Field Guide to Victorian Fauna

Museums Victoria

About this app

The animals found in the south eastern Australian State of Victoria are unique and diverse. Detailed descriptions of animals, maps of distribution, and endangered species status combine with stunning imagery and sounds to provide a valuable reference that can be used in urban, bush and coastal environments. The content has been developed by scientists at Museum Victoria, Australia’s largest public museum organisation.

The app holds descriptions of over 950 species encompassing birds, fishes, frogs, lizards, snakes, mammals, freshwater, terrestrial and marine invertebrates, spiders, and insects including butterflies. From animals found in rockpools, minibeasts in your garden, to wildlife you might see in the bush. We’ve put in a lot of species, but it’s still a fraction of the complete fauna of Victoria. Our scientists will continue to add additional species and refine descriptions over time.

This app is one of a suite of field guides for each state and territory, developed by Australia’s leading natural history museums.

If you have trouble either downloading the app or with the app crashing, please refer to our app support page (http://museumvictoria.com.au/discoverycentre/museum-victoria-apps/mv-field-guide-to-victoria-app/support/)

Ratings and reviews

Pretty good on the whole, easy to find different species and identify them. There are sound clips missing for some common species though.

Overall a good attempt at an app to educate budding naturalists. Well overdue for some updates though as getting buggy on Android 10 devices. Needs to expand its species list too.

Great app., learnt more about local wildlife. Thanks to everyone who put the info together. Be great if there was more information about lifecycle and lifespan. Be great if there was more flying siloette images for birds of prey.

What's new

Updated species profiles