Threatened fauna Wellington Shire
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Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Wellington Shire which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2021.
- 86 species of threatened birds
- 17 species of threatened mammals
- 15 species of threatened fish
- 7 species of threatened reptiles
- 8 species of threatened amphibians
- 9 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 | ||||
Wellington Shire – threatened birds | ||||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | CR | ||
| Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis | CR | ||
| Australian Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus dubius | EN | ||
| Australian Painted Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis australis | CR | ||
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | VU | ||
| Azure Kingfisher | Alcedo azurea | - | ||
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla palustris | - | ||
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | CR | ||
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris melanophris | - (VU EPBC) | ||
| Black-faced Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscescens | - | ||
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | CR | ||
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | CR | ||
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | VU | ||
| Brolga | Grus rubicunda | EN | ||
| Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus victoriae | - | ||
| 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 Dove | Geopelia cuneata | VU | ||
| 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 | ||
| Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | VU | ||
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiae | EN | ||
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | VU | ||
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | CR | ||
| Ground Parrot | Pezoporus wallicus wallicus | EN | ||
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica macrotarsa | EN | ||
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU | ||
| Hooded Plover | Thinornis rubricollis rubricollis | VU | ||
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | VU | ||
| King Quail | Coturnix chinensis victoriae | EN | ||
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | - | ||
| Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | EN | ||
| Lewin's Rail | Lewinia pectoralis pectoralis | VU | ||
| Little Button-quail | Turnix velox | - | ||
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | VU | ||
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta nigripes | EN | ||
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons sinensis | CR | ||
| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | VU | ||
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | 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 | - | ||
| 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 Knot | Calidris canutus | EN | ||
| Regent Honeyeater | Anthochaera phrygia | CR | ||
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | - | ||
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | EN | ||
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | - | ||
| Shy Albatross | Thalassarche cauta | EN | ||
| Sooty Owl | Tyto tenebricosa tenebricosa | EN | ||
| Sooty Oystercatcher | Haematopus fuliginosus | - | ||
| Speckled Warbler | Chthonicola sagittatus | EN | ||
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | - | ||
| Spotted Quail-thrush | Cinclosoma punctatum | - | ||
| Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura | VU | ||
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | CR | ||
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | EN | ||
| Turquoise Parrot | Neophema pulchella | VU | ||
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | EN | ||
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | - | ||
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | EN | ||
| White-fronted Tern | Sterna striata | - | ||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | VU | ||
| White-winged Black Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | - | ||
Wellington Shire – threatened mammals | ||||
| Broad-toothed Rat | Mastacomys fuscus mordicus | VU | ||
| Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa | VU | ||
| Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby | Petrogale penicillata | CR | ||
| Dingo | Canis lupus dingo | VU | ||
| Eastern Bent-winged Bat | Miniopterus orianae oceanensis | CR | ||
| Eastern Pygmy-possum | Cercartetus nanus | - | ||
| Fat-tailed Dunnart | Sminthopsis crassicaudata | VU | ||
| Grey-headed Flying-fox | Pteropus poliocephalus | VU | ||
| Long-footed Potoroo | Potorous longipes | EN | ||
| New Holland Mouse | Pseudomys novaehollandiae | EN | ||
| Smoky Mouse | Pseudomys fumeus | EN | ||
| Southern Brown Bandicoot | Isoodon obesulus obesulus | EN | ||
| Southern Greater Glider | Petauroides volans | VU | ||
| Southern Myotis (bat) | Myotis macropus | - | ||
| Spot-tailed Quoll | Dasyurus maculatus maculatus | 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 | ||
Wellington Shire – threatened fishes | ||||
| Australian Grayling | Prototroctes maraena | EN | ||
| Bluenose Cod (Trout Cod) | Maccullochella macquariensis | EN | ||
| Coxs Gudgeon | Gobiomorphus coxii | EN | ||
| Dwarf Galaxias | Galaxiella pusilla | EN | ||
| Flat-headed Galaxias | Galaxias rostratus | VU | ||
| Flinders Pygmy Perch | Nannoperca sp. 1 | VU | ||
| Freshwater Catfish | Tandanus tandanus | EN | ||
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN | ||
| Murray Cod | Maccullochella peelii | EN | ||
| Murray River Rainbowfish | Melanotaenia fluviatilis | EN | ||
| Golden Perch | Macquaria ambigua | - | ||
| Shaw Galaxias | Galaxias sp. 7 | CR | ||
| Silver Perch | Bidyanus bidyanus | EN | ||
| Striped Gudgeon | Gobiomorphus australis | - | ||
| Tapered Galaxias | Galaxias sp. 8 | CR | ||
Wellington Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians | ||||
Reptiles | ||||
| Alpine Bog Skink | Pseudemoia cryodroma | EN | ||
| Alpine She-oak Skink | Cyclodomorphus praealtus | CR | ||
| Common Long-necked Turtle | Chelodina longicollis | - | ||
| Glossy Grass Skink | Pseudemoia rawlinsoni | EN | ||
| Leathery Turtle | Dermochelys coriacea | CR | ||
| Swamp Skink | Lissolepis coventryi | EN | ||
| Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) | Varanus varius | EN | ||
Amphibians | ||||
| Alpine Tree Frog | Litoria verreauxii alpina | CR | ||
| Dendy's Toadlet | Pseudophryne dendyi | - | ||
| Giant Burrowing Frog | Heleioporus australiacus | CR | ||
| Green and Golden Bell Frog | Litoria aurea | - | ||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU | ||
| Martin's Toadlet | Uperoleia martini | CR | ||
| Southern Toadlet | Pseudophryne semimarmorata | EN | ||
| Tyler's Toadlet | Uperoleia tyleri | - | ||
Wellington Shire – threatened invertebrates | ||||
| Alpine Darner Dragonfly | Austroaeschna flavomaculata | VU | ||
| Brittle Star species | Amphiura triscacantha | VU | ||
| Brittle Star species | Ophiocomina australis | VU | ||
| Caddisfly | Archaeophylax canarus | - | ||
| Large River Damselfly | Caliagrion billinghursti | VU | ||
| Mayfly | Wundacaenis flabellum | - | ||
| Planarian (flat worm) | Spathula tryssa | VU | ||
| Sea-cucumber species | Trochodota shepherdi | VU | ||
| Stonefly | Thaumatoperla timmsi | - | ||
| Two-spotted Grass-skipper Butterfly | Pasma tasmanica | EN | ||
| Wide-Faced Darner Dragonfly | Dendroaeschna conspersa | - | ||
Crustacea | ||||
| 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 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.