210055 - 327 Kinmond Creek Road, COOTHARABA - Ecological Assessment Report

                                                                                                                                    Ecological Assessment Report
                                                                                                                               327 Kinmond Creek Rd, Cootharaba



      Species          Common        NC Act   EPBC Act                           Habitat                                        Likelihood of Occurrence
                        Name         Status    Status
                                                         general localities in south-east Queensland,
                                                         covering a range of approximately 250 km. It is
                                                         known from Kin Kin-Boreen Point–Cooroy District,
                                                         near Noosa; Teddington Weir, south of
                                                         Maryborough; and Granite Creek and Broken Creek,
                                                         south-west of Miriam Vale (Barry & Thomas 1994;
                                                         Queensland Herbarium 2008b).
  Birds
                                                         Shallow, pebbly, muddy or sandy edges of rivers and
                                                         streams, coastal to far inland; dams, lakes, sewage
                                                                                                                     Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
                       Common                            ponds. Margins of tidal rivers, waterways in
  Actitis hypoleucos                   -       MW, M                                                                 this site does not support suitable habitat for this
                       sandpiper                         mangroves or saltmarsh, mudflats, rocky or sandy
                                                                                                                     species.
                                                         beaches, causeways, riverside lawns, drains and
                                                         street gutters (Pizzey and Knight, 2007).
                                                         Occurs in freshwater wetlands and nearby                    Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
  Anseranas             Magpie
                                       -         M       associated forests and grasslands. Rarely found in          this site does not support suitable habitat for this
  semipalmata           Goose
                                                         coastal wetlands (ALA 2017).                                species.
                                                                                                                     Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
                                                         Regent Honeyeaters mostly occur in dry Box-                 this site does not support preferred habitat for
  Anthochaera           Regent
                                       E        CE       Ironbark eucalypt woodland and dry sclerophyll              this species. Furthermore, the site is not located
  phrygia              Honeyeater
                                                         forest along creek flats and river valleys and foothills.   within the usual distribution range for this
                                                                                                                     species.
                                                         The Fork-tailed Swift is almost exclusively aerial.
                                                         They mostly occur over dry or open habitats,
                                                         including riparian woodland and tea-tree swamps,
                       Fork-tailed
  Apus pacificus                       -       MM, M     low scrub, heathland or saltmarsh. They are also            Possible - may fly over the site.
                         Swift
                                                         found at treeless grassland and sandplains covered
                                                         with spinifex, open farmland and inland and coastal
                                                         sand dunes.




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