Attachment 6 - Ecological Assessment.pdf

                                                Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights



                      HABITAT SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR THREATENED FAUNA AND MIGRATORY SPECIES

     Scientific Name              Common Name                                   Likelihood of Occurring on the Site
                                                       Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. The regent honeyeater is found
                                                       from Dalby in Queensland, south to Bendigo in Victoria, especially along the
                                                       ranges and the western slopes. However, its distribution is extremely patchy
                                                       with only a small number of known breeding sites. The estimated total
                                                       population is between 350 and 400 mature individuals. In south-east Queensland
                                                       it is found ranging from Cooloola, Great Sandy National Park to near the
                                                       Queensland-New South Wales border. In Queensland, breeding occurs regularly
                                                       west of Warwick by a small number of individual regent honeyeaters. Potential
Anthochaera phrygia         Regent honeyeater          habitat for this species includes dry eucalypt woodland and open forest, rural
                                                       and urban areas with mature eucalypts. It favours ironbark-box associations,
                                                       mugga ironbark Eucalyptus sideroxylon, white box (E. albens), yellow box (E.
                                                       melliodora). Other habitat includes swamp mahogany (E. robusta), or spotted
                                                       gum (Corymbia maculata) or river she-oak (Casuarina cunninghamiana) with
                                                       associated needle-leaf mistletoe (Amyena cambagei). This species generally
                                                       prefers wetter, more fertile sites that are reliable nectar producers (both in
                                                       timing and quantity), such as creek flats, river valleys and lower slopes (NSW
                                                       OEH 2014).
                                                       Possible. This species occurs over dry or open habitats, including riparian
                                                       woodland and tea-tree swamps, low scrub, heathland or saltmarsh. They are
                                                       also found at treeless grassland and sandplains covered with spinifex, open
                                                       farmland and inland and coastal sand-dunes. The sometimes occur above
                                                       rainforests, wet sclerophyll forest or open forest or plantations of pines. They
Apus pacificus              Fork-tailed swift
                                                       forage aerially, up to hundreds of metres above ground, but also less then 1 m
                                                       above open areas or over water. They probably roost aerially, but are
                                                       occasionally observed to land. They are widespread but scattered in coastal
                                                       areas from 20° S, south to Brisbane and in much of the south south-eastern
                                                       region (Dept. Environment 2012).



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