List of threatened and priority fauna
This interactive list can be used to find species listed under the Biodiversity Conservation Act (2016) as threatened and species listed on DBCA’s priority fauna list.
The list can be downloaded as an Excel spreadsheet or Order published in the Government Gazette.
| Scientific Name | Common Name | WA Conservation Code |
|---|---|---|
| Abebaioscia troglodytes | Pannikin Plain Cave isopod | VU |
| Acanthophis antarcticus | southern death adder | P3 |
| Acercella poorginup | Poorginup Swamp watermite | P2 |
| Acizzia mccarthyi | McCarthy's plant-louse | VU |
| Acizzia veski | Vesk's plant-louse | VU |
| Acrocephalus orientalis | oriental reed-warbler | MI |
| Actitis hypoleucos | common sandpiper | MI |
| Aipysurus apraefrontalis | short-nosed seasnake | CR |
| Aipysurus foliosquama | leaf-scaled seasnake | CR |
| Amplirhagada astuta | a camaenid land snail (Koolan and Molema Islands) | VU |
| Amplirhagada herbertena | Herbert's camaenid land snail (Buccaneer Archipelago) | P1 |
| Amplirhagada montalivetensis | Montalivet Island camaenid land snail | P1 |
| Amplirhagada novelta | a camaenid land snail (Napier-Broome Bay) | P1 |
| Amplirhagada questroana | El Questro Station camaenid land snail | P1 |
| Amytornis housei | black grasswren | P4 |
| Amytornis striatus striatus | striated grasswren (sandplain) | P4 |
| Amytornis textilis textilis | western grasswren | P4 |
| Anilios ganei | Gane's blind snake (Pilbara) | P1 |
| Anilios howi | Kimberley deep-soil blind snake (Admiralty Gulf) | P2 |
| Anilios longissimus | Barrow Island blind snake | P2 |
| Anilios margaretae | buff snouted blind snake (Lake Throssell) | P2 |
| Anilios micromma | small-eyed blind snake (Leopold Downs) | P1 |
| Anilios sp. 'Cape Range' | Cape Range blind snake | P1 |
| Anilios splendidus | splendid blind snake (North West Cape) | P2 |
| Anilios troglodytes | Sandamara blind snake (Napier Range) | P1 |
| Anilios yampiensis | Yampi blind snake (Yampi Sound) | P2 |
| Anous stolidus | common noddy | MI |
| Anous tenuirostris melanops | Australian lesser noddy | EN |
| Anoxypristis cuspidata | narrow sawfish | MI |
| Antichiropus sp. 'DIP004' | Roy Hill Antichiropus millipede | P1 |
| Antichiropus sp. 'DIP005' | Abydos Antichiropus millipede | P1 |
| Antichiropus sp. 'DIP006' | Area C Antichiropus millipede | P1 |
| Antichiropus sp. 'DIP007' | Bond's Antichiropus millipede | P1 |
| Antichiropus sp. 'DIP008' | Flinders Antichiropus millipede | P1 |
| Antichiropus sp. 'DIP013' | Cloudbreak Antichiropus millipede | P1 |
| Antichiropus sp. 'DIP029' | Mt Bruce Antichiropus millipede | P1 |
| Antipodogomphus hodgkini | Pilbara dragonfly | P3 |
| Aprasia haroldi | Shark Bay worm-lizard | P1 |
| Aprasia rostrata | Ningaloo worm lizard | P3 |
| Apus pacificus | fork-tailed swift | MI |
| Arctocephalus forsteri | New Zealand fur seal, long-nosed fur seal | OS |
| Arctocephalus tropicalis | Subantarctic fur seal | VU |
| Ardenna carneipes | flesh-footed shearwater | VU |
| Ardenna grisea | sooty shearwater | MI |
| Ardenna pacifica | wedge-tailed shearwater | MI |
| Ardenna tenuirostris | short-tailed shearwater | MI |
| Arenaria interpres | ruddy turnstone | MI |
| Aspidites ramsayi (southwest subpopulation) | woma (southwest subpopulation) | P1 |
| Atelomastix anancita | Cape Arid atelomastix millipede | VU |
| Atelomastix brennani | Brennan’s atelomastix millipede | VU |