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Seaview Terrace, Ecology Report

4.2 FAUNA

4.2.1 Birds
A list of the bird species recorded on site is presented in Table 5. All species recorded

during the site visit are listed as common. Also observed on site was a kingfisher nest;
however the bird was not observed during the site assessment. It is likely that the species
was either a Forest Kingfisher or a Sacred Kingfisher both of which are listed as common
under the NCA.

Table 5: Bird Species Identified on Site.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Species Name Common Name | Sighted | Call
Alectura lathami Brush Turkey x
Meliphaga lewenil Lewin’s Honeyeater x
Philemon comiculatus Noisy Frarbird x x
Trichoglossus Rainbow Lorikeet
haematodus x
Eopsaitria australis Eastem Yellow Robin | y
Malurus lamberti Variegated Fairy
Wren x
Streptopelia chinensis Spotted Turtledove x
Acanthiza raguloides Buff-rumped Thombill | x

 

 

 

The Wildnet database search (Appendix F) returned many records of bird species that have
been recorded in locale and are too extensive to list below. Table 2 presents the significant
bird species returned by this data search and models the likelihood of these species
occurring on site, given their habitat preferences.

4.2.2 Mammals
No mammals were directly observed on site. It was inferred from scat analysis and Wildnet

Database search results that the Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) is \ikely to utilise the
site. It is also inferred from Wildnet Database Search and diggings observed on site in
termite mounds that it is likely that the Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
also utilises the site.

Wildnet Database search results have been used to model the potential for a wider variety
of species to occur on the site (Table 6).

Table 6: Likelihood of locally recorded mammals occurring on site

 

Habitat Requirements

Feeds on nectar, gum,
Sap and insects. Found in
wet and dry eucalypt
forest, parks and
backyard gardens
(Queensland Museum,
1995).

Found in moist bracken,
jantana, creek verges
and often dry sclerophyll

Potential/Unitkely
Unlikely.

Common Name NCA
Feathertall Glider c

Scientific Name
Acrobates pygmaeus

 

 

Yellow-Footed c
Antechinus

Antechinus flavipes Unlikely

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chenoweth EPLA Seaview_Ecology_Report_Vers2_4-3-09

Mar ‘09