Field Guide to Victorian Fauna 4+

Museum Victoria

    • 4.6 • 71 Ratings
    • Free

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Description

The animals found in the south eastern Australian State of Victoria are unique and diverse. Detailed descriptions of animals 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 Museums 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.

We are continually improving our app. If you have any feedback, please contact us using the App Support button in the Ratings and Reviews section.

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

What’s New

Version 4.0

New in this version:
Updated Images from the "Catching the Eye" project
Respects your Light/Dark Mode settings
iPhone version now makes full use of iPhone Pro screens
iPad version has new layout in Landscape mode

Ratings and Reviews

4.6 out of 5
71 Ratings

71 Ratings

Jalito2 ,

Thank you Natural History Museums

I downloaded this app with low expectations, thinking it would be a light guide with few species. What a surprise to find most of the animals you are likely to see in the bush or shore are here, with all the essential information required for accurate, or at least approximate identification, and a description of the biology of the animal. This is a fantastic initiative and a gift to all residents and visitors to Australia. And there is one guide for every state and territory! Thank you Natural Museums of Australia.

Crossword review guy ,

It was missing the one bird I downloaded it to find.

The app is great, it has an excellent database, however I was in Victoria a few weeks ago and saw a lot of Apostlebirds around the northeastern cities, I wanted to know what they were and after a very long, thorough search I could not identify them through this database. (I later did through google) I tried searching all the different names that google labels the Apostlebirds under and no luck. Maybe an option to suggest missing species could be useful. Otherwise great and functional app.

1HMac ,

Great guide to Victorian fauna

I love this app, which I’ve had and used for years. It’s so interesting to learn about the birds, mammals, reptiles, fish and even insects and aquatic invertebrates that are found in Victoria. As well as descriptions and distribution maps, it has photos and sounds/calls, so is particularly useful for identifying birds in my back garden or in the bush. You can also see how common or endangered different creatures are. Well done Museums Victoria, for producing this app.

App Privacy

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