica macrotarsa | EN | ||
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU | ||
| Hooded Plover | Thinornis rubricollis rubricollis | VU | ||
| Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche carteri | EN | ||
| King Quail | Coturnix chinensis victoriae | EN | ||
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | - | ||
| Lewin's Rail | Lewinia pectoralis pectoralis | VU | ||
| Light-mantled Sooty Albatross | Phoebetria palpebrata | CR | ||
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | VU | ||
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta nigripes | EN | ||
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons sinensis | CR | ||
| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | VU | ||
| Masked Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae novaehollandiae | CR | ||
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | VU | ||
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | - | ||
| Northern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes halli | EN | ||
| Orange-bellied Parrot | Neophema chrysogaster | CR | ||
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | VU | ||
| Pacific Gull | Larus pacificus pacificus | - | ||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | - | ||
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | - | ||
| Plumed Egret | Ardea intermedia plumifera | CR | ||
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | VU | ||
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | EN | ||
| Regent Honeyeater | Anthochaera phrygia | CR | ||
| Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo | Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne | EN | ||
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | - | ||
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | EN | ||
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | - | ||
| Shy Albatross | Diomedea cauta | EN | ||
| Sooty Albatross | Phoebetria fusca | CR | ||
| Sooty Oystercatcher | Haematopus fuliginosus | - | ||
| Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | EN | ||
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | - | ||
| Spotted Quail-thrush | Cinclosoma punctatum | - | ||
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | CR | ||
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | EN | ||
| Wandering Albatross | Diomedea exulans | CR | ||
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | EN | ||
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | - | ||
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | EN | ||
| White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | EN | ||
| White-fronted Tern | Sterna striata | - | ||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | VU | ||
| White-winged Black Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | - | ||
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | EN | ||
South Gippsland Shire – threatened mammals | ||||
| Broad-toothed Rat | Mastacomys fuscus mordicus | VU | ||
| Bryde's Whale | Balaenoptera edeni | - | ||
| Eastern Bent-winged Bat | Miniopterus orianae oceanensis | CR | ||
| Eastern Pygmy-possum | Cercartetus nanus | - | ||
| Grey-headed Flying-fox | Pteropus poliocephalus | VU | ||
| Long-footed Potoroo | Potorous longipes | EN | ||
| Long-nosed Fur Seal | Arctocephalus forsteri | VU | ||
| New Holland Mouse | Pseudomys novaehollandiae | EN | ||
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | VU | ||
| Rufous-bellied Pademelon | Thylogale billardierii | Th | ||
| Southern Brown Bandicoot | Isoodon obesulus obesulus | EN | ||
| Southern Greater Glider | Petauroides volans | VU | ||
| Southern Humpback Whale | Megaptera novaeangliae australis | CR | ||
| Southern Right Whale | Eubalaena australis | EN | ||
| Swamp Antechinus | Antechinus minimus maritimus | VU | ||
| White-footed Dunnart | Sminthopsis leucopus | VU | ||
| Yellow-bellied Glider | Petaurus australis australis | VU | ||
| Yellow-bellied Sheathtail Bat | Saccolaimus flaviventris | VU | ||
South Gippsland Shire – threatened fishes | ||||
| Australian Grayling | Prototroctes maraena | EN | ||
| Australian Mudfish | Neochanna cleaveri | EN | ||
| Australian Whitebait | Lovettia sealii | CR | ||
| Coxs Gudgeon | Gobiomorphus coxii | EN | ||
| Dwarf Galaxias | Galaxiella pusilla | EN | ||
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN | ||
| Golden Perch | Macquaria ambigua | - | ||
| Striped Gudgeon | Gobiomorphus australis | - | ||
South Gippsland Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians | ||||
| Eastern Snakenecked Turtle | Chelodina longicollis | - | ||
| Glossy Grass Skink | Pseudemoia rawlinsoni | EN | ||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU | ||
| Leathery Turtle | Dermochelys coriacea | CR | ||
| Southern Toadlet | Pseudophryne semimarmorata | EN | ||
| Swamp Skink | Lissolepis coventryi | EN | ||
| Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) | Varanus varius | EN | ||
South Gippsland Shire – threatened invertebrates | ||||
| Alpine Darner Dragonfly | Austroaeschna flavomaculata | VU | ||
| Ancient Greenling Damselfly | Hemiphlebia mirabilis | EN | ||
| Bullant | Myrmecia sp. 17 | - | ||
| Caddisfly | Plectrotarsus gravenhorstii | EN | ||
| Calanoid copepod | Boeckella nyoraensis | - | ||
| Giant Gippsland Earthworm | Megascolides australis | EN | ||
| Inland Ringtail Damselfly | Austrolestes aridus | - | ||
Crustacea | ||||
| Lilly Pilly Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus australis | CR | ||
| Narracan Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus phyllocercus | EN | ||
| Gippsland Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus hemicirratulus | - | ||
| South Gippsland Spiny Crayfish | Euastacus neodiversus | EN | ||
| Strzelecki Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus rostrogaleatus | 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 Energy, Environment and Climate Action, 2023. 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.