Threatened fauna Whittlesea City

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

Whittlesea City – threatened birds

Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus 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-eared Cuckoo Chrysococcyx osculans -  
Black Falcon Falco subniger CR
Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis VU  
Brolga Grus rubicunda EN  
Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus victoriae -
Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius CR  
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia NT  
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia EN  
Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata VU  
Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata VU  
Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta VU  
Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa EN  
Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum EN  
Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis temporalis VU  
Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae  EN  
Hardhead Aythya australis VU
Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata VU  
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii -  
Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis pectoralis VU  
Little Button-quail Turnix velox -  
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides VU  
Little Egret Egretta garzetta EN  
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Lophocroa leadbeateri CR  
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis EN  
Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae novaehollandiae CR  
Musk Duck Biziura lobata VU
Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus -
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  
Regent Honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia CR  
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia -  
Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa tenebricosa EN  
Speckled Warbler Chthonicola sagittatus EN  
Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis -
Spotted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum -  
Superb Parrot Polytelis swainsonii EN  
Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor CR  
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus -
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster EN  
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus VU
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola EN
     

Whittlesea City – threatened mammals

Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa VU  
Common Dunnart Sminthopsis murina murina VU  
Eastern Barred Bandicoot Perameles gunnii EN  
Eastern Bent-wing Bat Miniopterus orianae oceanensis CR  
Eastern Pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus -  
Eastern Quoll Dasyurus viverrinus EN  
Fat-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis crassicaudata VU  
Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus VU  
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus VU  
Southern Greater Glider Petauroides volans VU  
Southern Myotis (bat) Myotis macropus -  
Spot-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus maculatus EN  
       

Whittlesea City – threatened fishes

Macquarie Perch Macquaria australasica EN  
Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii EN  
Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua -  
       

Whittlesea City – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Reptiles
     
Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata VU  
Common Long-necked Turtle Chelodina longicollis -  
Glossy Grass Skink Pseudemoia rawlinsoni EN  
Grassland Earless Dragon Tympanocryptis pinguicolla CR  
Striped Legless Lizard Delma impar EN  
Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) Varanus varius EN  
Tussock Skink Pseudemoia pagenstecheri EN  
Amphibians
     
Brown Toadlet Pseudophryne bibronii EN  
Growling Grass Frog Litoria raniformis VU  
Southern Toadlet Pseudophryne semimarmorata EN  
     

Whittlesea City – threatened invertebrates

Golden Sun Moth Synemon plana VU  
       

 

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.

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