Threatened Species List - Vertebrate Animals

The tables below contains a list of all vertebrate animal species (as at September 2023) which are on Tasmania's Threatened Species Protection Act 1995.

The Commonwealth status refers to listings under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. As nominations are being received all the time, the species and or their status may have already changed.

Status - What these terms mean

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Species	Further Reading	Common Name	Group	Status Tas	Status C'th
Antechinus vandycki*	Listing Statement	Tasman Peninsula dusky antechinus	MAMMALS	v
Arctocephalus forsteri	Further Information	long-nosed fur seal (previously known as New Zealand fur seal)	MAMMALS	r
Arctocephalus tropicalis	National Recovery Plan Conservation Advice	subantarctic fur seal	MAMMALS	e	EN
Balaenoptera borealis		sei whale	MAMMALS		VU
Balaenoptera musculus	Recovery Plan	blue whale	MAMMALS	e	EN
Balaenoptera physalus	Conservation Advice	fin whale	MAMMALS	v	VU
Brachiopsilus dianthus	Listing Statement	pink handfish	FISH	e
Dasyurus maculatus maculatus	Recovery Plan Conservation Advice Listing Statement	spotted-tailed quoll	MAMMALS	r	VU
Dasyurus viverrinus	Further Information	eastern quoll (mainland)	MAMMALS		EN
Eubalaena australis	Recovery Plan Further Information	southern right whale	MAMMALS	e	EN
Megaptera novaeangliae	Conservation Advice	humpback whale	MAMMALS	e	VU
Mirounga leonina	Further Information National Recovery Plan	southern elephant seal	MAMMALS	e	VU
Perameles gunnii gunnii		eastern-barred bandicoot	MAMMALS		VU
Pseudomys novaehollandiae	Conservation Advice Listing Statement	new holland mouse	MAMMALS	e	VU
Sarcophilus harrisii	Conservation Advice Further Information	tasmanian devil	MAMMALS	e	EN
Thylacinus cynocephalus	Further Information	thylacine	MAMMALS	x	EX
Acanthiza pusilla archibaldi	Conservation Advice Recovery Plan	brown thornbill (King Island)	BIRDS	e	EN
Acanthornis magna greeniana	Conservation Advice Recovery Plan Further Information	scrubtit (King Island)	BIRDS	e	CR
Accipiter novaehollandiae		grey goshawk	BIRDS	e
Alcedo azurea diemenensis see Ceyx azureus diemenensis
Aquila audax fleayi	Listing Statement Further Information Recovery Plan	wedge-tailed eagle	BIRDS	e	EN
Botaurus poiciloptilus	Conservation Advice	Australasian bittern	BIRDS		EN
Calidris ferruginea	Further Information Conservation Advice	curlew sandpiper	BIRDS		CR
Ceyx azureus diemenensis	Listing Statement Conservation Advice	Tasmanian azure kingfisher	BIRDS	e	EN
Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae erythrotis		Macquarie Island parakeet	BIRDS	x	EX
Diomedea exulans	National Recovery Plan	wandering albatross	BIRDS	e	VU
Dromaius minor		King Island emu	BIRDS	x	EX
Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis		Tasmanian emu	BIRDS	x	EX
Gallirallus philippensis macquariensis		Macquarie Island rail	BIRDS	x	EX
Haliaeetus leucogaster	Listing Statement Recovery Plan	white-bellied sea-eagle	BIRDS	v
Halobaena caerulea	Conservation Advice	blue petrel	BIRDS	v	VU
Hirundapus caudacutus	Conservation Advice	white-throated needletail	BIRDS		VU
Lathamus discolor	Further Information Recovery Plan Conservation Advice	swift parrot	BIRDS	e	CR
Leucocarbo atriceps purpurascens	National Recovery Plan Conservation Advice	Macquarie Island shag	BIRDS	v	VU
Macronectes giganteus	National Recovery Plan	southern giant petrel	BIRDS	v	EN
Macronectes halli	National Recovery Plan	northern giant petrel	BIRDS	r	VU
Neophema chrysogaster	Listing Statement National Recovery Plan Further information	orange-bellied parrot	BIRDS	e	CR
Neophema chrysostoma	Conservation Advice	blue-winged parrot	BIRDS		VU
Numenius madagascariensis	Further Information Conservation Advice	eastern curlew	BIRDS	e	CR
Oceanites oceanicus		wilson's storm petrel	BIRDS	r
Pachyptila turtur subantarctica	Conservation Advice	fairy prion southern sub-species	BIRDS	e	VU
Pardalotus quadragintus	Listing Statement Recovery Plan Conservation Advice	forty-spotted pardalote	BIRDS	e	EN
Phoebetria fusca	National Recovery Plan	sooty albatross	BIRDS	r	VU
Phoebetria palpebrata	National Recovery Plan	light-mantled albatross	BIRDS	v
Platycercus caledonicus brownii	Recovery Plan Listing Statement Further Information Conservation Advice	King Island green rosella	BIRDS	v	VU
Podiceps cristatus		great crested grebe	BIRDS	v
Procellaria cinerea		grey petrel	BIRDS	e
Pterodroma lessonii		white-headed petrel	BIRDS	v
Pterodroma mollis	Conservation Advice Listing Statement	soft-plumaged petrel	BIRDS	e	VU
Sterna albifrons sinensis see Sternula albifrons sinensis
Sterna nereis nereis see Sternula nereis nereis
Sterna striata		white-fronted tern	BIRDS	v
Sterna vittata bethunei	Conservation Advice	Antarctic tern	BIRDS	e	EN
Sternula albifrons sinensis		little tern	BIRDS	e
Sternula nereis nereis	Conservation Advice Recovery Plan	fairy tern	BIRDS	v	VU
Strepera fuliginosa colei	Conservation Advice Further Information	black currawong (King Island)	BIRDS		VU
Thalassarche cauta	Further Information National Recovery Plan Conservation Advice	shy albatross, Tasmanian shy Albatross	BIRDS	v	EN
Thalassarche chrysostoma	National Recovery Plan Conservation Advice	grey-headed albatross	BIRDS	e	EN
Thalassarche melanophris	National Recovery Plan	black-browed albatross	BIRDS	e	VU
Thinornis cucullatus cucullatus	Conservation Advice	hooded plover (Eastern)	BIRDS		VU
Thinornis rubricollis rubricollis see Thinornis cucullatus
Tyto novaehollandiae castanops	Conservation Advice	masked owl	BIRDS	e	VU
Litoria raniformis	Listing Statement Recovery Plan	green and gold frog	AMPHIBIANS	v	VU
Limnodynastes peroni		striped marsh frog	AMPHIBIANS	e
Caretta caretta	Recovery Plan	loggerhead turtle	REPTILES	e	EN
Carinascincus palfreymani	Listing StatementRecovery Plan Conservation Advice	pedra branca skink	REPTILES	e	VU
Chelonia mydas	Recovery Plan	green turtle	REPTILES	v	VU
Dermochelys coriacea	Conservation Advice	leathery turtle	REPTILES	v	EN
Eretmochelys imbricata	Recovery Plan	hawksbill turtle	REPTILES	v	VU
Niveoscincus palfreymani see Carinascincus palfreymani
Pseudemoia pagenstecheri		tussock skink	REPTILES	v
Pseudemoia rawlinsoni	Listing Statement	glossy grass skink	REPTILES	r
Brachionichthys hirsutus	Listing Statement Recovery Plan Conservation Advice	spotted handfish	FISH	e	CR
Brachiopsilus dianthus	Listing Statement	pink handfish	FISH	e	EN
Brachiopsilus ziebelli	Listing Statement Recovery Plan	ziebell's handfish	FISH	e	VU
Carcharodon carcharias	Recovery Plan	great white shark	FISH	v	VU
Galaxias auratus	Recovery Plan Conservation Advice	golden galaxias	FISH	r	EN
Galaxias fontanus	Listing Statement Recovery Plan	swan galaxias	FISH	e	EN
Galaxias johnstoni	Listing Statement Recovery Plan Conservation Advice	clarence galaxias	FISH	e	EN
Galaxias parvus	Recovery Plan Conservation Advice	swamp galaxias	FISH	v	VU
Galaxias pedderensis	Listing Statement Recovery Plan Conservation Advice	pedder galaxias	FISH	e	EW
Galaxias tanycephalus	Listing Statement Recovery Plan Conservation Advice	saddled galaxias	FISH	v	VU
Galaxiella pusilla	Recovery Plan	dwarf galaxias	FISH	v	VU
Paragalaxias dissimilis	Recovery Plan Conservation Advice	shannon paragalaxias	FISH	v	VU
Paragalaxias eleotroides	Recovery Plan Conservation Advice	Great Lake paragalaxias	FISH	v	VU
Paragalaxias julianus	Recovery Plan	western paragalaxias	FISH	r
Paragalaxias mesotes	Recovery Plan Conservation Advice	Arthurs paragalaxias	FISH	e	EN
Prototroctes maraena	Recovery Plan Listing Statement Conservation Advice	Australian grayling	FISH	v	VU
Raja sp. L. see Zearaja maugeana
Seriolella brama	Further Information	blue warehou	FISH		CD
Sympterichthys unipennis	Listing Statement	smooth handfish	FISH	x
Thunnus maccoyii	Further Information	southern bluefin tuna	FISH		CD
Thymichthys politus	Listing Statement Recovery Plan Conservation Advice	red handfish	FISH	e	CR
Zearaja maugeana	Listing statement Conservation Advice	Maugean skate (previously Port Davey skate)	FISH	e	EN