Threatened fauna Yarra Ranges Shire
Note: This page is intended to provide an overview of all known (including historic) records of fauna in the Yarra Ranges Shire which are considered threatened under the Victorian FFG Threatened List 2021.
- 53 species of threatened birds
- 18 species of threatened mammals
- 6 species of threatened fish
- 4 species of threatened reptiles
- 4 species of threatened amphibians
- 14 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 | ||||
Yarra Ranges Shire – threatened birds | ||||
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | CR | ||
| Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis | CR | ||
| Australian Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus dubius | EN | ||
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | VU | ||
| Azure Kingfisher | Alcedo azurea | - | ||
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla palustris | - | ||
| Barking Owl | Ninox connivens | CR | ||
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | CR | ||
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | VU | ||
| Brown Treecreeper | Climacteris picumnus victoriae | - | ||
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | VU | ||
| Chestnut-rumped Heathwren | Calamanthus pyrrhopygius | VU | ||
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | VU | ||
| Crested Bellbird | Oreoica gutturalis | EN | ||
| Diamond Dove | Geopelia cuneata | VU | ||
| Diamond Firetail | Stagonopleura guttata | VU | ||
| Eastern Bristlebird | Dasyornis brachypterus | CR | ||
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | VU | ||
| Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | - | ||
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa | EN | ||
| Gang-gang Cockatoo | Callocephalon fimbriatum | EN | ||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | - | ||
| Grey-crowned Babbler | Pomatostomus temporalis temporalis | VU | ||
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | EN | ||
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | VU | ||
| Helmeted Honeyeater | Lichenostomus melanops cassidix | CR | ||
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | VU | ||
| King Quail | Coturnix chinensis victoriae | EN | ||
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | - | ||
| Lewin's Rail | Lewinia pectoralis pectoralis | VU | ||
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | VU | ||
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | EN | ||
| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata | VU | ||
| Masked Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae novaehollandiae | CR | ||
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | VU | ||
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | - | ||
| Orange-bellied Parrot | Neophema chrysogaster | CR | ||
| Painted Honeyeater | Grantiella picta | VU | ||
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | - | ||
| Powerful Owl | Ninox strenua | VU | ||
| Red-backed Kingfisher | Todiramphus pyrropygia pyrropygia | - | ||
| 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 | N- | ||
| Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura | VU | ||
| Superb Parrot | Polytelis swainsonii | EN | ||
| Swift Parrot | Lathamus discolor | CR | ||
| Turquoise Parrot | Neophema pulchella | VU | ||
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | - | ||
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | EN | ||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | VU | ||
Yarra Ranges Shire – threatened mammals | ||||
| Broad-toothed Rat | Mastacomys fuscus mordicus | VU | ||
| Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa | VU | ||
| Common Bent-wing Bat | Miniopterus schreibersii (GROUP) | VU | ||
| Common Dunnart | Sminthopsis murina murina | VU | ||
| Dingo | Canis lupus dingo | VU | ||
| Eastern Horseshoe Bat | Rhinolophus megaphyllus megaphyllus | EN | ||
| Eastern Pygmy-possum | Cercartetus nanus | - | ||
| Eastern Quoll | Dasyurus viverrinus | EN | ||
| Grey-headed Flying-fox | Pteropus poliocephalus | VU | ||
| Leadbeater's Possum | Gymnobelideus leadbeateri | EN | ||
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | VU | ||
| Smoky Mouse | Pseudomys fumeus | EN | ||
| Southern Bettong | Bettongia gaimardi | EX | ||
| 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 | ||
| White-footed Dunnart | Sminthopsis leucopus | VU | ||
| Yellow-bellied Glider | Petaurus australis australis | VU | ||
Yarra Ranges Shire – threatened fishes | ||||
| Australian Grayling | Prototroctes maraena | EN | ||
| Barred Galaxias | Galaxias fuscus | CR | ||
| Bluenose Cod (Trout Cod) | Maccullochella macquariensis | EN | ||
| Macquarie Perch | Macquaria australasica | EN | ||
| Murray Cod | Maccullochella peelii | EN | ||
| Yarra Pygmy Perch | Nannoperca obscura | VU | ||
Yarra Ranges Shire – threatened reptiles & amphibians | ||||
Reptiles | ||||
| Glossy Grass Skink | Pseudemoia rawlinsoni | EN | ||
| Swamp Skink | Lissolepis coventryi | EN | ||
| Tree Goanna (Lace Monitor) | Varanus varius | EN | ||
| Tussock Skink | Pseudemoia pagenstecheri | EN | ||
Amphibians | ||||
| Brown Toadlet | Pseudophryne bibronii | EN | ||
| Dendy's Toadlet | Pseudophryne dendyi | - | ||
| Growling Grass Frog | Litoria raniformis | VU | ||
| Southern Toadlet | Pseudophryne semimarmorata | EN | ||
Yarra Ranges Shire – threatened invertebrates | ||||
| Alpine Darner Dragonfly | Austroaeschna flavomaculata | VU | ||
| Alpine Stonefly | Thaumatoperla alpina | EN | ||
| Ancient Greenling Damselfly | Hemiphlebia mirabilis | EN | ||
| Caddisfly (Aquatic Invertebrate) | Plectrotarsus gravenhorstii | EN | ||
| Caddisfly | Archaeophylax canarus | - | ||
| Caddisfly | Plectrotarsus gravenhorstii | EN | ||
| Calanoid copepod | Boeckella nyoraensis | - | ||
| Golden Sun Moth | Synemon plana | VU | ||
| Mt Donna Buang Wingless Stonefly | Riekoperla darlingtoni | CR | ||
| Planarian (flat worm) | Spathula gourbaultae | EN | ||
| Small Ant Blue (butterfly) | Acrodipsas myrmecophila | EN | ||
| Stonefly | Thaumatoperla robusta | - | ||
Crustacea | ||||
| Curve-tail Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus curvisuturus | EN | ||
| Dandenong Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus urostrictus | CR | ||
| Foothill Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus victoriensis | EN | ||
| Gippsland Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus hemicirratulus | - | ||
| Glenelg Spiny Crayfish | Euastacus bispinosus | EN | ||
| Tubercle Burrowing Crayfish | Engaeus tuberculatus | 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.