Threatened fauna Surf Coast Shire
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Surf Coast Shire which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2021.
- 48 species of threatened birds
- 16 species of threatened mammals
- 3 species of threatened fish
- 5 species of threatened reptiles
- 3 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 | ||||||
Surf Coast Shire – threatened birds | ||||||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | CR | ||||
| Australian Little Bittern | Ixobrychus dubius | CR | ||||
| Australian Painted Snipe | Rostratula australis | CR | ||||
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | VU | ||||
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla | - | ||||
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | CR | ||||
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | CR | ||||
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | - (VU EPBC) | ||||
| Black-eared Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx osculans | - | ||||
| Black-faced Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscescens | - | ||||
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | VU | ||||
| Brolga | Grus rubicunda | EN | ||||
| Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus victoriae | - | ||||
| Caspian Tern | Sterna caspia | VU | ||||
| Chestnut-rumped Heathwren | Hylacola pyrrhopygia | VU | ||||
| Common Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides urinatrix | - | ||||
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | VU | ||||
| Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | CR | ||||
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea alba modesta | VU | ||||
| Elegant Parrot | Neophema elegans | VU | ||||
| Fairy Prion | Pachyptila turtur | - | ||||
| Fairy Tern | Sterna nereis | CR | ||||
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | EN | ||||
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | EN | ||||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | - | ||||
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | CR | ||||
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | EN | ||||
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | VU | ||||
| Grey-headed Albatross | Thalassarche chrysostoma | EN | ||||
| Gull-billed Tern | Sterna nilotica | EN | ||||
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU | ||||
| Hooded Plover | Thinornis rubricollis | VU | ||||
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | VU | ||||
| Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche carteri | 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 | ||||
| Major Mitchell's Cockatoo | Lophocroa leadbeateri | CR | ||||
| Masked Owl | Tyto 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 fuva | VU | ||||
| Pacific Gull | Larus pacificus | - | ||||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | - | ||||
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | - | ||||
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | VU | ||||
| Red-chested Button-quail | Turnix pyrrhothorax | EN | ||||
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | EN | ||||
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | - | ||||
| Rufous Bristlebird (Otway) | Dasyornis broadbenti caryochrous | VU | ||||
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | - | ||||
| Shy Albatross | Diomedea cauta | EN | ||||
| Sooty Albatross | Phoebetria fusca | CR | ||||
| Sooty Oystercatcher | Haematopus fuliginosus | - | ||||
| Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | EN | ||||
| Speckled Warbler | Chthonicola sagittata | EN | ||||
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | - | ||||
| Spotted Quail-thrush | Cinclosoma punctatum | - | ||||
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | CR | ||||
| Wandering Albatross | Diomedea exulans | CR | ||||
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | - | ||||
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | EN | ||||
| White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | EN | ||||
| White-winged Black Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | - | ||||
Surf Coast Shire – threatened mammals | ||||||
| Blue Whale | Balaenoptera musculus | EN | ||||
| Broad-toothed Rat | Mastacomys fuscus | VU | ||||
| Bryde's Whale | Balaenoptera edeni | - | ||||
| Dingo | Canis lupus dingo | VU | ||||
| Eastern Bent-winged Bat | Miniopterus orianae oceanensis | CR | ||||
| Eastern Barred Bandicoot | Perameles gunnii | EN | ||||
| Long-nosed Potoroo | Potorous tridactylus | VU | ||||
| New Holland Mouse | Pseudomys novaehollandiae | EN | ||||
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | VU | ||||
| Southern Brown Bandicoot | Isoodon obesulus obesulus | EN | ||||
| Southern Humpback Whale | Megaptera novaeangliae australis | CR | ||||
| Southern Right Whale | Eubalaena australis | EN | ||||
| Spot-tailed Quoll | Dasyurus maculatus | EN | ||||
| Swamp Antechinus | Antechinus minimus | VU | ||||
| White-footed Dunnart | Sminthopsis leucopus | VU | ||||
| Yellow-bellied Sheathtail Bat | Saccolaimus flaviventris | VU | ||||
| Yellow-bellied Glider | Petaurus australis australis | VU | ||||
Surf Coast Shire – threatened fishes | ||||||
| Australian Grayling | Prototroctes maraena | EN | ||||
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN | ||||
| Mountain Galaxias | Galaxias olidus | - | ||||
| Yarra Pigmy Perch | Nannoperca obscura | VU | ||||
Surf Coast Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians | ||||||
Reptiles | ||||||
| Broad-shelled Turtle | Chelodina expansa | EN | ||||
| Eastern Snake-necked Turtle | Chelodina longicollis | - | ||||
| Leathery Turtle | Dermochelys coriacea | CR | ||||
| Mountain Dragon (Angelsea form) | Rankinia diemensis (Anglesea) | - | ||||
| Striped Legless Lizard | Delma impar | EN | ||||
| Swamp Skink | Egernia coventryi | EN | ||||
| Tussock Skink | Pseudemoia pagenstecheri | EN | ||||
Amphibians | ||||||
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | EN | ||||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU | ||||
| Southern Toadlet | Pseudophryne semimarmorata | EN | ||||
Surf Coast Shire – threatened invertebrates | ||||||
| Caddisfly | Ecnomus nibbor | - | ||||
| Otway Black Snail | Victaphanta compacta | EN | ||||
| Land snail | Allocharopa erskinensis | VU | ||||
| Land snail | Geminoropa scindocataracta | EN | ||||
| Small Ant Blue Butterfly | Acrodipsas myrmecophila | EN | ||||
| Two-spotted Grass-skipper Butterfly | Pasma tasmanica | EN | ||||
Crustacea | ||||||
| Hairy Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus sericatus | VU | ||||
| Otway Bush Yabby | Geocharax tasmanicus | EN | ||||
| 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 Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA), Victoria, 2023. Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 - Threatened List - June 2023 Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA), Victoria. 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) Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning 2013.