Threatened fauna Wodonga City

 Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the City of Wodonga which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2021. 

 

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

Wodonga City – 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  
Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis VU  
Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus victoriae -
Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius CR  
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  
Hardhead Aythya australis VU
Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata VU  
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii -  
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides VU  
Little Egret Egretta garzetta nigripes EN  
Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata VU  
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  
Regent Honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia CR  
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia -  
Speckled Warbler Chthonicola sagittatus EN  
Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor CR  
Turquoise Parrot Neophema pulchella VU  
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus VU  

Wodonga City – threatened mammals 

Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa VU  
Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus VU  
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus VU  
Southern Myotis (bat) Myotis macropus -  
Southern Greater Glider Petauroides volans VU  
Spot-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus maculatus EN  
Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensis VU  
       

Wodonga City – threatened fishes

Flat-headed Galaxias Galaxias rostratus VU
Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii EN  
Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua -  
Southern Pygmy Perch Nannoperca australis (Murray-Darling lineage) VU  
       

Wodonga City – threatened reptiles & amphibians

Bandy Bandy Vermicella annulata EN  
Growling Grass Frog Litoria raniformis VU  
Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) Varanus varius EN  
Woodland Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops proximus -  
     

Wodonga City – threatened invertebrates

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.

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