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
                                                       Found in many wooded habitats (such as open and
                                                       dry woodland and forest) with a range of
                                                       understoreys from grasses to shrubs or heath.            Possible – the site supports marginally suitable
                      Oriental
  Cuculus optatus                    -       MT, M     Sometimes found near clearings and in recently           habitat and is located within the known seasonal
                      Cuckoo
                                                       logged or burnt forests. Found in farmland with some     distribution range (summer).
                                                       trees, orchards, vineyards and urban parks and
                                                       gardens.
                                                                                                                Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
                                                       It lives in coastal and subcoastal, tall, open forests
                                                                                                                this site does not support preferred habitat for
  Erythrotriorchis      Red                            and woodlands, tropical savannas traversed by
                                     V         E                                                                this species. Furthermore, the site is not located
  radiatus            Goshawk                          wooded or forested rivers and along the edges of
                                                                                                                within the usual distribution range for this
                                                       rainforest.
                                                                                                                species.
                                                       Habitat includes lightly treed inland plains, gibber
                                                       deserts, sandridges, pastoral lands and timbered
                                                                                                                Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
                                                       watercourses and seldom in driest deserts (Pizzey
  Falco hypoleucos   Grey Falcon     V         V                                                                this site does not support suitable habitat for this
                                                       and Knight, 2007). Resident or nomadic visitor to
                                                                                                                species.
                                                       inland parts of all mainland states (Pizzey and
                                                       Knight, 2007).
                                                       Soft wet ground or shallow water with tussocks and
                                                       other green or dead growth. Wet parts of paddocks,
                      Latham’s
                                                       seepage below dams, irrigated areas, scrub or open       Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
  Gallinago            Snipe,
                                     -       MW, M     woodland from sea level to alpine bogs over 2000 m       this site does not support suitable habitat for this
  hardwickii          Japanese
                                                       above sea level, samphire on salt marshes and            species.
                        Snipe
                                                       mangrove fringes. Non-breeding summer migrant to
                                                       Australia.
                                                                                                                Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
                      Squatter                                                                                  this site does not support suitable habitat for this
  Geophaps scripta                                     Open forests to sparse, open woodlands and scrub,
                       Pigeon        V         V                                                                species. Furthermore, the site is not located
  scripta                                              often near water sources.
                     (Southern)                                                                                 within the usual distribution range for this
                                                                                                                species.




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