Threatened fauna Warrnambool City
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Warrnambool City which are considered threatened under the FFG Threatened List 2021.
- 35 species of threatened birds
- 5 species of threatened mammals
- 1 species of threatened fish
- 2 species of threatened reptiles
- 1 species of threatened amphibians
Victorian conservation status | |
EX | Extinct |
CR | Critically Endangered |
EN | Endangered |
VU | Vulnerable |
Th | Threatened |
Common name | Scientific name | Conservation status | |||
Victorian FFG threatened list | |||||
Warrnambool City – threatened birds | |||||
Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | CR | |||
Australian Little Bittern | Ixobrychus dubius | EN | |||
Australian Painted Snipe | Rostratula australis | CR | |||
Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | VU | |||
Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla | - | |||
Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | - (VU EPBC) | |||
Black-faced Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscescens | - | |||
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | CR | |||
Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | VU | |||
Caspian Tern | Sterna caspia | VU | |||
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | VU | |||
Eastern Great Egret | Ardea alba modesta | VU | |||
Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | EN | |||
Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | EN | |||
Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | - | |||
Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | EN | |||
Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU | |||
Hooded Plover | Thinornis rubricollis | VU | |||
Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | - | |||
Lewin's Rail | Rallus pectoralis | VU | |||
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta nigripes | EN | |||
Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | VU | |||
Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | VU | |||
Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | - | |||
Orange-bellied Parrot | Neophema chrysogaster | CR | |||
Pacific Gull | Larus pacificus | - | |||
Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | - | |||
Plumed Egret | Ardea intermedia plumifera | CR | |||
Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | - | |||
Sanderling | Calidris alba | - | |||
Shy Albatross | Diomedea cauta | EN | |||
Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | - | |||
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | - | |||
White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | EN | |||
White-fronted Tern | Sterna striata | - | |||
Warrnambool City – threatened mammals | |||||
Blue Whale | Balaenoptera musculus | EN | |||
Grey-headed Flying-fox | Pteropus poliocephalus | VU | |||
Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | VU | |||
Southern Bent-wing Bat | Miniopterus orianae bassanii | CR | |||
Southern Humpback Whale | Megatpera novaeangliae australis | CR | |||
Southern Right Whale | Eubalaena australis | EN | |||
Warrnambool City – threatened fish | |||||
Golden Perch | Macquaria ambigua | - | |||
Warrnambool City – threatened reptiles & amphibians | |||||
Reptiles | |||||
Leathery Turtle | Dermochelys coriacea | CR | |||
Swamp Skink | Egernia coventryi | EN | |||
Amphibians | |||||
Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU | |||
Warrnambool City - threatened invertebrates | |||||
Crustacea | |||||
Hairy Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus sericatus | VU | |||
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 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.