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
                                                      Occurs in a wide range of wetland habitats both           Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
                  Great Egret,
  Ardea alba                       -         M        inland and coastal including swamps, rivers and           this site does not support suitable habitat for this
                  White Egret
                                                      agricultural dams.                                        species.
                                                      The Cattle Egret occurs in tropical and temperate
                                                      grasslands, wooded lands and terrestrial wetlands.
                                                                                                                Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
                                                      It predominantly uses shallow, open and fresh
  Ardea ibis      Cattle Egret     -         M                                                                  this site does not support suitable habitat for this
                                                      wetlands including meadows and swamps with low
                                                                                                                species.
                                                      emergent vegetation and abundant aquatic flora.
                                                      This species is often found in association with cattle.
                                                      The Australasian Bittern requires shallow water, less
                                                                                                                Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
  Botaurus        Australasian                        than 30 cm deep with medium to low density reeds,
                                   E         E                                                                  this site does not support suitable habitat for this
  poiciloptilus     Bittern                           grasses or shrubs for foraging and medium to high
                                                                                                                species.
                                                      density for nesting.
                                                      Tidal mudflats, saltmarshes, mangroves; shallow
                                                                                                                Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
  Calidris        Sharp-tailed                        fresh, brackish or saline inland wetlands;
                                   -       MW, M                                                                this site does not support suitable habitat for this
  acuminata        Sandpiper                          floodwaters, irrigated pastures and crops; sewage
                                                                                                                species.
                                                      ponds and saltfields (Pizzey and Knight, 2007).
                                                      Shallow, pebbly, muddy or sandy edges of rivers and
                                                      streams, coastal to far inland; dams, lakes, sewage
                                                                                                                Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
  Calidris          Curlew                            ponds. Margins of tidal rivers, waterways in
                                   E      CE, MW, M                                                             this site does not support suitable habitat for this
  ferruginea       Sandpiper                          mangroves or saltmarsh, mudflats, rocky or sandy
                                                                                                                species.
                                                      beaches, causeways, riverside lawns, drains and
                                                      street gutters (Pizzey and Knight, 2007).
                                                      Shallow fresh waters, often with low grass and other
                                                                                                                Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
  Calidris          Pectoral                          herbage; swamp margins, flooded pastures, sewage
                                   -       MW, M                                                                this site does not support suitable habitat for this
  melanotus        Sandpiper                          ponds and occassionally tidal areas and
                                                                                                                species.
                                                      saltmarshes (Pizzey and Knight, 2007).
                                                      Occurs in both highland and sparse remnant lowland
  Cyclopsitta                                                                                                   Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
                  Coxen’s Fig-                        rainforest with figs and soft fruiting trees from about
  diophthalma                      E         E                                                                  this site does not support suitable habitat for this
                    Parrot                            Gladstone (Queensland) to about Hastings River
  coxeni                                                                                                        species.
                                                      (New South Wales) (Pizzey and Knight, 2007).




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