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
                                                                                                                  Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
  Monarcha            Spectacled                        Prefers thick understorey in rainforests, wet gullies
                                     -       MT, M                                                                this site does not support preferred habitat for
  trivirgatus          Monarch                          and waterside vegetation, as well as mangroves.
                                                                                                                  this species.
                                                        The Satin Flycatcher is found in tall forests,            Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
  Myiagra                Satin
                                     -       MT, M      preferring wetter habitats such as heavily forested       this site does not support preferred habitat for
  cyanoleuca          Flycatcher
                                                        gullies, but not rainforests.                             this species.
                                                        Inhabits estuaries, tidal mudflats, sandspits,
                                                        saltmarshes, mangroves; occasionally fresh or
                                                        brackish lakes; bare grasslands near water (Pizzey
                                                                                                                  Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
  Numenius             Eastern                          and Knight, 2007). The Eastern Curlew breeds in
                                     E      CE, MW, M                                                             this site does not support suitable habitat for this
  madagascariensis     Curlew                           north east Asia and is a common summer migrant to
                                                                                                                  species.
                                                        Australian coastlines, although about 25% of the
                                                        population remains all year round (Finn et al. 2001
                                                        and 2007; Geering et al. 2007).
                                                        The Osprey is thinly distributed around the coast of
                                                        Australia where they forage for fish in fresh,
                                                        brackish, or saline waters of rivers, lakes, estuaries
                                                        and inshore coastal waters (Schodde and
                                                        Tidemann, 1993; NPWS, 2000). Nests are usually
                                                        located near a suitable area of foraging habitat and      Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
  Pandion haliaetus    Osprey        -       MW, M      are a bulky structure made from piled sticks, often       this site does not support suitable habitat for this
                                                        positioned in a tall dead tree or artificial structures   species.
                                                        such as telecommunication towers or poles
                                                        (Schodde and Tidemann, 1993; NPWS, 2000).
                                                        Breeding pairs defend breeding territory against
                                                        other Ospreys, and active nests are usually more
                                                        than 1 km apart (NPWS, 2005).
                                                        In east and south-east Australia, the Rufous Fantail
                                                        mainly inhabits moist, dense habitats including           Possible – the site provides potentially suitable
  Rhipidura            Rufous
                                    SL       MT, M      rainforests, riparian forests and thickets and wet        habitat for this species. This species was not
  rufifrons            Fantail
                                                        sclerophyll forests with a dense understorey. When        recorded on site during the site survey.
                                                        on passage, a wider range of habitats are used




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