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List of Victorian Mammals & Birds & Their Conservation List of Victorian mammals & birds & their conservation status LAND FOR'" Landfor Wildlife Note No. 5 August 1990 lY,¼n- n:m "-t:�}�;���:i; Key words: Endanger, Extinction - mammals, birds, Conservation status, Mammals - list, Birds - list Area: Statewide W: 12-Ex-05 Author: WMB This list of mammals and birds includes all species recorded for Victoria including those that are now extinct in Victoria. Some birds that are rarely recorded visitors to Victoria are not listed. Alien species which have established feral populations are indicated by an asterisk(*). You may wish to use the list to compile a checklist of species observed on your property. The definitions used for conservation status categories are those of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as listed below. "Taxa" is used to describe species or sub-species (including those still undescribed). Where no generally accepted common name exists, the species name is inserted instead. Whilst this list deals with the species status throughout Victoria, many more speciesmay be threatened at a local level. (X) Extinct: taxa not definitely located in the wild in Victoria during the past fiftyyears. {E) Endangered: taxa in danger of extinction in Victoria and whose survival is unlikely if the causal factors continue. {V) Vulnerable: taxa believed likely to move into the 'Endangered' category in the near future if the causal factors continue operating. (R) Rare: taxa with small Victorian populations that are not at present 'Endangered' or 'Vulnerable', but are at risk. (I) Indeterminate: taxa known to be 'Endangered', 'Vulnerable' or 'Rare' in Victoria, but where there is not enough information to say which of the three categories is appropriate. {?) Insufficientlyknown: taxa in Victoria that are suspected but not definitely known to belong to any of the above categories, because of lack of information. (C) Restricted Colonial Breeding: Under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988) a critical habitat can be determined to apply to any Victorian native taxon. Critical habitat should include routine living areas, concentration points for special life-cycle events (nesting, mating, drought refuge etc.) and dispersal routes. Because they are at risk, taxa with only a few colonial breeding or roosting sites in Victoria have been included in the list of threatened fauna. Threatened: a general term used to denote any of the above. Symbols used to denote conservation status: Extinct - X & italics, Endangered - E, Vulnerable - V, Rare - R, Indeterminate - I, Insufficiently known(ie R,V or E)-?,Mammals Restricted Colonial Breeding - C, Feral(not native) - *. Monotremes Gliders and Ringtails Sheathtail-bats X Plains mouse Short-beaked Echidna E Leadbeater's Possum ? Yellow-bellied Sheathtail-bat X Desertmouse Platypus Yellow-bellied Glider X Pseudomys bolami Sugar Glider Mastiff-bats X Pseudomys sp. nov. Dasyurids R Squirrel Glider Little Mastiff-bat Bush Rat X Kuharr Greater Glider Swamp Rat Yellow-footed Antechinus Mormopterus sp.l "' Brown Rat R Swamp Antechinus Common Ringtail Possum Mormopterussp.2 "' Black Rat Brown Antechinus White-striped Mastiff-bat Dusky Antechinus Rat Kangaroos Introduced Carnivores E Long-footed Potoroo Vesper Bats ? Dingo, "' Dog V Tiger Quoll Long-nosed Potoroo Gould's Wattled Bat • Fox E Eastern Quoll Chocolate Wattled Bat • Cat X Western Quoll Bettongs ,. Pig X Rufous Beuong Eptesicus baverstocki Malice Ningaui X Tasmanian Bettong King River Eptesicus IntroducedHerbivores R Brush-tailed Phascogale X Brnsh-tailed Bettong Large Forest Eptesicus • Horse X Red-tailed Phascogale Little Forest Eptesicus • European Cattle . R Paucident Planigale Kangaroos and Wallabies "' Goat Fat-tailed Dunnart Western Grey Kangaroo C Common Bent-wing Bat • Sheep White-footed Dunnart Eastern Grey Kangaroo I Large-footed Myotis R Common Dunnart Common Wallaroo Lesser Long-eared Bat • Fallow Deer Red-necked Wallaby Gould's Long-eared Bat • Red Deer Bandicoots X Too/ache Wallaby R Greater Long-eared Bat • Hog Deer Southern Brown Bandicoot Red Kangaroo " Sambar Isoodon sp (cf auratus) Great Pipistrelle •x Chittal E Eastern Barred Bandicoot E Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby Western Broad-nosed Bat "'X Rusa Long-nosed Bandicoot Swamp Wallaby Eastern Broad-nosed Bat X Wesrern Barred Bandicoot X Eastern Hare Wallaby • Brown Hare X Pig-footed Bandicoot X Bridled Nailtail Wallaby Rats and Mice • European Rabbit Water Rat Brushtail Possums X Red-bellied Pademelon Broad-toothed Rat Some Marine Mammals Mountain Brushtail Possum X Rabbit-eared Tree Rat Australian Fur Seal Common Brushtail Possum Koala & Wombats X Lesser Stick-nest Rat Leopard Seal Koala X Greater Stick-nest Rat V Southern Right Whale Pygmy-possums Common Wombat Sperm Whale Feathertail Glider "' House Mouse Common Dolphin V Mountain Pygmy-possum Flying-foxes R Mitchell's Hopping-mouse Bottlenose Dolphin Western Pygmy-possum Grey-headed Flying-fox Silky Mouse Little Pygmy-possum Little Red Flying-fox R Smoky Mouse Eastern Pygmy-possum E New Holland Mouse Horseshoe-bats R Heath Mouse C Eastern Horseshoe-bat _ £•���'ii�no� ---------------------------- - '" Environment Printed on recycled paper to save wildlife habitat 4b'v Birds Albatross, Black-browed Rufous Black-eared E Shag, Black-faced C Shy Finch, Zebra Noisy Sbearwater, Flesh-footed Wandering Firetail, Beautiful Yellow-throated Fluttering Yellow-nosed Diamond Mistletoebird Hutton's Apostlebird R Red-bro wed Monarch, Black-faced Short-tailed Avocet, Red-necked Flycatcher, Leaden Moorhen, D\isky Sooty Babbler,Chestnut-crowned Restless Myna, Common .. Shelduck, Australian Grey-crowned V Satin Native-hen, Black-tailed Shoveler, Australasian White-bro wed Friarbird, Little Needletail, White-throated Shrike-thrush, Grey Bee-eater, Rainbow Noisy Nightjar, Spotted Shrike-tit, Crested Bellbird, Crested Frogmouth, Tawny White-throated Silvereye Bittern, Australasian ? Galah Oriole, Olive-backed Sittella, Varied Little R Gannet, Australasian Osprey Skua, Great Black-Cockatoo, Glossy I Gerygone, Brown Owl, Barking R Skylark, Common Red-tailed E Western Barn Smpe, Latham's Yellow-tailed White-throated Masked I Painted Blackbird, Common .. Giant-Petrel, Northern Powerful R Songlark, Brown Blue Bonnet Southern Sootk R Rufous Boobook, Southern Godwit, Bar-tailed Southern Booboo Sparrow, Eurasian Tree .. Bowerbird, Satin Black-tailed Owlet-nightjar,Australian House Spotted E Goldfmch, European Oystercatcher, Pied Sparrowhawk, Collared Bristlebird, Eastern V Goose, Cape Barren R Sooty Spinebill, Eastern Rufous R Magpie X Pardalote, Spotted Spoonbill, Royal C Brolga R Goshawk, Brown Striated Yellow-billed Bronze-Cuckoo,Horsfield's Grey (White) R Y ellow-ru}Ged Starling, Common .. Shininf Grassbird, Little Parrot, Australian · ng Stilt, Banded Bronzewing, Brus Grasswren, Striated V Blue Bonnet Black-winged Common Grebe, Australasian Blue-winged Stint, Long-toed Budgerifar Great Crested Elegant Red-necked Bushlar , Singing Hoary-headed Ground R Stonn-Petrel,Grey-backed Bustard, Australian E Greenfmch, European Mallee Ringneck White-faced C Butcherbird, Grey Greenshank Mulga Wilson's Pied Gull, Kelp C Ni~ht X Swallow, Welcome Button-quail, Little Pacific C Orange-bellied E White-backed Painted Silver Red-rumped Swamphen, Purple Red-chested ? Hardhead Regent R Swan, Black Calamanthus Harrier, Marsh Superb R Swift, Fork-tailed Chat, Crimson Spotted Swift I Tattler, Grey-tailed Orange Heron, Pacific Turquoise R Teal, Chestnut White-fronted Rufous Night C Pelican, Australian C Grey Cho'fai, White-winged Striated Penguin, Little Tern, Arctic Cica abird White-faced Petrel, Blue Caspian C Cisticola, Golden-headed Hobby, Australian Cape Common Cockatiel Honeyeater, Black Great-winged Crested C Cockatoo, Gang-ii~f Black-chinned White-headed Fairy V Blue-faced Phalarope, Red-necked Gull-billed C Sulphur-crested Brown-headed Pigeon, Crested Little E Coot, Eurasian Crescent Feral .. Whiskered C Corella, Little Fuscous Wonga White-fronted Long-billed Grey-fronted I Pilotbird White-winged Connora.nt, Great #Helmctted E Pipit, Richard's Thick-knee, Bush V Little Black Lewin's Plains-wanderer V Thornhill, Brown Little Pied New Holland Plover, Black-fronted Buff-rumped Pied C Painted Double-banded Chestnut-rumped Cra.ke, Australian Pied Grey Inland Baillon's ? Purple-gaped Hooded V Slender-billed R Spotless Regent E Large Sand Striated Crow, Little Scarlet Lesser Golden Yellow Cuckoo, Black-eared Singing Mongolian Yellow-rumped Brush Spiny-cheeked Oriental Thrnsh, Song Fan-tailed Striped Red-capfied White's Pallid Taw'Whcrowned Pratincole, Austra ian Treecreeper, Brown Cuckoo-shrike,Black-faced ite-eared Prion, Antarctic Red-browed Ground R White-fronted Fairy C White-browed White-bellied White-naped Lesser Broad-billed While-throated Curlew, Eastern R White-plumed Slender-billed Triller, White-winged Currawong, Grey Yellow-faced Quail, Brown Turnstone, Ruddy Pied Yellow-plumed King R Turtle-Dove, Spotted + Darter C Yellow-tufted Stubble Wagtail, Willie Diving-Petrel, Common C Hylacola,Chestnut-rumhed Quail-thrush, Chestnut Warbler,Clamorous Reed Dollarbird s y Spotted Speckled Dotterel, Inland Ibis, Glossy C Rail, Buff-banded Wattlebird, Little Red-kneed Sacred Lewin's Red Dove, Diamond Straw-necked Raven, Australian Weebill Peaceful Jaeger, Arctic Forest Whimbrel Duck, Blue-billed R Pomarine Little Whipbird, Eastern Freckled R Jacky Winter Redthroat V Western E Hardhead Kestrel, Australian Ringneck, Mallee Whistler, Gilbert's Maned King-Parrot, Australian Rohm, Eastern Yellow Golden Musk
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