Threatened fauna of Australia are those species and subspecies of birds, fish, frogs, insects, mammals, molluscs and reptiles to be found in Australia that are in danger of becoming extinct. This list is the list proclaimed under the Australian federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). The classifications are based on those used by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), however IUCN and Australian rankings do differ.
Extinct in the wild
1 fish is listed as extinct in the wild.
Critically endangered
3 mammals, 6 birds, 1 reptile, 14 frogs, 2 fishes and 4 other species are listed as critically endangered.
Invertebrates
- Boggomoss snail, Dawson Valley snail, Adclarkia dawsonensis
- Lord Howe Island stick insect, Dryococelus australis
- Golden sun moth, Synemon plana
- Mitchell's rainforest snail, Thersites mitchellae
Fish
- Grey nurse shark, Carcharias taurus, east coast population
- Speartooth shark, Glyphis sp. A
Amphibians
- Elegant Frog, Cophixalus concinnus
- White-bellied Frog, Geocrinia alba
- Booroolong Frog, Litoria booroolongensis
- Yellow-spotted Tree Frog, Litoria castanea
- Armoured Frog, Litoria lorica
- Nyakala Frog, Litoria nyakalensis
- Peppered Tree Frog, Litoria piperata
- Spotted Tree Frog, Litoria spenceri
- Baw Baw Frog, Philoria frosti
- Corroboree Frog, Pseudophryne corroboree
- Sharp-snouted Day Frog, Taudactylus acutirostris
- Eungella Torrent Frog, Taudactylus eungellensis
- Kroombit Tinker Frog, Taudactylus pleione
- Tinkling Frog, Taudactylus rheophilus
Reptiles
Birds
- Scrubtit (King Island), Acanthornis magnus greenianus
- Spotted Quail-thrush (Mt Lofty Ranges), Cinclosoma punctatum anachoreta
- Yellow Chat (Dawson), Epthianura crocea macgregori
- Round Island Petrel, Pterodroma arminjoniana
- Herald Petrel, Pterodroma heraldica
- Orange-bellied Parrot Neophema chrysogaster
Mammals
Endangered
34 mammals, 38 birds, 11 reptiles, 18 frogs, 16 fishes and 11 other species are listed as endangered.
Invertebrates
- Desert Sand-skipper, Aestiva Skipper Croitana aestiva
- Central North Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus granulatus
- Furneaux Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus martigener
- Scottsdale Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus spinicaudatus
- Gove Crow Butterfly Euploea alcathoe enastri
- Broad-toothed Stag Beetle, Wielangta Stag Beetle Lissotes latidens
- a land snail Mesodontrachia fitzroyana
- a moth Phyllodes imperialis (southern subsp. - ANIC 3333)
- Lord Howe Placostylus, Lord Howe Flax Snail Placostylus bivaricosus
- a land snail Semotrachia euzyga
- a land snail Sinumelon bednalli
Fishes
- Spotted Handfish, Spotted-hand Fish Brachionichthys hirsutus
- Elizabeth Springs Goby Chlamydogobius micropterus
- Golden Galaxias Galaxias auratus
- Swan Galaxias Galaxias fontanus
- Barred Galaxias Galaxias fuscus
- Clarence Galaxias Galaxias johnstoni
- Northern River Shark Glyphis sp.
- Clarence River Cod, Eastern Freshwater Cod Maccullochella ikei
- Trout Cod Maccullochella macquariensis
- Mary River Cod Maccullochella peelii mariensis
- Macquarie Perch Macquaria australasica
- Lake Eacham Rainbowfish Melanotaenia eachamensis
- Oxleyan Pygmy Perch Nannoperca oxleyana
- Arthurs Paragalaxias Paragalaxias mesotes
- Maugean Skate, Port Davey Skate Raja sp.
- Redfin Blue-eye Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis
Amphibians
- McDonald's Frog, Cophixalus mcdonaldi
- Mountain Nursery Frog, Cophixalus monticola
- Neglected Frog, Cophixalus neglectus
- Green Thighed Frog, Litoria brevipalmata
- Cooloolah Tree Frog, Litoria cooloolensis
- Torrent Tree Frog, Litoria nannotis
- Growling Grass Frog, Litoria raniformis
- Common Mist Frog, Litoria rheocola
- Fleay's Barred Frog, Mixophyes fleayi
- Giant Barred Frog, Mixophyes iteratus
- Australian Lace-lid, Nyctimystes dayi
- Mountain Frog, Philoria kundagungan
- Loveridge's Frog, Philoria loveridgei
- Philoria pughi
- Philoria richmondensis
- Sphagnum Frog, Philoria sphagnicolus
- Magnificent Brood Frog, Pseudophryne covacevichae
- Northern Cooroboree Frog, Pseudophryne pengilleyi
Reptiles
- Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta
- Yellow-snouted Ground Gecko Diplodactylus occultus
- Arhem Land Egernia Egernia obiri
- Slater's Skink, Floodplain Skink Egernia slateri slateri
- Western Spiny-tailed Skink Egernia stokesii badia
- Gulf Snapping Turtle Elusor lavarackorum
- Mary River Tortoise Elusor macrurus
- Blue Mountains Water Skink Eulamprus leuraensis
- Corangamite Water Skink Eulamprus tympanum marnieae
- Pacific Ridley, Olive Ridley Lepidochelys olivacea
- Allan's Lerista, Retro Slider Lerista allanae
- Pygmy Blue-tongue Lizard, Adelaide Blue-tongue Lizard Tiliqua adelaidensis
- Grassland Earless Dragon Tympanocryptis lineata pinguicolla
Birds
- Brown Thornbill (King Island) Acanthiza pusilla archibaldi
- Christmas Island Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus natalis
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (Tasmanian) Aquila audax fleayi
- Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (south-eastern) Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne
- Glossy Black-Cockatoo (South Australian), Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Kangaroo Island) Calyptorhynchus lathami halmaturinus
- Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo, Short-billed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus latirostris
- Southern Cassowary (Australian) Casuarius casuarius johnsonii
- Emerald Dove (Christmas Island) Chalcophaps indica natalis
- Norfolk Island Green Parrot, Red-crowned Parakeet (Norfolk Island) Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae cookii
- Coxen's Fig-Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni
- Eastern Bristlebird Dasyornis brachypterus
- Amsterdam Albatross Diomedea amsterdamensis
- Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena
- Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi
- Gouldian Finch Erythrura gouldiae
- Buff-banded Rail (Cocos (Keeling) Islands) Gallirallus philippensis andrewsi
- Chestnut-rumped Heathwren (Mt Lofty Ranges) Hylacola pyrrhopygia parkeri
- Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor
- Helmeted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops cassidix
- Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus
- Black-eared Miner Manorina melanotis
- Hooded Robin (Tiwi Islands) Melanodryas cucullata melvillensis
- Star Finch (eastern), Star Finch (southern) Neochmia ruficauda ruficauda
- Norfolk Island Boobook Owl, Southern Boobook (Norfolk Island) Ninox novaeseelandiae undulata
- Forty-spotted Pardalote Pardalotus quadragintus
- Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis
- Western Ground Parrot Pezoporus wallicus flaviventris
- Black-throated Finch (southern) Poephila cincta cincta
- Golden-shouldered Parrot Psephotus chrysopterygius
- Western Whipbird (western heath) Psophodes nigrogularis nigrogularis
- Gould's Petrel Pterodroma leucoptera leucoptera
- Antarctic Tern (New Zealand) Sterna vittata bethunei
- Southern Emu-wren (Fleurieu Peninsula), Mount Lofty Southern Emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus intermedius
- Abbott's Booby Sula abbotti
- Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita
- Island Thrush (Christmas Island) Turdus poliocephalus erythropleurus
- Buff-breasted Button-quail Turnix olivii
- Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae melvillensis
- Regent Honeyeater Xanthomyza phrygia
Mammals
- Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus
- Northern Bettong, Bettongia tropica
- Mountain Pygmy-possum, Burramys parvus
- Christmas Island Shrew, Crocidura attenuata trichura
- Ampurta, Dasycercus hillieri
- Northern Quoll, Dasyurus hallucatus
- Spotted-tailed Quoll, Yarri, Dasyurus maculatus gracilis (North Queensland subspecies)
- Spot-tailed Quoll, Spotted-tail Quoll, Tiger Quoll, Dasyurus maculatus maculatus (southeastern mainland population)
- Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
- Leadbeater's Possum, Gymnobelideus leadbeateri
- Semon's Leaf-nosed Bat, Greater Wart-nosed Horseshoe-bat, Hipposideros semoni
- Southern Brown Bandicoot, Isoodon obesulus obesulus
- Rufous Hare-Wallaby, Lagorchestes hirsutus unnamed subsp. (central mainland form)
- Bramble Cay Melomys, Melomys rubicola
- Northern Marsupial Mole, Notoryctes caurinus Karkarratul, Northern
- Southern Marsupial Mole, Notoryctes typhlops
- Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby, Onychogalea fraenata
- Dibbler, Parantechinus apicalis
- Western Barred Bandicoot, Perameles bougainville bougainville (Shark Bay)
- Eastern Barred Bandicoot, Perameles gunnii unnamed subsp., mainland
- Mahogany Glider, Petaurus gracilis
- Proserpine Rock-wallaby, Petrogale persephone
- Red-tailed Phascogale, Phascogale calura
- Christmas Island Pipistrelle, Pipistrellus murrayi
- Long-footed Potoroo, Potorous longipes
- Smoky Mouse, Pseudomys fumeus
- Hastings River Mouse, Pseudomys oralis
- Greater Large-eared Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus philippinensis (large form)
- Kangaroo Island Dunnart, Sminthopsis aitkeni
- Julia Creek Dunnart, Sminthopsis douglasi
- Sandhill Dunnart, Sminthopsis psammophila
- Carpentarian Rock-rat, Zyzomys palatalis
- Central Rock-rat, Zyzomys pedunculatus
Vulnerable
Invertebrates
- Tasmanian Giant Freshwater Lobster, Giant Lobster, Giant Freshwater Crayfish Astacopsis gouldi
- Mount Arthur Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus orramakunna
- Burnie Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus yabbimunna
- A cave-dwelling remipede crustacean Lasionectes exleyi
- Giant Gippsland Earthworm Megascolides australis
- Bathurst Copper Butterfly, Purple Copper Butterfly, Bathurst Copper, Bathurst Copper Wing, Bathurst-Lithgow Copper, Paralucia spinifera
Fishes
- Red Handfish Brachionichthys politus
- Grey Nurse Shark (west coast population) Carcharias taurus (west coast population)
- Great White Shark Carcharodon carcharias
- Edgbaston Goby Chlamydogobius squamigenus
- Murray Hardyhead Craterocephalus fluviatilis
- Saddled Galaxias Galaxias tanycephalus
- Dwarf Galaxias Galaxiella pusilla
- Murray Cod, Cod, Goodoo Maccullochella peelii peelii
- Blind Gudgeon Milyeringa veritas
- Flinders Ranges Gudgeon Mogurnda clivicola
- Yarra Pygmy Perch Nannoperca obscura
- Ewens Pygmy Perch, Golden Pygmy Perch, Variegated Pygmy Perch Nannoperca variegata
- Australian Lungfish, Queensland Lungfish Neoceratodus forsteri
- Blind Cave Eel Ophisternon candidum
- Freshwater Sawfish Pristis microdon
- Australian Grayling Prototroctes maraena
- Honey Blue-eye Pseudomugil mellis
- Whale Shark Rhincodon typus
- Waterfall Bay Handfish Sympterichthys sp. [CSIRO #T1996.01]
- Ziebell's Handfish Sympterichthys sp. [CSIRO #T6.01]
Frogs
- Orange-bellied Frog Geocrinia vitellina
- Giant Burrowing Frog Heleioporus australiacus
- Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea
- Littlejohn's Tree Frog, Heath Frog Litoria littlejohni
- Wallum Sedge Frog Litoria olongburensis
- Peppered Tree Frog Litoria piperata
- Southern Bell Frog, Growling Grass Frog, Warty Bell Frog Litoria raniformis
- Alpine Tree Frog, Verreaux's Alpine Tree Frog Litoria verreauxii alpina
- Stuttering Frog, Southern Barred Frog (in Victoria) Mixophyes balbus
- Magnificent Brood Frog Pseudophryne covacevichae
- Northern Corroboree Frog Pseudophryne pengilleyi
- Kroombit Tinker Frog, Pleione's Torrent Frog Taudactylus pleione
Reptiles
- Five-clawed Worm-skink, Long-legged Worm-skink Anomalopus mackayi
- Pink-tailed Worm-lizard Aprasia parapulchella
- Flinders Ranges Worm-lizard Aprasia pseudopulchella
- Hermite Island Worm-lizard Aprasia rostrata rostrata
- Green Turtle Chelonia mydas
- Lord Howe Island Gecko Christinus guentheri
- Three-toed Snake-tooth Skink Coeranoscincus reticulatus
- Yinnietharra Rock-Dragon Ctenophorus yinnietharra
- Airlie Island Ctenotus Ctenotus angusticeps
- Lancelin Island Skink Ctenotus lancelini
- Hamelin Ctenotus Ctenotus zastictus
- Striped Legless Lizard Delma impar
- Striped-tailed Delma Delma labialis
- Atherton Delma, Legless Lizard Delma mitella
- Collared Delma Delma torquata
- Ornamental Snake Denisonia maculata
- Leathery Turtle, Leatherback Turtle, Luth Dermochelys coriacea
- Great Desert Skink, Tjakura, Warrarna, Mulyamiji Egernia kintorei
- Yakka Skink Egernia rugosa
- Baudin Island Spiny-tailed Skink Egernia stokesii aethiops
- Bell's Turtle, Namoi River Turtle, Bell's Saw-shelled Turtle Elseya belli
- Bellinger River Emydura (Bellinger River, NSW) Emydura signata
- Hawksbill Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata
- Dunmall's Snake Furina dunmalli
- Broad-headed Snake Hoplocephalus bungaroides
- Christmas Island Gecko, Lister's Gecko Lepidodactylus listeri
- Mount Cooper Striped Lerista Lerista vittata
- Olive Python (Pilbara subspecies) Morelia olivacea barroni
- Flatback Turtle Natator depressus
- Pernatty Knob-tail Nephrurus deleani
- Pedra Branca Skink, Red-throated Skink Niveoscincus palfreymani
- Krefft's Tiger Snake (Flinders Ranges) Notechis ater ater
- Bronzeback Snake-lizard Ophidiocephalus taeniatus
- Brigalow Scaly-foot Paradelma orientalis
- Lord Howe Island Skink Pseudemoia lichenigera
- Christmas Island Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops exocoeti
- Fitzroy Tortoise Rheodytes leukops
- Border Thick-tailed Gecko Underwoodisaurus sphyrurus
Birds
- Slender-billed Thornbill (western) Acanthiza iredalei iredalei
- Grey Grasswren (Bulloo) Amytornis barbatus barbatus
- Thick-billed Grasswren (eastern) Amytornis textilis modestus
- Thick-billed Grasswren (Gawler Ranges) Amytornis textilis myall
- Australian Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris melanops
- Noisy Scrub-bird Atrichornis clamosus
- Muir's Corella (southern), Western Long-billed Corella (southern) Cacatua pastinator pastinator
- Baudin's Black-Cockatoo, Long-billed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus baudinii
- Cape Barren Goose (south-western), Recherche Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae grisea
- Western Bristlebird Dasyornis longirostris
- Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis
- Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
- Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans
- Gibson's Albatross Diomedea gibsoni
- Red Goshawk Erythrotriorchis radiatus
- Crested Shrike-tit (northern), Northern Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus whitei
- Christmas Island Frigatebird, Andrew's Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi
- White-bellied Storm-Petrel (Tasman Sea or Australasian) Fregetta grallaria grallaria
- Squatter Pigeon (southern) Geophaps scripta scripta
- Partridge Pigeon (western) Geophaps smithii blaauwi
- Partridge Pigeon (eastern) Geophaps smithii smithii
- Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea
- Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata
- Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
- Purple-crowned Fairy-wren (western) Malurus coronatus coronatus
- White-winged Fairy-wren (Barrow Island), Barrow Island Black-and-white Fairy-wren Malurus leucopterus edouardi
- White-winged Fairy-wren (Dirk Hartog Island), Dirk Hartog Black-and-White Fairy-wren Malurus leucopterus leucopterus
- Crimson Finch (white-bellied) Neochmia phaeton evangelinae
- Christmas Island Hawk-Owl Ninox natalis
- Golden Whistler (Norfolk Island) Pachycephala pectoralis xanthoprocta
- Red-lored Whistler Pachycephala rufogularis
- Fairy Prion (southern) Pachyptila turtur subantarctica
- Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus
- Scarlet Robin (Norfolk Island) Petroica multicolor multicolor
- Heard Shag Phalacrocorax nivalis
- Macquarie Shag Phalacrocorax purpurascens
- Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca
- Princess Parrot, Alexandra's Parrot Polytelis alexandrae
- Regent Parrot (eastern) Polytelis anthopeplus anthopeplus (incorrect subspecies)
- Superb Parrot Polytelis swainsonii
- Western Whipbird (eastern) Psophodes nigrogularis leucogaster
- Western Whipbird (western mallee) Psophodes nigrogularis oberon
- Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis
- Kermadec Petrel (western) Pterodroma neglecta neglecta
- Australian Painted Snipe Rostratula australis
- Antarctic Tern (Indian Ocean) Sterna vittata vittata
- Southern Emu-wren (Eyre Peninsula) Stipiturus malachurus parimeda
- Mallee Emu-wren Stipiturus mallee
- Lord Howe Island Currawong, Pied Currawong (Lord Howe Island) Strepera graculina crissalis
- Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri
- Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri
- Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta
- Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma
- Campbell Albatross Thalassarche impavida
- Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
- Pacific Albatross Thalassarche nov. sp.
- Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
- White-capped Albatross Thalassarche steadi
- Lord Howe Woodhen Tricholimnas sylvestris
- Black-breasted Button-quail Turnix melanogaster
- Painted Button-quail (Houtman Abrolhos) Turnix varia scintillans
- Masked Owl (northern) Tyto novaehollandiae kimberli
Mammals
- Sub-antarctic Fur-seal Arctocephalus tropicalis
- Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis
- Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus
- Boodie, Burrowing Bettong (Shark Bay) Bettongia lesueur lesueur
- Boodie, Burrowing Bettong (Barrow and Boodie Islands) Bettongia lesueur unnamed subsp
- Large-eared Pied Bat, Large Pied Bat Chalinolobus dwyeri
- Kowari Dasycercus byrnei
- Mulgara Dasycercus cristicauda
- Chuditch, Western Quoll Dasyurus geoffroii
- Spot-tailed Quoll, Spotted-tail Quoll, Tiger Quoll (Tasmanian population) Dasyurus maculatus maculatus (Tasmanian population)
- Golden Bandicoot (mainland) Isoodon auratus auratus
- Golden Bandicoot (Barrow Island) Isoodon auratus barrowensis
- Southern Brown Bandicoot (Nuyts Archipelago) Isoodon obesulus nauticus
- Spectacled Hare-wallaby (Barrow Island) Lagorchestes conspicillatus conspicillatus
- Rufous Hare-wallaby (Bernier Island) Lagorchestes hirsutus bernieri
- Rufous Hare-wallaby (Dorre Island) Lagorchestes hirsutus dorreae
- Banded Hare-wallaby, Marnine, Munning Lagostrophus fasciatus fasciatus
- Wopilkara, Greater Stick-nest Rat Leporillus conditor
- Barrow Island Euro Macropus robustus isabellinus
- Greater Bilby Macrotis lagotis
- Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae
- Golden-backed Tree-rat Mesembriomys macrurus
- Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina
- Numbat Myrmecobius fasciatus
- Australian Sea-lion Neophoca cinerea
- Northern Hopping-mouse Notomys aquilo
- Dusky Hopping-mouse, Wilkiniti Notomys fuscus
- Eastern Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus timoriensis (South-eastern form)
- Eastern Barred Bandicoot (Tasmania) Perameles gunnii gunnii
- Fluffy Glider, Yellow-bellied Glider (Wet Tropics) Petaurus australis unnamed subsp.
- Warru, Black-footed Rock-wallaby (MacDonnell Ranges race) Petrogale lateralis MacDonnell Ranges race
- Black-footed Rock-wallaby (West Kimberley race) Petrogale lateralis West Kimberley race
- Recherche Rock-wallaby Petrogale lateralis hacketti
- Black-flanked Rock-wallaby Petrogale lateralis lateralis
- Pearson Island Rock-wallaby Petrogale lateralis pearsoni
- Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby Petrogale penicillata
- Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby (SA and NSW) Petrogale xanthopus xanthopus
- Long-nosed Potoroo (SE mainland) Potorous tridactylus tridactylus
- Carpentarian Antechinus Pseudantechinus mimulus
- Western Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus occidentalis
- Plains Rat Pseudomys australis
- Djoongari, Alice Springs Mouse, Shark Bay Mouse Pseudomys fieldi
- Pilliga Mouse Pseudomys pilligaensis
- Dayang, Heath Rat Pseudomys shortridgei
- Spectacled Flying-fox Pteropus conspicillatus
- Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus
- Pilbara Leaf-nosed Bat Rhinonicteris aurantius (Pilbara form)
- Tasmanian Devil Sarcophilus harrisii
- Quokka Setonix brachyurus
- Butler's Dunnart Sminthopsis butleri
- Boullanger Island Dunnart Sminthopsis griseoventer boullangerensis
- Common Wombat (Bass Strait) Vombatus ursinus ursinus
- Water Mouse, False Water Rat Xeromys myoides
- Arnhem Rock-rat, Arnhem Land Rock-rat Zyzomys maini
Conservation Dependant
1 fish and 1 mammal are conservation dependant.
Fish
- Orange Roughy, Deep-sea Perch, Red Roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus
Mammals
- Southern Bent-wing Bat Miniopterus schreibersii bassanii
See also
Reference
- Department of Environment and Heritage. EPBC Act List of Threatened Fauna