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
                                                       including dry eucalypt forests and Brigalow
                                                       shrublands.
                    Australian                         Inhabits shallow terrestrial freshwater (occasionally      Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
  Rostratula
                     Painted         V      E, MW, M   brackish) wetlands, including temporary and                this site does not support suitable habitat for this
  australis
                      Snipe                            permanent lakes, swamps and claypans.                      species.
                                                       This species is a small beach-nesting bird endemic
                                                       to southern Australia occurring fromm south of
                                                       Jervis Bay, NSW, south through Victoria and
                                                       Tasmania to the western side of the Eyre Peninsula
                      Hooded                                                                                      Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
                                                       (South Australia). In south-west Western Australia
  Thinornis           Plover,                                                                                     this site does not support suitable habitat for this
                                                       the Hooded Plover is not restricted to the coast, and
  cucullatus          Eastern        -        V, M                                                                species. Furthermore, the site is not located
                                                       can also live and breed around inland salt
  cucullatus          Hooded                                                                                      within the usual distribution range for this
                                                       lakes.Mainly occurs on wide beaches backed by
                      Plover                                                                                      species.
                                                       dunes with large amounts of seaweed and jetsam,
                                                       creek mouths and inlet entrances. Nests are found
                                                       above the high water mark on flat beaches, on stony
                                                       terraces, or on sparsely vegetated dunes.
                                                       Leaf-litter in drier rainforests, vine thickets, scrubby
                      Black-                           woodlands of eucalypts, she-oaks, bottle brushes,          Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
  Turnix
                     breasted        V         V       brush box, brigalow and Acacia, thickets of lantana        this site does not support suitable habitat for this
  melanogaster
                    Button-quail                       on rainforest fringes, hoop pine plantations, grain        species.
                                                       stubbles.
  Reptiles
                                                       Found mostly in closed forest and possibly open
                                                       layered Eucalyptus forest on loamy basaltic soils.
                    Three-toed                                                                                    Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
   Coeranoscincus                                      Within forests, this species is found in well mulched,
                    Snake-tooth      V         V                                                                  this site does not support suitable habitat for this
     reticulatus                                       loose, friable rainforest soil in leaf litter, often
                      Skink                                                                                       species.
                                                       immediately adjacent to fallen tree trunks. Also
                                                       burrows in moist wood mulch under rotting logs.
                     Collared                          Under rocks and in soil cracks on heavy, stony and         Unlikely – the site investigation determined that
   Delma torquata                    V         V
                      Delma                            lightly timbered soils near Kenmore, Brookfield and        this site does not support suitable habitat for this




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