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 coastal habitats (especially those close to
                                                       the sea-shore) and around terrestrial wetlands in
                                                                                                               Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
  Heliaeetus       White-bellied                       tropical and temperate regions of mainland Australia
                                     -         M                                                               this site does not support suitable habitat for this
  leucogaster       Sea-Eagle                          and its offshore islands. The habitats occupied by
                                                                                                               species.
                                                       the sea-eagle are characterised by the presence of
                                                       large areas of open water.
                                                       The White-throated Needletail is almost exclusively
                      White-
  Hirundapus                                           aerial, from heights of less than 1 m up to more than
                     throated        V      V, MT, M                                                           Possible – may fly over the site.
  caudacutus                                           1000m above the ground. Non-breeding summer
                    Needletail
                                                       migrant to Australia.
                                                       The Swift Parrot inhabits dry sclerophyll eucalypt
                                                       forests and woodlands and occasionally in wet
                                                                                                               Possible – the site supports suitable foraging
                                                       sclerophyll forests. Breeds in Tasmania during
  Lathamus                                                                                                     and roosting habitat. The site is not located
                   Swift Parrot      E        E, M     spring and summer, migrating in the autumn and
  discolor                                                                                                     within the usual breeding and migratory
                                                       winter months to south-eastern Australia from
                                                                                                               distribution range for this species.
                                                       Victoria and the eastern parts of South Australia to
                                                       south-east Queensland.
                                                       Occurs mainly in open forests and woodlands,
                                                       shrublands and in various cleared or semi-cleared
                                                       habitats including farmland. Usually occurs in open,    Possible – the site supports suitable foraging
                    Rainbow
  Merops ornatus                     -         M       cleared or lightly-timbered areas sometimes in close    and roosting habitat. This species was not
                    bee-eater
                                                       proximity to permanent water. Also occurs in inland     recorded on site during the site survey.
                                                       and coastal dune systems, and in mangroves in
                                                       northern Australia (SPRAT, 2010).
                                                       The Black-faced Monarch mainly occurs in rainforest
                                                       ecosystems. It is also sometimes found in nearby
                                                                                                               Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
  Monarcha         Black-faced                         open eucalypt forests (mainly wet sclerophyll
                                     -       MT, M                                                             this site does not support preferred habitat for
  melanopsis        Monarch                            forests), especially in gullies with a dense, shrubby
                                                                                                               this species.
                                                       understorey as well as in dry sclerophyll forests and
                                                       woodlands, often with a patchy understorey.




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